The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-06-17
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CHICAGO, June i7.-That they
will make the temporary roll prepar-
ed by the national committee the
temporary roll OF the convention
was the defiant word sent 10 Col.
Roosevelt today by the majority Of
that committee. The colone's de-
n,and. made directly TO Chairman
Victor Rosew1ter last night. that
only those delegates whose crecen.
tlals are unoisputed be permitted to
vote on the question OF temporary
organization was brusquely turned
down. After eonferring with other
members Of the committee - day,
Rosewster decided TO stick to the
original program.
Double Convention Possible.
This insures a fight from the
drop OF the hat" The temporary
roll will be challenged Immediately
after the minister pronounces the
opening benediction. Should the
Taft men be able, by force OF mum
bers. 10 put through their organiEa
ton. double convention in tho
same hall is certain. Col. Roose-
Welt having approved, the Roosevelt
leaders are ready for a fight. even
though It involves physical force
And they will be confronted by a
compact fighting phalanx from the
Taft camp, determined that their
apparent control shall not be ovcg-
turned. Many leaders fear blood
shed and broken heads II the pres
ent situation Is not relieved by com
promise.
The Roosevelt men declare the
temporary roll will never be read.
The Taft leaders, through Chairman
Rosewater OF the national commit
tee ssy that II will be read as pre-.
pared. And they say u force is at
tempted TO prevent the convention
proceeding in an orderly manner,
they will call on the police TO eject
the dlsturbers from the hall.
"Just let them try It." was all taat
the Roosevelt men would say, but
the determined expression of their
demeanor indicated that they would
not leave without fight.
Megsphone Men.
Claims and rumors OF desertions
from the Taft camp continued To- fill
the air today Lusty-lunged mega
phone men. wearing flaming Roose-
welt badges. passed back and firth
through the Congress hotel, crying
aloud the names of men who. they
said had signed pledges repudiating
the president and declaring for
Roosevelt. Some of these were
true. But in many instances tho
claim of desertion had no sooner
been made than the Taft leaders
were out with a denial.
New York Fight.
The big delegation from KINGS
county. New York, was the subject
of much comment. Timothy Wood
ruff. I'm announcing that he had
burned his bridges behind him and
was now In the Roosevelt camp,
insisted that 16 other delegates
would go over with him. To offset
this, the Taft men displayed sig
natures of all but three of this coun-
ty delegation, insisting that Wood
ruff meant only single vote, and
that all OF. the others were for Taft
Insisting that they had their dele
gates so firmly fixed that only a
scattering few would desert, the
Taft leaders were admittedly wor-
ried. They feared the effect of Col.
Roosevelt's personality on wavei.
ing delegates who wanted TO be
with the winner, no matter who he
might be.
Whenever the Taft leaders heard
one OF these men passing under
the Roosevelt influenee-and they
maintained secret service that
would have done Scotland Yard