Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-06-19
HOT DEBATE ON OVER
SEATING DELEGATES
CONTINUED from pace il

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the seated Taft contested delegates
be eliminated. They declared that
they had against this proposition
more votes than were cast for Sen
ator Root yesterday, and they will
welcome a walkout by the Roose-
welt field forces as they declare pos
itively such a move would purge the
party of Populism, Socialism and all
other issues. They also say that
such an action would not be coun-
tenanced by the Republicans of the
nation.
THE Roosevelt men have helped
organize this convention" said
Barnes, of New York. They were
beaten by a fair test of strength. If
they try, after being beaten a sec
ond time, to withdraw from the reg
ular national convention and put out
their own declarations of principles
and their own ticket into the field
there is nothing to prevent them.
But they can make no p%retence OF
regularity by such a program"
Fight to Finish or Bolt.
Whether it will be a fight to the
finish between the ~progressiyes and
conservatives, or whether ii was to
be a bolt in the interest of the
Roosevelt presidential candidacy was
the problem confronting the Repub-
lican convention, when Chairman
Root called it to order, The Roose-
welt camp divided. The men who
declared that they did not r who
was nominated, so long as the pro-
gressive principles were adhered to,
favored fighting to the end. The
professional politicians who wanted
to use Roosevelt personalities to
strengthen their own leadership in
states where Progressivism was new
and popular, were loudly COunselling
bolt. Other men, notably Senator
Borah, were insisting that what
should be done was to fight to the
bitter end, and, If beaten, take their
medicine, but keep on fighting. Be
cause of this difference of opinion
in the progressive ranks, the Taft
men were insisting that they held
all of the trump cards and would
nominate their man, but there APP
peared to be a current fayorIng a
dark horse" This current seemed
to be stronger each hour.
Root Boon Develops.
A surprisingly strong boom devel-
oped for Root over night and there
Is a feeling that il a dark horse
wins out it will be Root. His speech
yesterday, while showing loyalty to
Taft, still carried an u"nderCurrent
of expression to show that Root
would welcome the nomination in
case the two leading candidates were
d~eadlocked.
Roosevelt came from his apart
ments Oh the top floor of the Con-
gress hotel early this morning, smil-
ing and apparently in the best of
spirits. On his way to the head
quarters the smile grew broader as
his friends met him and shook his
hand and assured him all is well.
Wisconsin Men Disrupt.
Wholesale disruption Of the Wis
Consin delegation with several resig-
nations threatened, marked the en-
trance today of the LaFOllette work
ers into the convention. Governor
MCGovern, elected chairman of the
delegation today, received the resig-
nation of Henry CoChems, as dele
gate. Several other delegates threat
ened similar action. 1t was rumo,-
ed that McGovern himself might
withdraw. His friends refused
their yerihcatiOn and he would not
talk prior to the beginning of the
convention. COchems, who nomin-
ated LaFOllette for President four
years ago, today came out with a
second bitter attack upon the Wis
consin prOgresaiVes.
LaFollettc Out to Lick Roosevelt.
"LaFOllette and his managers are
out to lick Roosevelt" said Coch-
ems. They are utterly disregard
ing the progressive principles, the
fight for the people with Roosevelt,
is the anne as LaFollette is Waglng.
For ten days LaFollette managers
have been tratttcking with the Taft
crowd defending the rotten steals of
the national committee and conduct
ing a campaign of vengeance on
Roosevelt, rather than to support
the Progressives." Cochems defec-
ton breaks up a Wisconsin plan to
demand curtailment of southern
representation in the convention.
Cochems had prepared a lengthy
brief to demand reduction of dele
gates from the south. 1t Is now I'M
certain if his part will be taken by
a Wisconsin man, but Cochems
may act as an individual Roosevelt
supporter and committeeman.