The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-06-20
Followers of Colonel Lose in Efforts
to Unseat Ninety-Two Taft
Delegates.
RIDlCULE TALK OF A BOLT
But Presidents Forces Inwardly Feel
Roosevelt Will Lead 1ndepen-
dent Move.

Chicago, June 2O.-RoOsevelt fore
es met their second defeat in the Re-
publican national convention yester-
day in a session which had for it's
outstanding feature the remarkable
demonstration of nearly an hours
duration in honor of Governor Had
ley of Missouri
All of the Roosevelt delegates join
ed in this demonstration while some
of the Taft states lent a voice. The
ovation to the Missouri executive was
quickly Interpreted by many of the
delegates as possibly forerunner of
a boom for Hadley for president. One
enthusiastic Pennsylvania jumped
to the stage and called: "Three cheers
for Hadley, next president of the
United States" Governor Hadley led
the fight on the convention floor to
GUST 80 contested Taft delegates and
to seat 80 Roosevelt men in their
places. The convention finally re-
fused to entertain the motion by
vote of 564 to $40.
This transferred the fight to the
committee on credentials appointed
just before the convention adjourned
until tomorrow noon.
Taft Men Satisfied.
At Taft headquarters the general
atmosphere of satisfaction and relief
greeted sWarms of delegates who
crowded the ante-rooms last night.
Director Mckinley and his staff pre-
sented an its-all-over-b ut-the-shout-
ing attitude and confidently asserted
that yesterdays vote of 564 to $40
against the Roosevelt forces in the
convention showed conclusively that
Taft would be renominated. They
claimed that Roosevelt would lose on
the nomination roll call 46 of the $40
votes he had today. They declared
that Wisconsins 26 votes, North Da-
kota's 10 and 10 Cummins votes from
Iowa would desert the Roosevelt COL
umn on any decisive vote. From this
they argued that the real Roosevelt
strength in the convention was at
the most 464 votes. ':President Taft's
denomination is a certainty" said Di-
rector Mckinley. Each succeeding
roll call from now on will show
steady losses from the Roosevelt COL
umn and gains for Taft.
Says Roosevelt is Eliminated.
Theodore Roosevelt has been elm
mated as candidate, before the con-
vention. Two test votes, on Tuesday
and another forced by his leaders
Wednesday, have demonstrated that
he cannot be nominated. The dele
gates have repudiated his third term
pretention. His managers have re-
sorted to every known method of po-
litical strategy, but without success
They have attempted combinations
With other candidates, they have
adroitly presented unfair and revolu.
tionnary plans of procedure, under the
pretence of honesty and they have en-
deavored by every means to make
Taft delegates break their solemn
pledges and instructions. In the face
of these desperate efforts Taft has
steadily grown. Taft's majority yes.
terday was larger than it was on
Tuesday:
::The Roosevelt followers, knowing
that their candidate can never gel
enough votes to give him majority
of the convention are now seeking in
hopeless and discouraged fashion fol
another leader. Their search will be
in vain. President Taft's demon.
strated majority in the convention
represents delegates who have come
to Chicago determined to renominate
him and they will not be swerved
from that purpose. They have shown
their loyalty and devotion to the
president on two test votes and theil
solidity was not in the least affected
by a deliberate but futile attempt tx
stampede the convention through
carefully planned demonstration
They gave their answer to that dem