The Detroit times., 1912-06-15
ROOSEVELT WILL SURELY Be
NOMINATED, SAYS NICHOLS,
ON RETURN FROM CHICAGO
If He Doesn't Win In National
Convention He'll Be Named
Anyway, Is Statement
TAFT CAN'T POSSIBLY WIN
Even if President Runs Many
Votes In Electoral College
Will Go To Colonel

Il am positive that Cod. Roosevelt
Is going TO be nominated for the
presidency said Charles A. Nichols,
chairman OF the Michigan Roosevelt
committee. on bis return from Chi
Icago, Saturday morning. Il think he
will DE nominated Ly the national Re-
publican convention, but at any rate
he is going to be nominated in Chi
cago, and you can bank on that.
I'm Wayne county they defrauded
us out of our delegates; in Bay City
they slugged US, and in Chicago they
cheated us. When tae Taft people
started those tactics IN Wayne coun-
/ ty, / said they never would get away
with IL; | said so after the convention
In Bay City and / continue to say SO.
The Taft people will never be able to
get away with that kin6 OF a game.
Elsewhere, where the Roosevelt sup
porters were similarly cheated OF
their rightful representati, n the same
sentiment prevails. You IAN judge
| for yourself what that neans and
what the Roosevelt men In Chicago
exrect 10 do about 1t, II tie colonel
I is denied he nomination 4 the Re-
publican national convention Ii.
! MY observations In Chicago have
convinced me that Taft ran never be
elected president this fall. III the ex-
Iperience of oldtimers in TIE conven-
itipn. including newspaper men, who
have attended conventio for many
Years, there has never feen anything
hn a.. N a
and Sighting spirit displayed by the
Roosevelt men in Chicago. Ike most
remarkable preliminary cdDcuses OF
delegates ever held Ia the orld, ex
,cept in times of great natioba. calami
tics or up hcavels of some nature are
now going on in Chicago taiiy. These
remarkable caucuses take r.1Ct Iii the
Roosevelt headquarters at l:SC y. m.
,whcn there. daily, occurs the most
open and bitter denuncial not only
lof the tactics Of Taft men Lgt of Taft
leaders themselves.
The reason | say Taft cannot b,
elected is that in many states the Re
publican electors who will be elected
this year, will cast their votes in tn,
electoral college for Roosevelt, ever
IL Taft Is nominated in the Repub
lican national convention by the ai'
of the steam-roller.
Yesterday afternoon in Chicago
Judge Ben Lindsay. of Colorado, mad
a speech about Big Steve OF Color
ado, the notorious tool OF the Cue
genheims, now sitting as a member o
the Republican national committed
Judge Lindsay was only limited In v
Icabulary to the words found il
the English language Francis j
Heney, OF California; Gov. Johnson
of California; ex-State Senator Finn
OF Pennsylvania; DR.. Cole, OF Orc
gon, and Gov Glasscock. OF West Vii
ginia, and others equally as prominen
declared that the electoral vote q
their states will be for Theodor
Roosevelt. The most attractive phras
of yesterdays proceedings was tha
made by Gov. Glasscock. I hav
been a Republican all my life, an
my fathers before me have been Re
publicans.' ne said. We have alway
been regular. We might stray ava.
sometimes in church or other mat
ters, but in politics II has always beci
our pride that We have been regular
hope to leave that as heritage u
my son. But. am going TO be right
and IL II Is q question OF being righ
or regular, repeat, I'll be right