The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-03-26
ROOSEVELT MEN READY
TO BOLT IN INDIANA
Orders From the East Call for
Rump Convention and a
COntesing Delegation.
BENERIDGE IN THE OPEN
Ex-S enatOr Joins the Fight Against Taft
President Gets Six TO COloners
Two in District Meetings.

INpIANApoLIs. March 25 With the ar
rival of full delegations day to attend
the Republican state convention which
will convene in this city tomorrow and
select delegates AT large TO the Chicago
convention there is no longer any ques-
ton that Mr. Roosevelt's managers are
contemplating a bolt and the selection
by "A rump convention of contesting
delegation.
About the Roosevelt headquarters moth
is heard but denunciat ion of the methods
OF Taft's supporters in the selection of
delegates. The threat to hold separate
convention "if the committee on creden-
,ials does not recognize the legality Of
our selections" is made on every hand.
The purpose was further testified to by
the fact that an attorney III the employ
of the Roosevelt managers was busy all
dav making out affidavits for delegates
who said that they had been chosen anti
deirauded out of their rights. a
IL is said that the Roosevelt men have
also got a number OF proxies and ;nat the
Taft managers admit that some twenty or
thirty delegates have thus got away
from them.
1t is charged in the hotel corridors to-
night that T.. NJ Lee and G. H Camp
bell. the Roosevelt State mana gers.
have received orders from the Eastern
managers Of Roosevelts campaign 10
send a cont esting delegation to Chicago
at all hazards and have the record of the
convention made up and sworn to by men
whose names will carry weight,
Under these circumstances 1t is be-
l. a,
are inevitable il the contested seats are
not all gwen Ia the Roosevelt delegates
IL this were to he done they would change
a minority into "A ma jority and the Taft
men mi ght as well abandon all thought
OF naming the four delegates at large
The contest took on Il, Beveridge and
an anti-Beveridge aspect to-day when it
became known that the former Senator
was really directing the operations of
the Roosevelt managers and had him
self consented to stand as one of the
Roosevelt delegates at large.
Edwin NJ. Lee. Fred Landis OF Logaus-
port and O. ID. Brown of Terre Hauta.
with Beverdge. constitute the Roosevelt:
slate kwhile Charles ". Fairban ks. Harry
New. James Watson and j. ID. Oliver OF
South Bend make up the Taft slaie
While il has been known all the time
former Senator did not get actually
into the work Of corralling delegates for
Roosevelt until to-day.
The exact returns from all the con-
ventions and primaries give Taft s23
delegates and Roosevelt Co.,. There are
contested seats, ranging from one to
twenty, in number of counties, and the
contestants are all here and making
claims of fraud which will be submitted
TO the committee on credentials which
was chosen tonight.
The delegates from each Congress dis
H m ta-pIplt and annp thnsa m
member OF the committee on credentials.
The TAFT men were apprehensive over the
district meetings. as the change Of two
or three delegates might throw mem
Der of the committee against them, and
hundreds of Taft and Roosevelt men
were at york with the delegates during
the afternoon urging them to stand true
to the sentiment back Of their election.
The credentials committee organized
tonight after a wrangle over the cleo
I ton of two of its own members whose
seats We're conte esaed. When the COM
mittee met. II stood six for Taft. four
for Roosevelt. two contests and one
member absent The two contests were
decided In favor of the Taft men and
the wrangle WIS continued over the
contested seats Of delegates with a pros
peCt of being in session all night.
Four Congress district conventions to
: select delegates to Chicago. were held in
this State to-day and the record of the
selections stands for Taft and for
Roosevelt
The Third district convention was held
at New Albany and c. ID. Grim and G. W
Apologize, the Taft candidates, were
chosen
In the Fourth district the successful
candidates were o. H. Mont gomcry and
Webb Woodfill. both Taft men
The Fifth district convention selected
W. r. McKeen and s. A. Hayes. two more
Taft men.
The Eleventh district chose two Roose-
welt delegates, ID. L. Harris and J. p.
REMOVER
/ The Fourth district is the home of Edwin
NJ Lee. one of the Roosevelt State mana
ayers.