Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-06-13
Prominent Men on Both Side:
Admit Situation at Chi
cago Acute.
TWO POSSIBILITIES RIFE
Bolt Talk Ever Present but Com.
promise on THIRD Candidate
Holds Center Of the
Stage.

Chl.as. June l.. Apparently IRE coo
ciablc differences between raft ana
Roosevelt; leaders in the Republican
party. borne on u rin,nr tido of charge,
of bribery, thct, and other accusation
co."ight threatened TO precipitate de
cisive developments before the openin;
OF the national convention ncxc Tues
day.
The chGr'ca OF corruption were mads
in an open statement given "a tn. pres,
tonight Ivy Director Mckinley OF ths
Taft buleau which directly accuses tbs
Roosevelt managers OF al effort L. cap.
turo the convention by force
Prominent men on 10th s'dc~ to-niyh.
admitted the situation had becone 50
acute that almost any thiug might hap
pen within the next few days. Anon:
ross hiiities discussed m conference
rooms motel corridors and party head
quarters we.e two that continued to coma
rp again ana .tG.in.
The first of these was the possi-
ility of a bolt b.. the Roosevelt forces
and the organization of a "progressivc
party" If President Taft is to he re-
nominated The bolt t1lk was ever
present during the day and once in u
meeting of Roosevelt leaders rose to
point where William Finn of Pitts
bury. who was presiding. refused TO
let II go further
NEITHER WILL SUPPORT OTHER
The second possibility, ami this
SCENE ! to hold the center of the stage
tonight. was that of a ccCnpromise Oh
a third candidate. 4 nuNber OF the
leaders declared that now It was posi-
lively beyond question to expect tae
Taft or Roosevelt people to abide BY
the nomination OF the others candi-
date
The situation was crystalized to
great degree by the action OF the ma
tional committee in the contest hear
ings. particularly the California case.
during the dav. Roosevelt men crit
icised the work of that boly with IN
creasing bitterness.
The question of whether or not Colonel
Roosevelt would come to Chicago. and
what effect his coming would have upon
the tense situation, came up at almost
every turn of the endless discussions AMI
arguments. Nearly all agreed that tho
arrival OF tolonci iooStNeIt NpNiu p''H-
the situation to an immediate focus but
the final outcome Of such an event was
disputed.
Late tonight after repeated conferences.
th.. Roosevelt leaders announced that the
mass meeting sci for Friday afternoon
had been postponed to Monday night.
,here was considerable speculation as -
lust why the date had been changed to
| ,g,,,, tn-Yr Nll
the convention.
The States that l"omed iarge it, th'
calculations of the Roosevelt leaders in
cases Of a bolt Were, California. oregon
Kansas Nebraska. Pennsylvania. New
Jersey. West Virginia. South Dakota
Minnesota. Wisconsin and North Dakota.
80 UNANIMITY OF OPINION.
/ The ~ I'd candidate talk included cum
Minis and la Toilette and then went on
to the much debated dark horse posi-
| bl!ty. \ dozen names Mere mentione
in the latter connection nut thore was NJ
! rnan,,litv ~ orifion 3m} ing ita'"-s IN
( this regard
4 Early in lac evening. Director Mckin
/ %, issued a lengthy statement which.
] after claiming that My. raft would h'
/ nominated ON the hlst ballot charged
! that the + Roosevelt forces were plannin,
more desperate mea ures to prevent tho
| inevitable"
| The effor; to corrupt Taft drlcca,ss -
| the convention. said the statement mas
! beer. unlcr way 10Y several weeks. 1t -
| common Knowledge tHat seven weeks ago
mcro- va., sent io two Taft instructed
delcr.ttAs N a southern state hy te'e-
rr2nh hv q, we'll known Roosevelt lead
now IN chicago.
| "Hlthin the last week two ncn.
eon, from New York TO q southern
state. havc hrazenly approached
Taft delegates with offers Of 'mone%
| in return for votes for Roosevelt.
other agents of a similar mission have
made their appearance In several
states recently
That n well-defined effort is on
foot to buy the presidential nomina-
tion for Theodore Roosevelt is be-
yond question"
FEAR PLAN TO PACK HALL
The statement then charges that Il
plan is on foot to influence the local
police force with view to packing
the convention hall with ncp-ticket
hollers and to "perpetrato in tho hail
a system of intimidation and tarIori-
cation which might easily culminata
| In full-fledged riot"
"a plain campaign lc' was Mr.
| DiXon's re;ort to the Mckinley state
| inent and he refused 10 discuss II
further,
Later in the evening the Roosevelt
committee phrased its opinion OF TIE ma
| tional commuters action In to-day's
| contests ia lengthy statement Tho
Michigan ease was charar terized AS on,
| of the most outrageous attempts at
| strong-arm tactics rerpetrated by tho
| Taft forces IN a campaign marked Nv
| ruthless disregard OF justice ana fair
| dealing on their part"
Tine rape OF California" was the key
phrase Of the Roosevelt statement on
the committees action in the fourth xiii
| fornla district