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Oreijon Ulito.-lcnl Soottly City Hall - 2 i'l ." Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Unln Mux Oj Mitt mi; Humidity at; l'rcclp .(). Korty-wcoinl Year Hiillv- Hi-miiIIi Vcnr MICDKOUD, 0!iK(10N,TIU USDA V, .VV 10, l!J12. NO. 77. ROOSEVELT BOLTS CONVENTION AND WILL RUN A PENDENT ' - A NDE N " A J J i ! I RE A AN rav L CONVENTION, FREES DELEGATES, ! CALLED UPON ORGANIZES PROGRESSIVE WWIY Creator of a New Political Party TliKOdnrn Roosevelt's StJ'tciiiMit "Tin" Iiiiik Iiiih emtio when I feci that I inn -I itiuj.e eeilniu .luti'itieutH--(it ini'ii'ly tu hoiieslly elected members i tin tcpiiblioiiu national conven Itiui lint to lilt' fit 1 1 Ic mill file of (lie republican iinrly mid to tln hone! people of III" entile tuition. I wriil into tin fiitlit for certain principle. At tin- nioiiiiuit I cult only sono llii'nii principle liy continuing to hear the iimpoindhilily whii'li their advocacy Iiiik hiotight nte. "Oil lll'lllllf of these principle I Ulllllo III.V llppi'lll straight to till' j.uoplo tlii'iiiNi'lwrt. I wont hefoto them; I tint I inv iirKiiiucnt in full, ii'nl r,v move I Hindu wiin in tin ohh, without conioiiltiionl of iiiiv kind. The opposition lo inn uiih cxtinonliiiurily hitter, for I vn opponcd by tin )ilintiiiiilly Hoiiil iliiihinv of thi big I'oiixi'ieiii'Kh'NH politicians, with buck 'l till'lll lilC big I'OIIHI'iulll'I'iCHH llCIIClicilllics Ot' MM'('ill lllivill'KI" III I'MM'y fonii nnil of couro tho many big nowNpupt'rw which nte controlled hy or ,n till) illtOIIWt Itf llOHHlM llllll HpCCIIll lliill'KC. "Noierthclca, in tin1 appeal In tlin people won. In ninny of the republican Htnlc mill of the ileiuoernlie slnlci. whetc there is ii lurgo ami linl lepiihlieHii piuly priiiiuricH of Miffeieut kinds woto held ami it -ii'.i-t n lit in I mpreNHioii of the will ol' the people n obtained. In tlno primary Mute wlinto sonic .'1,11110,11111) voter, the rniik mul Hie oT the tepuhlieitu putty cnt their oto, I bout Mr. Tut' I ooitmdoiiiblv over J to I. In Iheie ululow I obtained ulioiit i delegates to Mr. TuflV one. Ncmly t It r 'ninth of my dclegatcM eiune 1 1 mn thee piiiunrv mIiiIcx, whetc (he people llHil it ehiinee to eprcwn tlieuiNi'hcs. "Ml. Tn 1 1 'h Nliouglh, mm iiulii'iiteil hy the two roll culls iilieinly tnken, ennniMcd chiefly (aside fiom his iiuietv stolen delegate ) of nearly the solid delegations from tlm li'ii itoi k'h mul I'miii the southern states m which there ic no lenl t ) Mililt i'ii ii putty South ('urolitiii, Mcorgin, Florida. Ahilimnit, AtldiiwiiK, .MinMincippi mul l.oiiihimiu mul of notlhcin slates like New Vorli, wheto tint people Innl tut ehmiee to evpteos themselves nt primaries mul vrhoiu the dclofriilc victo piekeil hy the ho-sos "lit Mpite of those odds against me, I olilnineil it eleur uuijoiity of nil tint delegate elected o hn eonveutioii, In my emiipniKii 1 again mul njrnin ulnti'd Unit if the people decided ngnim! me I would linvy uutliiiiK to Kiiy, hut if. they deeided for nut mul thu poliliitTiillit thuu rohlied, imt-oL Hot viitlory, I would not nSenllv mul tniiiel.v iieiptieM'it. It wns nvidinit Hint my opponent, with Mr. Tnfl'n eneourniteuieut, intended lo lieut me hy foul iileitiM if limy I'ltuiiot do ho hy fair mentis "The enieinl lutl not the only hlep in the eoneerled mul hilheito -riNNftil effoit tn ehent the people out of the uctory they had fairly won, wi taken up hy the now defunct national committee, without one mIiow ol FOR CIIICACiO, .llllin 21) Colonel ltoonevi'11 toilti) dcclil'-il to take (lie lilt In IiIh teeth mul repudiate the present, rep n Id lea ii ('(invention with out further delay. In a carefully piupmed Mtntetnont, tlm colonel uunotinc'.w It f h willing ii'hik to lead an Independent fln for the prlnlcplcH for tlio in)urennlve iilovoinent mul failed iiiion hiicIi of IiIh frlnudtt an plneeil tliene principles above patty linen to Join lilm. Ho proniUcd to make the right to the fliiHli, reKtirdli'HH of cutiKctitteucert mul re;ardl(KM of the uituibor of IiIh followem. Ho thanked liln friends lit tint repnlillcan orKanlatlon anil tlio party who luivo foulit with him up tu the present time, and released them from any oldlnatlon othur than their own durilre to Join him In the flKltt for principle. Nmwh renclieil HooHovelt'x friends ixirly today that tlm oppoRltlou wiih phititilrti; to ahmidoti Taft an a pro Identlal noiuliiei, mid to head off the ItooHovett tuoMMiietit hy tlio nomina tion of Coventor lladley, who Iiiik been floor loader of the Itoosevclt furecH. It wiih decided that radical KteuM muni bo takun to check thin uiotnieut. It wan reported that lladley hail been In conference last night with former vlco-prcHldent I'alrhmikt and other Taft lenders jaiijl.tlilswtm .hullov'fd by tlio coin iioI'k leudom. A inesHettBcr wan neiit to Oover nor llndley, who ankod tlio governor whether ho would nceo.pt ;i noinlnu tlnn ut tlio liandH of n convention which had not purged Its roll. Tlm ;imtiri'-ii!iii mid uilh eyni.-ul eoi.t. for the ttioxt oi.linurv rule ol j Rv.Tiior lecllned to answer mid tlio ileeeney in iniikiiiK up the tetiiporiirv roll call, utiNeiiteil iiuietv liinlv ideeteil Kooftewilt ileleKtituH mul hithi-tttuled for them ninety Taft dclcpilcn, who, in the comoiiliou, teprcRenl nothitm wliutexer hut Mieee-ibful fnitul. I wan cleaily entitled to all I lit- ninety delccates; all the ninety pofhesxed, for itiHlmiee, idi'iiier title than the iiiicuutextcd Tuft -dutcKiitc from Now York eity, mul iih to oenty of them, their titles were hh flttwlc-s tin that of utiy other deleptte in the convention. "Mr. Hoot wiih elected mul (loxeruor Denccn'H molion for partially ilemisiii- the mil of fraud wiih deleuted hy the oto of lhe.-e .straight out fraudulent ilelegute, the liiht Mite hoinu' u vole on u Mrniglil out nioril it-wuc, thu teHull of which, in my jiulgiiietit, ought to render it impossible for uny man longer to take part in the proceedings of the convention its now i (undiluted. The majority in each cai-e wiin slightly over f(). "In etieh ciim', theieforo, if it hud nut been for the rncnlily which placed these fniudiileiit delegates on thu roll and permitted them to vote, I the en ue of decency would have won; Mr. Mcdovcrn would have been tiliM'tinl in plane of Mr. Ituol; (lovernor UeneenV motion would have pre vailed mul tlm lepiihlii'iin national convention would now ho exereiMiig- in good faith, the fair, honorable mid jmpottitnt function of honestly reprc nentin the wihlies, the judgment mid the interest of the plain people who make up llm uuihh of the republican party. Instead, it now represents nothing- hut hucccsmI'uI political fraud pel petroled in the intercut of political mul financial interest. "1 understood Hint Mr. Hool has announced that not one of the stol.'U delegates will he allowed to pass on his iwu ease, hut will he permit led on the other canes. "Such u ruling is it Solution of justice mul fuir play, This ease hears no analogy tn otdiuiiry cases, where contesting delegate have no connection (PotitliniiMl on l' no ) KooHOVolt forcea decided to tako ipilck mid radical action, (ioveruor lladley later appeared at tlio colo ttel'H rooniD, Joining tlio conference and defending IiIh position. Ho ar gued In favor of a delay until tlio convention shiptld recolvo a report from the credentlalK committee, nnd a roll rail be taken In tlio convention on IiIh report. (lovernor JoIuihoii ami 1'raucl.s .1. Honoy of California protected iiKaliiHt any doltty. They hold that tlio country understood perfectly tlio moral Inane mid liiHlwled Hint It would ho unpat'llamentary tactlH. It wan practically declilod anions UoobovoU'h frlondH Hint they would not wait for the development of tlio lladloy program. Tito decision to bolt tlio convention wiih the result, lladley States Position Governor lladley wtnted to a con ference of UooHevelt leadern called today In tlio colonel's rooms that ho had hbiHin mlBicprcMMitod in tlto presH roportH. The .Missouri exectt Hvo was asked what would ho his HADLEY HOPES FOR LIGHTNING TO STRIKE HIM ONLY FEW WANT NOMINATION FOR VICE PRESIDENCY TAFI REFUSES TO FROM IAL RACE WITHDRAW P N (Continued on Pubh M -i .T ZZ--JZZ. 3BSnTi 1 iinniHK TO ELIMINATE BOTH TAFT ID ROOSEVELT FROM THE RING CIIICACIO. June 20. Tlure are WASHINGTON. June 20. - It was only thrco bonnflde vlco-prcsklentlal jilatlv denied at the White House UV booms on In CltlniBo today, haseil on jday that President Tatt hud any the assumption that Prosldcnt Taft j authority to withdraw liis lintuo us a Is to bo re-uoiulnatud by tho repub- emtdiduto for ri'tiomiiiation at any Mean national convention now In -! (iuio when HimuvwU chuulil ho eliuiin hloti. juti'd. At the smite time tlto White 'lltoy tiro thuHl of Jntuofi S. Slier- j House informed the Unitod Press Hint man. of Utlea, X. V., tlto Incumbent, tho prvMdunt lias liueii asfcitrod tlmt who ha tho ImcKltis tlio Now York ' Setintor Crane or nnyouo olbo lias not dologaloii, hcadetl by William ' mde ueh n stuleinent. Haines, Junior, John Watianuiker. Wlien the rumor that Onuie had tho Philadelphia Jiiorchaut, wltoiK.(. nutlioriMil to withdraw Taft rushed form Hurono to Rot hero to front the race came to tho Whito second tlto nomination of Taft; and House it im rushed to the president's Ciovotnor Mead of Vermont. I " CIIICAOO, .Iiiiio 'JO. The dcuuiud for a lliiid candidale mul the ilitn inn 1 ion of hoth Tuft mid Hooseielt from eon'hiderulion hy the republican iialiouul eouvenliou hint ling early to day d row hy limps and hounds. OhliKiitioii to tin' parly wiih ileulai' ed hy hundreds of tlm delegates to he Iho piinimoutil issue instead of loyal ly to any individual. And these dele gates weto hriiiKitiK ovary ounce of prcsbiiro possible o hear to liavu their wish (loiiHiilered, They wore opouly ilcimuidint,' of the Tall mul Koosovel! iiiaiiiiKeni llint I hey withdraw their men mid lei llm eonveutioii iintun a candidate on whom nil could unite, Talk of Compromise The I mi ilo I'M wnro Iryitig- tosland pat. Hut Ihnrn worn nviduiifuri of weuhnoHH in coi'laiu ipiartet'H tlmt lend llm polilitml ox perls (o believe that within a few hours the sitiiittmii will luivo (detircd. Ono of tho half do.etj iiiohI proiuiitont lenders of Hie uvsovH rnolion wont to ti Tuft. repri'seiilalive who is in a position to speak, nnd asked whether if they could pull Hid forces off the Kooso vcll bnudwagon the Tuft men would do the same. Ilo wiih told that on tho face of the Viituutiou, iih it now oxisl this wiih iinpoHsihle. The refusal was not delinite, however, nnd the Koose vell lender wns usked to he ptiipnred lo renew it later today. II wiih not contended Hint this leader spoke for Itoosevell, hut he did represent the hulk of Hie Koosovclt men who waul patty hiii'ccsh to he paramount nnd individual mnhilioit eliminated, Ifoosovoll wiih in conference with his chief liettleiiuiils dining; the entire morning and it was said that u ulato meiit would he issued soon, They mlmil that if u holt is ordered tlto colonel will have only a fraction of the solid Ktute delegations Hint have heen fighting- his battles on tho floor of the convention. Kfl'orls ut Compromise deufgo H, Senigham, a Cineintiati ptoinotor, who luta boon uUoin)liiifto tart u llugiies hootu wilhottt the con sent of the justice, was today trying; to have hoth sides select six men, each to naine three, with hoth Taft nnd Koosovel! cliiiiinntcd for tho conven tion to pitsHitpou, The Tuft leaders were in almost constant conference prior to the assembling- of the convention. They were counting' noses and trying- to de termine just where thoy stood. They hud prepurcd two plans, one to circumvent a holt if one should lake place, and the other to meet tho contingency thai the majority of tho Koosovelt deleg-ates would stay in tho eonveutioii. One report was that they had decided that there wns justice to tho Koosovelt claims in muuo cases, and Hint the Roosevelt men might ho seated in these instances, Another was tlmt if the Taft delegates re nuiiued when nominations were in or der, tho vole should he split so that otto man should secure a uuijoiity tui the first ballot, and Huts secure more timo for tnuliii,'. The latter candidate, declares ho Is willing to run on any tlokct, no mat ter who Is selected as Itti bond. He Insists that ho Is pronrosslvo cuoiikIi j for tho ptoKtesslves mid also that ho Is old enough in tlto political came to command tho support of the eastern conservatives, Tho Taft men would also llko to start booms for Senators Cummins of Iowa, llorah of Idaho, or lladloy of Missouri, but up to tho present thuro Is uotliltiK doing-. (lovornor McUovern has strong backing for a place with ltoosevolt but, It is said, could not rcotivo solid support from Wisconsin, Other vlco-prostdentlal cmultdiiton rocolvltiK mention with ltoosevolt, (Continued on Page 0.) CHI EE ED NILS E TAFT'S CONTROL CHICAGO. Juno 20. Tho Taft forces emphasized tholr control of tho national convention this morn ing In tho first test vote beforo tho credentials committee. By a voto ot at to II tho coniniltteo seated James U. Sloan nnd J. U. Carter from the ninth Alabama district. Thoy wero orlBlnally placed on tlio roll by tho national committee and it was this action that drew the colonel's cliargo that tho commlttoo was "in league with thieves." Tlio committee debated tho Usuo at length after tho contestants had (Contlnuod on Vngo G.) CHICAGO. June 20. While tho re publicans on both hides of tho repub lican factional fight worried nnd fret ted today over thu outcome of the convention, one man wns standing pat. He had n man's sized lightning rod pointed to "the bltto" nnd wns believed to be hoping' that tho bolt would strike. His attitude was n very penetrating- thorn in the Roosevelt flesh. The man wns Herbert S. lladley, governor of Missouri nnd floor leader of the Koosovelt forces. Hmllcy has strongly opKsed any suggestion of a holt so long ik there was a fighting; chance of remaining rogufur and win ning the progressive fight on the floor of the convention. Following the re markable demonstration of yesterday, when for more than half an hour, tho representatives of the opposing fac tious cheered Hadlcy and resisted the speclncular efforts of the Koosovelt people to turn the demonstration for tho "boiin' dog" state governor into a personal ovation for the Oyster Bay candidate, Hadlcy stock was enjoy ing a boom today. For Vlk-o President That the Taft men recognizo this was sbown by many of them suggest ing tlmt llndley wns the ideal etindi iliite for the vTcu-'presidency'" with President Taft. They refused to ad mit there was a ebattce that tho presi dent would not be renominated. They insisted that they had the votes for Taft and would put him over. But tho rank and file of tho delegates, who want victory nt the polls next Novem ber and to whom the question of n candidate is simply tho naming of u man who would luivo n chance to win, today wero openly taking lladloy r.s the ideal candidate for head of tho ticket. It was even repotted that some of the biggest "practical" political lead ers of the convention wore planning to steal tho progressive thunder and split their forces by dropping Taft and making llndley tho head of tho ticket. While the move was regarded as a possibility, it was generally re garded as only a "last ditch" exped ient and not tin iinmmlinta probability. Iladlcy's Statement Oovcruor lladloy today denied that he had been endorsed by the Missouri delegation qr that thoro was any chance that his nnme was to be pre sented to tho convention as a compro mise candidate. "I am for Colonel Koosovelt mid I intend to fight and talk and do every thing in my power to secure his nom ination," said tho governor, whoso nervous manner betrayed tho strain he is under as a result of yesterday's ovents, "so fur as tho Missouri dele gation Ls concerned, I know that tiny aro for Koosovelt." CONVENTION HOLDS NO SESSION TODAY AWAITING REPORT FROM CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE WHICH IS DOE FRIDAY ClIICAtiO, June 20. While the committee on credentials threshed out in detail tho contested scuU which luivo resulted in the blocking of tlto wheels of Iho republican national eon veutioii, the convention held a four minute perfunctory sesioii today. The only bu&inesis transacted was tho prayer of the cliuplaiu. Itniuediutoly niter this was out of tho way, u nio wore Governor Glasscock, of West't'oii for u roces until 4 o'ojook this Virginia, foriuor Senator Hovorldgo of Indiana, Jttdgo Hon l.tudsoy of afternoon with curried unanimously. Until Hie credentials commit too ve- Colorado, Governor Charles Osborne, !lols tho roll to tho convention no business can bo transacted. 11 was genornlly expected that ti ryport can not bo had beforo night. Itoot Xot a Candidate Senator Knot canto in ut 1.l:l." and held ti conferoiU'O with Murray Crnuo of Massachusetts on the plutfoim. Ilo of Michigan, Sonatcr Miles Polndox tor of Washington, Govornor Uonuon of Illinois and Governor Aldtich of Nebraska. When tho Now York production of "llvor Twist," with Nat Goodwin lu tlio rolo of Fagln, boglns Its road season Wilton I.ackayo will bo tho lHU Sykes, then called up Sorgennt-ut-Auus Stono for a last word regarding tho polico nvranjjcnients, The senator was in excellent fettle and smiled when told that there was a general discussion among certain delegates over his (puilificatioiis ns u compro mise presidential candidate. "Of coui'so there is nothing in it," ho said, "thoro is absolutely nothing to any presidential boom for tuc." Former Congressman Jim Watson of liidiuna ciuuo over to talk mutters over with Chairman Itoot as did Chariot 1). llilliw, tho president's sno retary. llillos said that ho was well satisfied with the outlook. "1 don't believe thoro is now tiny (inostinit of the rcuoiniuatioit of Presi dent Taft," ho said. As soon as Knot called the conven tion to order, former Cnugre.ssiuan J. K. Watson was recognized by the chair and moved u veocss until 4 o'clock this nCtoruoou. Tlto motion wns curried uniinimoimlY with a yell. Tho galleries looked on in tttunzemcut. Thoy could not understand tho mid dcutioss of (ho move and a number held their seats until told by tho po lice that thoro would bo no business transacted until this' afternoon. No Session Until Night It wns certain when tho recess wart ordered Hint tho oredetltials commit tee would not bo ready to report on tho temporary roll boforo 8 o'clock tonight, but tho afternoon hour was sot in the hope that possibly a com promise might bo reached so that tho report could bo given out this after noon. After adjournment tho delegates' gathered in knots and (liHuusscd tlto events of the morning. Thoraftcctncd to b() a general feeling that tho stook of Governor lladloy was goipg up and tlmt he stood a splendid chance otf eventually being the itomfneo of iho eonveutioii, espceially in hw of tho Kooscyolt htntoinont,