New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-15

sured the colonel that not he alone out
Clifford Pinchot James GARFIELD George
Perkins. Medill Mccormick, FRANK
Aeney and Governor Stubs all felt ne
must come or lose the fight. and that
none of them could perceive any lmpio-
priety in his coming.
And so il was decided although the'o
il reason TO believe the colonel appre-
cIates the objection to thu proprieE VI
his coming, and that he VAS as Huc'i
depressed by the realization that ne ""u
al, but lost his fight and must make oi'e
desnerate effort to do for himself what
-. ~ HE ueutenants had been able 10
do for him, as were Dixon anu '"ooe
who share his views by the coiohe'
adoption OF the advice Of "Blli FINN
and his allies.
Taft Men Unafrsid
a deplorable spectacle is the coii
ment with which the Taft adherents sum
ND their view of the coming OF the I"
President TheJ insist that they 90 iio'
fear the result. They are convinced tha'
their delegates will stand firm ana the!
even believe that should the colonel per-
suade a few of those instructed to vote
for the President to ignore their IN
structions the loss would more than DE
made up by gains from Taft men VINO
have been instructed to vote for the
colonel Several of these have given
positive assurances to Secretary Hllies,
Dir tor Mckinley. William Barnes jr''
ut ~ %N,AN
true TO their instructions as long as the
men instructed for the President do the
same, the moment they gain concrete
evidence that successful efforts nave
been made to take away instructed Tart
delegates they will consider themselves
released. and will more than make UP to
Mr. Taft any such losses.
That Colonel -,oosevelt will speak TO
the convention itself is the conviction OF
most Taft men ond some of his own sup
porters. who are mortally afraid that he
will lad bolt out of the convention,
albeit small one.
Colonel Harry New has said all along
that II Mr.. Roosevelt expresses desire
10 attend the convention he will be fur
nished with tickets and will be invited
o-cupy a seat on the platform. Mr..
Barnes. Of New York. is one Of those
who believes the colonel will not forego
such an opportunity to make a speech.
~ any rate. the prospect Of one OF
the most spectacular even if the most
modifying. conventions the Republican
party has seen in the fifty eight years Of
its existence seems assured.
There is much talk of compromise
candidate In Roosevelt circles this even
ing but none at all is heard among the
Taft delegates. II is positively an
nounced by the supporters of Senator La
Toilette that under no circumstances
win they cast their votes for Mr.. Roose-
welt. They will, they say. go down fight
ing, precisely as they did in 1905 and
with that firm determination they have
~ no time seriously considered any other
alternative. They admit, however, that
as they see il now they would far prefer
10 see Mr.. Taft nominated than the man
whom they charge with treachery TO
their hero.
La Toilette Firm Against Colonel.
In the matter of temporary chairman.
Senator La Toilette prefers to see Sen
. ator Root elected rather than to see
\ Colonel Roosevelt win in the initial con-
test Of the convention. The Roosevelt
men decided several days ago to aban-
don their effort to elect Governor Hadley
chairman and to concentrate their
strength behind Governor McGovern. the
La Toilette candidate. rather than TO
permit the election OF Mr.. Root. But
now the La Toilette men say they will
not permit such tactics to defeat the
President, and that II the Roosevelt fol-
lowers do not name a candidate I'm op-
position to Mr. Root they will not II
the Roosevelt supporters name Hadley
or Borah, or any one else the La Toilette
men will name Governor McGovern.
Some OF the Roosevelt adherents have
been seeking to spread the report that
Senator Cummins could be counted on TO
throw his ten votes to Mr.. Roosevelt but
such reports have been emphatically
oenied by the Cummins men to-day.
They insist that Senator Cummins Is
confident he will be the successful can
didate that he expects a deadlock which
will make the selection Of a dark horse
necessary, and that he believes he fits
the description of dark horse TO ct"
II is perfectly certain. therefore that
not for many ballots can the Cummins
mel be counted on 10 swell the Roose-
welt strength.
ID the estimation Of the Taft men,
Colonel Roosevelt is making a serious
blunder. even from his point Of view. by
coming to Chicago so early. They adj
nit that he will arouse a great deal
Of interest and some enthusiasm when
he arrives. but they are convinced he
cannot keep UP the excitement until the
time comes for the nominations nor do
they believe he will be able to exert any
great amount Of influence on the dele
gates, although he will prove mighty
entertainin'" to the crowds in the street.
They declare that even the effect of the
monster mass meeting planned for
Monday night will have worn off before
the time comes for nominations IN the
convention, and they are convinced that
many of the delegates will be disguised
by the effort to influence them.
OF course the announcement Of the
colonels coming occasions no surprise
TO tie Taft men, who have always dis
counted the emphatic denia!s at Roose-
Welt headquarters --denial5 persisted in
to-day even after the colonel had him.
self announced his purpose IN New York