The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-17
THE MORNING
CABLE REPORT
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CHICAGO, June IF II. Cook.
one Of the negro delegates from
Louisiana, has made affidavit that he
has received an offer Of one thou
sand dollars to abandon the cause
of President Taft and cast his vote
Tor Mr. Roosevelt. Mr.. Dixon, the
manager for Mr. Roosevelt, declares
the statement is campaign fake,
pure and simple"
Roosevelts friends say that the
Hans, adopted last night after a
lengthy conference between the lead
ers and Colonel Roosevelt himself,
are to force a fight on the floor Of
the convention Tuesday morning as
speedily as possible 1t was decided
that the fight should be made upon
the organization of the convention it
self
The idea is TO secure a roll call
as soon as possible after the conven-
tion is called to order tomorrow morn
ing This will be undoubtedly when
Hiram Johnson, Governor of Califor-
ria and head of that delegation, at.
tempts to vote twenty-six delegates or
the entire delegation from the Gold.
en- State for the temporary chair
man.
It is believed that the two dele.
safes from the fourth California dis
trict will at once file a formal pro
test against Mr. Johnson's attempt.
That will give the Roosevelt forces
their cue and the first fight of the
convention will be on. The Colonel's
forces will at once move that the
temporary roll, as compiled by the
national committee, shall be reject
cd, and that a substitute roll. which
they have prepared, be adopted. This
substitute roll includes seventy-eight
delegates from various States and
districts, which Roosevelt claims
We're stolen from him by the COM
mittee, and would be sufficient, if
carried through, to give the Colonel
complete control of the convention
with what he already has in hand.
This plan is bitterly denounced by
the Taft leaders who declare that it
is revolutionary in the extreme They
plan on their part to bring the fight
to a crisis as speedily as possible un,
der the Roosevelt procedure OF vot-
ing the delegations en- bloc.
1t has been agreed that none of
the delegates affected by the various
contests filed before the national
committee shall have vote until aft.
or the convention has settled their
status one way or another
In reply to a question regarding
the possibility of a bolt Roosevelt
leaders last night denied that there
is any chance of such thing. They
| will not bolt they say, but if the Taft
| leaders attempt to make the TEN.
porary roll the permanent roll, they
/
a convention at the Coliseum ard
claim party regularity, on the
ground that they have been defraud
ed by the action of the national com.
mittee.
CHICAGO, Illinois, June 16.-With
the contests before the Republican
National committee practically clos.
ed President Taft finds himself in
practical control of the national con.
yention, at least so far as the TEN.
porary roll is concerned.
The arrival of Mr. Roosevelt in
/ Chicago added greatly to the already
Intense bitterness of the situation.
Shortly after his arrival the Colontl
made an address from the balcony of
his hotel, during the course of
which he declared that the fight
has now narrowed down to naked
struggle between honest men and
I
thieves He was vociferously ap,
plauded in his denunciation of the
methods adopted by the committee
AS he was speaking a huge delega
ton from California passed through
the streets before the place, bearing
banners upon which were inscribed
California refuses to try her title
to property before the thief who stole
it, The result was the most VIC
lent demonstration of the day. The