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MAY ORGANIZE NEW PARTY
ROOSEVELT WILL RUN AS 'PRO-
GRESSIVE" IF PEOPLE WISH
FIGHT TO BE CONTINUED
CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE CON-
SIDERING CONTESTS
Colonel Will Accept Nomination In
Regular Republican Convention If
Fraudulent Delegate* are Un-
seated—Will Continue Fight
Chicago—"If the people want a pro-
gressive party I will be In it," said
Theodore Roosevelt.
In an interview published Thursday
night. William Allen White of Kansas,
a Roosevelt adherent, said:
"Broadly speaking, those who are
Interested in politics at home—men
like Stubbs. Bristow and Allen of Kan-
sas; Governors Aldrich of Nebraska.
Hadley of Missouri, Glasscock of West
Virginia, the men from the Dakotas
and Minnesota. Deneen of Illinois—
are for making the nomination regu-
lar. They already have captured the
republican organizations in their
states and they have an active effec-
tive party that Is as progressive as
any new party could be. They have
no wish to scuttle it. They desire
Roosevelt's nomination to come regu-
larly. On the other hand men like
Garfield, Pinchot, Beveridge, the Mass-
the plan of the Roosevelt delegates
Thursday night to make their last
stand on the report of the credentials
committea If the 78 delegates claim-
ed by them to be fraudlent are seated
the Roosevelt forces will remain in the
convention until the end, but will not
vote.
It is their plan to proceed to the
nomination of the colonel in the coli-
seum and claim regularity for him.
Col. Roosevelt has not definitely
committed himself to the latter part of
the plan. He is considering the advis-
ability of delaying action for several
weeks and then summon an entirely
new convention. This would not be
held until after the democrats have
i acted in Baltimore.
The national convention itself mark-
ed time Thursday, waiting for the com-
mittee on credentials to conclude con-
sideration of the contested delegates.
The committee planned to work
throughout the night so as to report
to the conventon when it meets at
11 a. m.
It was predicted Thursday that the
nominating stage of the convention
might not be reached until late Sat-
urday. A wide latitude of debate is
to be allowed in the convention Fri-
1 day.
Coi. Roosevelt said emphatically
Thursday night that he would make
fte independent fight for the presi-
dency if he was convinced there was
a popular demand for him.
"I shall have to see if there is a
popular demand for me to run," he
said.
He added that the situation was
such a kaleidoscopic one that it would
supporters that the outcome at Balti-
more would have a considerable bear-
ing upon the situation.
Col. Roosevelt said there had been
some difference of opinion among his /
supporters as to the advisibility of <
bolting. The Ohio delegates, he said, j
felt that under their instructions they
should remain in the convention un- |
til after the nomination. Other dele- <
gates, including some of those from j
California, were In favor of withdraw- i
ing at once.
The argument finally arrived at was
reported at a caucus in which were
two representatives from each of the
states having Roosevelt delegates as
well as those states from which the
Roosevelt candidates for seats in the
convention have been excluded.
"The caucus passed unanimously a
resolution introduced by Henry J. Al-
len of Kansas," said Col. Roosevelt in
explaining the situation. "This resoi
lution was to the effect that the re-
publican party would not submit tq
having the nomination for president
determined by theft and if the conven-
tion decided to seat the delegates
fraudulently seated by the national
committee, the Roosevelt delegates
would decline to be bound by any ac-
tion of the convention. ,
"A second resolution was passed
later stipulating that the Roosevelt
delegates would take part in the con-
vention if the 78 delegates to which
we are entitled were seated, and if
they were not seated they would re-
main in the convention and not par-
ticipate in it."
The text of these resolutions was
not made public.
Col. Roosevelt explained that the
action of the caucus did not mean
that any delegates would bolt but they
reserved the right to take what course
■PARKER
IS ELECTED
UNOFFICIAL LIST OF TEMPORARY
OFFICERS SELECTED.
CONVENTION J SESSION
3EMOCRATIC HOSTS GATHER
AT BALTIMORE
—*
achusett* contingent—excepting Gov-
ernor Bass—do not control their party
organizations at home and will do bet-
ter fighting outside the party. The
two classes of men herewith noted-
represent the extremes in the colon-
el's councils. There are intermeo ary
views and conflicting views."
Interior View of Convention Hall, Chicago
Chicago.—Col. Theodore Roosevelt
Thursday night indicated- that under
certain conditions he might.-withdraw
from the republican party to take the
lead in the formation of a new party.
"If the people want a progressive
party I'll be in it." he sa d.
Some of the colonel ? supporters
urged their associates Thursdajr night
to precipitate the crisis in the republi-
can national convention at the earliest
opportunity—Friday. More c.^^erra
tire counsels finally prevailed and it
was decided there should be no kptt"
from the regular convention. If was
be Impossible for him to outline what
he would do. It might take some time,
he said, to learn whether there was a
reasonable basis for the formation of
what he termed a "progressive party."
One of Col. Roosevelt's associates
who talked with him Thursday, said
he.had declared his willingness to run
for president if any considerable num-
ber of the delegates wished him to,
'even if he did not carry a single elec-
oral.di'strfct in the country. The col-
onfLL:r>self said he be!:«ved he would
be able to count on the support of the
bulk of the republicans in the western
states, and that he would expect to
derire^-considerable strength from t£e
democrats. He would not express any
opinion* how soon after the adjourn-
ment of the present convention the
new party would be formed should
^uch a decision be reached. The op-
nion was exercised by seme of his
It Is Rumored Bryan Will Take Fight
On Ratification of Temporary
Officers to Floor of the
Convention
they preferred as to leaving the con-
vention. Roosevelt leaders said it
was the unanimous decision of their
men that they would not quit the hall.
They will remain in their seats while
the Taft program is carried through,
they said, and when the convention
is over will continue to hold their
seats and proceed to effect their own
organiiation.
Col. Roosevelt made it plain that he
would not support any compromise
candidate nominated by the conven
tion as at present constituted. He de
cliaed to make any statement in re
gard to Governor Hadley or any othei
individual coifining himself to an ex
planation of his position.
No definite statemtnt could be ob
tained from the Roosevelt leaders at
to the number of delegates they be
lieved would support this program
Th®y expressed confidence that there
would be no serious def^tinna
Baltimore—Former Judge Alton
B. Parker of New York was selected
for temporary chairman of the demo-
cratic national convention by the ar-
rangement committee. The choice of
Judge Parker was made against the
protest of W. J. Bryan, whose friends
on the committee submitted the
names of four other candidates. Eight
of the sixteen votes of the committee
went to the New York jurist, while
Representative Henry of Texas re-
ceived three votes; Senator-elect
James of Kentucky, three votes; Sen-
ator Kern of Indiana, one vote, and
Senator O'Gorman of New York one
vote.
As the campaign managers of those
seeking the presidential nomination
were playing for position with respect
to the nomination, the vote in opposi-
tion to Judge Parker was in conse-
quence split up.
With Judge Parker the committee
chose Urey ^ oodson of Kentucky as
temporary sergeant-at-arms. The se-
lection of the arrangemtnt committee
is in no sense final and must be passed
upon next Monday at a full meeting of
the national committee. It was r^
ported that a telegram had been sent
to W. J. Bryan in Chicago asking that
he come at once to Baltimore. Sev-
eral national committeemen said after
the meeting they expected a fight by
Mr. Bryan and his friends on the floor
of the convention against Judge Par-
ker's selection.
The vote taken Thursday on the
temporary chairmanship was unoffi-
cially made known as follows:
For Judge Parker—Norman E.
Mack, New York; Clark Howell, Geor-
gia; R. M. Johnston, Texas; Edwin
O. Wood, Michigan; Roger Sullivan,
Illinois; Thomas Taggart, Indiana;
Thomas H. Browne, Vermont, and J.
Fred C. Talbott, Maryland.
For Representative Henry—Jose-
phus Daniels, North Carolina; Robert
Ewing, Louisiana, and John E. Os-
borne, Wyoming.
For Senator-elect Ollie James—P. L.
Hall, Nebraska; Urey Woodson, Ken-
tucky, and Martin Wade, Iowa.
For Senator O'Gorman of New York
—John T. McGraw, West Virginia.
For Senator Kern of Indiana—Rob-
ert s. Hudspeth, New Jersey.
The arrangement committee was in
session for nearly three hours. Before
the meeting the Parker forces an-
nounced openly that they had the
votes to elect and said if Mr. Bryan
desired to raise any issue it would be
better to settle it now. Leaders of the
movement to nominate Champ Clark
and Governor Wilson decided that
since an issue was raised on -he ques-
tion of progressivism as against the
so-called conservatism, they would
come out for progressivism and put
forward candidates against Judg«
Parker.
When the committee went into ses-
' slon there was a general discussion
| over the porposition to delay selecting
a temporary chairman until later.
Then came the first lineup with eight
votes against delay and seven votes
for it, the Parker adherents opposing
Postponement.
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