New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-03
WORSE SPLIT IN ILLINOIS
SINCE OYSTER BAY TRIP
All Not Harmony. Even Among
Mccormick Party, as to Ma
tionaI Committeeman.
WHY NO FIGHT ON ROOT
Chioagoan Declares It's Because
Regulars Will Obey Orders
and Progressives Will Do
as They Please.

Illinois delegates from Chicago 10 saga
more Hill on Saturday. undertook yester-
dav 10 explain lust why the Roosevelt
forces would not make fight on the
selection Of Senator Root as temporary
chairman of the Chicago convention.
The real proposition is said Mr.. NC
Cormick. that the regulars Will do as
they are damn told. while the Progress
sives will do as they damn please. the
regulars are like a lot of cattle. me
Progressives won't hold together like the
regulars YOU can't make them
Speaking Of what he would conslcer
sufficiently unfair proposition to de-
mand Colonel Roosevelt's presence IN
Chicago. Mr. Mccormick cited the case
of the delegates from the State Of Wash
ington II the Taft delegates from that
state were seated. he said he WOULD
shoot the roof OFF the convention.
Some Of the twelve who came TO con-
fer with Colonel Roosevelt started BACK
for Chicago Yesterday. the rest went 10
Coney Island. Mr.. Mccormick said. but
before any Of the Illinois delegation de-
parted il was apparent that all was not
harmony even among the twelve, let
alone among the fifty-six Roosevelt DEL
egates Of that state.
Conflicting stories concerning the at
titude Of the delegations members tow
ard the question of who was 10 he the
successor as national committeeman Of
Colonel Frank O Lowden cropped up.
No delegate wanted TO he quoted on the
matter because Of the local situation in
Illinois but il was cles. than one Zig OBJ
iect of their visit was an enGeavur &c
get Colonel Roosevelt 10 straiehten out
their fractional differences.
Sees No Chance for r. o. West.
one of The delegates said that Roy ..
West. who is Governor Deneen's candi-
date for national committeeman. would
get only four votes Of the fifty eight that
the delegates will cast. This, too. in
spite Of the fact that both Governor
Deneen and Mr.. West are counted as
friends Of Roosevelt. West is and has
been the Governors closest political ad-
wiser and would be practically the Gov
errors political agent If the Governor
was not so capable OF handling his own
political steering gear in person.
"Fifty-tvc of the fifty-siX Roosevelt
delegates" said this one YESTERDAY at
the Waldorf have pledged themselves
for a Roosevelt man for national COM
mitteeman and for all Roosevelt propo-
sitions'
Another one OF the delegation ridiculel
this claim and asserted that the large
majority Of the delegation. though u
would vote for the cOlonels nomination.
according 10 the instruction Of the pref.
erence primary. would not go a step fur
Their and would not be with the Roose-
Welt forces on any fight on platform or
organization.
THE whole thing SINNERS down -
this" said this man yesterday, tn
MedilI Mccormick and Chauncey DcwcJ
want TO be national committeeman, and
both Of them are supposed to be accept
able 10 Colonel Roosevelt; but Roy West
ia better qualified than either of then,
and we can't see where Colonel Roosc-
Welt comes in 10 turn West down
II was evident that the pilgrimage L.
Sycamore Hill had not Strengthened out
the fractional troubles Of the Illinois men
and that the reports which they wit
take back home Of the co'onels turn
/ h.i
Deneen wing will only serve to make
the Illinois delegation that much less
enthusiastic about the Roosevelt cand!-
dacy.
Loeb for National Chairman.
According to the statement Of one oi
the Wcsterners. supposed to he very
close to Mr. Roosevelt, the colonel has
decided, if nominated, to call for the
election Of william Loeb. jr.. now Col
lector Of the Port of New York. as chair
man of the national committee, which
would make Mr.. Loeb campaign man
ager This man went on To assert that
Senator Dixon, the present manager oil
the Roosevelt forces. had already mott
| fed the colonel that as soon as the con
vention fight was over he would have to
withdraw and get back to Montana to
attend to mending up his own political
fences, which were somewhat broken
down when the Taft forces beat him
| there.
Mr. Mccormick talked freely about the
prospects Of Southern delegations bolt
ing their instructions for President Taft
He would not estimate what percentage
Of them would do so. but said that
enough Of them would to insure 6l4
votes for the colonel on the first ballot
He asserted that the white delegates
from Southern states would bolt theil
instructions just as quickly as the
colored ones would.
In spite of his confidence the young
Chicago man talked dsparagingly about
the prospect of concerted action among
the ProsressiSes on questions other thar
the nomination itself Many of them
he said. arc men who have never before
attended national convention. Thei
can: be welded together he added. a
iea9' "'' S"o'' ehous" w f"' VI ''
on the question of organization. such a
the election Of the temporary chairman
1t was suggested TO Mr.. Mcconnell
that politicians were smiling broadly 2
the oyster Bay and Illinois explanation
that the temporary craftsmanship ques
ton was not worth making a fight on,
especially in view OF the fact that IT va
solely over the question Of a tcmporar!
workmanship Of a mere state convention
| that Colonel Roosevelt made his re-entr'