Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-08-29
H|LLES ANNOUNCES
TERMS Of PROPOSAL
MADE BY BOSS FL|NN
Pennsylvania Leader Agrees to Have
State Committee Put Taft Elec.
tors in Republican Column.
ROOSEVELT MEN TO MOVE OVER
He Says He Will Put Them on Slate
by Petition.
MO0SERS PLAN STUMP TOURS
Many Speakers Will Make Extended
Trips Across the Country.
DIXON WILL, GO TO MISSOURI
1t Is Announced That Roosevelt Will
Make Four Speeches in IIli-
nois ON Way to ST. Louis
Next Week.
ROOSEVELT MEN TO MOVE OVER
He Says He Will Put Them on Slate
by Petition.
MOoSERS PLAN STUMP TOURS
Many Speakers Will Make Extended
Trips Across the Country.
DIXON WILL GO TO MISSOURI

NEW YORK, Aug. 2S.-Charles d,
Hiiies, chairman of the republican ma
uohal committee, issued a statement to-
DAY covering the alleged agreement be-
tween Taft representatives and William
Finn, representing Colonel Roosevelt in
Pennsylvania. Mr.. Hilles said:
We have received a proposition from
MT. Finn in which he has offered to
Withdraw the electors from the republi-
can ticket and substitute Taft electors in
their places. The offer was made by Mr..
Finn in Philadelphia last Wednesday to
Henry G. Wasson, republican state chair
man. and William T. Tilden, president of
the Union League club of Philadelphia"
Mr.. Hilles goes on to say that, accord
ing to Mr.. Wasson ''Mr. Finn said that
Colonel Roosevelt at Chicago had placed
him In charge Of matters in Pennsylvania
and that he was willing to erase the
Roosevelt electors names ana replace
them with representative republicans who
would vote for President Taft He said
that before he could do this he must
obtain signatures to petition naming
Roosevelt electors on a Washington
ticket. AS the state law requires 8 per
cent OF the total vote, Mr.. Finn said that
1t would take nearly the whole month of
September to prepare the petitions
After he has submitted these petitions to
the secretary Of the commonwealth, he
offered to call the state committee to-
gether and name Taft electors in place
Of the Roosevelt men.
II assume that Mr. Finn is able to do
this and that he will do 1t in good faith.
There was absolutely no deal made on
the state ticket. Our only objection to
Flinn's republican state ticket now is that
1t has names of Roosevelt men on it as
electors. With those removed we would
not oppose any of the rest of the ticket.
All that We ask. is that republican cleo
tors vote for Taft and Sherman on. ressre.
We have taken no action on Mr. Fli1nss
proposal and will wait for him to carry
out his plan.'
Moosers Plan Stumping Tours.
CHICAGO, Aug. Ex-senator Dixon Of
Montana, director of the progi es siye cam
paign, today made pubic partial list of
speakers who will carry the new party's
propaganda through the country on ex-
tended stumping tours. Numerous addi-
tions to this list win be made from time
to time, and 1t is said the progressive
campaign would be one of the most ex-
tensiye ever taken in American political
annals.
The names of progressive speakers an
nounced today were: Former Senator
Beveridge of indiana, Senator Clapp of
Minnesota Senator Poindexter of Wash
ington, Senator Crawford of South Da.
kota, Senator Bristow Of Kansas, Con-
gresham Norris Of Nebraska, Hamlin
Garland, the writer and William Allen
White. Kansas editor
Among former democrats who will take
the stump for the progressive cause are
Bourke Cochran Of New York and former
Governor Garvin of Rhode Island.
Preparatory to trip into Missouri AMI
Iowa Senator Dixon today held confer
ence with Judge Lindsey of Denver, who
has just returned from campaigning in
Vermont: Colonel Cecil Lyon of Texas,
who is on his way TO take charge of
Colonel Roosevelt's special train, and
Frank Knox of Michigan.
1t was said that Colonel Roosevelt will
make four five-minute speeches while I
crossing southern Illinois on his way to
St. Louis September g. These speeches
VIII be made at Paris, Shelbyville, Pana
and Hillsboro.
Senator Dixon declined to discuss the
purpose Of his trip to Missouri. but It was
said that he would meet several Mis-
souri, democrats while In that state
Dixon Will Go to Denver.
DENVER, Colo, Aug. Ex-senator ]. M,
Dixon. Roosevelt's campaign manager,
win meet Governor Hiram Johnson CAN
didate for vice president on the progress
sive ticket, in Denver next Saturday and
then will attempt 1t is said, for the last
time, reconciliation between the Phil
Stewart state faction of the republican
party and the progressive party leaders
of this state
Judge Ben B. Lindsey will return to
Denver Friday and win participate in the
conference.
Two Boys Killed by Train.