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TEDDY SMS HE'S
IN THE MCE TO
BITTER END
Denies He Has Released Dele
gates to Hadley—Taft. Too,
Refuses to Quit.
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plain people who make up the mass of
the Republican party. Instead. It now
represents nothing but successful po
litical fraud perpetrated in the inter
est of political and financial privilege.
“Root’s Ruling
Denial of Justice."
"I understand that Mr. Root has an
nounced that no one of the stolen dele
gates will be allowed to vote on his
own case, but that all will be allowed
to vote on one another’s cases. Such
a ruling is a sheer denial of Justice
and fair play. This case bears no
analogy to ordinary cases, where con
testing delegates have no connection
with one another and where there is
no general conspiracy, which mint be
considered as a whole. All these 90
delegates were seated at the same time
by the votes of the same national com
mitteemen. to serve the same purpose
The credentials committee appointed
to try their cases Includes three of their
own number from the states of Wash
ington. Arizona and Texas, where the
delegations were stolen en masse This
committee selected as its chairman the
Guggenheim delegate from Colorado,
who has already ns national commit
teeman assisted in initiating the very
frauds upon which he is now to sit in
judgment
"Nothing that this committee may
do is entitled to consideration, and
in considering what they do it will
be well to keep in mind the remarl;
made in private by one of the national
committeemen who, when asked why
they had stolen so many more dele
gates than were needed for tliir pur
poses, answered that it would enable
the credentials committee to make a
show of generosity by unseating some,
while retaining a number amply suffi
cient to accomplish all the ends they
have in view.
'Moreover, it Is wed to remember
that the fraud Is equally great, equally
reprehensible whether the fraudulent
delegates actually vote on the nomina
tion for prerident or whether thev arc
merely used to create a situation which
renders it unnecessary for them to vole
on the nomination for president
Hits Men Afraid' To
Back Up Convictions.
"If the roll is not purged en m. -sc
of these fraudulently elected d< legates,
the whole action of the convention is
tainted.
"The committee on tubs has jus.,
against the protest of the progressive
members, provided for the perpetuation
of the national committee In the form
responsible for the scandalous out
rages which have at this moment
brought the Republican party to the
breaking point and they have explicit
ly refused to recognize the pr im iple of
popular presidential primaries and
have made the national committee su
preme over the people In the matter
of primaries
"Unfortunately in om political life
the unscrupulous man who commits
wrongs such as these can usually count
on having some respectable men sup
porting him and other respectable men
opposing him, but cease their opposi
tion at the point when it would b come
really effective.
"In this convention, the unscrupu
lous men who are the leaders have al
ready received support from the for
mer class of respectable men. and
they count on seeing representatives
of the latter class, who have hitherto
voted against them for fear to take the
decisive step of sundering connection
with the fraudulent convention itself
Such are the facts about the national
convention itself
"I decline any longer to be bound
by any action it may lake I decline
to regard as binding any nomination
it may make. I do not regard success
ful fraud and deliberate theft lls con
stituting a title to patty regularity or
claim to the support of any hones'
man of any party.
"I hope that the honestly elected ma
jority will at once insist upon imme
diate purging of the roll in its entire
ty and not piece meal, by the conven
tion.
"If this purge is not accomplished
1 hope the honestly elected delegates
will decline all further connection w ith
a convention whose action is now dt
tertnined and has hitherto been de
termined. by a majority which is made
a majority only by the action of the
fraudulent delegates whom the con
vention has refused to strike from the
rolls. If the leaders of the honestly
elected majority disagree with me in
this matter and wish for any . aus. to
defer for the moment this action, then
I most earnestly hope that at least
thev will insist upon voting on the
cases of these fraudulent delegates en
bloc and not separately.
"We can not afford to pardon a thief
on condition he surrender* half the
stolen goods.
Will Make the Race
Independently if Wanted.
"If the honestly elected majority of
the convention choose to proceed to
business and to nominate me as the
candidate of the real Republican party,
I shall accept. If some among them
For additional news of the Re
publican convention at Chicago,
see page 4.
f 3 EN PICTURES OF TEDDY IN ACTION AT CHICAGO-BY IGOE
ijlwwl WfllL
vMSrRfe yIII ’Qy w
fear to take such a stand, and the re
mainder chose, to inaugurate move
ment to nominate me for the presi
dency on a progressive platform and
in such event the general feeling
among progressives favors my being
nominated, I shall accept. In either
case I shall make tny appeal to every
honest citizen in the nation, and 1
shall fight the campaign through, win
or lose, even if I do not get a single
electoral vote.
"I do not wish a single man to sup
port me from any personal feeling for
me. I have nothing to offer any man;
any man who support me will do so
without hope of gain and at the risk
of personal loss and discomfort. But
if, having this in view, those fervent
in this great fight for the rule for the
people and for social and industrial jus
tice, which has now also become a
clear-cut fight for honesty against dis
honesty, fraud and theft, desire me to
lead the fight. I will do so.
“There can be no cause for which it
is better worth while to fight, none in
which it is of less consequence what
happens to the individual himself, pro
vided only that he valiently does his
duty in the forward movement.
"I shall make my appeal to a hon
est men. east and west, north and
south, and wil abide by the resut what
ever the resut may b“.
(Signed)
"THEODORE R...tiSEVUT ”
Big Demonstration
For T. R. Started.
Though the Republican convention
adjourned Immediately afiei the con
vening this afternoon until 11 o’clock
tomorrow the Roosevelt followers
caused a demonstration in the conven
lon hall The demonstration was it
response to a rmnof that Roosevt I
was coming to the hall. Shouts of "We
want Teddy!" "Hurrah for Teddy!"
were raised by seme of the delegates.
A man in the gallery waving ,< Pan
ama hat ted in the cheering. The del
egates were already out of their chairs
and standing in the aisles when the
cheeiing started. In four minutes it
had practically died down and the band
puffing away lustily almost drowned
out the cheers'.
Just as the demcnstration started
a storm came up over the city, dark
clouds shut oft’ the afternoon sun and
for some minutes the convention hall
was in partial darkness.
Suddenly the lights were flashed on.
As they flared the cheering was re
newed. The delegates remained
bunched in the center of the hall. Very
few persons left the stage. Evidently
they all expected to see a reproduc
tion of yesterday’s ovation. On the
speaker's stand many of the party of
notables. Including Chairman Root,
stood and watched the spectacle. The
band struck up "Old Black Joe."
The cheering continued and John
Maynard Harlan took the stand to
make an announcement He carried a
big red megaphone which he waved
’in an effort to silence the delegates
Instead of silencing them, the cry,
”We Teddy." rose fr m the shout
ing delegates.
Then the storm broke and the rain
was blown in through the open sky
lights
Efforts To Quell
Demonstrators Futile.
A picture of Roosevelt was attached
to the Ohio standard. The standard
was plucked from its station and wav
ed in the air. Harlan again advanced
to the front of the speaker’s stand. His
appearance was a signal for spasmodic
cheering.
"Will you allow me tc make a sin
gle statement? The lights in this house
will be turned out in five minutes from
the present time," he said
A general burst cf shouts and cheers
with some shrill whistling from the
gallery resulted. In spite of the an
nouncement. the delegates stood wait
ing in the center of the hall No one
showed any inclination to leave the
building
The first demonstration lasted eleven
minutes After Harlan’s announcement
the crowd finally quieted. At 4:25 the
cheeiing broke out again
As the cheering was coming mainly
from the California delegation, started
a -udden shift in police arrangements
came Evidently the convention offi
cers feared that the Roosevelt delegates
fired by the enthusiasm of the demon
stration niight attempt to rush the
platform and seize the convention hall.
Assistant Chief of Police Schuettler
conferred with Chairman Root. They
pointed to the galleries. Harlan called
theii attention to the Roosevelt fan in
the gallery who had been leading the
cheering He .was removed
Then policemen attempted to char
the platform The pyllce we e ordered
gradually to clear the hall Seheuttler
objected It war raining steadily, and
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN ANO NEWS.
he said he did not want to chase peo
ple out in the rain.
All this time the delegates were
standing in the sections allotted to the
states. The hall wag in constant con
fusion. A picture of Roosevelt was
attached to a flag in the midst of the
Ohm delegation. The cheers brqke out
afregh when it was raided aloft.
Root Afraid to
Leave Standard.
At 4'30 p. m., half an hour after the
convention adjourned. Chairman Root
still remained on the platform. About
the platform stood the police who had
taken this station at Root’s side The
picture was a striking one
From the gallery back of the speak
ers stand a counter-demonstration fol
I'aft began at 4:37. A tall slender
woman, dressed In white, raised her
umbrella, and flourished it, shouting
nthuslastically. The shouting for
I'aft died down in less‘than a minute.
Schuettler advanced to the very edge
of the speaker's stand and observed the
gradual clearing of the hall. Thp Ohio
flag with its pendant Roosevelt picture
was seized from Its place and carried
about the hall. C. C. Young, of Oak
land, Cal., headed the parade. The
men marched in lockstep. This demon
stration produced little enthusiasm.
Even as the procession passed tl<
speaker’s stand their rooting for Roose
velt could hardly be heard above the
general Indiscriminate uproar in the
building.
The convention subsided into com
•arative quiet, but the people still re
trained while the galleries were being
t ry slow ly cleared.
At 4:42 Root still remained on me
platform directing the clearing of the
.all.
The first LaEoleitte demonstration
I the convention came when his dele
ates on the floor star-tea n cry: "We
i want Bob: we want Bob.”
io the eastern gallery a bunch of
students from the University of Wis
consin gave their college yell. The La-
Eollette demonstration was short lived.
The rain at 4:45 had begun to cease
and tire building emptied more rapidly.
Within a few- rninutes the gallery above
the speaker's platform was practically
emoty. The police became more in
sistant that the people leave the hall.
The cheering entirely ceased. The
confusion died to the customary shuf
fle of many feet, and the hum of con
versation from many people as the au
dience filed out.
Chairman Root called the convention
to order at 12:02 o’clock. '
Immediately after the invocation was
asked. Delegate-at-large Watson, of
Indiana, was recognized and moved a
recess until 4 o’clock this afternoon.
The motion was carried on a viva voc.
vote.
The Roosevelt forces, beaten for a
second time yesterday, and feeling the
sting of the words of the colonel that
they would no longer recognize the au
thority of the convention as organized,
with “stolen delegates,” but would take
matters into their own hands and hold
their own convention if they had the
courage of their convictions, assem
bled with the evident determination
to make today thf fateful day for their
political fortunes and the long threat
ened break in the convention appeared
to be only a short while away when
the gavel sounded.
To further involve the situation,
there was evidence of serious disaffec
tion in the Roosevelt camp. The col
onel and Governor Hadley, of Missouri,
had parted in anger during a confer
ence following the bolt in the creden
tials committee last night, and Senator
Dixon had also incurred the colonel's
displeasure by his hesitancy to become
irregular.
That the program for the "regulars,"
antt-Roosevelt, bad shifted from a de
termination to renominate President
Taft to a plan to unite both factions
on another candidate, a progressive
plan whom the Roosevelt forces could
not refuse to support, was apparent.
That Senator Cummins, of lowa, was
the man selected for the support of the
Taft forces was apparent.
Crane "Feeling Out"
Cummins’ Availability.
The chief of the Taft "peace delega
tion" was Murray Crane, senator ftom
Massachusetts, and the man he picked
for the compromise candidate was Al
bert M Cummins, senator from lowa
A three-hour conference was held by
Crane and Senator Kenyon, of lowa, |
the Cummins commander-in-chief.
This ended early in the day and at that
time Senator Crane stated that the two
had discussed replacing Taft with
Cummins before the convention and
that there was good reason to believe
that the factional controversy would
be settled
A great part of the discussion was
given up to the platform that Cum
mins would Insist upon Senator Ken-
yon made it plain that Cummins would
demand a progressive platform con
taining no planks favoring reactionary
methods or measures.
Senator Kenyon pleased the Taft
leader when he said that Cummins was
not in favor of the recall of judges
cither in the manner advocated by
Roosevelt or in any other form. He
was, however, said Kenyon, an advo
cate of the initiative and referendum.
After Kenyon and Crane separated a
caucus of the lowa delegation was
called to reach a definite decision as to
the platform to be put forward. John
McVicars, one of Cummins’ chief ad
viers, said later:
"If Senator Cummins should prove
acceptable to the Taft followers as a
compromise candidate the Roosevelt
wing of the party can not possibly re
fuse to support him because his pro
gressiveness has to be admitted by all."
Hadley Boom
Growing, Too.
Senator Crane of Massachusetts
called a meeting of his state delega
tion at 10:30 o’clock. The Massachu
setts delegates had heard that Presi
dent Taft has notified Crane that the
president’s name will be withdrawn as
soon as the Roosevelt bolt becomes an
accomplished fact and the administra
tion forces have beaten the ex-presi
dent.
While the Cummins boom was grow
ing, however, there w as strong under
current of feeling that Governor Had
ley of Missouri was “the man of the
hour.” Many pointed to yesterday’s
demonstration at the convention as
proof that the “show-me” statesman
could excite the enthusiasm of the Re
publicans. a thing absolutely necessary
If the Democratic candidate were to be
beaten this year.
Reports that Hadley had warned
Colonel Roosevelt that he would not
consider bolting the convention gave
him standing among the rank and file
of the Taft delegates, who were strong
ly impressed by the governor’s general
ship in the convention, though beaten.
Rumors emanating from the Taft
camp were that Hadley would be of
fered the vice presidential nomination
in the original Taft program were
adhered to and the president were re
nominated.
T. R. Orders Bolt If
Ultimatum Is Ignored.
Theodore Roosevelt early tins morn
ing instructed his followers to bolt the
Republican national convention unless
the Taft forces grant his final demand
to forbid the Taft instructed delegates
California. Washington. Texas and Ari
zona from voting in the further pro
ceedings of the convention.
When the Tad. delegates awoke they
found that active preparations were un
der way for a second, convention to be
held at Orchestra hall in Michigan ave
nue. Colonel Roosevelt had Instruct
ed his men to waste no more time, but
to proced to business as soon as the
Taft people had rejected his final ulti
matum.
The threat of the bolt did not affect
the feelings of the Taft men to any
marked degree. They received cheer
ing news through "underground”
sources from the Roosevelt camp that
there was a mutiny in the colonel's
camp, and that some of his chief lead
ers would refuse to follow him into a
second convention.
The Taft men declared that Senator
Borah, of Idaho, Governor Hadley, of
Missouri, and the Illinois leaders would
not countenance a bolt.
The big bolt was forecasted when
twelve Roosevelt members of the cre
dentials committee walked out of the
meeting of that body last night in pro
test against a "gag" rule. presented by
James A. Hemenway. of Indiana. These
men were:
Francis J. Heney. California: Mau
rice L. Galvin, Kansas: Dex N. Mitch
ell, Pennsylvania; Jesse M. Libby.
Maine; Edward C. Carrington. Jr..
Maryland; H. T. Halbert. Minnesota;
H. E. Sackett. Nebraska; C. H. Cowles,
North Carolina; John J. Sullivan. Ohio;
A. D. Swift. Oregon; Daniel Norton.
Oklahoma; S X. Ray, South Dakota.
Four men listed in the Roosevelt
ranks remained, but voted against the
rule, though it had been amended.
These were: Clency St. Clair, Idaho:
Robert R. McCormick, Illinois; W S.
Lauder, North Dakota; John N. Early,
Tennessee.
Straight Talk From
T. R. to Friends.
Immediately after the credentials
committee bolt Colonel Roosevelt called
a meeting of his followers at the head
quarters in the Congress and there is
sued his order for a bolt.
"My friends. 1 want especially to ad
dress the delegates to this convention."
said the colonel. "Now, gentlemen, 1
am speaking to you as a man whom
some of you have done the honor to
say you wish to nominate for the presi
dent of the United States.
"When I went ito the race four
months ago I made an appeal to the
to the best of my ability. 1 made
the fight squarely. I said that if the
people went against me I would have
nothing to say, but if the corporations
tried to trick me out of the nomination
I would have a great deal to say.
"I went before the people and I won.
and now the national committee has
made a majority against ma out of
delegates that were never elected at all
They are trying to cheat me out of the
nomination.
“As far as I am concerned this makes
no difference. It is not me that they
are cheating. It i- the people that they
are cheating—the rank and fjle of the
Republican party. I have not tried tv
influence you. I wanted to let you de
cide what you would do. but I am
going to give yob my advice.
"Governor Deneen introduced a very
moderate resolution, more moderate
than I personally would have approv
ed of. It was directed against four
flagrant eases. It asked that the dele
gates of four states —California, Wash
ington,- Texas and Arizona—should not
be permitted to vote on the question
of the right of their delegates to sit
and that the last three states —Wash-
ington, Texas and Arizona—should not
put members upon the credentials com
mittee.
“Don’t Lie Down If
They Beat You by Fraud."
"That was the substance of Governor
Deneen's resolution. It was voted down
by substantially the same vote as that
by which Mr. Root was elected chair
man over Mr. McGovern. In each case
the majority was a majority only be
cause stolen delegates voted. Root was
[elected by virtue of 70 or 80 fraudulent
votes. Deneen’s resolution today was
beaten by fraudulent votes, those of
Texas, Arizona and Washington and
the two from California that were
fraudulent. If this had been changed
I the resolution would have been carried.
| Then the credentials committee by a
i regular ‘national committee vote' chose
Devine as cb.airthan—Devine the man
who dickered for votes.
"Now, as far as I am concerned I am
through—"
A gray-haired man in the audience,
tears streaming down his face, jumped
up and cried: “Oh. don’t say that.’’
Then Colonel Roosevelt continued.
"I hope that tomorrow when you go
back to the convention hall you will
ask at oliee that not one of the fraudu
lently elected votes shall count —and
don't lie down again if they beat you
by fraudulent votes.
"There’s no sense in voting to cut
out fraudulent votes and then being
beaten by fraudulent votes, and then
saying we are sorry. I hope you will
take the position that you decline to
recognize longer and longer to asso
ciate with these men who are allowed
fraudulently to sit on their own cases
or on the committee on credentials.
"I hope you will refuse longer to
recognize that which has no right
either in law or in morals, to be called
the Republican national committee. We
have elected our delegates by appeal
to the people.
"I hope you will not allow yourselves
to be swindled out of your rights and
out of the victory that you have won.
If you are voted down I hope that you—
the lawful majority of the convention—
will organize as such and you will do
so if you have the courage and the loy
alty to your convictions.
"Let us find out if the Republican
party is the party of the people—if it is
the party of the people or the party of
the bosses and the professional politi
cians.
“I have been asked to come here and
give you my advice. My advice is this:
Don't waste any further time, don't
have any further association—l say,
don't have any lurfher association with
those men as long as they keep control.
I hope that you will make this the issue
the first thing tomorrow morning."
Governor Johnson followed Colonel
Roosevelt.
“After the facts ip the contests have
been presented to the convention.” he
said, "and action has been taken by the
bqdy, it makes every man sitting in
that convention a party to any frauds,
and for one I will not be a party to
frauds in this convention.
"I wired to California this afternoon
that although I am a Republican gov
ernor. I will not sacrifice my manhood
and I will not support any nominee
who is nominated by fraudulent votes.
That is the position of California.
"If turned down in the convention
tomorrow morning we can march out
and nominate Roosevelt. We can con
quer the country and put man above
dollars If the Republican party is as
sassinated out of its ruins can be buiit
a still greater party."
Split on Rules to
Restrict South
CHICAGO, June 20.—Splitting of the
rules committee and the filing of a
minority report with the convention
was expected this afternoon to fel
low today’s meeting cf the convec
tion. Ten and possibly more of the
states will sign the minority report.
Equalization cf representation, the
synonym employed by the minority
members of the committee to cut down
the representation of Southern states
in the national convention and the
changing of the rule, providing for
the manner of selecting delegates are
the points on which the committee
split.
The states whose representatives, on
the committee announced their inten
tion to file a protesting report to th?
convention were Illinois, California,
Ohio, New Jersey, Maryland, Minne
sota. Missouri and South Dakota.
Several more states are expected to
swing in behind them.
John T. Hamilton and Marshall Stim
son. members from Ilwllnols and Cali
fornia. respectively, were the most
strenuous objectors. For six hours
they fought to have the changes sug
gested by them incorporated in the,
rules, only to be defeated on the roil
call on both propositions.
The vote on each application was;
Equalization of representation. 22 v
-10.
Change of rule on manner of selec
tion, 16 to 14.
Mr. Stimson urged in support of the
second proposition that it was unjust
for the national committee to dictate
the manner of selecting delegates
where a state had made an express
provision for this.
Illinois Votes
Against Bolt
CHICAGO, June 20. —The Illinois
delgation in caucus this afternoon
voted 56 to 2 to remain in the con
vention under all contingencies.
The only dissenting votes are said
to have been case by Colonel I'haun
eey Depew and J. T. Williams
F. E. Sterling, secretary of the del
egation, made the following statement.
“We stay in the convention and vote
for Roosevelt. There is a chance both
Colonel Dewey and Mr. Williams may
walk out in case of a bplt, but the
delgation voted to remain, irrespective
of whatever may occur.”
The meeting was called at 1:10
p. m. at. the Illinois headquarters and
adjourned at 2:15 o’clock. Governor
Charles S. Deneen presided.
Ga. White League
Loyal to Colonel
The Roosevelt Georgia White League
came to the aid of the Colonel today
Here's its war cry:
A hurry call was sent out this morning
by .1. St. Julien Yates, president, for a
meeting of the league. In response to the
call a large and enthusiastic meeting was
held at headquarters. Several speeches
were made endorsing the action of the
Roosevelt delegates in refusing to submit
further to the steam roller process, as
carried on in Chicago.
Mr. Yates showed considerable warmth
denouncing President Taft as receiver of
stolen goods with equal guilt of the theft,
and renewed his loyalty to Colonel Roose
velt. and the following resolutions, offered
by A. M. Crosby, secretary, were unami
mously adopted:
' Resolved, That this league, com
posed of the best element of white Re
publicans and independent Democrats
of the state of Georgia, hereby renew
their allegiance and loyalty to Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt, and promise him
their support, and express the belief
that he is the only man in the Repub
lican party today who can break the
Solid South and carry the state of
Georgia.
Resolved Further, That the follow
ing telegram be sent to Colonel
Roosevelt, Congress hotel. Chicago,
111.:
White league, composed of Repub
licans and Independent Democrats,
indorse the withdrawal of delegates
from den of thieves and renew loy
alty to you. Believe you can carry
Georgia.
J. ST. JULIEN YATES, President.
A. M. CROSBY. Secretary.
No Platform Until
T. R. Is Disposed of
CHICAGO. June 20 No platform to be
presented to the Republican national con
vention will be written until after the
followers of Colonel Roosevelt have either
bolted or decided to be "good."
If the Roosevelt forces bolt, the Re-
publican platform will be of an entirely
different nature and far more conserva
tive than is now planned.
If a dark horse candidate is actually de
cided upon today by the Taft leaders, he
may be an important factor in writing the
platform.
These faces became known today short
ly after the committee on platform and
resolutions met at 10 o’clock this morn
ing.
The sub-committee of nine, appointed
to make a draft of the platform for sub
mission to the entire committee, reported
that they had made no progress and
probably would not be ready to report
until late this afternoon. The full com
mittee then adjourned and the sub-con.-
mittee went into session.
The sub-committee is composed ot
Charles W. Fairbanks, of Indiana; Hop
kins Clark, of Connecticut; Herbert S
Hadley, of Missouri; William Barnes, Jr.
of New York; William Draper Lewis, o)
Pennsylvania: George Sutherland, o:
Utah: Dr. Lawrence Groner, of Virginia
and H. Clay Evans, of Tennessee.
None of*the Roosevelt members of th<
platform committee was present today
when the committee went into session
The tariff problem, one of the big ques
tions before the platform committee, is
"up tn the air. " No tariff plank will
be written until it is definitely known
what the Roosevelt forces will do.
Advocates of civil service reform are or
hand in large numbers.
The Gompars labor lobby also kept dost
watch of the committee.
T. R. Disturbed by
Aids’ Near-Revolt
CHICAGO, June 20. —Colonel Roose
velt plunged into his plan of cam
paign as soon as he arose today. He
had only a few hours' sleep, but was
the first man in his camp to get out
of bed. Before S 4 o’clock his persona:
bodyguard, Frank Tyree, a United
States marshal from West Virginia,
was summoned to the colonel's quar
ters.
E. T. Sprinkle, sheriff of Mcpowel
county. West Virginia, who guards the
front door to the presidential suite in
which Colonel Roosevelt holds most
of liis war conferences, look his station
at 7:45 o’clock.
Colonel Roesevfelt ordered a heavy
breakfast. He ate heartily, excitedly
The colonel’s ultimatum to his dele
gates in the Republican national con
vention, issued before he went to bed
this morning, that they must bolt the
convention if the 78 "tainted” dele
gates are retained in their seats, still
stood today, according to word given
out by a close friend of the Oyster
Bay man.
“I never act until I mean real ac
tion," is a personal motto of Colonel
Roosevelt's jn which he takes great
pride.
We’il Bolt—Dixon
We’ll Not—Stubbs
CHICAGO. June 20. —Senator Dixon,
campaign manager for Colonel Roose
velt. gave out a statement this after
noon that the Roosevelt delegates will
not remain in the convention unless the
roll is revised at once to exclude the
"tainted" delegates. seated by the na
tional committee. Senator Dixon’..-:
statement:
“Roosevelt has been legally nomin
ated in the primary stales. He will
not stand for theft. The Roosevelt dele
gates will not participate in the con
vention until it has been purged of iu
deliberately stolen delegates—until they
purge the roll of the thieves who sii
there. That is our ultimatum and can
be quoted as such on my authority."
Governor Walter R. Stubbs, original
Roosevelt governor, this afternoon as
serted there would be no bolt. Stubbs
declared emphatically that he would
not stand for a bolt and would take ti"
part in one. He asserted other leaders
of the colonel’s cause shared his view.
A conference in which Roosevelt
Governor Herbert S. Hadley, of Mis
souri; Governor Charles S. Deneen, of
Illinois, and Senator William E. Borah,
of Idaho, participated was held early
’in the day, it was learned this after
noon. It is asserted at this confer
ence it was decided definitely that it
would not do for the colonel to bolt. In
stead, it was reported, a, plan whereby
the Roosevelt delegates would take no
part in the convention after the per
manent roW was adopted, provided the
delegates against whom a fight ha •
been made were included.
OPEN GOLF TOURNEY OPENS.
LONDON, June 20. With bright, clear
weather prevailing the open golf cham
pionship began today on the Muirtieid
links. A strong breeze blew up as play
began which threatened to be an Im
portant factor in settling today’s matches.
The first round was between J. J. Me- \
Dermott and J. C. Anderson.
FOR NERVOUS DYSPEPSIA
Take Hosford's Acid Phosphate
Sufferers from acM stnmach. nausea nr
sick headache will find this tonic bever
age a grateful relief