The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-12
MEETING FRIDAY FOR COLONEL ROOSEVELT
Gum Shoe" Campaign for
 Delegates Active
VIM. BARNES APPEARS
Will Probably Be Taft Floor Leader and May Take Hand in Commit tee Deliberations - Suffra-
 gettes May Bolt

Chicago. June 11.-Roosevelt leaders
 tonight announced details of a mass meeting for Friday afternoon at Chi cago's largest theatre. preliminary the opening of the republican natioy :
 convention next Tuesday. The prt Y ; pal address at the meeting will Q
 livered by Judge Ben R. Lind ;
 Denver, and Attorney Francis J 0 2 sy
 of San Francisco. Also it is D Q -ble
 that Governor Johnson of Jrnia
 and Governor Stubbs of Ka4 will speak
 1 Developments today indicated that the fight between the Taft and Roosevelt forces in the session of the national
 most equalled by the "gumshoe" cam paign being made for delegates listed
 in the uninstructed column. Although many of the uninstructed delegates all ready have been pledged by state lead CTS to either Taft or Roosevelt. cam
 paign managers privately have ex- pressed ability to secure a block of 50 or more for their candidate. 1 R. R. Mccormick of Chicago was today named by William Flinn of Pitts burg as the chairman of the committee which will meet and direct the activi- ties of Roosevelt delegates before and during the national convention. McCor-
 mick will name about 100 assistants. While the work of the Roosevelt and
 Taft leaders held the foreground dur | ing the day, the Cummins and LaFol- lette men were busy.
 l John Mcvickar of Des Moines and I former State Senator F. [. Maytag of
 Iowa said that large cummins demon stration would be held in Chicago Sat urday night.
 Walter l.. House, Senator LaFollette's
 campaign manager. said that largo
 delegation of Wisconsin people will ar
 rive in Chicago Monday. Barnes Arrives 1 William Barnes, Jr., chairman of the
 New York republican state central com nfrtee, and delegate at large to the con vention, arrived today and immediately went into conference with Senator Crane
 of Massachusetts, Senator Newell Sand CTS of Tennessee. Lafayette B. Gleason of l New York and other leaders of the Taft | forces.
 MT. Barnes is looked upon as the prob able Taft floor leader, and there is said to be a probability that he will take part l in the deliberations of the national com
 mittee on the contested delegates cases. | He said his principal business at this | time was to aid in the confirmation of Senator Root as temporary chairman of
 the convention.
 Practically all the 90 New York dele
 gates will vote for Senator Root" said
 MT. Barnes, and have no doubt he will | be elected
 | Mir. Barnes took possession of suite | or rooms on the floor below the Taft na- 1 tional headquarters. Gov Herbert s. Had i ley of Missouri arrived this morning and at once went to the Roosevelt fleadquar- | ters. He Is to argue the Missouri contests l before the national committee. l Should the Roosevelt forces control the convention, he is believed to be their | choice for temporary chairman, and the position of floor leader for the Roosevelt 1 men may be accorded him.
 1 In the hotel lobbies and the rival head
 quarters there was discussion of possible
 candidates for the vice presidential nomi- | nation, and Senator William E. Borah was l iiitittioiirh III hiiot NOiitteioifs Borah Not a Candidate Senator Borah, however. emphatically refused to be considered in the light of a possible future presiding officer of the | Senate.
 Under no conceivable circumstances or conditions would 1 accept the nomination l for vice president said he, Under no l circumstances would I accept the nomina- | ton if it were rendered me" l Senator Kenyon of Iowa said Iowans
 were coming in on every train eager to | help the presidential boom of Senator Cunmins. murmur of gossip suggesting a pos sible compromise candidate. which swept through the hotel lobbies today and to- night drew forth a statement from Will liam barnes, Jr., of New York on behalf 1 of the Taft forces.
 .'There has been talk and some news paper publication this evening regarding a | compromise candidate for President he said This proposal is purely a ruse on l the part of the Roosevelt forces. That | they are talking compromise tonight is positive evidence of the loss of their | cause The purpose Is perfectly clear to | the delegates here assembled | MT. Barnes was emphatic in his declara- l tion that there would be no compromise. 1 Women May Bolt
 | Chicago, June ll.--If bolt of the re- publican national convention comes from no other quarter if may be furnished by | the woman suffragists. Mrs. Catharine Waugh McCulloch declared last night thta
 unless plank favorinz equal suffrage is included in the national platform the 1 guns of the women's party will be trained ol the republicans.
 1 The threat, according to the women. | should be accorded serious consideration on the part of~the delegates as their re- | fusa might mean the cost of five or six states which have Instituted equal suf- | frage.
 | Miss Jane Addams has been selected to argue for the plank before the platform committee If It Is refused the suf- ! fraefsts will work for their cause on the I floor of the convention chiefly through 1 Mrs. Isabella w. Blaney, delegate at large from California.
 i Woman's Clubs to Entertair l Chicago, June 11-chicago women's clubs are preparing to hold open house for the entertainment and comfort of the l women delegates. wives of delegates and women visitors to the national conven- tion. Every woman's club downtown will | welcome the visitors every afternoon. Tea will be served at all of them.