The Washington times., 1912-06-11

Taft claims that Joseph Healing. the
Indiana expert, scheduled as chairman
Of the Taft ,vigilants, gave figures:
I'VE will have the committee thirty
two to twenty-one," he said.
Senator Borah, Senator Dixon, Frank
b. Kellogg and other Of the Roosevelt
leaders took exception to this statement.
They declared that only by the most
put such a program through and that
II 1t was done and the convention ever
permitted to receive a report Of that
kind, real trouble could not be averted.
Borah insisted that the convention will
be controlled by the Roosevelt forces.
and will seat every delegate entitled to
seat. He declared that in every con-
test presented to the committee so-far
he has voted entirely from the evidence
presented and not from feelings OF
partisanshlp.
You see have to go back home and
defend what I do here at this conven-
tion," said Borah, land I intend to be
able to show that I have not swerved
ter how much I might want to see him
succeed"
Frowns on Boilers.
Borah refused to discuss either the
bolt program suggested by some of the
enthusiastic Roosevelt leaders of the
dual convention system which 1t was
| the Taft men keep their steam-roller
intact.
"I think that any such talk is prema-
ture," he said. THE great mass Of our
delegates are still to arrive. and until
we get together on the floor of the con-
Vention no man can tell what VIII be
the purpose of LOIS men representative
Of every section of the nation. Colonel
Roosevelt will be the nominee II he
gets every delegate that he Is legally
entitled to, and We who are his friends
are commissioned to see that he gets
this square deal and that the desires
of the voters as expressed at the pri-
martes are granted
William Berri, owner of the Brooklyn
Standard-Union, and one of the dele
today that he believed the Taft people
would organize the convention. He
stated that he believed the New York
delegation would vote in accordance
State convention which elected them
and asked. but did not order. them to
vote for Taft
The first simon pure Vice Presidential
headquarters to be opened today were
land. VT: He was booming Gov. J. A.
the ticket. Vice President James s.
Sherman. who is candidate to sue
ceed himself, will open his headquarters
| tomorrow. II present plans materialize.
The attitude of the national commit
teemen and party leaders, who have
been supporting the TAFT contention. IN.
| abandon Taft. in event they can seat
| enough delegates to make Roosevelt 3
nomination impossible, and turn to tho
selection Of a third man.
In other words. the contest which
| brought the fighting men in both camps
upon their toes today Is becoming q
personal feud between the President and
Colonel Roosevelt without regard OF the
| consequences to the Republican party.
| There are leaders on both sides who are
| beginning to indicate q surprising de-
gree of Independence OF both President
favor the consideration of another can
didate on whom both sides might agree.
The talk of compromise candidate Is
a consequence of the, bitterness that
diana delegates, during Which the lines
of battle of both camps were shattered
| by dissensions and at times physical
| conflicts were narrowly avoided. After
PEELED to throw up the sponge in their
! contest to seat the Roosevelt delegates
at-large, headed by ex-senator Bev.
eridge, an open break in the COMMITTEES
district. where the Roosevelt people
| seemed to have a bona flde case.
| During the three hours wranglini
| over the contest some of the Taft meI
| began 10 tHiOW oSiuo oOlH 1diI dHt
Roosevelt and to look for a man or
whom both factions might agree tC
save what is left of the party organiza
| don. Even Senator w. Murray Crane
| the skilled manipulation from Massa
chusetts, turned responsive ear t
such talk. National Committeeman
Ernest e. Hart, of Iowa: Charles F
Brooker, of Connecticut; Franklin Muir
| ply, of New Jersey; f. w. Estabrook
of New Hampshire, and Alvah H. Mar
| tin, of Virginia, were others of the ma
tional committee who expressed th'
opinion that It would be better to hav'
new deal"
AS a matter Of fact, the only man VIII,
| spoke up for the President and pro
| tested against the discussion of an,
| other candidate was Arthur l. Vorys
| committeeman from the President
| home state. The attitude OF some of tn
Roosevelt supporters on the committe
| also gave encouragement to some OF tn
party leaders who are not tied ham
and foot to either the Taft or Roosevelt
| chariots
In the conferences which are in pro
gress at the Blackstone Hotel betweel
| gress Hotel, where all the captains Il
the Taft camp were in session, talk o
compromise Is rife. The only name
that have been mentioned in connection
| with such a compromise are those o
| Senator A. b. Cummins of Iowa. who's
| headquarters was opened today by Sen
ator Kenyon, and United States Suprem
Court Justice Charles +. Hughes. TIL
name of Senator Cummins has figure
In the discussions in both camps; tina
or Justice Hughes confined . the Tai