The Washington times., 1912-06-22
Cummins Will Get Access
sions Early in Roll
, Call.
BORAH FAVORABLE
TO IOWA SENATOR
Surprising Figures May Follow
Break in the Progressive
Ranks,
By JUDSoN c. wELLIvER.


CHICAGO, June 22.-In the breakup
that may come when the actual voting
begins tonight some surprising figures
may be expected. The name of Pres-
dent Roosevelt will not be presented to
the convention, and his delegates may
sit silent throughout but the instructed
delegations for him will make their
preference plain by their silence, II not
by their votes. The effect will be the
same.
Again, there may be a considera BILE ac-
cession to the strength of Senator Cum
minis, for whom determined effort has
been made in the last twenty -four hours
before the critical ballot, in the hope of
pulling the party back together by
naming an undoubted progressive,
against whom 1t would be hard to or
sanize third party movement.
Idaho For Cummins.
Last night the Idaho delegation eau
cused, and followed the meeting by an
Senator Cummins on the first ballot
Idaho has been supporting the Rooso-
Welt forces. Its delegates have not been
pleased at all with the talk of a pos
slbie split in the party in case Roose-
Welt should be robbed of the nomina-
ton. Senator Borah has been very out
spoken In his opposition to all talk that
suggested division. In addition to this,
ne Is close friend and admrer Of
Cummins. Between these two consider
ations he was able to induce the Idaho
people to announce that It will give the
lowan its vote on the first ballot
This Idaho announcement contains
potentialties of important Developments
before the nomination Is made. The
Idaho people say that the time Is como
ior iSh consideration of a third candidate
progressive. could make it the more diff
ncult to secure the encouragement Of an
Independent party movement. They be-
tart and Roosevelt candidates. Is such
that the nomination of Taft would pre-
ctpttate such movement. but that If
as well known progressive as Cum
MINIS should be put forward 1t would
make the independent movement much
more difficult of encouragement. In
other words. they believe that while
an independent party might be formed
IN opposition to the candidacy of Taft
1t would be far more difficult to form
OtAS ~ oiAlo6OlliSIl " CuIllTllHS.
Taft People In Panic.
But Idaho's declaration for Cummins
opened the way to a complexity of
dickers and palavers The Taft people
were thrown into great excitement
Idaho has not been their State, and at
first blush its desertion from Roosevelt
to Cummins would seem to weaken
Roosevelt and not affect Taft at ALL
The difficulty with this reasoning is
that It does not go under the surface;
and that Is where the managers for
Taft are looking. They kaaw that
their own support Is honeycombed with
dissatisfaction and encouragement. 1t
doomed to defeat; conventions. especial
ly Republican conventions, don't take
cheerfully to the procedure.
Therefore many Taft delegates have
been for several days hoping that some
ming would turn up that would give
them chance to nominate a stronger
man than Taft, while avoiding the
Danger of slump to Roosevelt.
Shortly after the Idaho announce
iso3se R99sevelt's III ~, name was n9t to be pre-;
very different face on the matter. 1t
was stated that Senator Kenyon of
Iowa, manager for Cummins had held
long talk with Colonel Roosevelt and
went away with the Impression that
RooseVelts name would not be pre-
sented and that the colonel was de-
%eiHiheu Oh lne Independent party plan.
Meet About August I.
1t was declared that Roosevelt Is pre-
pared to go ahead with this movement
no matter whom the present convention
may nominate. The favorite plan has
been to keep the Roosevelt delegates in
the convention, to go away from Chi
cago at the close of the convention and
proceed at once to the work of organic
ing a new party, with the purpose of
holding an entirely new national con-
vention about August /, putting up
Roosevelt, and making a red-hot cam
paign.
Various reasons are urged in favor of
this course Colonel Roosevelt, for one
thing, is considerate OF those followers
who. being delegates here, might not
want to be placed in the position of
boilers. even though disposed to support
him. He has considered that to keep
the two gatherings entirely separate
an dindependent of each other would be
less embarrassing to many of his fol-
lowers.
Expect Fifty Votes.
The third candidate movers declared
that they hoped to get about nifty
votes for Cummins on the first ballot.
This would include Iowa's ten and Ida
hos eight, to which must be added
others, said to be in sight from vari-
Gus Taft sources. and some from other
Roosevelt delegations Senator Page OF
Vermont for instance, who controls the
six Taft delega ties in that State, paid a visit
to the Cummins headquarters and dis
cussed the situation with Senator Ken
yon and others. and there was report
that some of the Taft people in Massa-
chusetts and Rhode Island were seri.
ously in the mind of breaking away and
going to Cummins.
Against all this, the Taft generals
were holding on like grim death, clench
ing their teeth and between set jaws
giving out as cheerful assurances al
possible, that their position was i'm
pregnable and they were sure to nomin
ate on first ballot. They were certain
I ly in a coCky frame of mind EveI
after the news of the Cummins' boom
in1ation reached them, they insisted
that 1t was none of their affair, 4
..naralA. innlE