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at' K ott mmt& Fair Tonight and Saturday. Last Edition WitMmhimi NTJMBEB 7487. Yesterday's Circulation, 73,400 WASHINGTON, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 21, 1012. Eighteen Pages PRICE ONE CENT. PRESIDENT TAFT DEMANDS HIS NOMINATION AND WILL LISTEN TO NO COMPROMISE PLAN READ RIOT ACT TO HIS MANAGERS Big Problem Before Old Guard Leaders Is to Avoid Going to Certain Defeat With President As Nominee. CONVENTION KEPT IDLE TWO HOURS Credentials Committee Refuses to Make Partial Report of Its Work Despite Demand of Chairman Root. AFTER LONG DELAY BUSINESS SESSION IS GOTTEN UNDER WAY "Steam Roller Will Do Its Work" CHICAGO, 111., Juno 21. The political situation remains practically as it was yesterday. With the exception that it is now more than ever apparent that the steam roller will do its work as originally planned. There is little probability that there will be any deviation from these plans, little probability that the forces in control will give any serious consideration to a compromise candidate. We hear much gossip concerning this and that and the other compromise candidate, but there is nothing in it. There will be no compromise candidate if the machine can have its way, and, apparently, it has fortified itself with sufficient fraudulent votes to carry through its program rough shod. Mr. Roosevelt made his position perfectly clear in the statement he g-ve out yesterday afternoon. There has not been, nor will there be any change in his attitude. Nothing definite will occur until after the report of the credentials committee has been acted upon. This report ,in my judgment, will absolutely confirm the action of the na tional committee to the letter, if not to the letter, practically sustain it. FRANK A. MUNSEY. Three Men Who Keep the Taft Steam Roller Moving COLISEUM, CHICAGO, June 21. Deadlocked be cause of the absence of any report from the credentials committee, which is scheduled to be the first order of busi ness at today's session, the Republican convention wasted nearly wo hours today after its being called to order at 11 o'clock by Chairman Root. During the time the delegates amused themselves by cheering William J. Bryan, as he entered the press section, discussing the .advisability of a third candidate and dis cussing the iniquitous rates that Chicago hotels and eating houses are demanding. . ,v. CONSTERNATION AMONG DELEGATES. The rumor that the convention might lap over Into next week caused consternation to most of the delegates who have about reached the bot tom of their pocketbooks. Indeed, bo serious has the question become that managers for all candidates are watching proxies very closely In event of an exodus of the delegates. Chairman Root made a demand upon the committee on credentials to BUbmlt what work It had finished In the form of a partial report, but the refusal of members of the committee to obey this demand blocked the wheels of the convention. After two hours' wait Chairman Root called the convention to order, and Immediately took up the partial report of the credentials committee seating the two Taft delegates from the Ninth Alabama district. W. T. Dovell, of Washington, handed up the report, recommending that the Taft delegates and alternates be seated In the Ninth Alabama district. In the report the majority of the members stated that they had fully heard both sides and found that the election of the Taft delegates was regular. The report reviewed the evidence In the case and declared that the call for the convention wbb signed by twenty-three of the thirty mem bers of the district committee. This, It was held by the committee, showed the regularity of the convention which elected the delegates. Taft Leaders Standing Pat At Opening of Convention ROOSEVELT FORCES WORK ON PLANS FOR NEW PARTY wBwmMKm iJmmSm sHII Wn&B&ffimMM lamWWmM&vMwir mfflMnMfrMwml v mfTCJsssimmijssssssmw sKZMamms&ms&zmmi, J&& ' i , wav s-wHys- vK a ?cJroVBWBBWBWMWBVBBvSBWBWBWBAWBWBm - - -u CHICAGO. June 21. When the con vention assembled at U o'clock the pro gram of the leaders was to bring up a partial report of the credentials com mittee for Immediate consideration. This included the seating of all of the Taft delegates In the first States con sidered. Including the Fourth California district, where the feeling has been most bitter from the putset. The Taft men claimed that they were in absolute control of the situation and they were well pleased with the demand of the Roosevelt forces that there be a record vote on each contest. Until the convention was fully or ganized no real business could be transacted. The credentials committee has positively refused to hurry alonh' the contests. The majority members declared they have been unjustly criti cized In advance and that they intend ed to show the country that there was no ateam roller at work, but that each contest was fully aired, clearly on Its merits. Because of this fact, the question of the nomination was widely discussed among the delegates. Many favored keeping the credentials committee on the Job In an effort to get through by late afternoon so that a night session might be held to adopt the platform and nominate the ticket. Taft Leaders Stand Pat . Buggestion of a third candidate, Borne one who might rally to his support the rank and file from both the Roosevelt and the Taft camps lagged today be cause none of the men suggested would definitely assure those who favored such (Continued on Third Page.) mzzam&Mk&fts BRYAN ROUNDNG PROGRESSIVES WEATHER REPORT. FORECAST FOR THE DISTRICT. Probably fair tonight and Saturday; not much change in temperature. TEMPERATURES. U. S. BUREAU. AFFLECK'S. 8 a. m 67 8 a. m 9 a. m 73 J 9 a m 10 ft m 75 10 a m U a, m 76 11 a. m TIDE TABLE. Today High tide. 12.65 a. m. and 120 p. m. Low tide. 7 28 a. m. and 7.65 p. m. Tomorrow High tide. 1.62 a m. and 2;22 p. m. Low tide, 8:30 a. m. and 8.60 p. m. SUN TABLE. Bun rises 4.33 Sun lets 7:29 VOTE UNANIMOUS TO IMPEACH ARCHBALD The House Judiciary Committee this afternoon unanimously voted to im peach Judge "Robert Archbald, of the Commerce Court. The report of the committee will be made to the House soon after July 1. $i.oo Bluemont and Return. Sunday, June 23rd, Southern Railway Trains Lv Washington 8 65 a. m. (ltd.) and 8:16 a. m. (local). Advt I I PARKER Wires Clark, Wilson, and Other Leaders to Take Firm Stand. CHICAGO, June 21. William J. Bryan today sent the following tele gram to Speaker Clark, Governor Wil son, Governor Burke. Governor Fobs, Mayor Gaynor, and Governor Baldwin: In the Interest of harmony, I sug gested to the subcommittee of the Dem ocratic national committee the advlsl bllltv of recommending as temporary chairman some progressive acceptable to the leading progressive candidates for the Presidential nomination. I took it for granted that no commlteeman Inter ested in Democratic success would de sire to offend the members of a con vention overwhelmingly progressive by naming a reactionary to sound the key note of the campaign. "Eight members of the subcommittee, however, have over the protest of the remaining eight men agreed upon not only a reactionary, but upon the Dem ocrat, who among those not candidates for the Presidential nomination is in the eyes of the people most conspicu ously lndentlfled with the reactionary element of the party. I shall be pleased to Join you and your friends in opposing his selection by the full committee 'or by the convention. Kindly answer here. "W. J. BRYAN." By THEODORE TILLER. BALTIMORE, June 21. Bryan"s tele gram to Speaker Clark, Governor Wil son, Governor Fobs, and other candi dates, virtually demanding that they re pudiate the action of the subcommittee in nominating Judge Parker as tem porary chairman, created consternation and anger among the national commit teemen here. It also caused a small-sized panic at the Clark and Wilson headquarters among those managers who had been hoping Bryan himself would wage the fight on Parker without calling for a show-down from the candidates against Murphy, who picked Parker. Norman E. Mack read a copy of the Bryan telegram. He was plainly angry and started to make comment when Urey Woodson nald: "Say nothing." Roger Sulllven, of Illinois, said: "I am suprlsed at nothing. This Is a great world." He only smiled when some one sug gested Bryan's telegram would call the candidates out In the open either for or against Murphy. Sullivan said: "Bryan will be here all right," when asked If the "Peerless Leader" would desert his reportorial du ties at Chicago If the conventions over lapped. iationai committeeman s aae, ot Iowa, read Hryan's ultimatum over twice, but would say notning. Bryan's telegram to all of the so-called progres sive candidates was generally construed as the forerunner of a hot convention tight. DEMOCRATS MIT RESULT OF FIGHT BY REPUBLICANS Principal Interest at Balti more Now Is Centered on Chicago. BALiuiUKB, June 21.-In view of the Chaotic COnditloriR nl Chlrnen lh Dom- ocrats here have begun to mark time, and there are already predictions that the Democratic convention may extena over Sunday of next week unless speedy action is taken by the Republicans. If. 88 lS nOW anticipated, thn Rnmlh. jllcan convention overlaps the Demo cratio gathering, t is planned that the wammore convention shall adpourn from day to day, while the leaders study the availability of each of tho respec tive candidates as the opponents of the Republican nominee. Every Demo cratic politician today awaits word from Chicago. All newspaper extras are eagerly bought and newspaper corres pondents are besieged for Information and opinions regarding the probable out come of the Chicago fight. The Demo crats are now playing a waltlne game and will continue for several days even after the adjournment of the Republican ronveutlon. or conventions, In tne Windy atjr. By JOHN SNURE. CHICAGO, 111., June 21. According to the program of the Old Guard leaders, finally settled on in a conference that lasted until 3 o'clock this morning, William Howard Taft will be renominated for President. Theodore Roosevelt will be nominated for President in a second convention which will be held probably before the Roosevelt delegates leave Chicago. Colonel Roosevelt will, undertake the formation 'of a third party, and;he and his leaders ebepect to rally to. their banners millions of Voters in the Republican -Statoy, to de feat Taft hopelessly. .at the polls and to carry the election in November. Old Guard Will Not Yield The Old Guard leaders have determined to run tho Steam Roller right along, just as they have thus far in the convention. They will not yield to the demands of Roose velt that the roll be purged of the fraudulently seated dele gates. A small part of these delegates may be unseated just to give an appearance of fair and equitable dealing. But the Old Guard leaders, McKinley and Crane and Pen rose, have no intention of taking any chances or sacrificing any advantage which the control of the national committee and of the credentials committee has given them. Believing they can nominate President Taft, they still stand in fear less at some point in their program there may be a hitch, and that Roosevelt may yet be swept into the nomination. The fact his delegates purpose to remain silent in case the seventy-eight Roosevelt delegates are unseatd, and that these delegates will be ready to take advanage of the slightest opening to force the nomination of Roosevelt, makes the Old Guard leaders wary. The course by which the Old Guard leaders arrived at the conclusion this morning to center all their efforts to name Taft has been marked by no end of striking develop ments and extraordinary situations. The undercurrent of third man talk which surged about the corridors all day yesterday, and which still surges is tremendous. Barnes wants Hughes or some strong third man. Crane wants a third man, and has strong leanings to Cummins. Other Taft leaders are in the same fix. They would like, if they could, to shift the burden of President Taft from their shoulders and by naming a third man try to cement the factions. Plenty of Dickering And there has been any amount of dickering to that end. But President Taft sat down hard on it. Late yes terday there was conversation over the long-distance tele phone between some of the Old Guard leaders here and Washington that would have been highly edifying had it been recorded in a dictograph. President Taft read tho riot act to some of the leaders. He would not listen for a minute to the idea of getting out of the way or being thrown out of the way. He insisted he had earned the nomination and that he was entitled to it and ought to have it. The word went round in the inner (Continued on Second Page.)