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THE ST7XDXY OREGON! AX," PORIXAITP, JUNE 33. 1912. COLONEL'S FORGES PEOMnrEin; figtjkes at Chicago convention caught by camera. TAFT CHOSEN VVHEH COMPROMISE FAILS T Early Proceedings in Conven- President's Supporters Find It Hazardous to Attempt to Break Ranks. IOi; tion Without Bitterness as Tension Is Relaxed. TAFT DELEGATES SEATED THIRD MAN UNAVAILABLE ABANDON C ONES -'""'Statement by Colonel Declining to! Participate and Asking Follow - ; era Xot to Vote Received I '. With Close Attention. l CONVENTION HALL. Chicago. June J 12. The Republican National conven- tlon was a good-humored assemblage i today. The desire of the delegates to leave before Sunday was ushered in, the reaction from the strain of -the t week, the determination of the Roose- . velt leaders upon a passive programme. I ' all contributed to the general effect. i Early in the proceedings the com- plete breaking down of the Roosevelt ' forces seemed to be apparent. Thence- forth there was no marked opposition I to the programme of the Taft men. : The galleries took part in the day's I business, but without acrimony. Order Against Marching Gives. Before the convention was called to order there was talk of an attempt at , a Roosevelt demonstration. Chairman Root Issued orders to the sergeant-at-, arms and the police that no delegations were to be allowed to march Into the ; ball. Orders were also issued to bar all banners. ' It was 10:43 when Chairman Root dropped his gavel. The floor was In confusion and the aisles were crowded ' with delegates seeking their seats. 1 . No sooner had Root announced that ) the convention was opened than a stentorian voice from the gallery shout- ed: . "All aboard." Chairman Root, when some semblance I ; of quiet had been secured, introduced ', the Rev. John Wesley Hill, of New ' Yorkswho opened the proceedings with J prayer. As Or. Hill concluded someone . in the gallery yelled, "Toot, toot, and : there was much laughter.' The first report presented from the i committee on credentials recommended the seating of the Mississippi Taft I delegates-at-large. f When the reading was concluded the gallery crowd shouted: "The ayea have It." ? "' . Good Nature Still Prevails. . ., The good nature which prevailed all yesterday afternoon was again evident. " The Roosevelt people presented ,,. .minority report, but made no fight and the Taft delegates - were seated by v viva voce vote. Amid a chorus of "toot, toot" and tn."choo cboo" from the galleries, the re- . , port on the contest in the Second Dle- trict of Mississippi was read. The re- port characterized the Roosevelt con :iz 'test aa a "paper case." There was no r minority report, and the vote was taken ' without delay. Chairman Root in- ,j nounced the seating of the Taft dele- gates. The same procedure seated two Tar:1 T - delegates in the Fifth. Sixth and Sev- -I'-enth Mississippi districts. As tne result or each vote was an , nounced. a chorus of shrieks, whistles, t'.f. groans and catcalls greeted the state ment: , "The ayea have It." Way up in the rear gallery a spec tator with a mechanical whistle blew ,wo short, shrill blasts as each contest "was disposed of. The reports were r' brought in. read in a riot of disorder and passed. ' The Fourth North Carolina. Third Oklahoma and the Second Tennessee, -jr on which there were no minority re-.-''ports, went through under the gavel. The Washington cases came next and f '-"the convention sobered down after ad monition from Chairman Root. Nfjfo Delegate Raises Laugh. "Mr. Chairman," said B. H. Howard, a negro delegate from Mississippi, "I ..make the point of order that the steam roller is exceeding the speed limit.' ? There was a gale of laughter, re newed when Chairman Root said he was prepared to rule on the point. "The point of order," he said, "is .well taken." When the laughter had subsided. benator Root added: "The 'Justification Is that we have some hope of starting home on Sun day. This statement brought forth a cheer. In order that an adverse vote might not throw out the entire state delega tion. the committee reported the Wash ington delegates-at-large and each dls trict delegation separately. The same course, it was said, would be followed in considering the other contests. Sullivan, of Ohio, presented a minor lty report and moved to aubstltute for the majority report. Watson moved to table the motion. A conference was held on the plat form to arrange for debate on the mo j-. tion. and bedlam broke loose on the , floor. a. The crowd began to sing- "Nearer, ,JIy God. to Thee" and "John Brown's " Body." altering the final lines of the chorus to: .'"' "As we go rolling on." Devell Permitted to Speak. Hugh T. Halbert. of Minnesota, spoke - in support ot the minority report wben . quiet was restored. W. T. Dovell. a Taft delegate-at large, spoke for the majority report. .x-Goveruor Fort, of New Jersey. made a point against Dovell's speaking on the ground that be could not vote upon the question of seating himself. Chairman Root added that although Iovell could not vote, be might speak - The motion to lay on the table - carried by a viva voce vote. ' A motion to put the Taft delegatea on '' the permanent roll also was carried ' without a roll call. a complete breakdown of the Roowvuii lorcea. delegatea from, the First. Second, and Third. After the Washington contests had cnroedlnri. or tne ttepuDiican National committee. appeared on the floor and was greeted cordially. One big delegate from Tex as lifted the former chairman In his T'arms whila the convention cheered. i."-". -As the wait for further reports con- - tinned, the California delegatea began to shout: "We Want Teddy," and en- 0 deavored to sing "Merrily We Roll Along," but the demonstration soon - .died out. . - West Virginia tried to sing "We Want Teddy." but waa hushed when - -Mrs. Flo Jacobson began to sing , v-Moonllght Bay. A huge placard was lowered over the l.w.. w,ii t,uri, i hi. -i. ter. ;':v -What Root said of the Penrose m. -'jhlBs: A corrupt and criminal com-1 ::''f v 4 1 V- A jfifSr ' - w0 rSS -v' r. I ' S . blnatlon, masquerading . under name of the Republican party." The police took down the tenner. Governor Johnson - of California, left the convention hall before the cre dentials committee's report was re ceived. I shall not sit in this convention during the nomination for President," he said In a: statement, "nor - shall I consider myself In any manner bound by its act As Governor of California, I feel that my duty Is plain and that respect demands that I shall -no-longer remain In the. convention. All the California delegation are in thorough accord with me, but I have requested them to remain and carry out the gen era plan of the Roosevelt delegates.' The committee report for the Fifth Virginia district was then put through and the chairman asked unanimous consent to place on the roll delegates, contests against whom.: had been dis missed by the National committee and ot renewed. This was . done. The eight . delegates-at-large from Texas and those from the contested-districts were then seated amid much laughter and blowing of whistles. .. Senator Root tried to be serious during the voting. but hia face was constantly In a broad grin. , ' Credentials all Approved. Four Roosevelt delegates from Tex as were seated by the committee re port, which finally was adopted as whole. . Permanent organization was then ef fected by the adoption of the organl satlon report confirming the temporary organisation. Representative- Olmstead of Pennsylvania wielded the garel. My first act as permanent chairman of this convention." said Senator Root, stepping forward amid a burst of cheering, "Is to ask unanimous consent that our Republican brother Henry J. Allen, of Kansas, be permitted to make statement. The chair heara no ob jections." - - Allen announced that be would read a statement Just placed in his hands, by Colonel Roosevelt. A wild demonstration on the floor Interrupted him. -The Roosevelt . men from New Jersey, bearing a standard pulled from the floor, started a proces sion. California, Minnesota, Nebraska, Indiana, West Virginia and Oklahoma Joined the line. Pennsylvania, Maine and North Carolina 'took their places And In a roar of cheering and whistling the march proceeded until it.encoun tered a squad of police in. the rear of the hall. It was 21 minutes before or der was restored. . - . , Coloael'a Statemeat Read. Mr. Allen declared he had no wish to start a demonstration. . He asked for quiet and close attention was accorded him during the, reading of the Roose velt statement. In ' which the Colonel said: , 'A clear majority of the delegatea hon estly elected to this convention were chosen by the people to nominate me. Cnder the direction and with the encour- agement of Mr. Taft the majority of the National committee, by the so-called 'steam roller" methods and with scan- "laloua disregard of every principle of 80 or 90 delegates, putting in .the tem porary roll call a sufficient number of fraudulent delegates to defeat the le gally expressed will of the people and to substitute a dishonest for an hon est majority. The convention now has declined to purge the roll of the fraudulent dele gates placed thereon by the deranct National committee: and the majority, which thus Indorsed fraud, was made a majority only because It Included the fraudulent delegatea themselves, who all sat as Judges on one another's cases. If these fraudulent votes had not thus "been cast and counted the convention would have been purged of their pres ence. This action manes me conven tion In . no proper sense, any longer a Republican convention, representing the real Republican party. 'Therefore I hope the men elected aa Roosevelt delegates will now decline to vote on any matter before the convention. I do not release any delegate from hia honorable obligation to vote for me. If he votes at all;- but under the-actual conditions, I hope that he will not vote at all. Ceaveatlea ' Declared Fraadnleat. "The convention as now composed has no claim to represent the voters of the I Republican party. It represents noth- ling, but. auccessful fraud In overriding the will of the rank and file of the party." Any' man nominated ' by 'the convention as now constituted would be merely the beneficiary of this success ful fraud; it would be deeply discredit able to any man to accept tho. conven tion nomination under these circum stances, and any man thus accepting it would have no claim to the support of any Republican on party grounds and would have forfeited the- right to. ask the support of any honest man of any party on moral grounds. ' Theodore Roosevelt" . . ... When he reached the point where Mr. Roosevelt asked that his followers re frain from voting on any. other, propo sition In the convention, a burst of cheers, groans and hisses interrupted him.- Mr. Allen then proceeded.-.- 1 "Gentlemen,, we have reached a point where a majority of the Roosevelt dele gations feel that they- can ' no -longer share In the responsibility for the acts of this convention. ... . . "When, by-using ' the ' votes of the delegates whose rights to - sit in this convention are challenged, you took a position which places the power of a political committee above the authority of 77.000 ' majority elected In a legal primary in California, we decided that your steam roller had exceeded the speed limit. Since then we have asked for no roll calL . . Responsibility la Declined.: - "We cannot In Justice to ourselves, share the responsibility of a convention which-has said to Ohio the home, of President Taft that a ' majority of 47.000 voters, obtained in a legal pri mary election, must stand aside for the political dictum of a National ' Com mitteeman discarded by the same ma jority."- .- . . i The speaker read the roll of states In which, he said, majorities . given against Mr. Taft "went down under the mere rulings of a political commit- tee." Wisconsin. Maine, Maryland, South Dakota, North Dakota, Nebraska. Oregon,- Minnesota, Kansas, - Oklahoma, West Virginia and North Carolina. "We do not bolt cogcluded Allen, "we merely-Insist that you and not we are -making the record.- And -we-rep- fuse to be botind by it.' We " have pleaded with you 10 days. We have CONTENTION SIDELIGHTS CHICAGO, . June .22. (Special.) The motley assortment of. bums, hoboes and soapbox orators always found yelling ' loudest In a Socialist parade, gathered In force In front of the Coli seum . to - make a demonstration, but were rudely chased by 20 . unf eellng- Dollcemen.. - Thereupon- they held rump convention in a schoolyard across the street The chairman had mounted an ash can lust as Representative and Mrs. Nicholas Longworth were entering the Coliseum. "First of all." yelled the speaker, "I want to- say we are agin tnis man Longfeller.- He- never would of been anybody- if he hadn't married Alice Roeefeld. We are also agin Koseieia "Hurroo for Pete Bartxen," yelled the mob, and then the cruel police chased the rump convention through an alley. C OCIALISTS. - former . employes . of O newspapers' who lost ' their strike, and the - customary array of - "sym pathizers" staged a parade this after noon to . impress . the - visitors to the city. They carried banners warning the public to read only union papers. Sizing up the parade was a dignliieo Southerner. I ve seen men HRe those In our chain gangs.", he remarked. "1 would Judge that not ten per cent ol these men can read any kind of a paper. DESPITE all precautions to prevent - crowding, several doorkeepers and assistant sergeants-at-arms. ' realizing this was the final opportunity, slipped many friends into the convention. It la said the prevailing price for this favor was $2. . - - . m w - m - ROBBED of their band, the preceding night by Roosevelt money interests. the "Progressives . took, a fresh grip on the situation and started out bead ed by Alexander Fife, of Chlcag-o, and four; drummers. The . little company met a warm welcome at all hotels ex cept ' the Palmer ' House, where they7 fought with you five days. We fight no more. ' We plead no longer. We shall sit in protest and the people who sent us here shall judge us." Allen left the platform in a storm of cheers. - Rules Do Not PreclBltate Fight. - Then came a surprise. The expected fight on the report of the rules com mittee did not materialize. Mr. Wat son, Taft floor leader, moved to lay It on the table. It was done with a whoop and the convention proceeded under the rules of 1908, the minority report also being tabled. Ex-Vice-President Fairbanks .then began the reading of the platform. He was forced to suspend his reading, of the platform while volleys of cheering for William Jennings Bryan rattled from-the gallery, as the Democratlo leader made his way from . the hall. encountered - a Roosevelt delegation. The ' Wisconsin "Progressives" formed a football wedge and broke the Roose velt line, but the atmosphere was not cordial and they hastily departed. . . . ... HB. M'DOWELL, of Cambridge; e Mass,, member of the executive committee of the Masachusetts Roose velt Club, was one of the men circu lating the third party petition. He se cured many signatures, but numbers refused to sign anything not officially sanctioned by Colonel Roosevelt -. - UNION labor forces In the City Coun cil made a determined effort to have ' the city withdraw the poHce guarding the convention, but the Mayor and Council blocked the plan. - MRS. HADLET, wife of the Missouri Governor, - has steadfastly refused to share her husband's popularity, and has 'spent most of her time In her apartments at the Blackstone. -One of the interviewers, managed to Intercept her today. . "Would you like to be the wife of the President of the United States? Gov ernor Hadley, you know, is a favorite candidate. .' - . - "I haven't thought of It," she replied, "but I guess there Is no immediate danger of that" .'..-' WHEN Ex-Vice-Presldent Fairbanks was reading . the - long platform he was suddenly Interrupted by an ap parently Inexplicable outburst of cheer ing. , At the moment he was reading the section on economy and efficiency. Turning to discover the cause- for tlie outburst Mr. Fairbanks -discovered William J. Bryan hastening from the press box to catch a train Jor Balti more. Mr. Fairbanks arose to the oc casion. "We have been greatly honored," he said, "with the presence of some of our friends in political opposition, some of whom have buaines now' In Baltimore," Bryan planned to leave for Baltimore late this afternoon. "We have been greatly honored," re sumed .Fairbanks, "with' the presence of some of our friends in political oppo sition, some of whom now have busi ness in Baltimore,'.' . 1 A clause In the platform referring to President Taft was cheered for a brief moment In " conclusion ' Fairbanks moved the adoption of the platform. -Delegate Cowen, of Wisconsin, of fered the La Follette platform, as a complete substitute. This was voted down. , ' Roll Called on Platform.' - On the adoption -of the - platform, Barnes of New York demanded a .roll call and the count began. - - Before the result was announced, Walter L. Houser obtained permission to make a statement for La Follette, who, he said, whether nominated or whereat the audience"gave Bryan an other farewell cheer. -.-. 'PHB following printed dodger waa JI circulated in the convention hall and around the hotels this afternoon: "Teddy will walk on the -water of Lake Michigan at the foot of Congress street at 6 P. M. sharp.' He can do It. All un believers especially invited. "By order entertainment committee's bull moose. - - A SUFFRAGIST who; steadfastly re fused to disclose her name , dodged the police cordon around the Roosevelt headquarters at midnight and tore off a rattling good suffrage speech imme diately In front of the Florentine room where, with Dr. Roosevelt as accoucher, the new third party was belnjr born. - She championed the cause of Colonel Rosevelt however, saying be bad de clared for suffrage, so she was not dls turbed. ,- . .... STEVE BARRT, special " bodyguard for Roosevelt during his sojourn .here, was found snoring in the base ment of the Coliseum this afternoon. Two rollcalls. one immediately follow ing- the other, were the knockout drops which, coupled with the "strenu ous Hie he has been leading this week, wafted Steve to dreamland. "I brought Mrs. Roosevelt and Alice here and showed them to their seats," he said, when aroused. "I have averaged Just two hours' sleep a night since the Colonel came. -'His machinery never 8tops,abut he usually lets me go borne about J in the morning. I'll be glad when It's all over." A WILD-EYED MAN dashed through the throng as the crowds were leaving the convention hall.. Eventu ally he brought up against a very wide and thick policeman, who asked lilm If he had lost his convention ticket 'Ticket be d d!" -ha abouted. 'Tve lost my wifej" I Top Row (Left), J. W. Hudson, Lew , F, Payne, L.' B. Gleanon, General E. O. . Merrttt and M. J. Unlyt (Center), sen ator Cnmmlns, Whose Name Was Not Placed Before Convention; (Right), Senator Borah Middle Row -(Left), Interior of Coliseum) ' (Center), WIW liam Hayward and Harry S. New) (Right), Senator Gronna, of South. Dakota Lower Row, Timothy L. Woodruff, Prominent New York Re publican Who Deserts Organisation, - and James A., Garfield. not would accept no platform which did not substantially embody the pro visions of his own platform. The final announcement gave Taft 666 ayes, Roosevelt a silent strength of 343, 63 noes and 16 absences. The vol ume of Taft cheering was louder than for Roosevelt. . ... . Immediately Chairman Root ordered a call of the states for nominations. There was silence until Ohio was reached. A chteer went up when War ren G.-Harding rose to nominate Taft but It was suddenly discovered that Iowa- had omitted to nominate Senator Cummins. Iowa was called again, but silence was the-answer, for Iowa had decided not to nominate Cummins, but to vote for him. Then Ohio was . called again and Harding took the platform.. He was frequently interrupted by applause. Taft Vociferously Cheered. When finally he reached the name of William Howard Taft, the floor and galleries burst into life. Taft had not been placed in nomination, but the peo pie tnougnt so and turned loose. One Illinois delegate stripped off his coat fo'r something to wave. Some of the. delegations started marching. The bearer of the Taft banner climbed onto the stage, tearing away the railing as his comrades hoisted him up. Waving the scarlet flag, he led cheers for the President California, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and the, other Roosevelt states sat silent The demonstration for the President lasted 16 minutes. -When Harding resumed, there was silence until he named Taft "The great est progressive of his .time." At -that a wave of groans swept through the progressive states, splashing into a fist tight among a knot of Maine, Oregon. North Dakota and Florida delegates. Delegates Now' Impatient." ' Nobody was much hurt when the police had restored order, but the im patience of the convention grew as the speech lengthened, and there were frequent Interruptions. Chairman Root had to appeal to those Roosevelt delegates who had announced their intention to remain mute In the convention to live up to it. ".'In the party or out" of- lt""he declared,- "only dignity befitting the representatives- of the . people can commend Itself to the people. John . Wanamaker, seconding Taft, spoke of him as a man "tremendously fitted" for the conduct of a great busi ness and as one - who had held to the courage of his convictions - "under the most difficult conditions since the days of Abraham Lincoln." - Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University, who followed Wanamaker, stubbed his toe when, after reciting the annals of "16 years of peace and prosperity," he. asked: "Who was associated with all this work, during those 16 years?" . "Teddy!"., yelled the crowd.. Dr. Butler Is Nonplussed. i Butler was plainly nonplussed for a moment and interrupted his speech to identify President Taft as the per son responsible. .- . - ' - Dr. Butler reviewed the public life of President Taft. He concluded with the declaration that time after time, when the Republican party had been threatened with defeat, the threat hud been exploded before- the election. Michael Olbrich, of Wisconsin, then placed Senator La Follette in nomlna tion. Wlien he concluded,- after a-40 minute s'peech, there was a demonstra tion for La Follette, carried on by the Wisconsin and North Dakota dele gates on the floor and by many in the galleries. Several women in the gal leries displayed pictures of the -Senator .to help along: the enthusiasm, which continued for upwards of ten minutes. Robert M. Pollock, of Fargo, N. D., seconded the La Follette nomination In a brief -speech of tribute. Union' Sheriff , Brings Prisoners. F. P. Chllders, Sheriff of Union Coun ty, arrived In Portland last night bringing two prisoners, who were taken to the County Jail. The prisoners are Terry Hodson, under" sentence - of '20 years for a statutory offense, and Charles Wood, who will be taken to Vancouver Barracks, Wash., for deser tion. ,v .. A flash of lichtnlnr. has-been known to cure a ease of neuritis. - Colonel Will Count on Radical Dem ocratic Support Unless Bryan Is Chosen at Baltimore New . . . Part. 'Probable. BY HARRY J. BROWS. " CHICAGO, June 22. (Special.) Presl dent Taft was renominated by the Re publican National convention tonight in the face of the fact that the major ity of the 561 delegates who voted for him believe he has little or no chance of election in November. He was nomi nated largely because the anti-Roosevelt leaders In this convention feared to turn to some compromise candidate. They were afraid that any effort to switch to Hughes or Cummins or Had ley would force a break in their ranks and lead to enough desertions to give Colonel Roosevelt the majority of the convention. Rather than run this risk they determined to put through the Taft and Sherman ticket and let the future take care of Itself. For several days, after the Initial ballots showed "Colonel Roosevelt to lack some 70 votes of having a major ity, the Taft managers were figuring on the possibility of nominating some compromise candidate who would ap peal to both factions of the Republican party, and who. If nominated, would make it impossible for Roosevelt suc cessfully to 'lead a bolt or launch a third party. But after the close vote yesterday on the California contest the anti-Roosevelt managers concluded that it would be dangerous to attempt tne nomination of a third man. Ideal Candidate Aliasing. It also is true' that no ideal compro mise candidate presented . himself. Hughes had many supporters, and Wil liam Barnes, tne ew orit doss, maue every reasonable enort to oring aoom his nomination. But Hughes discour aged the use of his name, and by hia attitude made it difficult to bring his name favorably before the convention. Senator Cummins, of Iowa, also had V. .. I. , V. nrcllmt. giUUjr BUifpuikcio, uub .11 ...w f ' nary canvasses made In the last few days, he failed to show sutncient strength to convince tne lait leaaers that he could command the entire Taft strength. Hadley Is comparatively new in National politics and only 40 years old. Since he was little known. It was felt that it would be deciaeaiy hazardous to attempt to bring about his nomination, especially as Hadley had been the Roosevelt manager In the convention. Southern Delegates Distrusted. wh Taft leaders most feared that their Southern delegates Instructed for Taft and other instructed delegates who personally preferred Roosevelt might avail themselves of the oppor tunity presented by an attempted com promise and upon leaving Taft Jump to the Roosevelt camp. Such a movement, once started, it was feared, could not be controlled. Colonel Roosevelt and his supporter! are satisfied with the work of the con vention Just adjourned. It leaves tne Republican party as badly split as it was ten days ago, and in their opinion President Taft has no chance whatever of election next November. If Colonel Roosevelt launches a new party and appeals to the radical element, he will expect to have the support of that ele ment in the Republican party which favored his nomination by this conven tion, and he will also count on heavy support from radical Democrats unlest the Baltimore convention nominates William J Bryan- and, even then, he will expect to have material Democratic support for his new party will attempt to disrupt both old parties and force a new political alignment throughout the country. ' New Party Virtually Certain. . Should Roosevelt for any reason aban don his new party idea, he will, do so in the full expectation that the Democratic nominee will easily win In the Novem ber election and thus he will be vindi cated, for In. such an. event he will be able to assert hat the Republican voters of the country . repudiate the action wi --'-' v....- . . . - are done with the practices which have made that convention memorable. There Is a bare -possibility - that Roosevelt, after deliberation, may decide upon this course, but there are few Republicans of either faction who e::pect him to remain quiescent. The new party move ment is almost, certain of consumma tion. ' - .- . In light of tonight's action by the Chicago .convention, the worn or tne Democratic convention at Baltimore next week becomes doubly Important It is Bryan's idea, concurred ' in by many other Democrats, that the Bal timore convention must nominate a radical candidate, for if RseJre't, ters the race none but a radical Demc.. crat can hope to win against two op posing Republican . tickets, and if Roosevelt does not run it is bel'eved to . j n- hnvA. a radical, or r.asBonablyP"rad.c;i. date whom disappointed radical Repub licans can support - .. ',, -T. -r 1 . ,n!ffht the idea . is ex- pressed that the convention just ad journed Is the last that will be held by the Republican party for the selec tion of a Presidential candidate. Be fmir vears comes around candidates will be chosen through pri , or bv delegates instructed at primaries, thus making the convent oil a mere ratification body, in the opinion of the leaders on the ground. CAMPBELL CHARGES FRAUD Oregon Delegate Sajs Two Who Did Not Vote for T. K. Broke Oath. ' ' ' CHICAGO, June 22. (Special.) Del egate Campbell. of Oregon, , who lias been criticised foi not voting on all oc- casions with the Roosevelt faction, to day made this statement: "Under the law of Oregon, delegates are instructed to vote In accordance with the votera' preference as shown In the general election. The ten dele gates are in this way instructed to vote for Theodore Roosevelt but two of them decline to do so and refuse to vote, although they professed In Ore gon to represent Roosevelt The re maining eight, although composed In part of men who did not and don't favor Roosevelt in compliance "with their Instructions and their oath, voted , for-' Roosevelt." ' ;