Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-06-18
PLANS TO UPSET
ALL PRECEDENTS
Roosevelt Manager Announces All
Delegates Seated by National
Committee viii Be Excluded.
HADLEY IN CHARGE OF FIGHT
Missouri Governor Declines to Tell
How He Will Do It.
SCHEME FOR AN EARLY BOLT
Attempt Will Be Made to Set Aside
Temporary Roll.
COMES ON THE FIRST ROLL CALL
when California Is Called Governor
johnson VIII Move to submit List
Prepared by Roosevelt
Managers.
HADLEY IN CHARGE OF FIGHT
Missouri Governor Declines to Tell
How He Will Do It.
SCHEME FOR AN EARLY BOLT
Attempt Will Be Made to Set Aside
Temporary Roll.
COMES ON THE FIRST ROLL CALL

CHICAGO, June 17.--Speaking for the
Roosevelt forces today, Governor Hadley
of Missouri, who was chosen floor leader
for the colonel. declared that no con-
tested delegate seated by act of the re-
publican national committee should sit
Ein the convention.
How can you help it?" he was asked.
I'VE are not unmasking our batteries
today" he replied, mo delegate with
stolen credentials shall have a vote in
this convention If We can help It. BY to-
morrow we will have our plans COM
pleted." ,.-r
What will you do?"
Nothing that is not regular and Amer
lean; nothing that win not be approved
by the American people,
The Roosevelt leaders apparently were
not disturbed by the announcement OF
the Taft adhercnts that they would sue
cessfully block the move for the adoption
of a substitute roll of delegates. They as
serted with confidence that the conven-
ton would not be organized with fraud
ulent delegates in the places that should
be occupied by those regularly elected or
chosen" ..
Dixon Claims Majority.
Senator Dixon. campaign manager for
Theodore Roosevelt, emphadcally de-
clared today that the temporary roll
call of the convention at this hour
showed that Roosevelt would be nomi-
mated by a majority of at least AZ and
that Senator Borah would be elected
temporary chairman over Senator Root
by larger majority.
I'VE checked up our list of delegates
known to be for Roosevelt and found un-
questionably' that we would control the
convention by clean majority OF AZ
votes, said Senator Dixon. This claim
| ] make after eliminating lot Of counts
that have come In that look favorable.
but are not claimed by us as certain"
"Wil you start the fight as soon as the
convention opens?"
I'VE are going to fight from the jump
and will elect the temporary chairman
BY majority larger than forty-two."
49, Taft Men Ready for Tilt.
The visit OF Chairman Rosewater to the
rooms of Colonel Roosevelt at midnight
was not known to Mr., Rosewater's as
socates on the national committee until
this morning. They secuted the idea that
Mr.. Rosewater had sought to make peace
with the Roosevelt forces.
Marlin Il. Olmstead Of PENNSYLVANIA
was an important factor at the Taft eau
Gus He announced that he would be at
the right hand of Chairman Rosewater
from the moment the convention opens
to keep him straight on parliamentary
procedure, and the Taft leaders said they
would be as we'll fortified with Rosewater
in the chair as they would be with Sem
ator Root, the Taft choice for the tenn
porary Craftsmanship. 1t was said at the
conference that the Taft men did not
care how early the Roosevelt forces
started the inevitable conflict.
The temporary roll Of delegates as ar.
ranged by the national convention VIII
be organized 1t was stated also that the
Taft leaders were prepared for any kind
OF move and that they were we'll ac-
qainted with the various plans coming
from the Roosevelt headquarters. The
source of their information was not ex-
planned
The Roosevelt managers propose to
rush the fight the minute the convention
has been called to order, by precpitating
a roll call on which only those delegates
whose seats are undebated by Colonel
Roosevelt shall vote.
The Roosevelt men expect to achievs
this end by demanding a roll call Of the
temporary craftsmanship on the very
first question that comes up before the
convention. Then 1t is planned to have
Governor Johnson of California cast the
twenty-six votes for that state on the
question. This action by Governor
Johnson it is expected will be objected
to by the two Taft delegates from the
Fourth California district.
This juncture will be grasped by the
Roosevelt floor leader as the one upon
which to get the "expurgated" vote OF
delegates. The floor. leader will move ar
once that the temporary roll as made up
by the national committee be rejected.
and that substitute roll. including the
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