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-~r - "' A - 1) ' Y rl ý O.y . ANA, DAY MORNING3 JUNE 16, 1912, PRIl p~ t VOL IVILT TO CONVE TIN CITY+s, SUP OFTAFT TO FRENZ OFm ALARM SoTilu E S ALORS MACHINE CRUNCHES ITS WAY AND ADDS FOURTEEN MORE -TO HIS COLUMN. vY IS VIRY ACTE San Franoisoe Attorney Labels Ninth Tennessee Case a "Clean Steal- Streng Fights Today on Texas and Wauhngten-dommittee May Con. elude All Contests by Tonight. Chlcago, June 14.-President Tart releived today six delegates at the bands, off the republican national committee In contests with the forces 9p Roosevelt. To that number the committee added eight by the local fights: bttwepn Taft rival delegates. Opposed to the day's gain of 14 by lusident Taft was another empty sheet for Roosevelt. When the committee adjourned at 2:50 o'etock this afternoon the Texas, Virginia and Washington contests re enained as the struggles in which the Roowsevelt leaders are to center their strength tomorrow. In the three districts where Roose Velt contestants appeared today, the colonel's partisans on the committee voted against seating the Talt dele gates, but the only strong comment was on the decisialon of the Ninth Ten hidasee case, which Francis J. Heney iPJd Was a "clean steal." .a*l* 4onats.t tram Alasks, was dis posed of without 'argument, just be tote a4jdtrnment. Credentials from , contesting delegrtion elected at Valdes May I9 had been received by Secretary Hayward, but, the commit tee' declined to consider them. Taft Men Want Time. The early termination of the day's proceedings resulted from the desire of President Taft's attorneys for more time to prepar6 the cases Involving the 80 contested delegates from Texas. Colonel Ceoil Lyon, the Texas com mnitteeman, said the Roosevelt forces were prepared and desired to continue, but former Senator Dick asked a. con, tlnuance until tomorrow. An attempt to take up the Virginia and ,Washington cases met similar op. position from the other side. Qrmsby Moctarg, the Roosevelt contest leader. said his side was prepared to present the Texas cases but would not argue the others. By an agreement to consolidate the Virglnia conteata and to attempt a consolidation of the Washington oases, it may be possible to present all the remaining contests tomorrow. The remaining contests include those of Texas, Virginia, Washington, the District of Columbia and the Third district of North Carolina. In .the Virginia the chief issue is whether the conventions electing Taft delegates were held in districts or buildings from which the negroes were exoluded. The Washingtpn contests aenter about the control of the state conventlion , The contested delegates In Texas number 80; Virginia, 20; Washington, 14; in the District of Columla, t; and , in North Carolina, 2. Of the contests confronting the committee when it met today, those from North Carolina, South Carolina and Oklahoma were expected to take but little timn, In the remaining 'North Carolina district, the Fourth, the contest involved local issues and no, question existed as to Colonel Roosevelt's title, to the two delegates. In the First South Carolina district, the Taft l$oroee claimed that the Roosevelt men bolted, while the op posing delelation claimed to have been. rulry and legally elected.. In the Third Oklahoma district, the RooseWelt foroes deoclared the Taft delegates were outnumbered and re Shsed to goato the hall where the non wention we. called to meet, boldlnl their convention el.ewhere. The Taft delelgate o0 the 9ther hand claimed thW oontrolle4 and organised the hir4 '44.t Lt 4onventlon and the aoswrvelt wg ~ elte , * , In the TrodWegee contests, emnbra. inS 'the ~(a.t, toecond, Ninth and r Tenth, di.str0lts, bitter local fights oj wee`ho via4e4 .Th delegations from , " Tenthst dlectrt, were yi 4ot legelo neithe was W W are said ts ide &1 *e.atltd+* ,tlili branlsatlon of ep. SSM~probably involve . Igb.$* gomut ttne will t St eat poni ,Ceo.Z.yl~pno 'V NOMINATING A PRESIDENT tl E DENOUNCES THEFT OF DELEGATES 0o CAIFRNA CENRA COMT Rosewater, chairman of the national committee at Chicago: "The-republican state central committee of California denounces your shameful attempt to unseat two Roosevelt delegates elected by a majority of 77,000 votes. Every decent republican in the state, whether he be for Taft or for Roosevelt, is astounded at the political piracy. The election of the entire republican delegation was never questioned in the state of California. There was no contest of any sort. Taft committeemen and Taft papers accepted the result and declared repeatedly and publicly there could be no honest contest. "A fictitious controversy was created solely and alone by Patrick Calhoun, indicted here with Abe Ruef for bribery and franchise theft. We prosecuted and imprisoned men for those thefts in California. You have sanc tioned and ratified similar thefts. 'All republicans of California indorse Governor Johnson and the duly elected delegates as the true representa tives of the republican party. The republican state central committee of California denies the right of men al ready discredited by the :cpublicans of their own state and yet sitting in the national committee, to presume to repre sent the true republican party of the nation." The message is signed, "The State Central Committee, by Charles R;. Detrick, secretary." The sending of the message was ordered at a meeting of the executive committee of the state central committee. BOODLE IS RETURNED TO MR. M'KINLEY BY NEGRO "EXPENSE FUNID" IS SPURNED BY COLORED DELEGATE FPROM MISSISSIPPI. Chicago, June 14.-The following is a copy of a letter sent by flanks, colored Taft delegate from Missisalppi, to Rep resentative William McKiitey, manager of the Taft campraign: "In keeping with my suggestion of yesterday I am returning to you here. with the money placed in my hands at your suggestlon, to defray traveling ex pengee of some of the delegates from iWsjsalsppl, "It s. apparent that someone con. nected with your oampaign has been cont:nmally trying to discredit me e* fore the country and' with my people for some time. '"When t wa itn Waahitgton a few wek1 ago, Jopkipg after the new ted eat aoprt bill tfr MlipLI pt, ,Pnd 4alled at your.hea dqrt.es, vour as (Coztiauisd' on PWm Six) ROOSEVELT LEAVES ON WAY TO CHICAGO New. York, June 14.-Colonel Hoose velt'started for Chicago late today to lead the fight for his nomination at the reiubllcan convention. He left on the Lake Shore limited at 5:30 and is due In Chicago tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock. The colonel said he was going In response to a unanimous demand of the Roosevelt delegates that he come, "not as a candidate, but because for the time being I stand as representing the prinoliples for which the rank and file of the republican party have over whelmlngly decided Iprne stattes where they have had an opportunity to ex press their wishes In the primaries." There were nine in the Roosevelt party besides the colonel. The party comprised Colonel and Mrs. ltoosevelt, ex-Gover.nor Post of Porto Rico, i~'rank ~.arper, private secretary to Mr. lR ooseelt, and Mrs. Harper. Theodore Douglas Robinson, a relative of Mr. Roosevelt, George B., Roosevelt, a Scopuin, W. D. RIowland of tle Oultook ptatf, and Kermit Roosevelt, the col 9 onel's seo6hd son. They ogoplied an entire Pullman ear a, nd In orde to accommodate the U.t4' of nel2 paper men that accom 4.4ed tb' 4olonal, an additlonal oar WUr 'attaehedi to the train. The opginle .blossomed out today in a 1 new hat of .sombrero, type, pearl gray in hue. Another illN tlnctive feature.' of his gurb we.va a large bll, i twktle with whit dIlaM onal stripes, which left littlI to hbi seen of the' fitia liar turndown cllaitr. The tolon'l, iacompanied by Mrs Roosevelt atld Theodore too,'sevel't, Jr., Who went to thu qttlation to s.,e li father off, left the colonel'a offi~ e tuo enter a taxicab about half an hour bhe. fore train tine. An army of photog.' raphere anrtntp d the colonel nu Ia l emerged fromn t'ile building. The col dnel gaily waved the new u;mbrero t, the onlookers as the machlno drew away. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., surroundelt by would-be interviewere after "ilte train pulled out, slad, "No, my fathei didn't have anythinlg to may." After the colonel bad given out his statement, efforts to obtain furthel Information from him were unavulling. Train Delayed. Albany, N. Y., Jtee 14,.-A bouldnl about two teet In dlamete# in the pati of the train whloit is bearing C(olon Roopevelt to Chloago brought his jour nay to ail abrupt halt less than at hour after it waribegrup at 5:80 p. m The trai was trpffling at high speed The locomotive *itoruko the boulder which wds forced ilhd4~ the locomotiva (Coptlnued pia p4ie Ir.) GOLDEN STAE MEN ARE DETERMINED TO FIGHT CALIFORNIA DELIGATION WILL CARRY ON THE BATTLE TO THE BITTER END. Kansas ic'lty, Juno 14.--"We are go Ing to (lch'iag to fght, for theu coating ofl the I'lllfornl. dlogutous unseated by the natLonal committoo and an long as tllru Is uanythlllng in ()lcgo to fight for we will kep It up" Thtl was the deliloln tunight of the ltoosevelt delegates from California who passedu , through Kansas C ty un rout to L, Chicago, wHere they will ar rive tomorrow morning. Measure. Advocated, Among t1) th ng .which the dale. gates will seek to have Inlorporated in the' repullican platformn will be a de. mand that the constitution of the Unijted States boe nmondd more eMily, They will auk that amondments be submitted to the' lrect vote of the peupie Insttaod of t6 the legislatures. While Progressives Jubilate, McKinley and His Crowd Determine to Steal All the Remaining Contested Delegates. Chicago, June 14.-While factional leaders were closeted lin earnest consultation late tonight the lobby of the head quarters hotel swarmed with arguing delegates, lesser poll ticians.and hangerson. Every now and then from the subdued murmur of discussion that swept the room there would arise the vociferous tones of an indignant, excited delegate denouncing the candidate he opposed. He would have no trouble finding an opponent and soon the two would be shouting arguments, didactic or profane, much to ,the entertainment of the half hundred who could get within hearing distance by climbing on chairs. Several times the bystanders were forced to interfere with enthusiasts whose feelings were growing too bellig erent. Late tonight a squad of Roosevelt supporters filed into the lobby armed with megaphones and a new Teddy song. They lined up at one end of the room and attempted to start their vocal fireworks. But a flood of jeers and hoots from Taft supporters silenced them. The attempt to sing degenerated into a cheering contest and soon the rival squads were swinging through the lobby, arm in arm, el ;bowing, pushing and shouldering their way through the crowd. Pandemonium broke loose and for a time the en tire lobby seethed with a cheering, hat-waving mob. Over in one corner a solitary'policeman leaned wearily against a pillar. No Compromise. Washington, June 14.--President Taft sent the follow ing telegram tonight to C. D. Hilles, his secretary, who is directing the president's personal interests in Chicago: "The report that I am in any way considering the possi bility of a compromise candidate is wholly unfounded and you are authorized officially to deny the report. With confidence, I abide the iudament nf tho ....,,.._.._ s, Chelt'am.ll Joun,' h 14 --ltllO ltnrn. velt'. ainI on t art thil a fternoon frtom n New Y.'llk It' InJct ll pIt'rmanlity i into the bjattle of ,le, 'al tt'. at the re-I iilhil'nn uilintion l e'nvin'l ln virtut ll n ta,'s tilh' only topil of i'nvranion 1111 fiter lth l fiet tbe llnt rite known. T'he p'rohlstlt etIffctt of hsl presenie htere , was the sutject of fr'i'i'ttnt alind 'in * I Innt an vt.rioun is, the Identity of thie , -speaiker. To the Taft IPlders the announcre n lt (f ('clon l it, r l v lt', c'I)v ominI t was in ithe ntature of "a red flag to ai bill." Director McKinley of the Taft ~ entmpllgn management, Issued a state-. mnent in which he declared uneqouivo- I' (ally that the certain Taft strength n ws 6594 'de'legatee---. more liotn ,a enoullgh for a nominatlon. He and all the other Tart leaders snad RIloocm velt's coming was the surest ponlble Indiantion of desperatlon and knowl edge of lefent. tie said tlhat at nt confereiner of the Roosf'velt poiufl Thurlsday naftorooln their mnllst optt nlliticl figuring showed1 7K volten hort of the necemsnary 040. More slgnifieant, however, war the table of delegates figures which ac compnnhid Mr. McKinlyv's statement the 594 delegates whli'h he Ilnted In the Taft column Iluhitded all the con telntedl delegttlons Iiluon which the na tioln i'om tllteCe kni yet to posS. About the samel ttime rumorl were current that thle Tnft Illmajority on the committee hadl decided to give Taft every remaining vote within their power from the contests still pend. Ing. l'nrly In the eventllg It was ex. II'°tedl that a more' or leI form'Iail 'con forer'nlce would be held Iofor thIi night Wilas over to adopt this as a definillte pilley. With the Increaslng definlteness of ithSre rumlors came an even more def. Illle delretase of such "peace talk" a. hlil softoned the situation In the pre ci'iing 24 hours. Whetn it became known that Ttoose. velt was coming, some of hie eX uberant adherents proposed a "trl umpthal entry" for their candidate, but this was Instantly dlscouraged oy Henator Dixon and others experienced In politics. They expressed the opln Ion that such a procedure would be unwise and would have effects quite the opposite of those Intendedi. These iounsels prievailed and up to a late m hour tonight there were no plans for it any special receptioin for Colonel ft Roosevelt. I Arrangements have been made for a Roosevelt mass meeting next Monday VI evening--the night before the conven. V lion. It was said tonlht that Mr. Roosevelt would be the only speaker. r Whether he will be given opportu. it nity to speak before the convention ft depends upon whether he delroes to a do so, Even his bitterest opponents tI here concede tonight that so dle- u tlngulshed 4 republican, formittly president of the Unite, Wtates, must be welcomed by the national conven- o tlon of his party to 11 plaoe on the tl platform, whatever might bt the private feellngs of other prominent members of the party 4gtar0ing his Iihlitilii vhiwxs or position. It was it k ,nown tonight whith'r Colonell .l.,n,.el Vt would think It expdlient to 1att11 t4 lin iven~ltion in person, \. r,,r M.r. 'Tuft, his principal rival or th Inmllination, nobody hero has I, 'I'Iilo tlhought that he will come b, ('hi+,,go. It has been annotfnced iy iu t, Iprsidelnt that under no olr. I'UllaiNliiae,rs will he come here. ime thing that happened nl the 'vening intterrupted the talk about itosvelt'll trip. That was the ssu. une from the Roosevelt headquarters of what purported to be a letter to ii)'tiltor McKinloey of the Taft ramn itinII, from (7ha'les Banks, one of the negro delegates at large fromn Mis sissipil, seated by the nhtional com mittee. yesterday and oredited to Taft. In this iotter Banks purported to be HARWRY S. NEW. Harry 8. New of Indiana is chair. man of the sub*oommittee on arrange ments of the republioan national om* mittee. New says he wishes to be ab solutely impartial. The Roosevelt foroes have been afraid of him, hew ever, since he presented Mr. Taft with 160 complimentary tickets to the colt vention and refused to give Mr. Reooig velt any at ail, returning to Mr. McKinley a sum o0 monoey alluded to in the letter as '% tfw hutndred dollars" and referred to as having been ad'tinced to him by the Taft people for "expenses for siomle of the delegates from dalssl. sippi." The Taft bureau at once took note of the letter and its obvious impliipa Iona. Such talk as there, *:. (Coantinued oi q R i, 1