New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-18
BY SAMUEL G. BLYTHE,

~. Roosevelt men are going into Ihe
...,,,o,, Tomorrow morning, with
zach side hoping for the best ana ed'''
.,aa fearing the worst Hope. HAVING
sprune eternal in the human o'eo''
since those far away days when SEN
stor gorah last cut his hair, has eztenoeo
her repertory. and is doing double mp
e.rs IN the numerous collection Of part-
san breasts in Chicago in addition TO net
well known and justly celebrated springs
rife Of course. would be a dreefN
affair without hope. but political Ire loI
Taft leaders and Roosevelt leaders WIN
ont this inspiration would he lmpossi-
HE The consequence is that thlS
strugrle. which as all our best literary
lights say. will become historic IN l'e
annals ~ our politics, has developed
line OF hopers than whom the worlo mas
seen no superiors. Lacking denh''e
knowledge of what will be the outcome
~ the fight. they have all turned TO the
consultations Of hope, aided and aoe''eu
nv claiming department that works
steadily and continuously and CLAIMS
everything in sight, out of sight or now
ever slight.
This Is perplexing to the student Of
the situation. for when 1t is discovered
that Senator Dixon announces firmly That
Mr. Roosevelt will have $50 votes on the
ballot that shall decide whether MI
Roots high tenor voice or the 'led'
harytone Of Senator Borah shall keynote
the occasion. and Immediately thereafter
Mr.. Mckinley shouts to the eager WorIo
that Mr.. Taft will have 600 votes at the
same instant. a hurried computation
shows that the sum of these is some
hundred votes more than there are j"
the convention, and, obviously leaves
Mr. la Toilette. with his stern ana rocK-
hound thirty-six, and Senator Cummlns'
with his tenacious ten. voting for thelr
favorite sons somewhere outside-say'
on the base of the Logan statue on the
lake front. Likewise, it eXcites the sus-
picion that some eminent political man
aser Is fbbing, to say nothing Of trying
to get the pot with small pair
Entitled to Ono More Think
Far be 1t from me to intimate even
that either Of these distinguished claim
ers is exceeding the fast speed limit
can only say, in my opinion. they think
they have this number OF votes put az
the results will show, both OF them VIII
he entitled to one more long, concen-
trated. cohesive think apiece on TUESDAY
or some following day. Still, it is well
for them to keep thinking to the bitter
end The little detail that the sum OF
their thoughts exceeds the sum of the
delegates is of no consequence. These
are strange times. brethren. and IT may
be they have arranged to put in hun
dred or so extra delegates in order that
L full supply may be on hand
It certainly would be annoying to Sen
ator Dixon to find his $50 delegates who
will stand forever for T. r. shrinking in
number before his very eyes. and the hu-
initiation of Mr.. Mckinley would be har-
rowing 10 see if he should observe his
bunch of SIS fading from view and
rounding up at about the 800 mark
PERHAPS they have increased the size of
the conventional most ingenious man.
ner of proving their prophecies.
But that remains TO be seem What
to-day developed in the way of great
est interest was the gradual unfolding
OF the plan of campaign. Briefly stated.
the plan of campaign is this: Fight. Those
persons who come here expecting to
participate in q love feast are hereby
warned that the advance notices from
both sides announce battle, murder and
sudden death.
So far as can he learned Mr.. Victor Rose
water intends TO open the proceedings
mildly. Possessed Of we'll modulated
voice of pleasing timbre, it is his inten-
ton to step forward precisely at noon
on Tuesday, and. after rapping three
times with his gavel say: Gentlemen.
That It is understood. is about as fer
as Mr.. Rosewater will advance along
oratorical lines. II reports are TO be be
iieved. the riot viii start at that mo-
rnent. and in fifteen minutes the fight
ing will be general along the front.
PUTTING Axes Into Play.
No man can tell, It is said, what will
happen One PRONUNCIATION is that Colo
nel Roosevelt, having brought his trusty
axe from oyster Bay, will appear on the
scene and chop a few sections out Of the
Hon. William Barnes, of New York,
efd A no nut IN
lation that the ferocious Murray Crane
will climb aboard the Hon. William Finn
and macerate him in fun view of all
those who are on the spot. Be all this
as il may, the fact Is that there is not
coat Of mail left in Chicago, and va
rious statesmen and patriots have rented
Are helmets from the gallant FIRE ladies
IN order to protect the most useless por-
tjons of their anatomies heads
The appearance Of Colonel Roosevelt,
il has been bruited about, will be the
signal for a large section Of Mr.. Lillian
RusselTs" iron puddlers from Pittsburgh
10 advance from the centre of the hall,
using iron canes, with which they have
been thoughtfully provided in q gentle
manly attempt to show the Taft dele
gates the errors of their ways. while 250
brave policemen. hand picked by Boies
Penrose from the Chicago force, will en-
deavor to run the puddlers In for inter
ferine in interstate commerce in negro
delegates.
This pickering, however Will be as
calm az a summer day compared TO the
.brfIliue scenes that will follow tho ad-