Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-06-11

the Nlnth Alabama, asked one man.
 ls this politics or contest in altruism?' asked ano.her.
 Borah, however, was firm, and so was the rest of the fourteen formerly ia thful. All insisted that they have not deserted the Colonel and will be found voting with him when ever he can came into the committee with a case. Dispi,e this optimism on the part of the committee. however, the talk of third candidate began with the breaking of the bad news n the morning and continuing through the day.
 "Lets stop this everlas ing rough house by going to a man We can nominate without breaking up the party was the way one committee man put it, and there were others on both sides that agreed with him.
 It was more apparent the treachery of their fir ends than the result of the days disaster that troubled the Roosevelt men. The four rejected delegates have never been counted the Roosevelt summary, having beer placed in the contest column from the beginning As the count now stands Roosevelt still has APO delegates which will stand firm. Taft has 46o. Cummins and LaFollette divide 46 be- tween them and 132. are still in contest.
 It is likely hat number of thc supposed Taft men seated by the Ma tiora Commi tee have Roosevelt votes in their pockets.
 A number of those who will be seated for Taft ale known to De for Roosevelt. This is true for at least nine in South Carolina
 The primary in Indiana will make precedent for the acceptance of the primary in Missouri and Wash ington Inch the Roosevelt people want. However, the Hon. Penrose, who is running the Taft game, cares 'eabout as much for precedents as ,e does for physical culture and he has the votes to use as he feels like
 One of the explanations which was made tonight of the defection of the Roosevelt committeeman was their desire to save Harry New from humiliation. New, with Charles w. Fairbanks, James w. Watson and ]. B. Oliver, is member of the de1e- gation at large that was seated.
 The experts had it all figured out that the committeeman, caring noth- ing for Roosevelt had organized a national committeeman protective as. soc'ation and were going to look oat for each other.
 The Roosevelt people after sitting tight all day and doing but little talking got out into the open as usual and divided up in groups for dinner at the Congress, at the Blackstone and other hotels where the poli- ticians congregate.
 After Other Scalps.
 Chicago, June 10-Coinc' dent with the exhibition of power given today by the Taft majority on the national committee numerous Taft supporters arrived from Missouri to concentrate their fire on Governor Herbert :. Hadley, Roosevelt degelate at large. The, fight will be to unseat Governor Hadley as delegate at large and T. K. Neidr.nghaus as national con- mitteemen and to elevate Otto F. stiefel to the Alters place. Neid- ringhaus is HoIAmit+eeman-elect.. The revised claim of the Missouri sup porters for Taft is that when the steam roller goes by it will leave them with 21 out of 36 delegates from the stated working majority. At the head of the delesaRfon is Jesse A. collerton, state ganH warden, and president of the Young Men's Roose- welt Club of Missouri. <. |