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JUN. TSROOSEV1 rýL _____ P ON TO TflE HOTIL FElLING _IN CHICAGO LS __INTEN S MYGf (WOUT OF. BUNDS AT ANY1IM WEIGHINGC THE EVIDENC ·ý f __ d2 If>b- · ~ YZI1 ~ tIIL SPE ,Y 1 'U _ _ _ _ _I---3 43A.-c'C ' i ý/ý -Philadelphia North American. CALIFORNIA DELEGATION AWAITS WORD TO BOLT PROM THE TAFT CONVENTION Chicago, June 15.-California's delegation, shouting for Roosevelt, arrived today and, headed by a band, marched to th6 Roosevelt headquarters where they were given a rousing reception. The republican national com mittee was denounced for unseating the two Roosevelt delegates from San Ffanclsco by members of the dule-. gatipsi. Many banuers w ere carried by the westerners bearing inscriptions of various kinds. Among them were: paltqrtya refuses to try title to property before the thlief who stole it." y)j lu ( 'La-t the people rile." "Calior.ml for Roosevelt by 77,000." Aroused by the unseating of two of the Roosevelt delegates from California, the California delegation held a Conferenge today and adopted resolutions whloh were construed by many to Indicate they stood ready to par ticlpate in a bolt if their leader, Governor Johnson, would say t(t w i. lPollowing are the resolutions: "Resglved, That the California delegation will not, under any circunlstuwlcs, stand for a reactionary program and' that we are prepared to insist on going the limit in order to carry out the will, not only of tew reppblicans of CIalfol.tla, but of the real republicans of the United States. We' authorise our chairman and recognised leader, . Goernor Jobaaon, to commit this delegation in asny manner that he may' deem necessary or advisable In order to I oary out our determination and to secure a progressive victory through the submission of the name of 'heo dore Roosevelt to the voters of the country." CHEERS GREET TEDDY AT CHICAGO STATION Ohl0ago, June 15.---olonoel Theodore Roosevelt, wearing his new fighting hat, a compromise between a som brero m a a rough rider's headgear, l l ate today and was LmsW ~r louiands of his sup- Dp1M a dp.i rers. The* hat waI I' n the r througlhout the automobile sid ema Lig UIle street station to tWI Conpieg. hotel, waving salutes of 4asq.fcl WFnint of the chbeers that l.siCed the etofmer president's Zprog )5r. 8ooge.et said, tonight he had atm aS UPp t a campaign. He, was ,Ibe lieilg ial e *veral hours with u .lM.p cad.a then assumed L r te Ip it What he termed !'this 'il fi ght between corrupt . IUioe._a a thleves and the plain pie," a' w.U.d 'ot discuss his ' rabDi se a iegiatoe on the conven" tp lel -f oor k tere weeas no 4bubt tH that he would be y 'f být' `New, Isn oirge of oOV ments, sald Mr. Sooe o . , applied for a iset. "We will do tbh ,e 0"Sf _ ltW,"i a thi colonoiq New. "But unfortunately all of the good seats are gone." I0arly in the day it was announced I at the Roosevelt headquarters that the colonel's arrival would be devoid I of the spectacular. A Cheering Multitude. Many delegates, however, would not have it thus. aad when the train bearing the candidate rolled into the station there were three, bands and a cheering multitude to greet him. The CaHlfgrnla delegation, the most ag gressive and outspoken of the Roose velt adherents-a delegation which to day issued a thinly-veiled threat of independent action if things do not ,o well for the colonel In the evonven 10nr-marched to the station In a body 'and escorted Colone) Roosevelt to his itDl. 'They, bo.e aloft a ban. nor which read: ".'Californa refuses to try title to property before the thief wh9 stold it," an d'on the reverse sides 'i0ii. foiala's solid 86 for Theodore eoo4d volt." t Tvhe b~gper esu t the colonel'$ oItr 'ppo `ad Ie e sd With pleaeurs Later, as, he stood on the balcony of his hotel and made a brief address to a throng which blocked all traffic lin Miohigan boulevard for half. an hour, he alluded to the sign and made the so-oalled "thefts" of the republican' national committee the topic of his remarks. Colonel Robsevelt appeared in fine ettle and seemed to enjoy thoroughly b.ing on the battleground in person. The band which led the way. kept up a continuous crash while the two other bands in the rear were equally l usy. The tune that was most in favor was the battle song oft .n Juap till and. Santiago, "There'll Be a Iot Time In the Old Town Tonigblt.'t All lut Mobbed. Colonel RoosEvelt was all but mobbed when he resached the hotel and it t$..o hid, of the oelelseP effort as well as that of his esdars to tLoNe adir thraoug the lobby. The crowd presee u~l~'tp the steps to the eaond .. lpuuw o bhn he, stepped qut on t. H l ty i t)e crowd surged4 forward 4d C outiaueg From Page *i4s. - 'LYO "'S FIGHT FOR TEXAG IN VAIN q.uicioD CLUB 1IVES MOST OF LONE STAR STATE AND ALL OF WASHINGTON TO TAFT. SBATTLE IS TRENII U, THE COMMITTWE'S WORK. Total number of contests heard, 2114. Taft delegates seated, 285. Roosevelt delegates seated, 19. Today's results: For g'aft, Tex as delegates at large, 3$ First, Bee. ond, Fourth, lifth, Seventh, lighth, Ninth, Tenth aqd Fourteenth dis trlcts, 18. Total, U. Virginia delegstdh at large, 4; Pirst, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Ilighth and Tenth districts, 1. Total, 20. Washington delegates at large, 8; First, Second and 'hitd districts, 6. Total, 14. District of Columbia, 3. For Roosevelt: Texas, Tulrd and Flfteenth distriots, 4. North Carolina, Fourth. district, 2. Total for Taf t ody, 62. Total for Roosevelt today, 6. Chicago, June 15.-Its eldaing hours attended by exhibitions of tense par tisan and personal. feeling among its members, the rse},bliean committee copcluded tonight the hearing of the contests Involving 314 seats in the as. tonal convention, which is to .as serble Tuesday. The sum of Its wobk is: Roosevelt, 10; Taft, 4I5, President Taft roetyed today N3 del egates; Colonel .iOoeeyelt, 6. All of Washlu 's 14 west td Prtsident Taft a+i.-t the protests of tSnator Poindexte. that the '"ountry would judge the asse,'" Out of Tease, 'Irft 'btdined 26'of ctli eonteeste 10, eQpr the protest,', lone Cecil A., 4Fon, who asserted "'ou may depose me; nQW, but I `*illi' be back .four ylars from now when many of you ll not.," In Virginia, willre he issue wea 4,wp bltween uepojs~trs and the regt atb ' ,ate orga$q . a, the p7rel* dat respived. the. .. ogated dil* egatlon of 20. , ,.the Distriot pf . $utto~a ý wcevjý gbteen Delegates From Brooklyn Claimed ty Taft Forces Wlfl Vote for the Colonel in the Convention---Campaign Is Mapped Out Chicago,' June 15.--Distinct and unmistakable was the change in the atmosphere which followed the arrival of Colonel Roosevelt. If feeling had been intense before it became explosive and in every quarter of the city from the densely packed throng which greeted him in front of the Congress hotel to the uttermost corner of the distant hotel .where delegates gathered, it was plain that it would take very little to precipitate an outbreak. Something of the piercing quality of the famous "rebel yell" characterized the snap ping cheers which interrupted Roosevelt's speech from the hotel balcony shortly after his arrival. In the midst of that crowd the note of truculent defiance stood forth on California's banner, which waved with the cheering: "California refuses to try title to property before the thief who stole it," and Mr. Roosevelt caught up the note and made it the key of his speech. The feeling that matters had come to some kind of a crisis is permeating both factions. Rumors of hotheaded plans were given somewhat serious attention by the officers in charge of the convention arrangements. Some rumors, untraceable to their sources, went so far as to suggest the possibility that the anti-Taft people might attempt to take posses sion of the convention hall Monday night; that there might be efforts to prevent the con vention from effecting permanent organization at all. Early in the day the democratic administration of the city of Chicago was taken into council. Mayor Harrison gave assurances that the city police were amply able to pre serve order. Police Chief John McWheeny, it was said, would make his headquarters on Monday in the Coliseum building, which would at that time be turned over to the custody of the po lice. Chief McWheeny said if any rough-house tactics were attempted he would be prepared to throw 150 policemen in front of the stage within one minute. He would be a brave man 'who undertook to say tonight what a day,. an hour. a minute might bring forth. The fact is that there is a situation in C'hicago now unirecedented in American politles and no human belin can tell what will be Its outcome. The hottest "battles in former convention. of aqy party seem almost Lnsignlfi cant compared with that which is cul minating here. It is impossible to question the ac cession of confidence on the part of the anti-Taft forces which ddted from the arrival of Mr. Ilnoosevelt. Whether it has substantial foundation no one can say. Mr. Roosevelt himself came on the scene smiling, waving his now famous hat to the cheering crowds, and if his confidence was feigned it bore all thu appearance of reality. The Taft people welcomed him with a statement on the part of Campaign Dlr'ctor McKinley, declaring Roose velt's plilgrimage to Ohlcago repre sentod "the last big bluff of a defeated candidate." Hae Colonel Roosevelt helped his cause by coming personally to Chi cago? To this question there were many answers. The Roosevelt ad herents admitted never a doubt that it has made his nomination a pertan ty. Nobody could honestly question the ppceesion of enthuulasm in his following which makieed his arrival, but the Taft leaders profess to be leve that he has come too sooni that in the two days which remain before the convention begins the atmosphere will cool and the situation relas into one of "plain polities" in whioh party discipline and inexorable mathematics will resume their wonted sway. "Rnthusiasm is all right," said one of the Taft leaders, '"ut never for get that a delegate is a delegate, and it Is delegates that make nomlina tioni," Compromile Talk Sile Dewn. There virtually was no talk today of a compromlse candidate, though the Cummins people continued their qulet prop.~anda and the I* Foll.tto con tingent lay low, like 'Uer RabIt. Nor was there much serious talk to day of a Roosevelt bolt; though the subject was ,by no means forgotten. "It won't be necessary. Rooseyelt has the nomination cinched," ~ild the Roosevelt people. "They will get Into tihe bandwagon; tifle is their dying gasp," stoutly as seited the Taft men. It seemed likely tonight that the opening of the convention would be oomparatively peaceful. The first test, it is thought, will not come on the question of temporary chairman. It is on the selectlon of the commit tee on oredentials that the break is expeoted. To that committee goes the appeal from the deolemons of the pa tional committee and the making of the permanent roll of the convention. "If the Taft people try to put this thing over throuh the committee, you wilI ms the fun begin," said one of the Roosevelt leaders, The "high spot" in the ante-conven tUpn edtuatlon eme this afternoon when Colonel Theodore loosevelt ar rived from New York, received a wel come from a crowd of delegates at, admirers and then went Into sonr i a with his "keeral thtt." - hatlonal oramqlt.e at ,tl$ pn., fp. Ished its .aring of contests fopr dat li the tempeiry IMakaup of MHe o4. fenuttio. Aftet the eommlttea bd Soocluded its labor,. Dieotor IdZinýy ,$v fa4a, tlb º ýaý a .total ,pf 100 NregttM1, tr T hares~ti nIee.eury for his nIninolti..:i- IIIIna vu,1 - t ceding only 442 to Itoboseivlt. The i Roosevelt people declined to give Iut u any figures. The M'Kinsll.y table h gave Taft 58 of New York's 10 drlel. 'I gates, but at the vetry nmolnllnt he was giving It out the New York dlelega - tion- was in caucus--the New Yorkers I called it a conferenle--anld former .leutenant flovernor Woodruff was asserting that is delegates front UiJrooklyn would ftllliw him Into th1e Roosevelt calnlip. It was rliportt l ater that the Ilrooklyn delegates were ainy- 1i thing but willing to ilccept Mr. Wood- t ruff iss a "bellwetlher" and that, in c fact, nobody knew what they would a decide ste do. I'lllonsrvatlivie lstlnlites II had allowed Mr. Taft not more than V 76 votes frolll New York. After the New York inmeetling Statel Chairman Willlt Hurnles, Jr., said: l "The vote of the New York lelega- - tlon Indltcaltl that the vlle will standtl: I Tuaft, 78; Itoosevelt, 9t; antll-Itoosvelt, 2; doubltful, 2. This is counlting the absentees." was mapped out tentatIvely tonlight at a conference of the colonel and hsl I chief lieutenants. The conlferetnce was 1 an extended one and was held beyond 1 doors which were guarded by t'ono notl Itxoorvelt's personal guatrds of six I sood, strong men. When thll mteet- r ing was begun the colonel got down to hli real work'. To the clonferenct he sulnmoneld tenator l)lxon, Juilns . I , rfleld of Ohio, William lllnnt si Pennsylvania. Gleorgo W. Perkin of New York, Oifford Pincholt o.f New York. Arthur 11111 of tostlon, glovernor Stubbs of Kansas, Clovernior tllasseoctk of West Virglnia, Govrrnor Johntson of California, Governor Hadley of Mis souri, Frank A. Munsey of New York, and ..orge . Record of New Jersey. " Senatr P.Ind*wkt a Ihi Iur f ~I'* fqr the rev Wsehknytea ei 4aki 1,C IIf the flrst questions to be takop up was thit temporary chairmanship iof thil. nItlnual conventlon. The sc thIn of the national committee In the T''lxi. andl Washlngton cases, it was uniliit rIt,+i.I, also wore discussed. Later i'.,oll R,,'oevolt sent for Senator Lti+rah, who had not been ln the orl. rlnul conference. The Idaho senator, who has been conldered a. the prob. blie choice of the Rooeevelt leaders for temporary chairman, remalned with the Roosevslt conference until a late hour. It wee learned the conferees took the subject of the temporary chairmanship up where it was left oft alt thie previous conference several dlays ago. At that medtlng and not witlt( aoiling reports of dslnatlefactlon ov+"r flnatletr lorah'e attitude on some +,f the contests. it was the opillon of nearly all the loaders that the Idaho iglliiatr would be the logical mtan to .ilitolme ,enattor Root. fiftord Plnohot, who left the con. f renco before its conclusilon, said the wholo eltoatlon war being disoussed and it plan of campaign being art ranged. Colneol floosevelt, himself, was urged by Alexander P. Moore of Pitts. burgh, to enter the race for the tent. porary chairmanship, but deollned. Nenntor IHrah seemed the favorite of the ltRoosuvelt leaders, but his eligibll ity wan brought Inat question. HIe Is not a delegate and It is poselble he cannot obtain a seat on the foor on that aiceount. If this obstacle .a.not Io nurmounted It Is likely Governor Hadley of Mlisourl will be the Roose. volt andildute to oppose Senator Root of New York. The ltoosevelt Ueutenants disoursed platform laoking and It developed the cuolonel has completed a rough draft eWhich he expects will be the beels of OContinued on Page Mit,)