Smyrna times., 1912-06-19
ROOSEVELT IN CHICAGO
LEADS "HIS OWN FIGHT
HOLDS LENGTHY CONFERENCE
WITH HIS TRUSTED LEADERS
Will Oppose Seating of FrauduentlY
Elected legates-National Com
mittee Ends Its Work

The conferences between COlOnel |
Roosevelt and his principal hackers, |
which began when he arrived in Chi |
cago, were continued on Sunday. Mr.. |
Roosevelt, however, took time off to |
accompany Mrs. Roosevelt to church |
and go with her for an automobile |
ride late in the afternoon. All the rest
of the time was was on the job.
Just before Mr.. Roosevelt left the
council of war for a breathing spell
in the parks he said that no definite
decision had been reached concerning
the Roosevelt candidate for temporary
chairman of the convention and that
no final plan of campaign had been
mapped out.
All day at the Roosevelt rooms
rooms governors and big and little
members of the camp edged their way
through the guarded door of the
presidential suite" on the second floor
of the Congress hotel, the bolt rumor
persisted, and finally it was reported
that word had gone out to the Roose-
velt men that they were to carry the
fight for the unseated delegates to the
committee on credentials and then into
the convention, and that if Justice"
was deEied they could withdraw and
hold a separate convention.
When Colonel Roosevelt was asked
if such instructions had been given
he declared: That's nonsense"
Every little while the marching club
of some Roosevelt delegation would
roar into the Roosevelt headquarters
which open into the corridor near the
door of Mr. Roosevelt's council cham
Der. Brass bands playing the inevitable
"Hot Time in the Old Town" made it
hard for the Roosevelt conference to
go on comforting and were shooed
away, only to give place to others just
as noisy. Only the fact that Colonel
Roosevelt was going to church and
| that the crowd about his door wanted
to see Kim start, reminded anybody in
| the Roosevelt section that it was Sun
day.
Presently there was a big stir as
some one shouted that William ].
| Bryan was coming The crowd desert
ed Mr.. Roosevelt's door to press about
the man who was three times the
| presidential candidate of his party.
Senator Borah and George L. Rec
ord stopped to shake hands with Mr.
Bryan, and while they chatted the
crowd grew. Some one shouted ''ROOse
welt and Bryan; a new party" Colo
mel Bryan Joined in the laugh and
bowed and smiled in response to the
yell that went up following a call fol
three cheers for Bryan.
Colonel Bryan said that he could mo-
very well be interviewed since he die
not know anything about Republican
conventions and was present merel!
as a newspaper man looking for new
like the rest. During the afternoon ht
was taken 70 Mr.. Roosevelt's living
apartments on an upper floor and haC
a chance to interview him.
The details of the meeting Of tn,
New York state delegation in Chicago
which was held behind closed doors
has become known.
The meeting of the delegation no
only developed the names of thirteel
New York state delegates who hav
come out openly for candidate 70
president other than President Taft
but also was responsible for Timolh
L. Woodruff delivering himself over L
| Colonel Roosevelt.
It's closing hours attended by eS
hibitions of tense partisan and pei
; sonal feeling among the members, tn
Republican national committee cor
cluded the hearing of the contests il
volving 254 seats in the national cor
vention.
A complete resume of the commit
tees work is as follows:
Total number of contests heard, 25-
Taft delegates seated, 295.
Roosevelt delegates seated, 10.
The best poll of the strength of th
respective candidates, irrespective {
enthusiastic and unsupported claim
is as follows: Taft, 549; Theodor
: Roosevelt, AIT; Robert M. LaFolet.,
Sc; Albert B. Cummins, 10; Charles
1 Hughes, 4; Robert T. Lincoln, 2. 7,
tai, 1913. Necessary to choice, $40.