Salt Lake Telegram | 1912-05-25 | Page 2 | Committees Big Job in Deciding of Contests

COMMITTEES BIG BIO JOB IN m DECIDING OF CONTESTS WASHINGTON May 25 The Tha bitterness bitter ness of the tho tg fight 1 that Is to rage about bout the tho tiep Republican national committee e when it bights begins ns consideration of contests in to ChI ChI- Chi ago cago June Jule 6 6 w was wan emphasized yesterday by by a a. I statement tate ent from W B. B McKIn- McKIn t I I ley manager manager of the Taft campaign JJ Mr McKInley declared it was wu becoming becom becom- Y ing g apparent that hat Colonel Roosevelt and 1 ets s YIU re resort report ort to every Aver ver known cnown s means n to terrorize terrorise the Chicago conven conven- Sidon I 1 That Th t th the e time has come when the the moral stamina of or the leaders of ot the tho Re Re- publican party Is Js to be tested as It has hot been tho the o civil war Is certain ace Mr continued it Is 1 within the Power power o o th the committee to maka ke jor or break th the tho Republican party for nany sara to come pomo Dixon Dizon Denies Dentes Story The rhe McKinley statement eni was given out jis the tha result of ot widespread reports that I Co Colonel one Roosevelt desired the removal from th tha national committee of the bets bets' whom b whom ho knew to be bo strongly op posed to him Senator DIxon the Roose Roose- Roosevelt velt maza manager er was waa not in the city but his close associates declared the Roosevelt I committee gave gass e no approval to tho stories that tho tha national committee was waa controlled con con- trolled against their candidate Mr Yr statement was followed h Another from the Taft bureau In r I Wh which ch It was wu asserted that telegrams K circulated 1 by bs 1 the Roosevelt headquarters t tending to show that the Taft Tart support support- era ers were considering a a. compromise can- can were without fow foundation First last Iut and oil all the time Ume said 1 f. f statement President Taft Is I. In lu the political fight tight to stay The Tho statement by Manager McKinley of ot of the attitude of ot the tha national commit commit- committee tee toward tho the con contests tests which Involve the contests seats of ot many dele delegates was most di dl- dl It must be expected that those na na- committeemen whose conscience may force them to disagree with Mr Ro Roosevelt Roosevelt sevelt will be openly denounced by him said DJ Mr McKinley denounced and an and the whole u committee will JU be misrepresented and vilified Committee a Representative The friends of ot President Taft Tatt beU believe bellave ve the Republican national committee as now constituted constitute is J. representative the of-the Republican V party ty and t that at It u will v 1 d do Its lull full duty by the tt- party at Chicago The friends of the president win 1 n not try their contested cases of ot contested del deJe delegates e tes atee before tHe fie ili country until tho the national committee meets Tb Thy They y hv havo no sympathy y pathy whatever what whAt- ever lever with Mr Roosevelt's evelt endeavors to bring Influence e to bear upon tho the tribunal the tribunal the party national committee lice before before the th evidence 1 Is heard heare It was re reported here that George U A. A nul Knight ht national committeeman ot of Cal California il the a l ia Roosevelt 1 1 fi to havo lav charge on behalf from before beor the e notional national forcy committee of ot t the c contests