The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-06-21
SAY COLONEL
WILL SURE Be NAMED

Chicago, June ~ Colonel Roose
Welt says the only way to prevent
two candidates and two tickets i.
to defeat the Taft forces on tenn
porary organization of the conven
ton. This Is taken to mean that {
bolt is possible.
More OBJECTIONS from the Tai
delegations in the south are report
ed and Senator Dixon predict.
RooseveIt's men will! experience M
difficulty in controlling the conven
ton from the start. The Taft mer
pronounce the reported Roosevelt
plan to overthrow the temporary
organization as "too pueriIe" to tall
about"
Senator Penrose says the Taf
men are prepared to deal with any
attempt to unseat the delegates ap
proved by the national committee.
Chicago, June l7.-Out or cnaos
of claims and counter claims reports
of a break to Roosevelt from the
Taft ranks and a declaration by the
Taft managers that Colonel Roose
velt's attempts to "steal" their dele
gates had met with failure there came
the frank statement by Roosevelt
leaders that, regardless of what the
final roundup of delegates may show
Colonel Roosevelt will leave Chicago
a nominee for president.
There will be no bolt, they say, but
If there Is an attempt to make perma'
nent the temporary roll reported by
the national committee the Roosevelt
delegates, believing they have a right
to act as Representatives of the peo
Pile" may take matters in their own
hands, nominate Mr.. Roosevelt in the
Coliseum and claim for him the regu
lar nomination of the Republican
party.
''If an attempt is made to adopt the
temporary roll made by the national
committee, which denied practically
all of our contests, the convention will
never get beyond that" declared one
of the Roosevelt leaders.
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Senator Borah, talked of as the
Roosevelt candidate for temporary
chairman, discounted all talk OF a
bolt
PERSONALLY, I do not believe there
is any chance of third party or a
bolt" he said History shows con
clusively that no successful party ever
was born under such auspices. 1t
would be created half formed" -
There are others among the Roose
welt supporters who declared there
would be no occasion for trump
convention or for convention within
a convention" in the Coliseum. They
based their claim upon reported deser.
lions among the Taft delegates and
the belief that the colonel would con-
troll the situation In the convention.
The Taft leaders, however, were
equally confident that the president
would be the regular nominee of his
party and that their delegates would
stick" "s'
The situation continues to hinge
upon the action of some Southern del
egates. They appear to hold the bal
ance of power and conflicting claims
are made of their support. Both sides
plainly were anxious over the situa
ton and neither knew just what could
be depended upon. The solution ap'
parently will have to come in the con
vention itself.
Hot Fight Due on Floor.
It was said that the Roosevelt
forces would make their stand in the
convention as soon as it meets and is
called to order by Chairman Victor
Rosewater of the national committee,
Some of the Roosevelt leaders were
in favor of deferring the first great
fight until the question of adopting
the temporary roll should arise.
This plan was abandoned, it is said
when it became apparent that Senator
Root was likely to be chosen as tenn
porary chairman. The Roosevelt ad,
herents frankly admitted that they
feared Senator Roots prestige in the
convention and proposed to make their
fight over his selection, which in itself
will involve the question of the tenn
porary roll.
AS soon as Mr.. ROsewater presents
the name of Mr.. Root for temporary
chairman the Roosevelt delegates will
place another name in nomination The
vote on the temporary chairman usual
ly is cast according to the temporary
roll. The Roosevelt adherents do not
propose to submit to such an arrange
ment this year, claiming that the ma
tional committee is attempting to de.
liver Stolen goods"
The lines will be drawn at once and
the fight will be on. What the outcoms
will be, what the Roosevelt leaders
will eventually do, remains matter OF
conjecture. ~
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