Roosevelt Converts Delegates Amid National Convention Turmoil
Rumors of a Taft to Roosevelt switch ripple Chicago as Georgia Mississippi delegates appear to back Roosevelt. Taft officials deny mass defections while Roosevelt hosts a “council of war” and plans a major lobby demonstration at the Congress Hotel.
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McKinley
Taft
Roosevelt
General Staff
Congress Hotel
Georgia
Clark Grier
J. H. Boone
J. C. Styles
J. Eugene Peterson
Mincey
Fast fight on temporary call at Lares Roosevelt wan
A brief regional note reports a rapid dispute over a provisional call in Lares Roosevelt, with local officials naming a temporary measure and ongoing contention surrounding its implementation.
Roosevelt Plan to Fight At Republican Convention
Roosevelt leaders adopt a plan to contest credentials in the 1912 Republican convention. They seek a roll call on temporary chairman and aim to substitute a new roll to seat 70 to 80 delegates they claim were stolen, opposing Taft allies. Affidavits accuse bribery of a Louisiana delegate as the fight intensifies in Chicago.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
Hoosevelt
Deleo Cates
Johnson
California
Taft
National Committee
Stont
Victor Rosewater
Committee On
Theodore Roosevelt
Hundreds of men working on banks near Needles closure feared
Needles California June reports say a break in the Colorado River levee is suspected at an unknown point causing river falls. Santa Fe marshals hundreds of men and material to protect Needles and bridges as Topock and other sites may become critical. Roosevelt delegates debate legal steps if fraudulent delegates are seated. remarks suggest they would not recognize or join an illegal convention.
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Chicago
F. H. Cook
Louisiana
Taft
Roosevelt
Cook
McKinley
Vidalia
EF. H. Cook
Mr. Thompson
Colorado
Fifth Congressional District
T. R
Needles
Cal
Arizona
Santa Fe Railroad
Topock
Ro Yelt
Ohio
Missouri Tornado Kills Dozens Across Western Counties
Kansas City dated report says at least 26 people died with many injured as a central and western Missouri storm leveled towns. Bates county and Merwin area suffered heavy destruction with 13 deaths reported, Sedalia counting two more and unverified figures suggesting higher totals. Wires were down, aid dispatched from Sedalia, Warrensburg and Windsor to rural areas.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Bates County
Sedalia
Merwin
Henry Cameron
Chilren
Gibson Groves
Fred Groves
Warrensburg
Windsor
Butler
Tornado Strikes Zanesville Church During Service
A tornado in Zanesville Ohio killed two people and injured about twenty today. The storm toppled the St Thomas Catholic church steeple through the roof as services were under way injuring the Rev. F R Roach who was administering a sacrament.
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Zanesville
Ohio
St. Thomas Catholic
F. R. Roach
All Alaskans Now Believed Safe After Kodiak Volcano News
Seward reports the revenue cutter McCulloch arrived from Kodiak with word that ash from the main volcano disaster area shows improvement and no confirmed heavy loss of life on the mainland. Katmai villagers are safe and relocated to Afognak. only a woman and a baby were gravely ill. Livestock on Kodiak is being cared for. some cattle were killed for food shortage. Vegetation grows under ash 18 inches deep. recent rains have cleared the water on the islands.
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Afognak
Redonda
Natmai
Kodiak Island
Montana Delegation Backs Cummins as Second Choice
Chicago dispatch reports Montana delegates poised to back Taft first but open to Cummins if Taft falters. Roosevelt campaign runs under Flinn and Perkins with Dixon issuing optimistic bulletins. Delegates discuss credentials and platform while Cummins emerges as potential rival if Taft falters.
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Standard
Chicago
Joe Dixon
Washington
Dixon
Borah
William Flinn
Pittsburg
George W. Perkins
Roosevelt
Georgia
Taft
Flinn
Perkins
Theodore Roosevelt
Hughes Boom Is Started Delegations Sounded
In Chicago on June 16 supporters of Justice Charles E. Hughes moved to draft him as a compromise Republican candidate for president. William H. Hotchkiss, a New York ally, led the effort, aiming to unite factions and carry New York, while not opposing Roosevelt. The organizers acted without Hughes’s knowledge and said they would back him if the party crisis required service to the nation.
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Roosevelt
Georgia
Mississippi
Taft
Timothy Woodruff
New York
Migestasippi
Charles E. Hughes
United States Supreme Court
William H. Hotchkiss
Hughes
Mr. Hotchkiss
Justice Hughes
Hotchkiss
Republican Party
Bryan Tells Republicans to Learn From Democrats
Chicago June 16 William J Bryan drew crowds at rival party HQs as a reporter he met Theodore Roosevelt after interviewing Roosevelt campaign staffers. He joked about a steamroller while Democrats planned a model convention. Delegations from Oklahoma New Jersey Massachusetts Nevada North Dakota Wisconsin and others arrived and organized committees and loyalties for the convention.
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New Jersey
Teddy
Borden D. Whiting
George K. Record
Boyd Avis
James G. Blauvelt
William G. Lord
Virginia
Massachusetts
Roosevelt
Hartments
Taft
Charles L. Baxter
Connecticut
Nevada
E. E. Roberts
H. V. Moorehouse
E. FE. Roberts
H. B. Maxon
Chicago News Highlights Dyna mite Ed Perry Move
Chicago report dated June 16 notes Ed Perry as chairman leading a group or initiative titled Dyna mite. The excerpt hints at organizational leadership and a local civic or business context in progress.
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Chicago
Dynamite
Ed Perry
The
Iowa Delegates Cheer Cummins Telegram
Chicago news wires report Iowa delegates at their headquarters cheering a telegram from Senator Cummins thanking Kenyon and Iowa supporters. He credits a long struggle for progressive principles and lauds Iowa followers as loyal soldiers in the battle.
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Chicago
Lowa
Cummins
Kenyon
Army of Iowa
California Delegation Chooses Credentials Committee
Chicago June 16. The California delegation named its members for the national convention committees. Francis J. Heney was selected for the credentials committee and former Gov. Pardee for rules, Chester Rowell for resolutions, and Meyer Lissner as national committeeman to succeed Knight.
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California
Francis J. Heney
George (. Pardee
Chester H. Rowell
Meyer Lissner
George A. Knight
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