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Newspaper Page Text2 Great Crowd of Delegates Surges Through Chicago Hotel to Tell Colonel They Are For Him “WE’VE GOT ’EM GOING AND NO MISTAKE," CRIES TEDDY TO ADMIRERS ALA. DELEGATES! ADOPT UNIT RULE Two Roosevelt Votes Are Thus Nullified and Put in the Taft Column. Continued From Page One. his streamiriE th* hail strain The n*xt delegate <rlprt‘ "Colonel. thr\ got m* in that steam roller and put me down for good." ‘TV* will not stand for any nf tin rough work ’ Roosevelt ’ polled \\* g*at you—we’ll do it. by Oorg* A crowd of the strongest lunged <’al- Ifnrnlans- cried Teddy. Teddy. «ea» r* dy. r< <d\ . eat 'em tlive." ‘Teddy, up are ready, ever read'. to gn to cm. ("aliform;*." The noise was deal* nine. but th* colonel seemed In Ids element. "Just hea>- that ' ’allfornia." he cried. "Isn’t li just fine. That's the way. I know they will knock these gen tlemen through the ropes." When the last man had shaken his hand, th-ee policemen. Crank Repette. the Congress hotel private detective, and Knox surrounded tho colonel and estorted him back to his eilite, fol lowed by throng The c rush was so great the’ tables •• ore crushed down and chairs demolished. The screens were knocked to pieces and the room resembled a third down on the goal line in a big football ga no. Within a few minute’ th* colonel was ba< k In his room So fast did he move that th.- crowd was unable to follow fa". Fight to Start on First Roll Call CHICAGO. June 17 "With Rosewater chairman of the Republican national committee, Fitting as umpire, the first battle between the Roosevelt and Taft forces in the Republican national con vention will come tomorrow within fif teen minutes after the national con vention is called to order at noon. The fight will come when the first state in the first roll call over the first action of the consention is under wav it will be inaugurated b\ the Roosevelt jnen. Chairman Rosewater will call the gathering to order. There will be a (jvo-mlnute prayer by the chaplain of the day. Then, as t epre.sentatu e of the national committee. Chairman Rosewater will recommend on behalf of the committee that Senate' Elllm Root, of New York, be made temporary chairman. A Roosevelt delegate will move that the name of Senator William E Hmalt. of Idaho, be substituted for that of Elihu Root Then Chairman Rose water will direct Secretary William Hayward, of the committee, to call the roll. Alabama is the first state on the list The Ninth district delegates weie seated for Taft by the national com mittee. Roosevelt supporters will chal lenge the vote of the Ninth distrlt t men and the fight over the seating of the delegates by the committee st* ant r<» will bp under way Taft Men Informed of Plan of aßttle. Tills move has been definitely de cided on by the Roosevelt leads, s after a conference In which the colonel him self toofc part It has been discussed with Ml Rosewater by the Rough Rider candidate Rosewater Infmtmd the colonel that under parliamenta y procedure there was no war in which he could recognize any of the delegates not seated by the committee and that as chairman he would be bound hv the temporary roll as made up bv the com mittee Rosewater hlm-elf vot°d against seating the Taft men from the Ninth Alabama district *s chairman, and therefore official spokesman of the national committee be w-.s bound I" their decisions There will be no decision before to morrow from ('hairman Rosewater .is to whether a motion can be put before the convention from the Roosevelt forces to adopt a substitut- 'll pr. - pa re d b v t h ent 'other than the tc <. porary roll prepared by tlm commit!, c Mr. Rosewater said he would not l able to bear arguments -m th. point before this afternoon o t-mmrrow morning He said the point turns upon whether or not a motion t»> appeal f-oc. the decision of the chair is debatable The Taft men were informed «f th>- colonel's fighting plan Tm’nv repr. sentatives of the Taft ami Roosev.'t forces a'o preparing bat- on tli>» points of parltamentaiw law involved, and armed with these and i. ting • umpire tn the case. <’h Iman Ros. water will decide for or against challenge when the queilon fs presen' ed. Whatever his decision, in mum diate appeal to the <onv. ntion bs. T will be made Congressman Martin Edg. (>lm stead. of Pennsylvania. Is preparing the brief on the Taft forces E H Lamson. of Ohio, is preparing the bri< f for Roosevelt. It la worthy of nolle that the man who Is preparing the first formal fight against President Taft comes from the president's own stat. To Block Vote of Contented Delegates. The plan of the Roosevelt men to force the fight at the very beginning has two purposes The first is to four the consideration of the entire contest list by the convention at the same time If this Is successfully accom pushed the. states from which contested delegates were seated will not be al- 5 iU£O 1 lowed In vote, and as lb? Rons, veil men figure, they would have delegates enough i<> control the convention ami seat their own men. binder ordinary procedure contests arc taken up Stare by state on the report of the creden tial- committee, which Is not received until the second day of the convention i tn a vote state by state the delegates sealed mi llm tmnpora’V roll in all th states except that which is bring voted on are allow. <1 to c.st the! 1 ballot- This gives a decided advantage to the sid. whoso contested delegate- have been so-’ted. The Roosevelt fort es objected to this very procedure in certain state .on ventions, notably that In Indiana, as serting thni It virtually gave the con tested men who were seated the light to vote on their own contests. It has formed the basis for one of their charges of thievery, The second advantage thia move will give the Roosevelt men will be th'' ear ly lino on the exact strength of th- op posing forces. 1. cording to the Taft men." the Roosevelt faction plans a bolt If the first tight goes against them, they will start the fight at once to nominate Roosevelt for president. Some Roose velt delegate, probably Herbert S. Had ler, govnrnoi of Missouri, and the only Rooaevelt chief who won a real victory In the fight before the national commit, tee, will move that the convention pro ceed at once with nomination. This, a the Taft men view the case, will be equivalent to an attempt to organize a Roosevelt convention In the Coliseum at the sain, time that the regular con vention Is under wav. Should It be done, and the Taft men say flatly that it will, while the Roosevelt men utter no denial, confusion that will reach the proportion of a riot will prevail. The chair will rap for order. The nomination motion will be declared out of order. If the Roosevelt men try to fence a vote and go ahead with the nomination and they will, if the mo tion is made at all the sergeant-at arms will be ordered to put out of the hall the delegates who join in the at tempt to bring the motion before the house. It will be a strenuous time for the 1,20 b assistant s.ergeants-al-arms who are-acting under the orders of Colonel William F Stone. 'lncidentally, the Roosevelt people will he in a stronger position if forced from the hall than thex would be if. led b\ the colonel or any of his supporters, they carried out the first plans laid out by the leaders here of marching quietly from the hall ami trudging to the nearby First regi ment armory Hadley To Be T R s Floor Leader. It will also biing the bolt, if there is a holt, ai the very beginning of the contest, iftutead of at the close, as the Taft nun had expected, after the Roosevelt men bad submitted to the eading of the temporary roll and tin* participation of the Roosevelt delegates in the prelimlnai) work of th** conven t ion. Herbert S H id lox has been chosen as ’he Roosevelt floor leader. His win ning tight before the Republican na tional committee greatly pleas'd <’olonel Ro"»eve!t He is said to have c. iilil\ sanctioned the selection of the fighting \1 i , ‘"'iHiri;in as his field mar shal. Hadiex. besides his other qualifica tions f<> tackling the job. has a voice of great X'o'mue and carrying power, tn in a floor leader heading a ’ight while '.lion delegates and alter nates are creating wild • onfusi<m ami I l’iiO sergeants- it-arm-, are trying to uui. t them tfiai i- not to be overlooked. Hadley, n cording to presoni plans, wifi nvoo the substitution of s.uotor R< rch .- no no for that of Root when the fight i> -i.t’t.'';. -o th.it the Roosevelt delegates will know the man they are f'Xpr- Hd ’ ’ C.Pow .I'lring the • nUtU'-im that ma\ r y»alt A< a < ouut' move -hon’d he confu sion become a riot am) the situation get out of hand >f the Taft forces. ,a liastx i adjournment of the < ouvention his I be* n planm d hv the Taft people Some headers !•’ 'io > .‘dieting that the first o*\ <»f th* national < onvention max be as brief as fi is stormy, and that o\. nig u f’» opposing forco< ma\ be< oni* 1 war - mg t a iips. * i>g nd« v ing poliiical bitterness nexcr before known in i < opvention figrt \EW DEPOT FOR COLUMBUS. MBI s, |?A . .lune I. The South ern lailuHx 'us announced that it wdl build a n"W freight depot her*-. l<i feet w idt and fee’ long The Southern Ani'-k (»' ilit in this ritx TO DECIDE ON HOTE l‘ PROJECT <’OU MBl S, GA. lune 17 \t a meet ing. to be held ’<a k 't will detmlte. !y decide ! a. ’■ whether < will have a new » ”,n a«‘»i •c| ‘I hp greatet pari of the apital -'•■»--k is m sight, and it if expe«'-<i that . ir’cain.l*’ ( tbv stock will b< if - rlbed tonight - IHE AIEA XT A HEOKGLAA AM) .XEVMS. AIOMUC -I I N E 17. 1912 No Compromise With LaFollette’sAid: ''H I' A< I< i. June 17. -Robert M. La- Eollmt.’ Wi " otr in'." ( aniiidatp for the Republi. -i n m>m inat ion for president, "nd hi- dr iog ites in ike , onvention w ill make no < <>mprmnis.‘ with either the Romo v. If u ’iii T.ili force.-- at any eiajje in the convention, nccmdiiif; to an announcement maiio today by < 'olo hel John H6ni.it. of Milwaukee, Lal'ol letio':- private i et-iry and personal political manager for twelve yea s. The IjaPollctl.’ men told of overl::r<.- from the Rooyovelt camp for the election of tern pot a ry - chai rm an. Hoping to hold lite balance of power in the convfntiop. they helrj a series of • onf< rm . -■ t.iciky and de< filed io stick to the lasi against any I'oinprnivls’f with cither Taft or Roosevell. I a Eollet t o is keeping in close touch ■ ith hip for." s her<-. and boliovr-s that the wtralesl" position which he w 111 hold in ti e (■■mt onlion by avoiding any com promise or trade nfliy result in his final s.eteftimi as the president is) I nominee. If not. be is < . nfi.l.mt it will bring about the incorporation in' the Republican p'afform of. many of the l.aEollette Mr is. Such a victory. T.aEnlleft<• be lieves. will make certain bis nomina-' lion for piosidenf in 1916. "We will stick to the very limit against any com promise or trade with either Taft or Roosevelt," said <'olonel Hanan. If tlm Roosevelt people nominate Wisconsin’s own govetnor; Era nets Mc- Govern. for temporary chairman, the l.aEollette delegates will vote against him. Thai t - going the full limit, isn’t it? We are determined on I.aF’ollettp, We are not going to commit hari kari before any of the decisive ballots are cast by helping oiit Roosevelt or Taft in t heli -qiiabbb y I 4. ‘ hi 'Xs- -gk Gnv 1 HAOlly . vSmKP* of W ■ /MISSOURI y,®}*- " Taft Home Guard in Spectacular Array <’Hl<’AG<>. June 17. Three hundred members of the Blaine club nf Cincin nati, i Taft organisation, wearing white ties and Prince Albert* and car rx ing red, white and him- umbrellas, .irrlv*‘d today Behind a band of 50 ph-«-es? marched tlie president’s 300 .sup porters from ids home city under the leadership of Hugh L Conway. That something spectacular will b* att.unptod by these Taftites is assured, but w hat form it w ill lake was not dis closed by Mr. (Amway Flynn Succeeds Penrose. The Pennsylvania lielegation today elected William Fix nn to succeed Sena tor p-mi-ose as national committeeman from their state. \ t ■-solution was adopted declaring ihe atia< ks made upon b'iynn and indi >♦< ilx upon Roospx’elt have been un tru*-. malicious and unjuafifi *»bl*\ ENTERS GOVERNMENT SERVICE. < ;.\ J ‘SI ALA. .lune 17. Isaac W’ Hill, former state superintendent of ed ucation. will leave this week for Wash ington. whet* he will become connected with the I nited States d*-partiuent of ag riculture He has accepted a position as assistant in the bureau of plant imlustry and will lime charge of the boys’ depart ment He will have extending fr<>m Maryland to Texas v ... Drink Hires and Let Sun do its Worst y Sn pood to know there is one drink that will Il .Aar cool and invigorate you without ill effects. - £ oo; i to know a drink that is made from ‘ Nature's recipe—that combines the tonic irN' virtues of herbs and roots and forest saps, to . pCxy A giv you the most delectable of all summer V *3' drinks. Try it right now. See the nearest Fountain an - an d j ust sa V “Hires.’' jgSßflEy ly More cooling than other drinks and more SF y % healthful. Not a trace of drugs. Just helps - •’ r-'> - never harms. No need to say “rootbeer.“ Just say "Hires,” | " < ' c delicious. At yr>uv home, carbonated, in bottles. / A 1 C MgßKffi»saj& ' \ J ■VJ miooffn conn • s2so,oooWagered on: • Result of Convention : • CHICAGO. June 17 -More than • ■ $250,0110 has been wagered tn - this • • city on the result of the Republi- • • van convention. A well-known • ® gambler said t'>dav he bad bandied • • $50,000 in bets fro Easterners. • • An Arizona ranch owner bet • s2fi,ooo today that Taft would be • • nominated. A coterie of Penn- • ° sylvttniatis took the Roosevelt • • end • • The betting on the two leading • « candidates remains at about even • o money, though at times Roosevelt • • Na slight favorite. • • l.aEollette and Cummins are • • rated at from 10 to 1 to 20 to 1 • • shots. ••••••••••••••••••••••••a* 100 GEORGIANS IN GHIGAGO WHEGK ('HICAGO. June 17.—More than 100 Taft delegates and boomers from Geor gia were bruised in a wreck within the city limits today when their train tan into a string of empty coaches near the ' Union station on the Pennsylvania. Several were badly cut by llj lng glass. A number of Indiana delegates on the .incoming train were also hurt. None ; iuid to be taken to the hospital. I Antonig the Georgians” Injured were W Bryant, Valdosta: W, R. Morton. Athens: W James, A. M.< Flunker, Ar gyle: A. S. Simmons. Macon, arid M- M. McClellan. Atlanta. Alabama Votes for Unit Rule CHICAGO, June 17.11 —By agreeing lo vote as a unit in the convention the Taft majority of the Alabama delega tion nullified the votes of the two Roosevelt members of their contingent nt a meeting at the Sherman house to lay. They elected as chairman. Pope M Long; George B. New.stoll. secretary; P. I>. Barker, national committee; S. S. Pleasant, rules; J. .1. Curtis, cre dentials: Alexander ('. Hireh. creden tials. ,1 I Abercrombie, permanent or ganization. Florida Men Organize. At tt caucus of the twelve Florida delegates the following committeemen were elected: Credentials. M. B. MacF"arlane; per manent organization, M. Paige; rules and order. W. H. Lucas: ’resolutions, Joseph E. Lee; members of the national committee. Henry S Chubb, also re elected chairman. The entire delega tion was pledged for Taft. Texas Roosevelt Slate Named. Twente-nine supporters of the Texas delegation held a meeting at the Sher man bouse today ami formed a slate w hl( h thee w ill ask the eleven pto- Roosevelt delegates to ratify at a sec ond meeting tonight: Mostly Postmasters OnTaft Delegation < If the Geotgia poMmasters should desire to hold a. convention or social gathering of some sort soon, next week would seem tn he about the most con venient time to hold it. and Chicago about the right place. There are precious few of the more important ones who are not delegates or>alternates to the national Republi can convention, and who are not at this time either in Chicago or on the way and scheduled to stay there the great er part of next week. Postmaster McKee, of Atlanta, who is an alternate has gone to the Windy City, and postmaster Pierce, of Colum bus. left on his heels. Resides these two big guns In the outfit of Georgia postmasters, the dele gation is well stocked with guns, of smaller caliber—and they were ali for Taft "first, last and all the time" —when they loft. Strange to relate, on the Georgia "in surgent" Roosevelt delegation, recently steam-rollered by the national c6m mittee. there was not one Georgia post master —not even the postmaster of Waybaek or Squashhollow. < There are 56 in the Georgia Taft del egation to Chicago—mostly postmast ers. , , ROSS WATER W H "“JvlllfA Jif xi u. Attempts to Bribe Negroes Charged CHICAGO. June 17.—Charges of at tempted bribing of Southern negro del egates were' made by A. W. Adams, of Jackson, Tenn., a Taft negro delegate of the Eighth Tennessee district, today. He said he had been approached three tirpes by a Pennsylvania negro and. had been Offered SSOO in addition to' his railroad and hotel expenses. Adams also declared that he believes probably every delegate from Mississippi. Louis iana and Georgia, and. other Southern states "can and will be bribed to sup port Colonel Roosevelt." "I was told first that I could have anything I wanted," said Adams, "and I was offered SSOO over my railroad fare Os $lB and my hotel bills." Charges Attempt tc Bribe An affidavit charging an attempt to bribe F. H. Cook, a negro delegate to the Republi an national convention from Louisiana, for SI,OOO, to desert the Taft forces and vote for Roosevelt, executed; by Cook himself, was made public, by Director McKinley, of the Taft headquarters. The Taft headquarters asserted that Cook, who is a Baptist minister and a bank cashier In Vidalia. Concordia parish. Louisiana, made his affidavit before a notary of his own volition. DALLAS CHANGES SCHOOL HEAD. DALLAS. GA.. June 17.-Professor Charles G. Payne has been elected super intendent of the Dallas public schools for the ensuing year. The former superin tendent, I. T. Lowe, goes to Social Circle next year. Professor Payne has been su perintendent at Summerville. FORMER JUDGE TO BE PASTOR. CORNELIA. GA.. June 17. —Judge J. J Kimsey, former judge of the North eastern circuit, has been elected acting pastor of the First Baptist church at Cornelia, succeeding Rev. R C. Por ter. who is now at the orphanage at Hapeville, in charge of that institution. FIVE GEORGIA MEN QUIT TAFT BANNER CHICAGO. June 17.—Five Taft dele gates from Georgia and five from Mis sissippi have issued signed statements indicating their intention to, vote for Roosevelt. Statements announcing that other Southern delegates have swung from Taft to Roosevelt are promised for today. It was intimated at Roose velt headquarters that at least three other delegates .front Mississippi and a fe.w from other states would an nounce their change of allegiance. The five Georgia delegates w'ere Clark Grier, J. H. Boone, J. C. Styles, J. Eugene Peterson and S. S. Mincey. Those from Mississippi were Charles Banks, W. P. Locker, Perry W. How ard, Daniel W. Gary and Wesley Cray ton. Banks is the negro delegate who deserted Taft a few days ago and re turned money advanced by the Taft manager for traveling expenses. Most of the others also are negroes. T. R. Not in Field Then. The statement signed by the five Georgia delegates was addressed to Colonel Roosevelt and was in part as follows: "When we were elected there was but one candidate in the field and there seemed to be nothing to do but to ac cept Mr. Taft and inevitable defeat in November. At that time it seemed to make little difference whether there were instructions or no instructions, delegates or no delegates, for it seemed then a foregone conclusion that Mr. Taft was to be the Republican nominee and a Democrat the next president. "With the announcement of your candidacy, the party was given a new lease of life: country-wide sprung the sentiment that the future contained some promise of business stability, and aggressive and righteous leadership: the man whose name was synonymous with the square deal was in the field, and the party as well as the country bucked up. "On all sides w r e heard from dele gates to the congressional conventions and from our constituents that the ac tions of the convention were hasty and not representative of the sentiment of the community. Georgia “Unanimous” For Roosevelt. “From them came the suggestion that inasmuch as a second convention could not be held, a canvass should be made by each county chairman of the dele gates who attended the convention, in order to find out If they wished us to abide by the previous instructions: wished us to go uninstructed, or wished to instruct us for another candidate. Such canvass has been made .in our dis tricts and in every case the vote was practically unanimous that go to Chicago to do all in our power to bring about the nomination of Theodore Roosevelt. "Let us assure you also that if a preferential presidential primary were held now in Georgia, there is not the slightest doubt that you would carry this state in the same commanding manner that you carried Ohio. Illinois. Pennsylvania. California. Nebraska, Maine. Oregon. Maryland and New Jersey.” J. C. Styles, of Dawson, Ga., one of the delegates whose name was signed to Grier’s letter to Colonel Roosevelt announcing that five Georgia delegitos would violate their Taft pledges and vote for the Oyster Bay man. today re pudiated the letter. He declared his signature was attached without au thority and that he would vote to re nominate President Taft. Clark Grier, one of the Georgia dele gates, said: "I arh going to vote for Colonel FIRE SALE Balance of our stock at rediculously low prices. Everything is going regardless of cost value. Tuesday Specials Balance of stock of fine Whipcord Skirts, values Q O to $7.50 - - - - $1.50 and $2.00 Wash t JO Skirts of fine Pique - Silk Petticoats, values to $3.95, on SE|le Tuesday, choice - - - - - • / *Jz 1 Stylish Dresses of pure white Lin en, worth $5.00, C a j ar* at ----- - 49 Whitehall Street Roosevelt, despite the fact that Henry S. Jackson, who has been the repre sentative of Private Secretary Hilles in Georgia, has declared to Harry Still well Edwards, of Macon, and other peo ple in Georgia that he has in his pos session an order for the removal of my wife. Mrs. Grier, as postmistress of my home town, Dublin, and also, despite the fact that we have just received no tice that the long delayed appointment of Mr. McCrea as postmaster at Mount Vernon, in Mincey’s county, has been made. This is done to satisfy Mincey and get his vote for Mr. Taft. "They have been delaying this ap pointment on the ground that Collier’s Weekly has been making such expose of the use of the patronage in the South that it would be unwise to ap point Mr, McCrea until after the na tional convention. Since they have learned that, the Roosevelt sentiment in Georgia can not be suppressed, how ever, they are not so fearful about, the effect of Mr. McCrea's appointment. Hence they make it. now at the elev enth hour. For T. R. at Cost of Appointment. ‘T am going to vote for Roosevelt, even though Mrs. Grier may be deposed as postmistress, and Mincey proposes to vote for Mr. Roosevelt, even though Mr. McCrea's appointment be with drawn." The Mississippi letter, as given out. bore the names of Charles Bank, W. P. Locker. Percy W. Howard. Daniel W Gary and Wesley Crayton. This letter said, in part: "We, the undersigned delegates to the Republican national convention from the state of Mississippi, having after full conference and discussion among ourselves and having only in view the welfare of the Republican party and of the nation, and fully ap preciative of your known stand for a square- deal to all men, irrespective of race or creed, and believing that in the crisis which now confronts the Repub lican party you are the only’man that can lead It to victory in November, have this day deckled to tender you our support in the national convention as the nominee of the Republican party for president of the United States." Taft’s Chief Says Only Txvo Deserted 1 HICAGo, .lime 17.—Congressman : Mc- Kinley. Taft’s, manager, issued a state ment this afternoon declaring that, the Roosevelt people had succeeded.in making only two Taft delegates desert, but close friends of the congressman admitted’that five Taft delegates had joined the Roose velt ranks. Three "• them are negroes and two white men. McKinley asserted that in the attempts of Colonel Roosevelt and his chiefs to in fluence the Southern delegates, many of these men felt a personal insult and as a result the Southern delegates are holding solidly in line for President Taft. WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH AND RETURN $lO, good ten days. On sale, Thurs days. Through sleepers. SEABOARD Automatic Refrigerators are superior to all others. Pay for themselves in ice savings. C. H. Mason, 6 and 8 W. Mitchell street.