Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-17
BY N. o. MESSENGER.

CHICAGO, June Gov
ernor, the only way to prevent
two nominations is to purge the
roll of that convention and vote
against Root. SO that one nomi-
nation may be made honestly"
Roosevelt said today, speaking to
Gov. Deneen of Illinois.
And moreover. if there arc two
nominations, there will not only
be two national tickets, but two
state tickets in every state in the
Union"
There is the first open threat
of bolt. 1t is claimed it was ut
tered to scare the national COM
mittee and the Taft managers
into allowing the Roosevelt men
to get away with the temporary
organization and make Chairman
Rosewater put the revolutionary
motions the colonels forces will
offer.
Plans involving downright rev.
olution against all rules of COM
mittees and conventions have
been formed by the Roosevelt
forces to wrest organization of
tomorrow national assemblage
of the party from the opposition.
Taft controls the temporary or
ganization by majority of about
40. Roosevelt contends that
these figures are made up OF
delegates seated by the national
committee and whom he claims
to be usurpers.
Desertions From Taft.
The day starts with Taft shy ten votes
through desertions from his instructed
forces. OF course, they were from the
south. Their loss was severe shock TO
the Taft managers. who thought they had
them buttoned up. although they had been
warned of the danger.
1t is now up To the Taft men to carry
out their "a Roland for an oliver deela-
ration and get those promised deserters
from the northern Roosevelt ranks.
Ii is significant that the statements Is
sued by the boiling southerners which.
of course, were prepared in Roosevelt
[headquarter disclose the line upon which
Roosevelt is working 10 win over dele
gates from the south.
These dispatches last week set forth in
detail the colonels plan OF commercial in
dustrial and agricultural expansion of
the nation under his prospective leader
ship. The statements issued by the bot
ers lay stress upon business STABILITY
under Roosevelts rule, upon the improve
ments of the Mississippi river and utiliza-
tion of the Panama canal for the benefit
OF the middle west: also that they harp
upon the note of despair OF republican
victory in November Ii Taft Is nominated.
All day long today tile Roosevelt men
have been going after delegates ana
hammering these arguments into them
What other means OF persuasion are
being employed can only he conjectured.
And on top of that Roosevelt says III
YOU don't give il To me peaceably | viii
take it by force and bolt your conven-
ltion."
Since he threw his hat into the ring.
wavered in his intention to be the candl-
date OF some part of the republican party
before the people next November.
The Roosevelt strong-arm men. stern
and hardy folk that they be. only laugh
at Director McKinley's charge of steal
ing votes on Sunday" They say the Taft
people are whimpering like child whose
candy has been taken from him by some
rude person.
.,Of course we will steal 'em on "A Sum
day or any other day in. the week, TX
they call IT stealing" said the Roose-
Welt rustlers.
Reducing Southern Representation.
The agitation in behalf OF cutting down
southern representation in future conven-
tions is again to the front.
So II is altogether likely that after the
convention has completed the work for
which 1t is primarily assembled its al
tentiou will be turned TO the question for
a reapportionment. resolution provid-
ing for a new basis of representation will
he introduced by James Garfield of Ohio.
one of the Roosevelt leaders from Ohio