Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-06-18

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Chicago June 17.-While sti
claiming that Colonel Roosevelt wi
control the republican national con
vention and be nominated on the frs
ballot, the Roosevelt leaders spen
the day working out details of thei
plan of attack on the Taft program a
outlined last night.
There was no talk of stampede
among the Taft forces today.
The presidents adherents said pos
itively that they control the conven
ton through the delegates seated b,
the national committee and could no
be menaced by the tactics of thC
Roosevelt managers.
There were occasional flashes Of
fire today and charges of theft" and
fraud from the Roosevelt forces
offset by charges Of bribery" and
corruption" from the Taft headquar-
ters but 1t was everywhere agreed
that the day had been one of the
quietest preceding convention in
years.
Tonight the Taft leaders were con-
tinuing council of war begun early
in the day, while the Roosevelt people
were whooping things up at q re-
markabie meeting in the Auditorium,
where Colonel Roosevelt addressed a
cheering mass of his friends.
The doors of the theater had been
besieged for hours before they We're
opened, and it seemed that half of
the police force of Chicago had been
thrown about the building.
Uncertainty as to the result Of the
convention was as prevalent tonight
as at any time since the republican
forces began their invasion of Chi
cago and neither the Taft nor the
Roosevelt headquarters were certain
as to the number of delegates they
could depend on.
The final claims and figures put out,
each side claiming a majority, were
those of hope rather than conviction.
One thing appeared certain tonight,
that il there is to he a bolt II IS
long way off, and will only come aft
er every expedient of strategy and
parliamentary practice has been ex-
hausted.
The element among the Roosevelt
supporters who counselled moderation
among their associates had the sat
isfaction of apparently defeating the
plan to force a motion for the nomi-
nation of Roosevelt the moment the
acting chairman should refuse to en-
tertain the proposition of submitting
to the convention a Roosevelt list of
delegates for the list presented by the
national committee.
Although Colonel Roosevelt, in his
speech at the Auditorium, came as
close to suggesting a possible bolt as
at any time during his campaign, it
has been tentatively decided by the
Roosevelt leaders TO fight to the end
through the parliamentary channels.
Colonel Roosevelt said the men
"fraudulently put on the temporary
roll by the dishonest action Of the
majority of the national committee
must not be allowed to vote on theft
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er's"
Then he added:
1t is the duty OF all the honest |
members of the convention to fight
that action from the moment the con
Nention assemblies. 1t is our duty TO
the rank and file of the republican
party; it is our duty to the people of
this country to insist that no action
Of the convention which is based on I,
the votes of these fraudulently scat |
ed delegates binds the republican |
party. or imposes any Obligation upon
any republican"
This outline of the Roosevelt cam
paign. coming from the colonel him
self, served to SIT a; rest all doubt as
TO a change of program from tnat
decided upon at a conference OF the
Roosevelt leaders last night TO fight
from the drop of the hat
The Roosevelt leaders are going 10
attempt from the very start tomorrow
60 appeal their case to the convention
itself, minus the contested delegates
seated by the national committee. The
Taft forces in control OF the machin-
cry Of the big gathering are going 10 Y
insist that the proceedings shall move
strictly according TO precedent ana
that each motion shall stand the test
Of parliamentary practice.
On the eve OF the convention. both
sides were plainly nerVed- IL was dif-
ficult enough for them To reach any
sort Of conclusion as to how the dele
gates finally would line up on the
Question OF the nomination and next
!" impossible to determine just what
delegates or delegations could be de-
pended on to put through preiimi-
aary program. Some OF the delegates
instructed for Colonel Roosevelt. II
vas known. would not support all the
moves made by his steering commit J
ee on the convention floor. while II :
ippeared equally true that many dele
'ates Instructed for Taft did not feel
'Hligafed to support his managers on 8
ny other question.
These facts throw an element OF 2
iouhf into the situation.
The Roosevelt plan tonight stood
MY revealed and but slightly J