Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-06-15
ROOSEVELT
IS ON DECK
Takes Hold of His Campaign
at Chicago Convention
in Person
GREAT OVATION At DEPOT
BAT" Masterson and Other
Notables on Hand to Give
Him Support.
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Chicago, Ill.,, June 1.-THE immin
inent arrival in Chicago of Colonel
Roosevelt today Overshadowed all
other prelimnaries to next weeks Re.
publican national convention.
AS the hour for the arrival of the
Roosevelt train came near, interest
and excitement in many quarters be-
came intense. A number Of hours be.
fore the train was scheduled to enter
the La Sale Street station, hundreds
of people had gathered at that point de.
termined to hold their vantage ground
until they had seen Colonel Roosevelt.
In the waiting thrOng were many del
egates to the convention.
But these We're not the only ores on
hand to greet the former President.
Bat Masterson, one time resident
OF the Black Hi4s, South Dakota. and
now of New York, together with a
number of his friends and crowd of
western admirers of Colonel Roose-
welt, who reached Chicago last night
patiently awaited the train from the
East.
All indications pointed to lively
demonstration by the Roosevelt adher-
ents tonight,
The entire Republican struggle will
center about Colonel Roosevelt from
the'mOment he alights from his trail,
here late this afternoon. Ii will be
his power of political manipulation
matched against the wits, the strategy
and staying powers Of the Taft forces.
Roosevelt Will Take Charge.
To win the nomination Co'onel
Roosevelt either must break into the
Taft ranks as they appear near the
settlement of the last of the delegate
contests by the national committee,
or else within the support of the La
Toilette and Cummins delegates, or
both, His followers are enthusiastic
in their belief that he and they togeth.
VI Nttli oNtED lut IOIIN tIllOu
Everything pertaining to the con.
vention on the Roosevelt side from
the election of temporary chair
man to the final struggle for
control will be directly under
the supervision of Colonel Roosevelt
himself from this time. Roosevelt
leaders said that it was principally to
lave his personal advice at first hand
that they urged him to come today. A =
so it is planned to have him get in
personal touch with delegates who
have been counted nominally as Taft
supporters, but who are regarded as
possibilities for the Roosevelt side. A
majority of these come from the
South. The leaders have arranged no
fixed program of activities for Colonel
Roosevelt while here He will be per-
mitted to take personal charge of his
campaign. At Monday nights mass
meeting here the former President is
scheduled to deliver lengthy address
According TO provisional plans an
nounced this morning he will remain
in Chicago until the conclusion of the
national convention.
May Address Convention.
Chicago, ILL.,, June 15--It seems
probable that Colonel Roosevelt will
attend the convention during its ses-
sions. His followers insist that if he
attends the convention he will address
the delegates in explanation of his at
titude on the issues that he has
raised.
Such an address would give oppor-
tGnity for stampede of the variety
that was feared even by Colonel Roos-
evelt himself four years ago. Roose-
welt followers are hoping that such an
opportunity will arise.
The task of physical preparation for
the convention practically is finished
by the hundreds of carpenters, arti-
sans and executives in whose hands
the Chicago Coliseum has been for
more than a month.
A complete inner structure has been
reared within the hall of the Coliseum
and its adjoining annex and ante-room
Tonight every chair of the 11,1SS that
are to accommodate the delegates, al
ternates, candidates, correspondents
and the few favored private citizens
will be in its place.
Back of the Coliseum Hall, in the
basement of the annex, scores of tel
egraph Instruments are already in
place. Two telephone exchanges have
been installed on the main floor of the
annex. A temporary hospital with full
surgical equipment has been construct
ed within easy reach of the convention
auditorium, and police headquarters
have been opened in the rear of thu
| hall.
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