The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-04

bolt if the Taft followers control herf WaA more insistent than at any time 1ince the political situation passed in to the fever zone.
 It was generally accepted, this af. Eterncon, that if the Taft men scontro Ethe national committee--ard the Roosevelt men privately admit theS l fear they will-that the only hope thS tRoosev&4t followers have will be tr EEut pledges of delegates to upset tho Temporary roll of delegates, when 1t 1, submitted by the commiftee at the opening Of the convention. E-H th1t avote should be- adverse tc Roosevelt, and 1t will be the real teai vote Of the convention, then 1t wal said. today, the Roosevelt forces will tswithdraw from the convent ton in S body. proceed to the auditorium and which fhGy will noMfnate EQlonAl }Re0SeNeHsEor the pFeeidencys And..fie- l spite tho mulfitudinoue array 5of al, l1esod personal selections of Eolonel fHo00eveat place former Senator AL bert !. Beyeridge for the vice7presi-
 That h the real prosram of the
 Roosevsl followers it. wss stated to Edays 3 1s1
 Chicago, June 4.-Bothf sides in the political battle. which is warming u9SH AOE tue OAB ASht over lnS seeS- | publican presidential nomination. were overjoyed today. Roosevelt .foIlowerl were glad because they had the Colonel's word for it that there would .bes a reaka fight against Senator RoOi I a1 1-teznp0raryy. ch9iruan of the con yentfen. Also the pohtfeiansr wert they would support Roosevelts despite their instruction for Taft. 4-, ss ,ss On President TafTs side rejoicins came from the Presidents 6 deff ofathe Roosevelt "bluffs ana his ataten1eut that he wanted the whole public to aessions of the national convention ia deciding rconkegts. .s: E Roosevelt. f4llowers.svvere co4fidant |Qf sWtnniu& tho fight against Root
 They set4, today. that they were cer- E$a3R Of elnspQEts kEQn delegates in-
 Stl144e vote and Oue4 S4At Colonel RnoeeHelf contrell, they dt-
 c)8red there was no question about st tho seo1tfor of the conventions. ates '. President Taft was emphatic in his
 statement of his deaires in connection with the publicity of facts regarding
 the contests on dAiegates- He wrote
 to Harry 8. New, Indiana committee
 man, that he had nothing to conceal
 in the contests-the same statement
 that was made by Colonel Roosevelt
 and that he advised admitting news |paperwon to all the sessions of 'tne
 comp tee. s~>
 C~nersl Powell Clayton Of Arkan-
 sas and Henry S. Chnbb of Florida
 were certain of President Tafts re- nomination.
 The Chicago organization of rough
 riders will be copied in various sec
 tions of the country, according to John
 " Clinnin, Colonel of the local
 RooseveH roughriders. He said he
 had secured scores of requests from
 all over the United States for fnfor-
 nation concerning the organization
 and operation of the riders in this
 city. =
 Another fight in the convention which ionmed large, today, was the threatened effort to restrict .tha xap- |resentations of southern states in
 coming g-conventions General Clayton
 safd, today, that to try to -bzsa the repre6enfation on theS number of Re- publican votes cast at the election would be playing into the hands of
 the DcmocratS because they count the
 ballots, He added that 1t. would me m the annihi1ation of the Republican party in the south. ...ss-...s :