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MICDKOUD, 0!iK(10N,TIU USDA V, .VV 10, l!J12.
NO. 77.
ROOSEVELT BOLTS CONVENTION
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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
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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
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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,
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CHI
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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,