Arizona republican., 1912-06-07
Formal Meeting of Commit tee Yesterday in Which Vote Taken on Unimport- ant Matter Is Variously Interpreted
MANAGER M'KINLEY
 MAKES A PROPHECY
He Looks Forward to the Early Disintegration of the Colonel's Forces; Manager Dixon Sees His Certain Nomination
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH

CHICAGO, June 6.-The Taft and Roosevelt members of the national committee hurried to their down town hotel headquarters at the conclusion of the first formal meeting of the committee this afternoon and went into conference tonight with their campaign managers to decide plans for the contest hearings before the committee tomorrow morning
 Question of policy to be pursued in the hearing and also the exact strength of the Taft and Roosevelt men on committee were debated un- ii a late hour while the advice of leaders in Washington, New York and other cities was obtained by telegraph and telephone.
 The Taft leaders said that 4 single recorded vote taken in todays com mittee meeting, that on the admis- sion of the press. disclosed the line adherents.
 The Roosevelt mana gers however insisted that the vote was without significance or value in attempting to measure the relative strength of the opposition. The Taft managers said that d canvass of all the con- tests showed that in q majority of the cases brought before the com mittee the Roosevelt contests were without merit. and therefore, Taft was assured of at least two-thirds of the contested seats in the conven- tion.
 In one of two statements issued by Congressman William Mckinley to- night the head of the Taft forces. the following appears: "Of the fifty three states, territories and districts represented in the national conven- ton Taft has the entire delegations or majority, from twenty states in the north and seven from the west; from the south five, the District of Columbia and two territories. a total of B. Roosevelt has delegates or a majority of them from fourteen states in the north and west and south, a total of Is. LaFonette has two, Wis consin and North Dakota Tn the face of an analysis of the delegations by states the utter absurdity of the claims of the Roosevelt managers that they will control the convention. is apparent. they will have difficulty possibly in managing the so called sure delegates who already realize that they are being led into ditch and are likely actually to bolt d lost cause"
 United States Senator Dixon when told of the committees action in Vot- ing that the sessions shall be open i to the press said the decision was a 1 victory for Roosevelt. In this con- nectiOn he said: We wanted to
 make the fight in open. We have asked for the seating of no man not entitled to a seat Beyond question We have enough legitimate votes to
 nominate Roosevelt by a safe major 1 ity. We will continue to insist that
 the public know all the facts l It is believed that the Roosevelt | forces will allow RoseWater to retain 1 his seat for the present without a contest Howell of Nebraska was requested by Dixon to defer the pre- sentation of his credentials. While
 I am now legally entitled to perform | the functions of a national commit i teeman from Nebraska I shall not attempt to assume my duties of that
 office only when the duties of RoOse-
 velt's campaign demand" declared Howell.
 1 The ROsewater- Howell contest il was expected before the committee met, would develop the first test o1
 strength between the Taft and ROose-
 welt members and it's postponement is variously construed.