New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-21
Taft Still the Strongest Candidate, Compromise
Talk Mostly Coming from Defeated
Roosevelt Followers.
WORK MAY END EARLY SUNDAY
Third Term Candidate Much Depressed. as Are His
Backers-Committee on Resolutions Worried Over
Platform-Bolt if Ever Coming Will Be on
California Contest Vote
tBy a STAFF Correspondent o, Tn. Tr.oune.I


inaon succeed himself There much talk of compromise but
all from the Roosevelt crowd who always adhere
their slogan, Anything to beat Taft"
general conference of the Taft managers held tonight at
which programme for the convention discussed
determined work promptly tomorrow the report
the credentials committee There prospect that completes
report will ready when the convention called ORDER but the
committee will partial report which the convention will take
Immediately The will consideration of
and report piecemea to the convention
MAY END EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
plan of the Taft hold day and night essons
press the that nominations be reached Saturday
the convention brought the hours of Saturday nights
Sunday morning There talk of not huryng matters and
prolongng Monday Tuesday week This
apparently with favor among the who really
does please the great OF delegates who now
anxious o get home.
The still very much in the
NAV not be bad guess to pick Hadey ambitious
Missouri Of Governor Hadley flirting with
he has made very plain that he and his delegates have
bong may be the orders of the colonel
The bolt" doing very we'll In fact sicky
little thing need of much careful nursing Up
late hour to-day colonel had succeeded inducing only ia of
hundedodd supporters sign statement pedng them to
bolt the national found Nationalist party
THE COLONEL is MUCH DEPRESSED.
The colonel much depressed Clifford Pncho Jim
ie Garfield Mccormick and others Of the noble band of
who supporting the colonel There dyed
nsIrgent however bolt first all
time That Heney The colonel would value Fncis
support he had fit TO run for Office the last time on
the Democratic ticket
Senator Bora says frankly Colonel Roosevelt beaten and
that he himself strongest ticket which could be named
would be Hughes and Hadey He believes that Cummins and
adey would strong ticket although they do from ad
Joining states would actually mind ticket composed OF
ora and Hadey country needed hbu under no other con-
dions with he Progressive out OF the running
there no knowing the country need admittedly In
bad way according o some few Progressives
However Senator Bora need hardly because there that
monumental patriot Hde who would to head
the Republican ticket in pinch he called the delegation from
together to-day find out just what its sentiment regarding
the Presidential and sore panied to learn that
the sixteen determined to remain Taft men until
William Barnes r generally credited with believing that Jus
Hughes would make good candidates. that he might ea1r
being reegated to the national instead o. the
field Of pocs would not interfere with the bosshp oM Barnes
But Mr. Barnes throws cold suggestion He insists
consider compromise candidate and tha
the first thing achieved the permanent organization OF
national convention T1A:
WISCONSIN AIDS CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE. ~
The committee ON credentials gives promise Of conrningsn
every particular decisions of the Republican National
received to-day from Senator La Toilette thai ne mad ad
the evidence and that ne mad founo the
of the national Accordingly the Wisconsin,
member credentials committee has been voting with the TAFT
majority while delegation has decided to support its
member credentials committee roca That means
that the convention called the contest in the 9Th
District the Taft the convention will be augmented
m at least the tentysx Wisconsin, and probably by
more Dakota all of which will tend greatly to strengthen
Mr. Taft's position before the convention.
Incidentally the decision of the Wisconsin Senator and
the votes of his supporters will make obvious to
Pogressv the baseessnes OF the charges OF m NooSeV ana
his political managers.
The committee credentials has been working very hard
during tonight down business and expects
70 complete its 1t showing dis
position give the Roosevelt men all the time they want to argue
their cases 1t this the west possible course especially
the more Roosevelt people the obvious they make
the hinsy character Of their contests
The resolutions having troubles OF its own The
committee does altogether the first draft of the Taft platform
and is material revsions However, it
confronted that its chairman exVice-Pesiden Fair
banks the author Of the first draft Now there
nothing of pride paentag about the but ne
like nevertheless child of his brain absolutely mutt
lated One committee that the committee will not
abors perhaps that pessic view
PROGRAMME FOR TO-DAY MADE.
The programme to bring in the report of the
;s. an credentials The first confirm the finding
Of the committee delegates from the 9th Alabama