The Sentinel=record., 1912-06-19

served and we will gain more votes The defeat today will discourage the other side" was the reply.
 Every effort of the Taft campaign CTS was directed tonight toward hold ing firmly that narrow margin of IS
 Estimates by Taft partisans tonight placed the real Taft majority in the convention at between six and 10.
 Director Mckinley called in all of his workers and urged them to their greatest activity tonight.
 They felt certain they had assured the defeat of Roosevelt, but that steady work would be necessary to keep enough delegates in line to nom mate Taft.
 Both Burn Midnight oil.
 Taft and Roosevelt delegates burn ed the midnight oil tonight analysing again and again the first test of the Republican national convention with respect to it's bearing on the Repub- lican presidential nomination.
 It was inevitable that conflicting claims hould be put out from the two dquarters--claims far in ex- cess of the bed rock figures, which the leaders are attempting to keep close secret within their inner coun- cils.
 Today's first record lineup of deie- gates was far from convincing. So much so, in fact, that predictions were freely made on all sides tonight that neither Taft nor Roosevelt was likely to win on the first ballot.
 This sort of talk necessarily led to widening of the gossip about a compromise and dark horse. Taft forces elected Senator Root tem porary chairman by Is more than . majority of the LOTS delegates in the convention. It was realized from the first that the vote on Senator Ro0s. however, would not reflect the actua, strength either of Mir. Taft or MT. Roosevelt
 At one conference of the Taft lead CTS tonight it was said that they had scaled down and cut out the doubtful votes from the Root total and their final analysis showed 542 votes for the president, two more than enough to nominate. Even these figures, 1t was said, included a s'few wobbly delegates"
 The Roosevelt leaders frankly were surprised at the Root vote and claim ed they expected him to poll between 575 and 5S0 votes. They professed tonight to be jubilant, but it was im- possible for them to figure out pa Der majority for the colonel
 Tomorrow Governor Hadley, under direction Of Colonel Roosevelt himself, will continue the fight begun today, to substitute 92 Roosevelt delegates for an equal number of Taft delegates seated by the national committee, in contest cases Taft leaders charac- terized this proposition as entirely without the bounds of reason
 At a conference of Taft leaders tonight it was decided that no par liamentary points of order should he made against the Hadley motion, and that three hours should be allowed fer debate. The motion will either be allowed to come to vote on it's own merits, or on q motion to refer the entire matter to the committee on credentials.
 Contest Credentials Report.
 Colonel Roosevelt and his leaders decided tonight to make the contest over tine report Of the eredentiias iias is committee tomorrow decisive test Of strength. Most of the evening was given over to discussion of the plan to be adopted.
 Governor Hadley of Missouri re- ceived commission to exercise q free hand in directing the fight.
 Talk of bolt as the result of a decision to disregard the action of a majority of the convention unless it be composed of uncontested dele gates was said to be unfounded.
 Colonel Roosevelt addressed cau- GUS of Roosevelt delegates for a quar- ter of an hour, He said the situation tonight seemed to be most encour- aging and he felt sure the convention would not support the national com mittee and seat delegates, who, he asserted, had no rights in the con- yantion In em3hatic language he told the delegates he would not abide by such action and he felt sure they would not.