Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-06-12
TAF 7 DELEGATES
ARE SEATED.
Control of Temporary Organization
Means Control of Everything
Else
OUTCOME IN THE BALANCE
Roosevelt Men Do Not Expect to Win
Many More COntests-Would We'll
come Compromise Candidate.

Coliseum, Chicago, June l2.-The
National Committee has seated the
Taft delegates at large from Arizona.
Chicago, June l2.-The Committee
seated the two Taft delegates from the
Fourth California district. They are
z. H. Tryon and Morris MeyerfieId,
jr.
Chicago, June 12.-Control of the
temporary organization of the Repub-
lican National Committee will mean
control of the permanent organization
with every thing that body will do.
For the first time since the siren
uous battle between the Taft and the
Roosevelt forces began this was
brought home to the Roosevelt lead
ers today. Where many Of them had
been advocating the dropping of the
fight on United States Senator Elihu
Root, the choice of the Taft people for
temporary chairman, they now real
iZe that if Root is seated the repre-
sentative of the committee on creden-
tials will be the representative OF the
National Committee and this would
mean the end of the hope Of the Rose
welt nomination. So today the Taft
and Roosevelt forces temporarily alb
andoned the attempt to make votes
for their candidates in the efforts to
round up individual delegates for the
temporary organization plan.
The outcome is in the balance.
Roosevelt adherents on the Repub-
lican National Committee said today
they do not expect to win very many
of the remaining contests that are
to be heard by the committee. The
committee early today took up the
Louisiana contests. There are three
sets of delegates-at-large from Louis
lana, and contesting delegations from
several Of the districts, caused both
by the Taft Roosevelt fight and con-
tests for control of the party mach
inery within the State.
Speaking for the Roosevelt men on
the committee, Francis }. Heney, the
San Francisco graft prosecutor. to-
dav in a statement bristling with bit
ter denunciation, charged that the
Taft members Of the committee have
a steam roller in operation and are
deciding contests in Taft's favor re-
gardless Of the merits of the cases.
The results in the committee Tues
day when the committee gave Taft II
delegates from Kentucky and Roose-
welt one, infuriated the Roosevelt
followers and most of them left the
committee room, loudly denouncing
the committees actions.
Taft men on the committee pre-
dicted early today that Taft would be
given the Louisiana delegation OF "
today. TO date the committee has
heard lO2 contests, and has decided
lOl of them in Taft's favor and one
for Roosevelt. There are approXlm-
ately l45 contests yet to be heard.
1t was estimated today that more
than one-half of the actual delegates
to the convention are in the city. The
boomers and the marching clubs are
one the way. They will begin drop
ping in about Friday, with the blare
of trumpets and the boom of guns.
And from then on sleep will be BAN
ished in the hotel districts.
There is no denying that the major
ity of the delegates, even some OF the
most enthusiastic Roosevelt men,
would welcome compromise candl-
date.