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U. MAKES HIS BIB SPEECH
Roosevelt Whoopers-Hold Remarkable
Mass MtlngWop7t Beit'THI . ,
Last Shot ift FijreoV-Poth ,
Side Nervous. r
Chicago, June VI. :While- still claim
ing that Col. Roosevelt wHl 'control
the Repubican National Convention
anu be nominated for President on the
tirst ballot, the Roosevelt leaders spent
today working ont th details of their
plan of attack on the Taft programtae
as outlined last night, r There was no
talk of "stampede ; among the Taft
forces today. The President's adhere
ents asserted positively that their con
trol of the convention through the del
egates seated; by the National Commit
tee could be menaced by the strategy
of the Roosevelt managers.
Moderation was ' Counseled lnr tne
two warring camps throughout . the
dav and had Its effect. There were oc
casional flashes of -fire and charges of
theft" and 'fraud from the Roose;
velt forces, offset by. charges of-.-brib-ery,"
and "corruptton from the Taft
headquarters, "but, it was everywhere
agreed that the day had -been one of
quietest preceding "a convenpon an
years. - S :
Tonight the. Taft leaders - were Con
tinuing a council 'Of 'war begun early
in the day, whnJieltOQevU s peo4
pie were tftio3$SSlT thtbga up at' re
markable mass meeting In the Audito
rium theatre, where CcL Roosevelt ad
dressed a cheering mass of humanity.
The doors of the theatre had been be
sieged for hours before "thejrwere op
ened and it seems , half fl)e police
iorce of Chicago had been thrown
about the approaches to the building.
Uncertainty as to the. result of the
cenvention was' as. prevalent tonight
as any time since the National Re
publican forces began their invasion of
Chicago, and neither theTaft nor
the Roosevelt headquarters were cer
tain as to the number- of delegates
they could depend upon with any de
gree of confidence, y. The final ' claims
and figures put out-feach side claim
ing a clear majority were those of
h:pe rather than conviction.
One thing appeared certain tonight,
that if there is to be a. bolt it la a long
way off and will only, come after every
expedient of strategyand parliamen:
tary practice has. been .exhausted by
trained and resourceful fightersV The
element among the Roosevelt support
ers who counselled moderation among
their associates'-.had; the " satisfaction
of apparently defeating the plan to
force a motion- for the 'nomination dfl
ineodore Roosevelt the moment. Act
ing Chairman Rosewater should, re
fuse to entertain the iropcsition of
submitting to the convention a Roose
velt list of .delegates rfor the list , re
ported by the Nattotial committee. .
Although Col. "Roosevelt In .its
speech at the auditorium '.came as
close to sugesting possible bolt as at
any time during his campaign, it naa
been tentatively decided by. the Roose
. velt leaders to fight to the end
through all of the parliamentary chan1
nels open to them before taking any.
radical step. 3. -
Col. Roosevelt asserted that the men
"fraudulently- put on- the - temporary
roll by the dishonest action of the ma
jority of the National Committee must
not be allowed rtO;vj)te on 1,heir'.0wii
cases, or to vote on anwother.
Then he added; iIt is the : duty, of
all the honest members of the con
mention to fisrht that action .from the
moment the convention assembles. It
is our duty to the rank and file of the
Kepublican party, . it is our duty to
the people of this country, to insist
that no action of the convention, which
is based on. the votes" Uf these fradu-
lentiy seated delegates binds the-'Ke:
pubiican party, or imposes any obliga:
tion upon any Rfepuhjicah." J''
This outline of. the Roosevelt camr
I'ien. comlfiB- .trnnt . th'olonel -him-
Rflf. served to set!a'resV all ddubt as
'o a change of programme from that
decided upon at' a coflference of the
koovelt leaders laltitoight to fight
i the drop of the hat" . . t ;.
The Rooseirelt leaifetfl are going to
at'aipt from the very start tomorrow
u appeal their case td the convention
i,sr'if. minus the contested delegates
ated by the NktJonalr Committee.
The Taft forces in control of ,the
machinery of the "big gathering are go
to insist that trtmsA nir- shall
niove strictly according to precedent
ar"i that each motfoa ahall stand the
f,-st ot parliamentary- nraetice.?; - .
On the eve of tbS;.cdnventioa both
'ues plainly were nervous. -It was dif
"cult enough for them to reachBny
h(,rt of conclusion:as to how the dei
a'es finally would line ua on the
i" st!on of the nomination and next
impossible to detewnlnja.. just what
ek gates or. delegations-would-,beifle-
-uuea on to put through, the preumi
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nary-DtTDgramme..- Some; of vine dele
gates l'nstrueted for'CoL lloosevelt, it
was 4aiojca..wiUd- aot aopportall of
the -moves made By "hlsrsteerfuff fi6m
m&tee en tbe convention floor,; while
it appeared equally - true, that many of
the 'delegates instructed 'for Taft for
President . did 'not feel obligated to
srnpport .his managers, on any other
qnestion. 1 J .
,These facts threw an element pf
doubt into the situation and gave to
every protestive move In the .conven
tion an uncertainty unknown in reeent
years in the Republican party.
-The. Roosevelt plan tonight stood
fairly revealed and but slightly chang
ed from a tentative programme ap
proved last night. It is to force a- roll
call, at the earliest opportunity on the
proposition to "purge." the convention
of delegates "fraudulently seated by
tbVNatiohal Committee" and falling
in this the-Roosevelt people will sub
mit to-a temporary organization of
the conventlonTand then carry their
on the California vofei . characterizing
that case as one of the. most flagrant
of .thq.aUemaiItch thwart.. theLcwiH of
the people:?)' ;- - .-? "
- Covemor Johnson, of -California, will
attempt-to cast the entire 2C votes of
hi Stated Xor Senator Borah. His'
right to;do so will be challenged by the
two Taftr delegates from the Fourth
district seated by the National Com
mittee.;? This will precipitate the
fight, and Ss an incident to it, the
Roosevelt leaders .are expected to
move the substitution of a new roll
for the temporary roll reported by the
National Committee, the motion to ex
clude all contested delegates from all
States . from voting upon the proposi
tion. .
Chairman . Rosewater who spent
much of -the day in conference with
members of the National Committee
and the executive counsel of the Taft
supporters will assert that as chair
man of the National Committee he has
no authority to entertain any motisn
fight before the Committee on Creden-i whatsoever, ; that he has noJhing to
tials, demanding mat eacn case passea i do with the convention Itseir and that
upon by the National Committee be the convention is in no sense the
re-oDened and re-heard. If defeated in
this committee, it is the Roosevelt
Blatto take the contests Jo the floor
orthe convention and there to demand
a further hearing, on each.ease,- Tms
plan carried with it a. threat to delay
action ; ip.- ,the" Credentials : Committee,
and' the convention for. several days,
throwing the final sessions of the c4n
vehtioojnto next week or later, v
ITJir !Tatt managers declared they
were net alarmed by this plan of canv
pafgn. They asserted that they would
control -the Committee on Credentials
arrd that committee .would make rules
hich; would cut off long debates and
bring tne hearings n the - ce'fitested
cases-to an early, close. The commit
tee, it was said, ; would throw out of
consideration vU of tth& contests r in
which--.the ' vote sof the- National Com
mittee had been unanimous or yearly
so. As. to what, action "the convention
would; take tm contests, TTaft leaders
said-.they had no doubt. :, , ;. '
'Suggestion that' these tactics might
savor ot the "steam . roller" brought
only a shrug of the shoulders. Jt
was explained that the - convention
must proceed expediously and accord
ing .'to custom.
;, As the plans of the opposing forces
took definite shape today ail of the talk
of physical violence in the convention
seema to. die kwa.y. ' Fifty police took
charge, of the Coliseum tbnight. : how-y
ever, nd Chier, Mcveeney announc
ed that he had decided to increase the
force on duty in ' the . hall from 250 to
500 men: '."'..'.'
Vktor .7' Rosewater, of . Nebraska,
chairman of the National Committee,
will call the convention to order
promptly at noon tomorrow and will
introduce the minister to offer the op-
;'- The "proceeding up "to this point,4 it
ia understood, will . not oe interrupt-
Li sooaJas W Player is concluded
Mr. -Rosewater will announce that in
obedience to the will of the National
Committee, he presents Elihu.Root.of
Kpw York, as Jtemporary chairman. A
moment will Wallowed for other nom-J
inationa and Senator- William p. :ao
rah, bC Idaho. - wjlLe ' offered as the
Roosevelt candidate., : Governor Had
ley, or.Missonri, .floor tleader of. the
Roosevelt forces, was: promised recog-r
nition . today by. Chairman Rosewater
for .all- the "Roosevelt m6tlons. ' ;..
Although they" ha,ve a contested case
in . Alabama,, the- Roosevelt r leaders
h&ve chosen to iaa&e their 'first test
creature of the Nati9nal Committee.
ThisKwaar the parliamentary solution
of the tangle arrived - at by: the Taft
leader; tonight, and it was asserted it
would be -adhered itothrough thick and
thin.!1;;--:; -,. . .
SOmet of 'the mOrfer-radical Roosevelt
leaders (hearing of .'this plan tonight
nrged- that "this be the "signal for the
brfea-feiAnV that "they pKceed forth
with' to hdmlnate Mr. Roosevelt in the
cotrventlpn -halL The-moderate mem
bers of her Roosevelt iuhsel . table
urged1 that the-temporary-organization
of the-1 convention was. not the conven
ti6n itself rand, that the: fire of the
Roo8evelt:,orces should -be reserved
for later-' in .the session.' This-. does
not mean'there will be an absence of
fight fromi the'fall,of the, ayel.' The
Rooseveltieaders" are anxious to get
their-stand jefore .-the- country at the
earliest opportunity and they propose
to make their position clearr-rto give
definite and; general understanding of
the principle for which they say they
are fighting at the very outset. Col
onel RooSeVelt urged tonight that; the
fight begin at. once and: it. will, but the
first day may be confiened . to' the
skirmish lines. - .- A
r It seemed certain tonight that Sena
tor Root; would be elected 1 temporary
chairmiiC tomorrow; jbyerJthe protests
and "the s votes" ef- the "Roosevelt dele
gatesr Colonel k Rooseveltr and ? his
8Uff;1iowever, spent much of the day
incentering the fight on Mr. Rootf the
colonel going 'so far. as to r appear ibe-fore-the
i Illinois delegation in person
and malceva- direct appeal to : hisv 56
instructed delegates to Vote against
the Taft candidate for - presiding ofli
cer It '"was reported later that .20 of
the Illinois delegates 'Instructed for
Roosevelt, Vould rote for Mr. ;Root.
Governor Deneen denied this, tonight
alrd asserted that not more than 8 of
the delegation would support the New
York -.Senator-' Colonel Roosevelt is
RaM to f have r addressed TGovernor Det
neen ' pointedly and to have told him
he ; would be; held personally . responsi
ble for- the conduct of his delegation. ,
r At a second caucus tonight 41 mem
bers of .the ; Illinois delegation voted
to support any candidate; for tempo
rary chairman presented by the Roose
velt faction 4 It was:assumed that the
candidate V would, ibe Senator ? Borah.
Six voted in x favor of Senator ' Root,
fdur dldlnot vote and seven were ab
8entTr V'i'y . ri -."i'.'if. v-;:l-
. . Senatoy ;;Rt,'Jhe prospective storm
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ButTwo
fJEGRDES BECOME DiSDRDERLY
J. H. Boone, Oner.Kfylh White Dele
gates, Calls Them J?(3ui-ch 6f ;ln- .
t,-- fernal Scoundretk-forn- "
mitteeman - Eeetei. l .
Chicago, Jual7.-tTweatyix of
Georgia's 28 delegates lo theJfetional
convention,' inemding il! tbeegroesi
went on rgcordrfor Tat at the aucus
of the .delegltios .today. Ujcfc; Grier
and J. H? Booaet both whit -delegates,
served notice' they IhtendedTtotdlsre1
gard their instructions ' andyote 'for
Roosevelt Several, of . the hegto' dele
gates.became; sidisorderlyj while Ulr.
Rpone, r who riaypostmastoj aJHazel
hurst, Ga., war explaining -why he
would . vote for Roosevel V that Ekjone
lo8this temper and called the disturb
ers "A bunch of infernal. scoundrels."
Y- The negroes advanced oh Boone,
whereupon he picked' up' a chair and
lifted it menacingly into the alr.'Peace
makers separated the, combatants and
Boone retired from the meetlngJLater
he returned to the hall and . apologiz
ed to the-chairman LoL Walter John
son. ' . .,.'- , . " ' ' ;
Henry Ii I Johnson the recognized
leader cf the 12Tnegroes on the-delega-tion,
said he Jheught Mr. Bpoae owed
an apology, to those men lie -had desig
nated as "scoundrels. y Boone . em
phatically declined to lapologize to
them and agalnr retired V - " ' v
The test of the relative Btrength-of
Taft and. Roosevelt in the delegation
came on a resolution that the - chair
man should- cast the delegation's en
tire vote as a unit for' Tift . whea Geor
gia waa called fn the-conVentioa. Grier
and i Boone alone v voted -"no.".' , J. v C.k
Styles, J. -m. -. Peterson a'iS. S.--LMinf
coy whose nama -were JattaehedUto-the
letter made public last night by. Roose
velt : keadquarter8.Trotedc"yes - The
three admitted privately--."vthey-'"' had
signed the letter, under misapprehen
sions that the. State leaders-- had gone
over to Roosevelt.-- In spite"!-the pas
sage of the resolution, any member of
the delegation -may vote Individually,
if he -pleases, under the rules-of the
convention.
An important action of the caucus
was the election of Henry Sv Jackson,
of Atlanta, as National committeeman
to succeed Henry Blun, Jrr, of Sa
vannah. '
DELEGATION IN COLLISION.
Several Men and Women Injured
Passenger Train Hit Freight.
Chicago, June 17. More than a
score of men and wtcmen, among whom
were members of the Georgia Taft
delegation to the Republican National
Convention, were injured today, some
seriously, in a collision between - a
Pennsylvania passenger train and sev
eral empty coaches in tha yards of
the union, station here. : The locomo
tives were partlywrecke-and wini
dows. in several coaches were shat
tered, r ,',.'-.'
i A. N.-Fluker, of ArgylerGava dete
gate -from the Eleventh district, was
So seriously . injured that the . police
removed, him- to ahospital.' iHls spine
was. injured-and. lie was hurt inter
nally, .v si; '
m ir r i m i m.r n.r r r r rtju r rm n njirwTwoj.nnrJiri.ri r
O U TLIJSTES
Pre8ident"Taft -yesterday vetoed the
Army Appropriation 'bill which would
legislate Major General Wood out of
Office, and gave six specific reasons for
taking hat course.
The boom for Mayor Wm. JT Gay
nor for President was started ' yester
day; with the. arrival of many of his
supporters at Baltimore. Champ
Clark's friends made it known that
they would 'wage ho fight on the tem
porary chairmanship.
. Attorney General Wickersham was
advised , yesterday - that the - so-called
beef trust .would dissolve voluntarily.
" A mighty welcome was given Roose
velt last night when he delivered his
fighting ' speech at -the i Auditorium
Theatre in Chicago. He outlined, his
plan of attack and intimated he would
bolt if necessary. ; ,' - i'
; Great uncertainty existed" last 'night
as to the result of the Republican con
vention! which' opens, in Chicago' today;
Both sides, claimed-they, would have a
'majority, The. Roosevelt' forces held
a great demonstration: and their rivals
were busy, planning the line of attack.
All of the Georgia delegation to the
Republican convention : went on : rec
ord f or- Tatt yesterday, although two
white delegates served - notice - they"
would disregard Instructions and vote
for .Roosevelt' ; ''-
Hearing .was begun in Baltimore yes
terday on, the'petition of the Alabama
Consolidated Coal : & Iron : Co. .to- re-J
strain the Baltimore Trust Co., from
selling $1,250,000. worth of "Tefunding
bonds t pledged' as collateral to Asecure
a note for $330,000. t r
New York markets: u Money oh call
steady, 2 .1-8 , to 2-.7j8 per cent; 'ruling
rate 2 7-8. N Spot'cottoh quiet,; 10, points
lower. Flour quiet and steady.'. Wheat;
spot firm; No.2 red 118, domestic ba
sis -and export 1.18 :f.-o.bW 'afloat to
arrive; Coriw spoViasIerj. export 80
t to :b .; affoat:-.OTpen'tlnefin
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fOR ra
e Mayor's Supporters Ar-
rive at Baltimore and
; v-GeJfc -Busy.'v -:
!I0 FI6HT Oil GHAIRMAfiSHIP
Champ , Clark's Supporters LetCIt Be
. . Known That Ariy Good Democrat '
. , 1 Acceptable, to .Them Tvwo
V thirds- Rule ,
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Baltimore, July, 17'. Adherents .- of
Speaker Champ j Clark for 'the Presi
dential nomination - came out openly
here today antl 'inade it "knofn ; that
ttieyi would notflght'bnth'e-tenporary
chairmanship, and that? 'anyj man wor
thy of the .office would be 'agreeabfe to
them 'T V
' News of the Clark. position on' tbe
temporary chairmanship .'ras,c made
known by United States Senator Stone,
or Missouri,' the floor ; leader of the
Clark forces on the convention floor.
Senator Stone came over from Wash
ington and . conferred with National
Chairman Mack, and other commit
teemen. When Senator Stone was in
formed that the -arrangements commit
tee was trying to find a man for ; the
temporary-chairman who was neutral
to all candidates for the Presidential
nomination, he said: '. .
"I am for Champ , Clark for Presir
dent The' names of several men have
been suggested to me for. temporary
chairman, but I desire to say that any
man worthy to -preside with dignity
and fairness is satisfactory to me. The
friends of Champ Clark cannot affojrd
to be split up over the confirmation of
the mere fleeting honor of a minor of
fice." , , , ... -.
iStenator, Stone said that while -he be
lieved that nine out of 10 -Democrats
were for the '.abrogation of ; the- two
thirds rule for ; nomination Tie did not
believe that there would be any action
taken towards its abolishment' at this
5onventton;-Xg,r-:Taiiii:bka.
. - The boom, for May or GayHbrItS fifed
in the name of the "Democratic Asso
ciation of New York,". ; becameC active
late today with the arrival- of'. Jacob
A. Canter, and William A. .Black from
New York." A Gaynor dinner was giv
en tonight which was attended by
friends of Mayor Gaynor in Baltimore
and. a resolution was passed pledging
the association to work for Mayor Gay
nor's nomination. . .
The high cost of living is to be one
of the principal planks in the -Democratic
platform. . National -committeemen
say this Is an issue affecting ev
ery one alike and already the consum
ers league has urged that the party
its platform. Just what form this
take definite action on the question of
plank will take has not been indicat
ed, but the Democratic' leaders say it
will come in for the closest considera
tion by the Resolutions Committee.
Senator Culberson, of Texas;- was in
Baltimore today to look after the ac
commodations of 100 boomers who are
coming up from Texas. Discussing the
question of whether the two-thitds
rule should be changed; Senator Cul
berson said: ; - V. i fi-V (;
"The rule should stand at ;the' pres
ent convention. lt it is to be chang
ed, it "should be taken , upf at' this con
vention, discussed and ; then-: v placed
before the-. Democrata Of ithe fcountry,
State by Stated for their decisions. The
rules need not be -changed unless , it
Is ratified by- the -Democrata-of the
majority of 'the States.v VH
- A crusade against pick iwcicets: and
thieves whe? are waiting to prey upon
the convention crowds. 13 to be com
menced early next -week by ,the po
lice who plan to arrest, all crooks and
hold them In Jail until the convention
is over. -Out-of-town crooika will -be
identified by police brought here from
other cities. f i - - j. I
Short of Funds '.
r New York;, June 17. Mayor Gay
nor received a message today purport
ing to be. a telegram from, a Southern
Democrat,. who said he had charge pf
an uninstructed delegation"'- from : a
Southern State to the National con
vention at (Baltimore, complaining that
some of the rural delegates 5 did net
have sufficient funds to get to the con
vention. "If you can assist sine," the
message concluded," ? "to, - gets6ine of
these .delegates,-there, in case,!: your
name' comes before the convention; e
will make it of interestt to yotiv. '
The mayor, ,,urged to "answer at
Once," dispatched the folio wing. reply;
'-"You will not be in charge long.
Your moral perceptions are too Incon
spicuous.", io-t - - " . .:v;SS-
California Delegation Leaves."
; San Francisco, June 17.-Tbe. Cali
fornia' Democratic delegates left here
today; for Baltimore on a special train.
Theftrain carries 1,400. quartB . Of -wine,
the tame , amount of grape Juice,?, half
a; carload of 'fruit to stock State head
quarters,, and j two ;Champ Clarknas'
cots, a houn'-dog and a bear cub. .
Bankhead to Nbminatei' UnderWbod.
i.:-Washington-.- June , 17. Representa
tive Oscar W. Underwood, of Alabama, I
Democratic leader of the Houee,vwm
be placed in, nomination for President
of the-United States -at the Baltimore
convention; by Wiiam B."-' Rankhead,
of Jasper," Ala:,, a former member" of
the State iJegislature and- wjll be sec
onded by J. Randolph Anderson, off Sa
vannah, Ga. '" v , -'- K v"
IJhis decision v was announcedrfo
night after a conference at the 'capi
tal following Mr; - BanKhead's" arrival
from "Alabama. - Mr. Bankhead is 5 a
Ghicago, June 17. On the eve of the
Republican National Convention, Col.
LRoosevelt disclosed the line of attack
which he will make. He laid down
two principles. He said- that the dele
gates whose selection he -contests
must not vote in' the . organization of
the convention lor on the settlement of
the contests and made it clear that he
would resist He declared that no" ac
tion of the , convention based on. theH
votes of these "fraudulently ' seated
delegates" would be binding upon the
Republican party. .... ; - t
It was at the Roosevelt rally in the
auditorium that the ex-President made
his' challenge. He was facing a cheer
ing' throng, which' Jammed the huge
building as tightly as the fire .marsh
shal would permit'" Reaching, far to
the rear, to the last "line of seats and
to the top of the ' topmost .-.balcony
were solid rows, of men , and women r
delegates from every part of the coun
try, Roosevelt leaders and a hoat of
privates, in the ' Roosevelt army'They
gave the ex-President a mighty wel;
come. Col. Roosevelt made a fighting
speech. His hearers were in a fight
ing mood. They cheered him on ar he
denounced ..his opponents and shouted
to him,: "Go at them, Teddy." ?Knock
Out : the steam roller!" ."Hit ' them
again!'.' , - . ,?;;". 1 -
- Long . before ,-Roosevelt reached - the
auditorium every seat was takeni-Odt
side , the building were thousands; who
PLANS FOR FIRI
Declares Contested Delegates
Must Not Vote In Or- '
ganization.
HE WILL BOLT IF
IIEGESSM
Cheering Throng Jams 'Auditorium to
Hear Col.. Roosevelt's Fighting -s
Speech and Givea Him a 7 .
. Mighty Welcome.
Legislation I nappropri
nunarea policemen neia tnem DacE..; .1 m the limitation, of the peritid diif-:-.-;' ;
' Col. -Roosevelt ; was constantly - in-1 ine which' an dflicer inusc feninn iifinti ;;K
terrupted in his speech with storms
of applause. He . frequently departed
ffom his prepared speech -for an 'ex
temporaneous thrust which brought
the people to their feet shouting, and
waving the flags which were handed
to each person on entering the hall.
"1 made my fight square andairin
the open and I won," he said. '"I
don't intend that my opponents shall
cheat me out of it," . crv .;.
The' colonel' gave a new definition
of the National Committee; . r ; v
"The National Committee!" he exv
claimed, "Who are they? About 5Q
people with the ratio of honesty-rang
ing -from about four to twenty and the!
Col, Roosevelt began to call the roll
of some of his most prominent oppo
nents. At the first he mentioned, a
groan came from the crowd. With the
next the groan became a roar.
To preserve peace the colonel gave
up his roll call. He said -that his chief
opponents on the National Committee
were men wher had been repudiated in
their own States ' r ' k :
.: j'lt is ibadvenough," h complained,
"to .have the" victory stolen by v the
bosses that are-living,- but it is an
added outrage to have it stolen by bds-ses--
that are among the nnburied
dead-" """ , :' ' '- v-,:,
f hn . Col. Roosevelt said ' that any
action of the convention, if brought
about by: the votes; of delegates fraud
ulently sweated, would .not be binding
upon the party, there came the wilo-;
est outburst of applause- bf the even
ing. . The crowd leaped up with a
shout and refused to be quieted, des
pite the colonel's attempt to continue
"If they ask for the sword," said ne,
when at last he could make himself
heard, "they shall have it,'; .; ".
MAKES OUTDOOR
APPEARANCE
Roosevelt Greets Hia Glee Club, and
Cheering Throngs ; ; v ;
v Chicago; June 17 .Colonel Rooser
velt made one outdoor appearance to
day when the Chicago -Roosevelt Glee
Cliiib, headed by a band,, stopped i In
front of the Congress Hotel The
crowd began to cheer- as the band
stopped' and icaited-for Ir . Roosevelt.
In answer he. appeared at his window
and said:. "You have printed S out
there," pointing to the various ban
ners' borne by some of; the , marchers,
"a'good' many of my , views. So all I
have to say is that we wish, a square
deal and we are going to have it."
i The banners , pointed but , byl Mr.
Roosevelt bore these legends :----. -
"The "American people will -not' tole
rate crooked political methods." I.
-; "Roosevelt f or" hi country ; Taft for
his enemies." s v '
"Stealing delegates is a blacker
crime than : stealing horse yand? you
know i what they do witn ; horse
thieves.; "
"Let's bite a hole in Taffs steam
roller." - ' 1 . -' -
' The crowd . 'applauded vigorously..;-
lawyer,, a graduate of, noth I the Uni
versity, of Alabama and the Georgia
University law school, - an elector - at
large on the Parker and BaviSjJJemo
cratic National ticket in. 1904, and he
canvassed Florida and North Carolina
in Mr. .Underwood's behalf,' Vv " ;
' ; Mr,: Anderson was a classmate of
Mr.'1. Underwood at tthe University:; of
Virginia and. is- great-grandsOn "of
Thomas Jefferson,., Tr ' -,
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ARMY -BILL i
President t;ytbesMeaw :
: or Gek Wood. J -y -.p '
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six' Specific reasqiis
Says Army is Too Vital an Institution
to- be Made a Victim' of Hasty.
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; Washington, - June . iT.The Presi
dent today vetoed the: army .apprbpria-
tion bill. He. returned it. to Coneress
with a message indicating his disap
proval f of the legislative; "provision
which would Oust Major General Leon
ard Wood from the. office of chief of
staff, oh March 4th next, In" his, mes
sage the President said: -: ;;' ;'
JThe army of the United . States is.
far too Vital ah .institution to the peo
ple of this country to be made the: victim-
of hasty or imperfect theories of
legislation. As -was pointed out by-
the chairman of the Senate Military - ti
Committee, it is well' known; that thV l "';';" -
War college arid the general, staff have" ;-u i 1
been for many months engaged aipon : ;"
f comparative plan of army re-6rgani-: ; ;;
zation. At the present time, therefore, ,
it is especially ihapprbpriate, in my
opinion, to . force upon " the -statute-; "
uuuiua itsgisiAuuu pnaciea wicnout tne i
usual deliberation: and care." i ; : . ;
The President gave six; specific rea
sons for finding the bill objectionable.
They were:'- '. 4 V ; .":.' , ; ..-;
" Itsv provision-, limiting the eligibility
of officers to be chief of staff. This '
position the President called themoit
important in the army . bill .and - adds V
that' its operation, iniyears . oast woutd y
have disqualifledjthe army's most brfl-..;.,.. ;
oi ine general stanv crippling the most .
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reaus - would be; 4isotgaliized. The
President also-referred to the fact that
an ,tne omcers ,pf . the: Bureau of Iri
sjujiar Affairs,; eicept its cniefwould: be
removed; all officers of . the Philippine
constabulary would be-jrelieved - Janu
ary 1st, arid all .but one , of the line, offi-:
cers now constructing, the Panama ca
nal wcmld be relieved as Veil.
The President' -condemns .theblll's . v
provisions changihg ;theV Enlistment -term
from three to-f our years, calling
it contrary to enlightened military pbl- ,
icy and declaring It would make im-
possible. the establishment ,bf a proper
reserve.;-, ; -y . -y 5;
The proposed commission to , report .
on the policy of army; posts ' was criti- :
cised by Mr. Taft: s obstructing ' rath
er than furthering .the solution of a .
dimcuit problem. ; ;t ; , . . - . t
There would ;be " a " deficiency under
the bill in the Par of the' arm V? alone '
of more - than. $2,00d,660. The economy
ciaimeuTor tne Diiv-the resident said,
was; arrived at merely by . failure - to :
appropriate over ?3,d00,000, which will
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Chairman Hay,' of ;tne House Milita
ry Affairs Committee; issued a state
ment in which h accused the Presi
dents of misstating' thf - facts; and re
sorting to disifigenloutf afgttsment. Mr.
HayJ declared 1 the' 1 President had ve
toed the bill to .give himself valid rea
sons for vetoing , the legislative bill
Which contains the: provision to abolish
the Commerce Courts - ;; u "...
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tion Major GeneralWobd by name, he
made, it- plain that ono of nis reasons
for vetoing the; bill was its provision
to legislate that dfficer; from his office
as chief of staff of the ariny on March:
VThe PHsideht pointedut ; that - the
limitations imposed uooh -the '; incum-.
bent of that office by the terms of the
bin would have disqualified many of
the army's most brilliaht officers..: . The ;
President also objected toj the pro vi- '
cers '- of. the ; Phillppihe "cofastabulary, ; f : 5 d
the' Panama (canaf, work-and ; the Bu-i
reau of insular Attairsi- v ? r ; " ,
So now the army, ' bill rests in . -com'
mittee and the; army's ; appropriation
fori the coming yealr; wiil be unprovid
ed rfor until it is re-passediWithout.the
features to which Presideht Taft ob
jected, brjmtil a resolution extending
the- appropriation Of ;thefpresent;year
to the next is put through: s ; ,
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ernor McDonald. who ' refused to ' be ;-
quoted inr the matter,- tonight let it be : -
known that he would; attempt to pre
vent the.' Fiynn-Jonhsdn . fight at Las
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