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idge are not expected until tomorrow.
When they get together the plan is to
take each Taft man on the committee
aside, point out to him in plain terms
that the nomination Of the President
means a Roosevelt bolt. and ask him
what he IS going to do about IT.
This is the last card the Roosevelt
men can play. bar the dramatic arrival
OF T. R.. which is still contemplated. II
neither argument nor persuasion moves
the committee. all fights will be on until
the mx-up over the election Of Root as
temporary chairman.
Root Center of Fight.
The Root matter has now become OF
tremendous Importance. II il known
that the Taft men mean to make the
New York Senator permanent as well as
temporary chairman II they can. II he
is made permanent chairman, he will
name the committee on credentials,
which will pass on the Taft temporary
list OF delegates. The committee on Gre
dentials is going to settle things for
keeps. and the Roosevelt night on Root
must now be a death struggle.
The Idea Of proposing Sherman so early
in the game was never entertained until
to-day But hopeful that they have got
the Roosevelt men where they want
them, the Taft supporters deemed that
Il would help some II Sherman was in
Jected. His proposed nomination is the
result OF a cold-blooded trade between
Taft and Barnes, made in Washington
last winter.
Taft did not want Sherman. and had
picked Gov. johnson Of California as
his running mate. Barnes blew up"
one day and denounced both TAFT and
Roosevelt as inImical TO Republican sue
cess. He was brought back by the
promise Of Taft support to Sherman, and
Sherman has been the tentative candi-
date since that time.
Roosevelt Leaders IrrItated.
The Roosevelt crowd needs all the help
II can get. Finn is as fully versed in
the strong-arm game as any Of the Taft
men. and no one doubts that he will be
effective II he gets among the commit
teemen.
The irritation Of the Roosevelt leaders,
such as Dixon and Stubbs, at the Taft
knockout programme Is the greater be-
cause they had been led by Taft COM
mitteemen to believe that nothing OF the
kind was contemplated Some OF Dixon's
Senatorial colleagues, II is understood,
had given him assurances that only in
extreme cases would the roller be used.
To see the nomination OF Roosevelt tax
en- away from him by a convention OF
proxies has started an epidemic OF wrath
that now RACES wherever Roosevelt men
are gathered together.
DIIon's Bitter Statement.
Dixon's statement. which is the most
bitter he has Issued since the beginning
Of the fight. is in part as follows:
Until the roll was called on the Ninth
Alabama District I was not prepared TO
believe that a majority Of the national
committee was prepared to deliberately
murder the Republican party. Up TO this
time-I have, to the best OF my ability,
defended the good name of individual
men who with protestation OF fairness
on their lips had undoubtedly entered
into an alliance by fair means or foul,
regardless OF evidence, regardless Of
facts, to deliberately steal Roosevelt del.
egates in the desperate hope OF prevent
ing his nomination
THE nation might as well know the
truth. Three minutes before the roll
was called on the Ninth Alabama con-
test, Senator Murray Crane, Of Massa-
chusetts, walked over to Mr.. Stephenson,
OF Colorado. who holds the proxy OF SEN
ator Scott Of West Virginia, and said
TO him, We simply cannot arord TO go
on record In this case against seating
the Roosevelt delegates. The case Is so
plain the country will not stand for It.
To Senator Cranes remarks Mr.. Stephen
son replied: We have TO do it. OF
course. there is no justification in fact,
but II We once establish a precedent
we will have to yield in other cases ."