The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-06-12
Vol. XXXIV. No. 81.
ROUGH HOUSE TACTICS.
NATIONAL COMMITTEE AFRAID
OF ROOSEVELT DEMONSTRA-
TION.
>ergeant-at-arms Seeks Authorities,
aid and New Announces THAT
There Will be No Disorder.

- Nol' Wllllam +.
stone sergeant-at-arms Of the Re-
publican national convention. to.
night appealed to Mayor Harrison for
protection at tomorrow's session ~
the national committ, =. which is con.
ducting contest ,es at tbe
Coliseum. y
Other memS sS the committees
including SsS 50 $. New of In.
a,ana' ', So - Murray Crane of
Massa'> Senator Newell Sam
ders lessee and others. said
U ,S'<had heard the reports Of
ed Roosevelt demonstration at
Committee room during the hear.
IS.
There will be no rough house"
said Col Stone, lin the committee:
neither will there be any delnonstra.
ton permitted on the outside of the
Coliseum. Drastice measures will be
adopted if anything of the kind is at
tempted. / have asked the Chicago
city authorities for police protection
at the committees hearings"
Col. New said he had heard reports
of possible pending trouble, but was
loath to believe them.
Such report as this" said Col.
New, seems to me incredible. Ger
talnly no one is foolish enough to be-
lieve anything can be gained for a
cause by the adoption of such meth
ods, and surely no one who knows the
members Of the national committee Is
going to believe that they can be
bluffed or terrorized by any mob or
set of thugs that can be mustered.
Mind you, / do not believe that
anything of the sort will be at
tempted, as surely some one in the
crowd has intellect enough to head off
anything of the sort if any misguid-
ed individual should attempt it. How
ever, depend upon it that if anything
or the kind is attempted, the indvid-
uals behind it will live to repent of
their folly.
This is supposed 10 be a national
convention, and not a prize ring or a
peer garden, and the dignity and good
order OF its proceedings will be en-
forced peacefully, we hope, but if any
one attempts TO employ force Of any
kind, he will find his methods will be
resisted with sufficient vigor to make
the outcome very different from what
had been intended.
United States Senator joseph N
DIXON OF Montana, Col. Roosevelt's
campaign manager, declined to dis
cuss these reports when the mat
ter was called to his attention.
Senator Dixon said. however. that
he might have some comment to
make later.
Congressman William b. Mckinley.
director of the national Taft bureau,
specified William Flynn OF Pittsburgh
as the Roosevelt leader who. he has
been Informed. was expected to start
trouble.
Mr.. Mckinley also stated that he
had received reliable information to
the effect that George w. Perkins of
New York had been called 10 Chicago
by certain Roosevelt members of the
national committee to head off any
possible disturbance
Flynn was expected 70 reach Chi
cago late tonight. Senator Dixon said
that if he could procure a proxy in
the national committee he would give
it To Flynn.
Congressman McKinleys state
ment regarding reported threatened
trouble was rs follows:
Reliable Information has been re-
ceived indicating that the sole pur-
pose of the coming OF William Ilynn
of Pittshurg to Chicago at the in
stance Of Theodore Roosevelt is to
talk" stops to intimidatc the Ropuhli-
can national committee if possible in
its deliberations on the contests Of
delegates seated i'm the national con,
vrntion
III is understood that the plan
which Mr. Flynn is expected t. follow
is to organize crowds Of Roosevelt
followers who sh.V make domonstra-
1i"ns ut Tho C.r. "a nr tho pur-
pose. Of llf,n,l,ti,,., ,.., ,.., =,