The Sentinel=record., 1912-06-15
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 room on the second floor of the head quarters. the same floor that is part ly occupied by the Roosevelt booster headquarters. The Taft forces will occupy the presidential suite and all day tomorrow Taft rally meetings with Taft supporters as speakers will alternate with the blaring of two bands while the speakers rest. Ey- ersman has planned "a continuous perlormance" throughout the day and evening and as the delegates como in and are registered at Taft head quarters they will be escorted down stairs to the meeting room to come under the influence of the speeches and music
 Just opposite the Taft room the Roosevelt registration office and re- ception room for delegates is located Sandwiched in between the two oig quarters is the Cummins bureau, where Senator Kenyon presides.
 Today Director Mckinley issued from Taft Headquarters a revised ta- ble of delegates selected, brought mp to date to agree with the decisions of the national committee in contest ed cases. The table gives Taft 594; 54 more than are necessary to nom mate; Roosevelt 43S; LaFollette 36, and Cummins TO- The table gives Roosevelt the 20 Missouri delegates accorded him by the national commit tee and credits Taft with 16 from that state. Taft claims S3 of New York's 90 uninstructed delegates Roosevelt Is given 24 California votes and Taft 2 Taft claims all of the fl delegates from Washington, ali of the 24 from Virginia and 90 of the 40 from Texas, which the Roose- welt forces will contest before the na- tional committee tomorrow.
 John Hays Hammond, president o: the National League of Republican Clubs, is planning a Taft demonstra- tion meeting for next Monday night, the same night of the Roosevelt meeting. Today he announced that hundreds of members of the league who will be here would launch a Taft boosters club at the Monday night meeting.
 The league also has engaged the First regiment armOry near the Col iseum, where it is planned to hold d 'ratification" meeting next Friday night if the nomination is made by that time.
 The engaging of the armory gave rise to rumors that it had been pro- 1tiT vtii by iRio15v vviit addiiieIeiit5 as i possible place for holding "bolting" convention. When it became known that MT. Hammond had rented the armory bolt talk considerably sub sided
 A letter written by Charles Banks, one of the negro Taft delegates ab large from Mississippi to Director Mckinley of the Taft headquarters announced he would support Roose- welt and was returning "the money placed in my hands, at your suggest ion. to defray travelling expenses of some of the delegates from MissiG- sippi," was given out tonight by Sen ator Dixon manager of the Roosevelt campaign and created a sensation in political circles.
 The letter was unaccompanied by explanation from the Roosevelt man agers, further than that Senator Dixon received at Roosevelt head quarters this afternoon the following copy of a letter sent today to Hon. William B. Mckinley Banks and his associates on the Taft delegation at large were seated by the national committee against the protest of the Roosevelt contestants from the state.
 The letter alleged to have been written to Mir. Mckinley by Banks
 Tn keeping with my suggestion of yesterday l am returning to you herewith the money placed in my hands at your suggestion, to defray travelling expenses of some of the delegates from Mississippi
 Tt is apparent someone connected with your campaign has been con tinually trying to discredit me be- fore the country and with my people for some time
 When I was in Washington a few weeks ago, looking after the new federal court bill from Mississippi. and called at your headquarters, your assistant without any suggestion iiom