Evening Star Newspaper, June 20, 1912, Page 1

WEATHER. Fair tonight and Frida | much change in tempe moderate westerly winds. | ¥; not rature ; — Ghe Evening Star. ». 18,894. WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, JUNE, 20, 1912-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. The Star is the only afternoon paper in Washington that prints the news of the Associated Press. | ONE CENT. DELEGATES PUZZLED OVER ROOSEVELT: STATEMENT NOW PUT UP T0 TAFT MEN BY ROOSEVELT FOLLOWERS “Vou Have Killed Our Candidate, Let Us See You Nominate Yours, wt the Attitude of Colonel’s Delegates. LEADERS SHOW OPPOSITION WHEN “BOLT” IS PROPOSED Doubt Expressed As to How Many Would Go Out. Every One Anxiously Awaiting Next Move in Struggle—Many Conferences Be- ing Held This Afternoon. BY N. O. MESENGER. CHICAGO, June 20.—You ha you nominate your man. This is the attitude of the Ro considerable number upon a hands. The Roosevelt men are standi wise hopeful. of signs of being suddenly taken with “cold feet.” They are not so uppish as they were, and are taking another look at the cards in their ve killed our man, now let us see nosevelt people at noon. Where- supposedly Taft men show ng by grim and determined, like- Think Chances Would Be Even. They feel that once the Tait program is changed, their chances ure even that Roosevelt again will be in the running. They say that when it comes to a question of the delegates leaving Taft out of the equation and looking for a winner they may yet glance at T. R. Although the word had been passed around that a recess would be moved, no one seemed willing to take a chance on missing any thing, and the convention hall was packed at noon. As soon as the recess was announced, every delegate grabbed his hat and hustled back to the the thing for four hours. hotel, where conferences will be Shortly before noon today the rumor flashed through the lob- Lies, “Roosevelt has released his delegates and told them to use} ir own judgment,” intimating that Hadley would be a good man) to decide upon. The Taft people v t had laid a trap for them, hoping fi by “playing possum,” with the tion, after two or three ineffectual loom up as the only hope. The receas this afternoon will be de- on a “get- together” basis. Director McKinley estimates that not more than 165 dele- gates would follow the colonel in a bolt. Director Dixon estimates 350. If a ‘The newspaper tab is about 200. recess is taken further efforts will be made to reduce the strength of the bolters.” CHICAGO, June 20—Col. Roosevelt shed frantically to the brink of a |. bolt last night and drew back with a vudder as he looked into the abyss. le had also looked over his shoulder | 4 found that he was not having | mpany to any extent. But he said he surely would take the .p some time today if the convention keeps on taking his peppermint candy away from aim. At this writing every- body ts holding his breath in expectation | the next move, After ordering his | nineteen. men on the credentials commit- tee to bolt that body last night and wit- nessing his directions promptly obeyed the colonel at 1 o'clock this morning told them to go back into the committee today ind tnto the convention. But he exhort- ed them to bolt the convention unless Roosevelt demands are hegded. Would Split Following. is ce it t will split his own fol- jowing in the convention if he bolts and it is doubtful if he can carry one-half of them out with him Gov. Hadley virtually told the Roosevelt people to “go jump in the lake’ when they guggested bolt to him. Gov. Deneen uttered an opinion tantamount thereto. Senator Borah and a dozen other big pro- essives said emphattcally that they would not boit The ¢ resentment von v ainst mmittee on credentials be- refused, as did the convention to eliminate from the voting n which e are contests, and committee last might adgpted dure which the colonel con- Aft night and | if will make one last less the compromise andidate h greed upon, probably will bolt organize a new party. ‘The nt the anti-Rooseveit fac- ions are a hour in a ferment of dis- cussion over what is best to be done with | tegard to the compron proposition. | Here are the two suggestions now being considered Let tie colonel bolt and then pat te Taft ticket through the convention and take whatever fate has in stwre in No- * vember. ‘Agree upon a compromise candidate be- anel has a chgnce to bolt and us unite the party in November ‘The President's friends are doing their rest to hold the Taft Iaes intact, point- ing out that the Taft strength has grown steadily on every vote. But the game has gone beyond the stage where con- sideration of any one man’s Interests dominates, end the big men in the party are trying to administer oxywey to the republican party, wigeh appears to be in extremis. Blement of Danger. fore t ‘Theng is one serious element of danger | newspaper men, iewed this with suspicion, fearing the colonel rst to disintegrate the Taft forces idea of bringing about a situa- 1 ballots, where Roosevelt would Efforts to “Get Together.” structions, bolting to Roosevelt. They may regard him as the likeliest winner for them, if Taft gives up the fight.” That argument is heard on every hand, and assuredly has done much to hold the President's supporters firmly in line thus far. Conferences on the subject were re- sumed immediately after breakfast. Thus you may have the “lay of the land” as this day, which promises to be so mo- mentous, opens. Last night was an inferno around po- litical headquarters. ‘The Roosevelt men were fairly beside themselves with rage and ran around like a set of wild men. The Taft men hooted and jeered at the bolting credentials committeemen and taunted them with bitter epithets. On the outer edge of the mass of struggling, swearing, perspiring men was packed an- other mass of shouting, swearing sup- porters of the two factions, and between these upper and nether millstones the who have to be on the firing line, were ground, Around the hotel were packed thousands of curious people, and fhe hotel lobbies and corridors were almost impassable as the visitors surged through. Up and down Michigan avenue, in a haze of dust from all those shuffling feet, the crowds crushed their way, the brilliant electric lights picking out the drawn and anxious faces. It was not until close to dawn that the tired and overwrought city sighed itself to sleep. “Dark Horse” Complication. One complication in the effort to agree upon a “dark horse” ts this: Roosevelt 1s drumming it into the progressives that no progressive can afford to take a nom!- nation at the hands of a convention which contains “tainted” votes. ‘The last analysis of their contention is that no progressive can lend himself to any plan to deprive the colonel of what he considers his own, and further, that practically a unanimous vote only oan purge the convention of what Hoosevelt alleges to be taint, although T. R. has said that any action ratified by B40 votes, exclusive of the seventy-odd in contest, would be acceptable as valld. State delegations are getting together this morning to take stock of the situa- tion. Some of the progressives, among them Wisconsin, Idaho, Iowa, Missouri, ‘orth Dakota nd Minnesota, have de- cided, it is declared, that under no cir- cumstances will they qui the convention ball. La Follette men say that for years ef- forts have been made to drive or read him out of the party. that their leader refused to gratify his enemies by follow- ing such a course, and that he will not gratify them now by quitting. 3 They declare that La Follette wili re- main in the old orggnization with a view of “continuing the Work of purifying it,” as they phrase it. Friends of Justice Charles E. Hughes, who is prominently mentioned as a com- pronase, say that he will not accept a nomination that “does not come to him cleag.” They explain that if Justice Hughes fs nominated by a full convention he will accept the service. He will de- cline, they insist, if the nomination ts offered by either faction following a split Senate in Six-Minute Session. The Senate, after a session lasting six minutes, adjourned this morning to meet again Monday morning at 10 o'clock. The session today began at 10 o'clock, with gn the proposition to switch to a compro- nise. candidate, and it is expressed in these werds: “The mwment you try to switch from Taft to some one else you may find these delegates, released from their in- Senator McCumber of North Dakota as President pro tempore. There were about eight senators present. Besides the in- troduction of a few bills and routine business nothing was done. Abandon 24 Contests. ACTION AS A TIME-SAVE | Push Only Arizona, Texas, Califor- | nia and Washington Cases. THREAT TO QUIT IS RETRACTED Colonel’s Members Return to Com- mittee Meeting—Claim Vic- tory on Chief Points. CHICAGO, June 20.—Roosevelt members of the credentials committee agreed in a conference at noon to push only the Ari- zona, California. Texas and Washington contest cases, forty-eight delegates in all. j They declare these were the most im- portant cases. The agreement was made in the hope of shortening the committee's sessions. ‘The total number of contests involved in the Hadley resolution was seventy- two, and included also twenty-two dele- gates from Arkansas, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan and Tennessee. The prospect of holding the national convention idle for several days while these were considered induced Roosevelt men to agree to abandon the last group, and center their fight on the others. Mr. Halbert stated that “seven or eight Roosevelt men had agreed to the plan,” and that ft would be formally presented to the convention. Retract Threat to Quit. Roosevelt members of the credentials committee, acting under the suggestion of Col. Roosevelt, returned to the meeting of that committee today. Their state- ment last night that they had “left the committee for good” was followed by aj deciston to go back and participate in the hearing of contest cases. Under the revised rules the Roosevelt men claimed they had won their chief points, namely, to obtain the introduction of new evidence and to secure greater time for debate. More than ap hour and a quarter was occupied by the Roosevelt attormeys in presenting the Roosevelt side of the first case called—that of the ninth Alebam: district. i Allow Full Discussion. After two hours’ debate on the Alabama case, members of the committee began to demand that the rules be observed. Un- der the rules the case would have occu- Pied but a half hour. Taft leaders on the case declared, however, that they pro+ posed to let full discussion be had on all cases, since charges of “gag rules” had been raised against them Mr. Halbert of Minnesota, before the decision on the Alabama case, said Roos velt men favored taking the Alabama, Washington, Texas and California cases directly before the national convention for decision there. A motion to seat the two Roosevelt delegates from the ninth Alabama dis- trict was defeated, .. to 14. C. St. Clair of Idaho, known as a Roosevelt man, and §. H. Cady of Wisconsin voted against the Roosevelt delegates. Those voting for the Roosevelt gates were: Illinois, R.. R. McCormick; Ralph Harris; Maine, Jesse M. Minnesota, Hugh T. Halbert H. E. Sackett; New Jers dele- Kansas, Libb: Nebrask: J. Boyd Avi: Missourl, Jesse Tollerton; North Carolina, C. H. Cowles; North ‘Dakota, W. S. Lauder; Ohio, John J. Sulltv: Okk: homa, Danfel Norton: Oregon,’ a. | Swift; Pennsylvania, Lex N. ‘Mitchell: West Virginia, Har haw. | ‘The Roosevelt members absent were Vrancis J. Heney, California; E. G. Car- rington, jr., Maryland; S. X.’Way, South Dakota. The committee then seated the two Taft delegates from the ninth district by a record vote of :4 to 1! The committee then recessed until 2:20 o'clock. Roosevelt Men Appear. When the credentials committee assem- bled this morning to take up the contests two Roosevelt men unexpectedly appear- ed to take part in the proceedings. Hugh T. Halbert of “Minnesota and L. N. Mitchell of Pennsylvania were the two Roosevelt men first to appear in the committee room. Francis J. Heney and the majority of the other Roosevelt men not were met. Only thirty-two of the fifty-two mem- bers of the committee were present when the doors were opened to the newspaper- men. Present when the committee Approve Amended Rules. Mr, Halbert and Mr. Mitchell joined in making the following statement: “We feel that the action taken last night by the minority members of the committee has resulted in giving us a fairly good set of rules and free and open discussion, with the presentation of any new evidence that may not have been heard by the nationa) sommittee. We are going to stick to the committee. “We forced the adoption of fair rules.”” The session opened with a protest from H. E. Sackett of Nebraska and Mr. Hal- bert that notice ought to be served on all contestants. For a time this threat- ened another break, for Mr. Halbert ap- pealed from the chairman's decision. He later withdrew this appeal. The roll call showed the following Roosevelt men absent: Heney, California; McCormick, Illinois; Harris, Kansas: Govington. Maryland; Cowles, North ‘arolina; Norton, oma; , South Dakota: Cady, Wisconsin Postponement Denied. Mr. Halbert declared seven of the men who left the room last night were sttll absent. He asked for a delay until they could arrive. Chairman Devine said the meeting hour already had long passed and that con- testants were ready and waiting to be heard. George R. Malby of New York and F. W. Estabrook of New Hampshire de- manded the delaying tactics of the Roose- velt_ men be stopped. “Oh, I know you are goit thi steam roller methods," said Mis Halbert “Not at all,” returned Malby; “we want to do business and you want ‘to prevent its being done.” oe AA said he wanted “only fair pl yh, yes,” shouted several committes- men, “‘you acted like it last night.”’ The committee room at 10 o'clock con- tained the following Roosevelt men: St. Clair, Idaho; Jesse M. Libby, Maine; Hugh T. Halbert, Minnesota; Jesse Tol- (Continued on Second Page.) CENTER FIGHT ON 48 Roosevelt Credentials Men} | -| SSS HARD TO ATTRACT ATTENTION. WORK OF DRAWING UP PLATFORM 1 RESUMED 1 Subcommittee of Resolutions Committee Continues Its Labors. CHICAGO, June 2.—The subcommit- tee of the committee on resolutions met at 10:30 o'clock this morning and _re- sumed its work on the shaping of the platform as if nothing had happened. ‘There was a noticeable absence of pro- gressives. Of the three Roosevelt members of the subcommittee not one was present and it was not expected that any of them, except Gov. Hadley of Missouri, would be in attendance. Both Mr. Rowell of | California and Mr. Lewis of Pennsylvania were understood to have cast their lots with Col. Roosevelt, but Gov. Hadley’s attitude left no doubt on the minds of his colleagues that only other important business would be allowed to keep him away. The subcommittee immediately entered upon the work of putting the platform into shape. Owing to the fact that it had scarcely settled down to business last night when the announcement of the pro- spective division of the convention caused a hasty adjournment, the subordinate or- ganization found it necessary to begin at the foundation today. Task Difficult One. ‘The members had before them the drafts of the three platforms submitted by the Taft, Roosevelt and La Follette leaders, respectively, and there was an announced determination to give careful attention to the recommendations of all of them, with the intention of culling such portions as might commend them- selves to their judgment. ‘This was not an easy tasck, in view of the length of the Roosevelt and La Fol- lette documens, and the expectation was that most of the day would be consumed by the deliberations of the subcommittee, ‘When the subordinate body completes Its labors the full committee will be call- ed in, and after {t passes upon the work prepared for it a report will be made to the conventio) REBELS BURN BUILDINGS, Report From Cuba Is ‘Not Taken Se- riously in Washington. ‘The legation at Havana has reported to the State Department that it has received from the Ponupo Manganese Company, from Santiago, the following telegram: “Have just received telegram from very reliable authority that rebels have burned all buildings belonging to this company at Ponupo inland mines, near La Maya. These are not the properties protected by the American marines. Damages at Present unknown.” While the note of Gen. Estenoz to American Consul Holladay at Santiago ts not taken serfously here. it is entirely improbable that the United States will take any chances of leaving foreign in- terests unguarded in Cuba. Estenoz in his note threatened reprisals if the Cuban troops should burn property and do other damage. The Cuban situation as a whole was believed at the State Department to be better. Next Saturday fs the last day of the extension of amnesty to the rebels by Gen. Monteagudo, and the movements of the Cuban general will be watched to see what attitude he will then take against those rebels who have not taken advantage of the grace given them to lay down their arms. “WE WILL NOMINATE TAFT.” Special From a Staff Correspondent. CHICAGO, June 20.—At { republican party nor consent their states. The Taft program is to the vote. they say. “We must nominate try think of us, being in undisp and allowing our man to fail ? The Taft men say that hopes; first, that the “bolt” second, that Roosevelt lacks sesses them. Taft stock is strong at clos tor McKinley said:.“We are going steadily ahead and nom- inate Taft." The bolt plan has fallen flat because important western delegations will not follow the colonel out of the “We do not favor a compromise ; we will nominate Taft. other fellows talk until they are blue in the face and wait for “We have shown that we have the votes on every roll call,” —REPRESENTATIVE M’KINLEY. 2 o'clock this afternoon Direc- to two republican tickets in | ” sit stubbornly down, let the Taft or what would the coun- uted control of the convention two conditions warrant their bugaboo no longer affright: the votes and that Taft pos- ing hour. N. O. M. SAYS THAW PROPOSED BOTH COMMIT SUICIDE Wife of Stanford White’s Slay- er Resumes Stand to Tes- tify Against Him. WHITE PLAINS, N. Y., June 20.— Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, wife of Harry K. ‘Thaw, took the stand again this morning to testify against her husband in his action to obtain his release from the in- sane asylum. Mrs. Thaw testified that her husband made a proposal in New York in 1904 that they both commit suicide. He had the details all planned, she said. They were to engage rooms at a hotel and take poison. He had even fixed the hour. She, of course, refused. Claimed Food Poisoned. She testified further that Thaw. had complained to her that the food given him while he was in the Tombs was poisoned. He also complained that he could not eat the potatoes they gave him at Mat- teawan because “there were large lumps of saltpeter in them. Evelyn Thaw's testimony was inter- rupted when it was learned that Mrs. Susan Merrill, who rented apartments in New York to Thaw, was in the building. She had been sought for days by the state. GOV. WILSON IN NEW YORK. Will Confer With Political Leaders | of Several States, NEW YORK, June 20.—Gov. Woodrow Wilson is in New York today for a series of conferences with political leaders from this and nearby states. His aim is to forward his interests as a candidate for the presidential nomination at the Balti- more convention. Gov. Wilson arrived last night and his first conference was with upstate demo- cratic leaders. State Senator Franklin D. Roosevelt and Thomas Mott Osborne were with the governor soon after his arrival, and {t was sald that several other prominent democrats from up the state were expected to call upon him later, by invitation. Friends of the governor thought {t Ilkely, too, that he would see Charles F. Murphy, leader of Tammany Hall, before leaving the city. Other visitors expected, it was said, were several delegates from Connecticut. FOUND AFTER THREE YEARS. Luther M. Jones, Who Lost Memory, Located in England. LONDON, June 20.—Luther Maynard Jones, former law partner of the late William C. Whitney and the first secre- tary of the Yale Alumni Association, was found dead today in Streatham Infirmary after a disappearance of three years. due to loss of memory caused by abscess on the brain. _ Mr. Jones came here several years ago in connection with an im- Portant lawsuit, but was compelled to sive up practice owing to brain trouble. J Quain of Ottawa, a lifelong friend, found Mr. Jones today as the re- sult of a year’s search. FIRST GAME TODAY AT PHILADELPHIA. 1 Washington 1 Battery—Engel and Williams. 3 7 8 ° zx x z. D882 eee 2 ee Philadelphia DOOR Re eee ee Battery—Plank and Egan. Umpires—O’Loughlin ang Egan. * COLONEL BEWILDERS BY VAGUE ANNOUNCEMENT Announcement Regarded by Some as Re- leasing Delegates ’ Him, But This Is Denied. Pledged to HIS SUPPORT TO CONFER AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON Poindexter Says That the Former President’s Del- egates Are Free to Act As They Desire. Says There Will Be a New Party. the moment I can only serve to bear the personal respons | brought me.” | Colonel Assumes Responsibility. “The time has come when I feel that I must make’ cer- | tain statements not only to the honestly elected members of | the republican national convention, but to the rank and file of the republican party and the honest people of the entire nation. I went into this fight for certain great principles. At these principles by continuing bility which their advocacy has —THEODORE ROOSEVELT. CHICAGO, June ously interpreted. It said: principles by continuing to bear their advocacy has brought me.” nounced that Col. Roosevelt had remain in the race, and thi of the Roosevelt leaders. interpreted. The ON LINES After being in conference with Col. Roosevelt for half an hour, Gov. Hadley, the Roosevelt floor leader, said: “{ will continue in the fight on the same lines as I have been following in the convention. Asked about a report of a disagreement between himself and Col. Roosevelt, he denied there was any foundation for it. “Col. Roosevelt will stay in the fight to the end,” said Mr. Post. “He will not withdraw under any circumstances.” Col. Roosevelt was dictating a state- ment setting forth his decision when the announcement was made. Gov. Hadley, whose name was heard everywhere about the Roosevelt headquarters as the man to whom some supporters of the convention would turn, was in secret conference with the former President. Senator Miles Poindexter of Washington said as he left the conference room: “Nothing has been determined. The convention will recess until 8 o'clock to- night and the representatives of the dele- gations will hold a meeting at 2 p.m. to decide on all questions as to what course shall be taken from now on.” “Was any compromise candidate men- tioned in the conference?” he was asked. “No. There was no @iscussion of a -d candidate.” Were any plans for averting a bolt taken up “Bolt,” Says Poindexter. “No. It is certain that there will be a bolt, as you call it. I do not call it a bolt. It is a beginning of a new move- ment in politics. We will not be a faction of the republican party; we will be a new party, a new force in American polltics,” declared the senator. “Does Col. Roosevelt's release of his delegates mean that they will go to any other candidate?” he was asked. “No, not at all. It simply means that they will be free to act as they desire. Col. Roosevelt did not wish to hamper any man by asking him to join in a bolt when bound by instructions to Roose- velt. No great movement can succeed if its followers are under any restraint.” “Will the Roosevelt delegates leave the convention?” “That has not yet been decided. The question of whether we shall endeavor to hold a convention in the hall or leave the building and hold our convention separately will be taken up at this after- noon’s meeting.” Nothing Decided, Says Flinn. When the Roosevelt conference broke up a group of excited, irritable leaders broke from the doorway of the colonel’s suite. Finn of Pennsylvania, the first to come out, dashed down a back stair way. ; “There is nothing to say. Nothing ts decided,” he exclaimed. “The convention will adjourn until 8 o'clock tonight to give us time to form plans.” Senator Clapp waved all inquirers away with an impatient exclamation. All of the other men in the conference hur ried away. elbowing their way the big crowd that had congregated be- fore the door and that had necessitated the calling of a squad of police. Statement Variously Interpreted. Following the announcement at 10:30 a.m. that Col. Roosevely had re 20.—Conflicting reports Roosevelt headquarters today that Col. Theodore Roosevelt had released his delegates from all obligations to vote for him. At 11:50 a.m. the colonel issued a statement which was vari- came from the “The time has come when I feel that I must make certain state- ments not only to the honestly elected members of the republican national convention, but to the rank and file of the republican party and the honest people of the entire nation. I went into this fight for certain great principles. At the moment I can only serve these the personal responsibility which Former Gov. Regis H. Post of Porto Rico earlier had an- released his delegates, but would statement was accepted by a number colonel’s own statement was so O. K. Davis of the Roosevelt headquarters, however, said he was authorized by the colonel to say the statement as to the re- lease of delegates was absolutely false. A further conference of the Roosevelt forces was scheduled for 2 p.m. today. |HADLEY WILL STAY IN FIGHT HE HAS FOLLOWED leased his delegates from all obligation to support his candidacy, the scene around the Congress Hotel was one of confusion. ‘The report was received with varying ef- feet and given several interpretations. Groups of Roosevelt delegates gathered to discuss it, many of them cheering the colonel and ‘declaring they would stand by him to the end, and go with him {nto any action he might recommend. It was said that 114 delegates had “signed up" to go out of the convention, ‘Others were inclined to believe that the course of the former President had made it easy for them to remain in the conven- tion as “regulars,” with an opportunity to vote for a third candidate if they chose. ‘The third or compromise candidate talk was second in point of interest to the exciting developments in the Roosevelt ranks, though the stanch Taft leaders declared there would be no compromise candidate. FRICK WITHDRAWS OFFER. New York Citizens Oppose Building for Central Park. NEW YORK, June 20.—Henry ©, Frioc has written a letter to Mayor Gaynor withdrawing his offer to give the city the Lenox Library building on Sth avenue, the site of which he recently purchased for @ residence. Mr. Frick proposed net only to give the city the building, a high- ly admired plece of architecture, Dut also to take it down and rebuild ft st ep ‘expense of several hundred thousand dol- lars, on a site in Central Park. ‘The whole project was opposed by oith- zens on the ground that the |} or any more buildings in Central Park would be an objectionable encroachment upen the breathing space of the people. Cummins Talks to Chicago But Is Noo-Committal, Senator Cummins of towa, whose chances of being a compromise candidate for the republican nomi- nation are considered by politicians here today as Increasing hourly, refused to comment on the situ tion In Chicago, other than to say that he trusted there would not be a bolt. “Should Roosevelt bolt the con- vention, what course would be pur- sued by the fowa delegation?” Senator Cummins wan asked. am not a delegate, so I can- not answer that question authori- tatively,” replied Senator Cum- mins, “but 1 do not think the lowa delegation will bolt.” In reply to a question as to whether he had sald he would re- fuse the nomination of the con- vention a8 constituted at present, Senator Cummins sald that he made no statement at all. He was in constant communication with his friends in Chicago teday over the long-distance telephone.