The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-13
ON THE VERGE OF BLOWS IN
 WINDY CITY
TEDDY's CROWD READY TO USE FORGE TO GET WHAT THEY
 TERM THEIR RIGHTS.''
Indignant Over Charge That Taft Delegates Were Offered Money HeIiey and Johnson Sure
 Roosevelt Will Come.

Chicago June 1S.-The charge Ot bribery and attempted tampering with delegates, brought by the Taft forces and challenged by the Roosevelt men, overshadOwed all else in the minds of the Republican party chieftains here, today. Following the emphatic de- .uial of Senator Dixon, for the Roose- welt forces that there is the slightest ground for the charges, there was a concerted demand that Congressman Mckinley cite specific instances in- stead of greatly exaggerated facts. The charges, coupled with the action of the national committee in throw ing all of the Roosevelt delegates but one. up to the present time, has aroused Roosevelt men to such point that they have no hesitancy in de- claring that if necessary they will re- sort to force to -'get their rights
 : An extended conference which last ed we'll into this morning and which began, last night at. s o'clock, was re- enewed. today. Every one of the big leaders of the Roosevelt organization participated; It was decided that word would be sent Colonel Roosevelt that he may be needed here. next week. There is little doubt in the minds of the Roosevelt KCrces that their chief will eventually decide to come here and lead the hght' in person E Francis J. Heney and Governor Johnson both declared. today, that they knew positively that Roosevelt vas coming. That was the reason. they said. that the contemplated big mass meeting of the Roosevelt forces had been put over until Monday. Roosevelt, they said, would come here by that date and would tell the people of the country generally and the delegates particularly that he in- tended eetting his rights if he had to fight for them.
 Senator Dixon, Roosevelt's man. -ager,. refused to discuss the report and continued to insist that he sAw no reason yet for the Colonel to come to this city. But the rank and nae of the Roosevelt nnen are already pkeparing d welcome for him. .1.-- : Es ye1ether the Colonel Is here or not Hifi F1fhh. Heneys Johnson, Ceci Lyon and sGovernor. HadIey, .as field captains of the Roosevelt forces vii insist on sweeping all before them and the national committed and the Taft leaders are preparing for any, thing that may develop.
 For hours, today. the Taft men were in consultation. William Barnes IT,, who has been selected to match wits with Finn and to checkmate any move that may be made by the Roose- welt cohorts, talked things over with Penrnse, Crane Mulvane, Stevenson and other militant Taft men. They all agreed that the Roosevelt forces would try to seize the temporary or ganizatibn from the moment Victoi Rosewater, as chairman of the na- tional committee, called it to order.
 It was accepted as the most. likely plan of the Roosevelt men that they would force entrance to the hall and prevent, if possible, the organization of the convention by the national committee.s Just how this would be done was not made clear by either side but the Taft men agreed that unless. the Roosevelt men agreed to stay away altogether, and it is known some favored. this plan in order not to be characterized as bolters, they would refuse to participate in the temporary organization unless they could control it. This, the Taft men claimed, would be impossible after the national committee completed its work. 2- : q.
 If Chairman Rosewater is not per- -mitted to proceed with the temporary organization it is likely that an at- tempt will be made to eject some of the more noisy of the opposing forces from the hall. Taft leaders are de- termined that the party rules shall be followed in organizing the convention and that only those delegates whose names are on the temporary roll shall be seated.