Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 June 1912 — EXPECTS ROUGH HOUSE. [ARTICLE]

EXPECTS ROUGH HOUSE.

Barnes Comments on McCormick's Statement—Will Be in Fight. New York, June s.—William Barnes, Jr., chairman of the republican state convention, is going to Chicago in a few days prepared for the worst. He has no hesitation in saying that the “Battle of Chicago” is to be a pretty warm affair. In fact, he made that plain when he said, commenting on the remark of Medill McCormick, the ftoosevelt Supporter, that the Roosevelt men would “shoot the roof off the convention hall” if steam roller methods were attempted. “Mr. McCormick’s remark,” said the state chairman, “is merely proof of what I said last week, that the contest at Chicago is simply to be one between mental courage and physical cowardice.” In other words the state chairman believes that the convention ia bound to be a “rough house.” He is godng out early and he will be in the thick of tihe fight from the start. In all probability it will devolve him to lead the Taft forces or the Ryosevelt opposition forces on the convention floor. “Do you think Roosevelt will be on hand to, run his own cohorts’” he was asked. “I don’t think anything about it,” he retorted. “I know he will be there.”