Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-06-10
EXPRESS GREAT INDIGNATION
Some Favor Making a Most En-.
phatic Denial Of the Contest.
SAY WORK SPEAKS FOR ITSELF
Think Words Of Unreasonable
People Should Be Ignored.
HEADQUARTERS BUSY PLACES
senator Dixon Denies Report that
He Would Withdraw Impending
Contests-RooseveI Coming
to Chicago.


members of the republican national COM
mittee, after long conference today, un-
officially decided to refrain from any
comment upon the statement issued last
night by Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, in
which the former president denounced
the action of the committee in seating
the two Taft delegates from the Ninth
Alabama district.
Today's impromptu meeting Of national
committee members was held at down.
town hotel, and was attended exclusively
by those committee men who generally
are accepted as being favorable to Presi-
. dent Taft's candidacy for denomination.
4 Certain Of the committee men who at
y tended the meeting expressed great
Indignation at the text Of Colonel Roose-
velts statement, which they declared was
deserving of an emphatic reply. Others,
however. counselled against reply OF
any kind and urged their fellow commit
tee members to ignore the statement
This advice finally prevailed.
Scarcely any Of the Taft members OF
the committee would discuss today's
meeting after 1t had been concluded.
One. however, said:
I'VE are going to stand on our actions,
regardless Of the remarks of persons who
are prejudiced and unfair. The work
speaks for itself, and that is all there
is to 1t. There is but one way to handle
unreasonable people and that is to ignore
them"
Headauarters Busy Place.
Despite the fact that it was Sunday
and that a number of the leaders were
out of town. the campaign headquarters
of both Taft and Roosevelt men were
busy most of the day and late tonight.
Francis J. Heney, the lawyer who prose-
cuted the San Francisco graft cases, and
former Governor George c. Pardee of
California, were among those who ar
rived at the Roosevelt headquarters dur
ing the day. They conferred with SEN
ator Dixon of Montana, Colonel Roose-
velts campaign manager, and other
Roosevelt managers.
After a meeting Of group Of dozen
Roosevelt managers it was unofficially
announced that Colonel Roosevelt would
arrive in Chicago by the middle or latter
part Of the week. The former presidents
managers declined to say what day
Colonel Roosevelt was expected to ar
rive.
Walter F. Brown Of Toledo. chairman
Of the republican state committee in Ohio.
and one of the active Roosevelt leaders,
left Chicago for the east today, and 1t
was reported he had game to Oyster Bay
to confer with Colonel Roosevelt regard
ing the DEVELOPMENTS Of the last twenty
four hours in the convention situation.
Rooevelt Men Go East.
Thomas K Niedringhaus of st. Louis,
newly elected national committeeman
from Missouri, and another prominent
Roosevelt adherent, also left Chicago Tor
the east 1t was said he had gone to
Pittsburgh, but the nature Of his busi- |
ness was not divulged.
Senator Dixon tonight issued a state
ment In which he denied reports that
the Roosevelt managers intended to
withdraw pending contests. In this con- |
nection the statement said:
"Of course. We do not intend to do
any such thing. Every contest will be
national committee is prepared to de- |
liberately unseat Roosevelt delegates, as
the Taft managers insist they will do, |
we are going to see that the robbery is |
committed in the open daylight and in |
full view of sO,000,0O0 American citizens. |
"It is perfectly apparent that the Taft |
managers have under perfect control !
enough members of the national COM |
mittee to do exactly as they please re-
garding the remainder of the contests, |
nearly all Of which are from the re-
publican states Of the north and west.
ITO gain temporary control Of the con-
yention the inner circle of Taft man
ayers boldly have determined to unseat |
Roosevelt delegates from California,
Washington, Missouri and South Da-
lota. In California and South Dakota
Colonel Roosevelt received Overwhelming /
rnaiorities in the preferential primaries. |
"In Missouri and Washington Colonel
Roosevelt had majorities of from 300 to
100 in the state convention"
Many Conferences Held.
At the Taft headquarters, although
congressman William B. Mckinley Of
Illinois, manager of the Taft campaign,
was absent, other men Of prominence
discussed plans for the final week of
york before the national convention is
,al:ed to order. Congressman Mckinley
,pent Sunday at his home at Champaign.
Secretary Of the Treasury Franklin
MacVeagh arrived from Washington dur
ing the day and met number of the
Taft leaders. Secretary of Commerce
and Labor Charles Nagel, former ma
lional committeeman from Missouri, also
reached Chicago. Secretary Nagel met
Otto F. Steifei of ST. Louis and other
Missouri Taft men.
James A. Fowler of Knoxville, Tenn,
assistant to Attorney General Wicker
ham, also visited the Taft headquarters.
Ie was accompanied by Congressman
Samuel r. Sells of Tennessee. II. o.
true of Tennessee was another to reach
chicago.
4 large number of Taft delegates from
.ouisiana and Kentucky visited head
7uarters tonight and opened individual
State headquarters at hotels.
Thomas A. NARROW, national commit
teeman from Montana and one of the
Taft leaders, Joined the other committee