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Show n y y v g -uT Tir B y "V Tr V JSfeam Roller Charges Heard In Chicago I I BEGINS TO LOOK I LIKE OLD TIMES I AT CONVENTION I Steadying Influence of Four I Years Ago Absent at This Gathering 1 -ALMOST ANYTHING IS I LIKELY TO HAPPEN Associated Press Gives Picture of Conditions asr.Big Ses- Isions Near I cniCAGO. June r.. Disagreement between General Wood's manners over whether the Republican national 1 committee has been "steam rolling his , leleeates furnished the Inc dent which ' was needed to wind ui the Republican convention preliminaries with a three, rins finish. , t. J Although Sena for Moses, one of the! general's managers, has denounced tntj decisions of the oornir.Jssion wnlth I have seated Lowden delegates dver, Wood contestants as a "steam roller j procedure. General Wopd .himself has followed It up with a oorsouaU.sta lenient le-nient expressing confidence Mil tn? fairness of Cha'rman Hays and dirf-; 1 claiming that the committeemen are, permitting: their personal preferences, as to candidates to enter into the dc-j j elslons which wll determine the char-. ncter of delegation. II Can't rind Bamlwugon u Steam roller hasn't appeared in the vr&, 7l preliminaries sln-e the celebrated ' Taft-Roosevoit con'est oC 1312 and it adds to the problems of the tmin-structed tmin-structed delegate, whoso to -speak. Is having sdmo difficulty iii locating tho band wagon. There are several elements which contribute "to the support of predictions predic-tions that It in going to be a regular old time convention. Four years agp on pro-convention Saturday everything looked pretty tame. Charles S. Hushes was as good as nominated although It was a dozen whirling eddies each loaded with possibilities of developing Into fictitious proportions. Confusing Flemenl.s Many steadying influences which guided the preliminaries of four year ago are abeont now and a good many new elements which make for confusion confu-sion are present. In the first place the majority of the delegates are un-Instructed, un-Instructed, and although aB is gencr-, ally the case, a majority of them arc anxious to board some band wagon, there does not appear to be arty. Thero m are several vehicles ready to be rolled I VI out but tho horsepower doesn't seem rt to be mobilized as vet and everybody seems to look to the possibilities that some of the horses may be dark. r, 1 Moreover, the delegates who. will havo i. to contribute tho votes to nominate can'T tne candidate 8ccm to be having little da?' rcal Information so far as to tho start-ihn start-ihn lnB" Point of the procession, although they are being invited in half a dozen different directions. inj Bosses arc Absent T Then there is the absence of the tee steadying influence, of the old time wal leaders who have hitherto been able life to guide the destinies or the conven or tion, The bosses who speak with a banj noto of authority seem to be absent Mj and although the Incoming delegates a'ho are willing to be )od they don't find ferei any considerable party being person- cordl ally conducted In any one direction. i El About the only thing thnt everybody; olle seems to be agreed upon is that no, ale) candidate Is going to be nominated onj jfMf the first ballot and from the Informa- jH tion that leaks out from the various! H inner circles of the different groups H', it seems that all the managors are jH 'figuring on at loast three ballots toj find, out where they stand and make up their estimates on tho possibilities jH The prediction of many soasoned poll-1 tlcians is that tho convention will have Its opening hurrah, the complimentary votes for tho favorite sons, the ballots H to fulfill the instructions and pledges H! and then the real business will begin, j H; Mnybc Dark Horse I H' If the program being talked of lsi jf carried out the loo dor of tho delega-l tlons from the larger states will havo, HB a conference and decide whothor they, will pool their votes, and. returning' H' to the convention next morning, cast! them for tho man about whom thoy H. have hopes of rallying enough support i to command a majority. Whether ho! bo dark horse or one of the candidates now in the field, no one assumes to H- say. because only tho preliminary H' balloting can dotcrmine it. But with that as a starting point, the seasoned politicians aro qulto sure there will be littlo delay in getting to an agreement It may develop that somo of tho candl-Hr candl-Hr dates now in the field besides having good prospects for his own nomination H" will also hold a veto power which will compel tho compromiso managors to accept a man of whom he approves. Senator Johnson of California in al-ways al-ways mentioned whon thin probability is being dlacus.sod, and none of tho practical politicians denies tho forco H of the argument. H'. Another lilcmont j There Is still another olomont which adds to tho uncertainty which prom-lses prom-lses to contlnuo uj to tho tlmo tho j convention begins to ballot. It is a repeatedly expressed fooling among Ktato governors, chairman of etato ' delegations and othora that membors of congress and federal officials have too much to say ta convention plans nnd decisions. How far this- element (Contlnued'on Page 5.) H' - j Begins to Iwk like i Old-time Convention 1 i (Continued from page I.) will have to be recognized remains to he seen, but no one here denies thati I there Is an active agitation going on !to have othors take a hand in making j up tho program. ; ! Hays Makes No Reply j This Is tho last day of the national, committee's deliberations on contests) among the states' delegations unless 'somothlng suddenly Is upset and the j I committeemen will bo free to tak, jpart In the conference of Sunday and; .Monday which play such a large part1 in Bhaplng the destinies of the-convention. Chairman Hays Is making no i statement In reply to ie steam roller, charges but he points out to Inquirers; that this year the 'committee made It the practice in its open sessions to I spread upon its minutes the legal I reasons for Its decision in each caso and that this record will be available; If thecontests are to be discussed in I the credentials' committoo or If a fight; lis to be carried to the floor of the con-i ventlon. , .., v . ) I" Nobody Sleeps Much ; These last three days of the .preli-' mlnary period are like harvest days on the farm. Everything needs to be , done at once if tho crop Is to be saved and all hands are at it from sun-up. I If a politician of any account on thcl ground here gets five hours of sleep, I out of the twenty-four he is accounted a lazy man. When he Isn't fighting off '1 friends looking for convention tickets, 1 he is hbntlngy delegates for his favorite favor-ite candlate. If he has any real ideas of what Is going to happen, he Is keeping keep-ing them strictly to himself and the probabilities are that If he discloses them he would be accounted more . an enthusiast than a prophet. For nearly a week now things have been shaping up to a point where only a push was required to start them off. The national committee In Its' dally sessions was really the only part of I the political machinery actually doing any work. All the other politicians on the scene were holding conferences i in the hotel lobbies and making noml-' nating speeches to any crowd that was; willing to listen. With tho steady arrival ar-rival of men who bear tho responsl-1 blllty of leadership somothlng more than that gossip will begin to develop from now on. Dig Crowds Coming I Several full delegations and numer-' ous fragments of others were schcd-i tiled to roll in today. Among them were the California and Nevada delegations dele-gations In the "golden poppies" spe-. cial, named from the quantities of, California's flowers kept on Ice fori distribution here. Tho big influx of delegates and isl- tors Is expected tomorrow and Moh- day. Railroad officials say they arc 1 being taxed for equipment because of tho extra sleepers and diners needed to carry the crowds. Chilly wcathor is a surprise, wel-1 come or otherwise, to most of the in-, comers. "Cool convention weather" has been tho rule for several with more in Immediate prospect. Some of, tho delegates arc complaining becaus"i they came unprcpalred for the low temperataurcs. Most of tho visitors have had hotel reservations tucked away for daa and -.en weeks and months, but man arc reporting large laxlcabs and "carfares "car-fares In search of rooms. Among recent bookings at the prominent hotels ho-tels are Judge Gary, chairman of the i United States Steel corporation; George Perkins and party, of New York; Henry W. Taft. John Hays Hammond and Frank A. Vandorllp, 1 Charles F. Murphy, Tammany chief. ' lias rooms for Jilmself and several ' friends. ' ; Negroes Rent Houses Some of the negro delegates and alternates al-ternates are reported to have rented louses for the convention period. Leaders of tho National Women's l arty who have planned to picket the :onventlon hall to emphasize their lomand for a platform plank urging he states to complete ratification of he suffrage amendment, have opene'd lcadquartcrs across thes treet from :hc coliseum. Three bis purple, white and gold 3anners wero unfurled and tho women under the leadership of Alice Paul, prepared to open on active campaign imong the national committeemen ind tho delegates as they arrive |