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Roosevelt's Friends Fnil to Oust Contested
Delegations Seated by tlie
Executive Committee and the Credential
Committee is Named Favorable
to the President.
The Roosevelt forces met their secv
Ond defeat in the Republican natlon!'
jal convention Wednesday in Session.
' Gov. Hadley led the fight in the con)
vention to oust 9 2 contested Taft
delegates and to seat 9 2 Roosevelt
! delegates in their places. The conf
vention finally refused to entertain
the motion by a vote of 5G4 to 010.
This transferred the fight to the committee
on credentials just before the
i- convention adjourned until Thursday
I noon.
r When
the chairman's gavel crashed
its summons to delegates in the
i K convention Wednesday forenoon, the
thousands of spectators realized they
p were about to witness stirring scenes
f | that would lead up to the crisis in
the struggle, for party leadership. Overnight
developments gave promise of
tumultuous debate 011 tho Roosevelt
proposition of substituting certain
Roosevelt delegates for Taft men who
? were admitted by the national comi
mittee.
The first development of the morning
was the declaration of Taft leaders
that there would be no compromise
of any sort. Then came a climatic
assertion by Gov. Hadley, that
he would not sanction a bolt under
any circumstances. Gov. Deneen
backed up Hadley in the assertion.
Persons who have been ready to be'
lievo that Roosevelt would not hesitate
to bolt, were willing to speculate
as to whether this might indicate
mutiny on the Roosevelt ship.
The unfinished business taken up
was Hadley's demand for elimination
of 02 contested delegates from the
temporary roll. Cnairman Root announced
that an agreement had been
reached between Messrs. Watson and
Hadley that three hours of debate
i equally divided between the two
sides. Gov. Hadley for Roosevelt op!
ened the debate. lie reviewed the
events of Tuesday leading up to the
^ ruling of the national committee
(chairman, Rosewater, which quashed
the Hadley motion to. purge the tem.
porary roll.
Gov. Hadley finished at 11:58, and
| was followed by W. T. Dovell of
Washington for the Taft side. "The
declaration is utterly false," he de|
clared, "that the State of Washington
; , was ever carried by Theodore Roose1
; volt." Applause from the Taft dele;
I "gations greeted this statement. The
> recital of what Mr. Dovell said were
? the "facts" as to Washington arousp
1 ed the ire of lloosevelt delegates. lie
was interrupted with groans from
i 1he Roosevelt forces when he declar\
ed: "When it was discovered tho
t night, before the State convention
that the Taft forces were in control,
R the adherents of Mr. Roosevelt deI
clined to come to the convention beI
cause they knew tlicv were beaten."
The Rattle Opens.
Tho clerk, for the Information of*
I the convention, then read the list of
delegates which the Hadley motion
would strike from the roll and the
list of those it would seat. When the
I announcement was concluded, Henry
A. Allen of Kansas, was presented to
speak in support of the Roosevelt
proposition.
Allen ridiculed Dovell's statement
i about the Washington primary and
| quoted figures to show that Taft's
; vote had been small. In tho midst of
I his talk Allen was challenged to say
Iwnether ho intended to support the
nominee of this convention. He said
he would 011 0110 condition, "than his
nomination is not accomplished by
fraud and thievery."
A great uproar of cheering and angry
shouts followtd. The shouting so
S! angered Delgeate Newcomb of New
York that he bellowed out a point of
A order against interruptions. The chair
J sustained the motion and asked for
3 fair play for both sides.
p After being interrupted several
g, time3, Allen shouted at the Taft torSi
mentors:
J "You haven't got anything until
. this convention's over. Then the Lord
t only knows what you've got."
J. "Are you going to abide by the doJf
cision of the convention?" shouted a
I delegate from Colorado.
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("I'll answer you iaier.
"Answer me now."
The floor was in an uproar.
N"IT1 answer you, I'll answer you,"
shouted Allen, his faeo growing red
and liis voice growing husky. The
delegates stopped yelling long enough
to he. r him say, "I want Jo support
the nominee of this convention hut
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At the "but" the cheering and jeer1
Jng broke out afresh.
"J'll support him," shouted Allen,
"only on one condition?that his
nomination was not accomplished by
fraud and corruption."
Itoot Squelches Flytm.
Senator Idfemen way of Indiana <
p spoke against the Hartley motion, lie
made a point for Taft by declaring
that of the 1 4 Roosevelt members of
the national committee who are protesting
against the committee's roll,
all but two had been retired from
the committee this year.
Taking up the Texas cases, Hemeoway
said that Cocial Lyon had controlled
5,000 federal appointments in
Texas; that his word had been law,
but this year the Republicans of the
other faction had sent a delegation,
not of Cecil Lyon's oillceliolders, but
of independent voters.
From the Pennsylvania delegation
came a yell: "How about Penrose?"
Bending over and shaking his list in
tlie faces of the delegates Hemenway,
his face flushed shouted:
"Give me Penrose before Flinn every
time."
The Pennsylvanians went wild.
[ Climbing down from their chairs
and brandishing their fists they yelled
epithets and vituperation at the
speaker. Flinn himself took a prominent
part in the demonstration.
Throughout the hall camo yells and
jeers, and a few moments tumult prevailed.
The disorder continued in the*'
Pennsylvania delegation and Senator
Root camo to the front of the stage
and pointing to Flinn shouted:
"If the gentleman from Pennsylvania
wishes to commend his cause
to the just and honest members of
this convention and the American
people, he will cease to interfere with
the delivery of a reasonable and decent
argument."
Senator Root was cheered.
"We will have order in this convention,
or the members responsible
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f.ion of the American people," added
Senator Root.
Then, in the midst of a new tumult,
Flinn c'imbed upon a chair and
demand'ed recognition.
"A point of order," he shouted.
"State it," commanded Root.
"It is mention of personalities, of
Penrose and Flinn, are not in order."
"The gentleman's point is not well
taken. The gentleman will be seated
at once," ruled Root.
Flinn stood defiantly for a minute
and then sat down.
Senator Hemenwav concluded soon
after this and was followed by George
Record of New Jersey for the Roosevelt
side of the argument, lie dealt
with tlie Arizona and Indiana cases.
Some More Hot Shot.
Mr. Record declared the Roosevelt
forces wore willing to submit their
case to the decision of a credentials
committee if all contested delegates,
both Taft and Itoosevelt men, were
excluded from voting on the report
of that committee. The great crowds
in the gallaries became restless during
Mr. Record's argument?it was
luncheon time, and many of the spec
| tators were leaving tho hall.
Senator Root appealed again and
again for quiet.
"If you recognize the right of a
committee to pass on tho right of
| State delegates to sit In a national
convention," resumed Mr. Record,
when order was restored, "you have
established government by minority.
"You arc submitting to a partial
and packed tribunal cases where the
verdict is reached before tlie evidence
is submitted.
An outbreak in the Indiana delegation
followed the assertion of Record
(bat in one district in Indianapolis
the returns were made up by the officials
without even opening the ballot
box.
William E. English, a delegate
from the Seventh district, leaped to
bis feet and the entire delegation
broke into an uproar. "There was
r.o contest in that district," shouted
English, wildly waving his fisfs in the
air. "You know there was 110 contest
there."
William Polton Dye, a Roosevelt
delegate in the Indiana delegation,
sprang to his feet and shouted at
English. Tho latter yeilcd back "liar,
liar, liar," and started toward Dye.
Other members seized tho two men
and kept tlieni apart.
In a lull Mayor Lew Shank of Indianapolis
shouted from ills seat to
Record 011 the stage.
"If you keep on, you'll get a scrap
out of me."
Record in conclusion said (lie party
was facing the greatest crisis in its
history. "We do not want to he driven
out of the party either by force or
conscience. Rut if wo are to permit
an outside body to pack this convention
and carry that packing through
to a presidential nomination tho conscience
of the American people will
revolt."
Iluying lTp tho Delegates.
Robert 10. Morris of Arizona then
spoke in defense of the Taft delegates
from that State. Morris* description
of the "row" in ado by tho Roosevelt
forces in the Arizona State convention
caused much merriment. lie
said tho Roosevelt people at the end
of the confusion marched out of the
hall.
"Doited," called a voice from the
floor.
"Yes, and we remained and passed
every parliamentary move that was
necessary."
Judge Morris was Interrupted by
laughter.
"All that remained was parliamentary
practice," he resumed, among renewed
laughter. Morris soon concluded,
tho next speaker being IT. Devine
of Colorado, a member of tho
Taft forces and slated tor chairman
of the committee on credentials. Do-ll
vine sat in tho sessions of tho Re- ;
\
publican national committee as the
representative of Colorado. Ho declared
ttoe 14 members of the committee
had listened to their "master's
"voice" and signed a statement the
contents of which they did not know.
Mr. Devine said Gov. Hadley had told
him lio expected to "say something
nice" about the national committee,
after It seated his Missouri delegation.
"But it seems to have been one of
those Missouri gentleman's agreements,"
ho said, " which he stands
for only when it is to his own interest."
A wave of hisses and hoots from
Roosevelt forces greeted this attack
on Gov. Hadley.
Turning to the Southern contents,
Mr. Devine characterized the action
of the Roosevelt men in "striking"
those contests as "a most damnable
piece of business."
There were groans, cheers and
hisses at this, and thereafter Devine
was constantly in trouble with his
audience. Ho referred to C/rmsby
McIIarg, who directed most of the
Southern contests, as "an emissary
from the North, loaded or unloaded
?I won't say which."
There was a series of interruptions,
after which Devine said: "This emissary
went among the delegates that
were honestly elected."
"Haw, haw, haw," laughed several
delegates and their example quickly
was followed on floor and gallaries.
When ho spoke of the Roosevelt
contests, some yelled that his statements
were not true, "rou say they
are not true," he shouted, "but 101
of those contests were thrown out of
tlio committee unanimously." This
brought a cheer from the Taft folk.
Root Called Down Texan.
W. H. Featherstone, a delegate
from Texas, kept constantly yelling
at Devine. This aroused the ire of
Senator Root. He walked to the
front of the stage again.
"Gentlemen of the convention,"
said he, "1 don't know whether you
want to hear what is said on this
serious subject, but 1 want to say to
you (pointing at Featherstone) that,
delegate or 110 delegate, ir you don't
preserve order the sergeant-at-arms
will be directed to put you out."
Root was loudly applauded.
Featherstone insisted he was merely
trying to correct misstatements.
Dovine had been attacking the Cecil
Lyon "steam roller" In Texas, lie
concluded with a defense of the national
committee which brought a
chorus of hoots and hisses from the
Roosevelt sympathizers. The crowd
at this juncture began to call for
Hadley.
C. C. Littleton of Texas, a Taft delegate
and a brother of Representative
Martin W. Littleton of New
York, was introduced by Gov. Wadlev
to say a word of defense for Cecil
Lyon.
"Lyon has built up an organization
in Texas against which the gates
of hell can not prevail," he said, as
he concluded.
Ai'1^1- tlii-uft nVlrtpV flm convention
thrilled by an ovation to Gov. Hadley
of Missouri. The demonstration took
place after Watson, leader of the Taft
forces, said he believed Hadley would
consent to let the "purging" resolution
go the credentials committee.
Iladley had no chance to make response.
The cheers for him were
deafening for 20 minutes or more.
There was talk of Hadley as a compromise
candidate. In the midst of
the ovation to Hadley, Illinois was
trying to start the refrain:
"We want Teddy."
It was just au:lible under the great
volume of steady cheering.
Eventually the cry for Roosevelt
developed into a steady chant and it
rose above the Hood of sound.
A round of applause greeted James
E. Watson, who concluded the argument
against the Hadley motion.
From the gallery came a shout of
"Hurray for Sunny Jim."
An Ovation to Hadley.
Watson asked whether the delegates
felt able to judge on the merits
of all the cases involved in Had ley's
motion. He pointed out that hut few
of the contests had been discussed by
the speakers. "Now you are not in a
position to judge the merits of these
controversies," said Watson.
A roar of "no" came up from the
door. "You are in no position, you
are in no temper?if you will excuse
my saying so?to jaerge the cases."
Watson was interrupted several
I I I ill"o n ii u i/Uv i w ?? v? ?/ t. v. ^v.. ?
for Hadley. Tlio governor appeared
and was accorded the greatest demonstration
of the convention up to
this time. Both floor and galleries
were on their feet, whistling, cheering,
yelling, pounding chairs and
stamping their feet.
Watson and Root joined in conversation
with Hadley as ho stood
waiting for the wild welcome to ceaRo
hut It went on and on.
Tlio California delegation endeavored
to put up their Roosevolt banners
and start around the hall, but
Sergeant-at-Armn Stone quickly halted
them and the banners were taken
down.
The Missouri standard was waved
on high and in an Instant the New
Jersey delegates raised their emblem
and started around the hall.,
Missouri, Had ley's home Slate, followed.
Then West Virginia joined
the procession.
The ovation to Cov. ITadley started
a running lire of talk on the floor to
make him the compromise candidate
for president. The Itoosevolt people
yelled themselves hoarso while mauy
of the so-called doubtful delegations
joined in the cheering.
One Ohio delegate grabbed the
standard of that State and marched
across the aisle in front of the stand.
California and Kansas followed.
The first great ovation was fairly
under way and they went to-it. Gov.
Hadley retired from his place on the
front of the stage and stood beside
Senator Root and Mr. Watson at the
chairman's table. He smiled broadly.
Oklahoma and Pennsylvania fell in
line.
The big crowd was yelling, shrieking,
trying to sing, cheering Roosevelt
and Hadley.
Over in the Kansas delegation a
deep, throating yell punctuated tho
demonstration. "We want Teddy,"
"We want Teddy," came the yell and
it soon developed into a chant that
rose above the flood of sound.
Young Woman in tlie Picture.
Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth,
from her seat near the press stand,
stood up when the demonstration
began and looked out over the sea of
waving hands. She turned and spoke
to Congressman Longworth and he
also rose.
"What about Hadley?" was the insistent
cry from a number in the Illinois
delegation, while others yelled
"We want Teddy!"
Mrs. Longworth was leaning over
the rail talking to a friend when the
chant of "We want Teddy" began,
sounding much liko "We want Hadley."
She straightened up and waved
friends aside to catch the cry; then
turned and smiled at her husband.
W. H. Coleman of the Pennsylvania
delegation dashed to the front of tho
stage with a megaphone and shouted:
"Hadley the next president; three
cheers."
lie got the cheers, but the sergeant-at-arms
got him and ho was
led off tho stage.
Soon after this incident a pretty
girl in white in the gallery suddenly
stood up and waved a lithograph of
Col. Roosevelt. Finally in her excitement
she dropped the picture, but
many of the eyes that turned her
way lost none of their interest when
Theodore Roosevelt's likeness disappeared.
The girl herself was sutticient
treat. Then some one found the
picture and returned it to her, and
the cheering which had died away for
the instant was renewed.
Reporters made a rush to find who
she was.
It was Mrs. W. A. Davis of Chicago.
Old-timers said they remembered
nothing like this since Mrs. McMurray
of Iowa, the famous "woman in
white," who stampeded the Democratic
convention in 189G.
Chairman Root rapped for order.
Xobody paid any attention to him.
As a climax to the demonstration
in which she was the centre of attraction,
Mrs. Davis was brought to
the convention by several delegates.
An attempt was made to lift her over
the press seats to the stage, but the
sergeant-at-arms prevented this.
Woman Ded the Cheers,
Mrs. Davis from the press section,
however, led the cheers, still holding
nor iUr-tiirn nnd trviner to make a
speech.
Senator Root occasionally pounded
with his gavel, but made no serious i
effort to stop the demonstration. The)
demonstration had been in progress
4 0 minutes and Mrs. Davis had dis-I
appeared from the floor when Chairman
Root directed the officers to re-'
store arder.
Mrs. Davis returned to the gallaries.
Sergeont-at-Arms and Assistant
Chief Scheutter of the police department
patrolling the centre aisle sue-1
ceeded in getting most or the delegates
seated by 3:47. Policemen in '
the gallery were endeavoring to re- j
store quiet in the vicinity of Mrs. '
Davis. She withdrew for a moment
in the company of an officer and the
crowd hissed what they thought was
a forcible removal of the feminine
enthusiast. In a moment she returned
to her seat to receive another
storm of applause.
When the quiet had been restored
and Gov. ITadley had mane a brief
statement, 'Mr. Watson moved to refer
to the credentials committee the
motion to seat the 92 Roosevelt delegates.
(Jov. Deneen moved to
amend so as to provide that no contested
delegatos should vote on the
j membership of the committee on credentials
or on its report. Mr. Watson
moved to tablo the motion of Gov.
Denoen.
"The motion is not debatable. Are
you ready for the question?" called
! Senator Root.
William Flinn demanded a roll call
on tho motion to tablo and it was ordered.
The roll was to furnish the
isecond test of the convention.
Will Make T.ots of Democrats.
When California was called Gov.
Johnson answered:
"California casts 2G votes 'no'."
One of the contested delegates
from the Fourth district rushed to
Die front of the platform and shouted:
"I challongo that vote."
"The vote of California is challenged,"
3nid Senator Root; "the delegation
will bo polled by name."
Gov, Johnson's name was the first
called.
"VVlio challenges this vote?" he demanded.
"Where are the men?"
"'1 hcv are on the platform," answered
Chairman Root.
Gov. Johnson again attempted to
cast the solid California voto of 26.
The polling of the delegation began.
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HOWLING DOWN BEGINS.
Governor IJleaso Accused of Starting
tlie Ball.
The Florence Times says: "It Is
just as well to call attention to the
fact that the first attempt at howling
down was at Bishopville and was probably
reported to have been led by the
governor, who, in defiance of his
agreement, would not. allow Mr.
.?ones to even deny the broad a.-d
sweeping indictment that he there
brought against his rival. The howling
method does not generally pay,
nnrl wo know flint if nil of liis nliai'EM
against other men are so empty anil*
void of trutli as that Mr. Itagsdale
combined in the state convention to
further the interests of corporations
as against the people and with the
men he names, we are excused for
warning the people that every charge
that he makes is worthy of investigation
before it is believed, for the
real facts will show that Mr. Itagsdale
fought and whipped the supporters
of corporate interests and that
the governor was one of the main
ones in the support of corporate interests.
lie will call this a lie when he
come here Tuesday, as he has always
done in the matter of tuny statement
arrived to his discredit, but his so
calling it does not make it so."
CHARGER WITH BRIBERY.
Taft Delegates Were Offered Money
to Desert.
Three affidavits, charging bribery
by the Roosevelt forces, two of them
accusing Charles Ranks, the negro
delegate from Mississippi, who several
days ago deserted the Taft standard
to join the Roosevelt forces, with
using money, wero made public at
the Taft headquarters at Chicago
Monday night. The affidavits were
executed by the Rev. Jas. W? Shumpert,
A. Buckley, delegate, and I). W.
Sherrod, alternate from Mississippi.
All thr^n nrn nPtrrnM. Thn affidavit
of Shumpert charges that Banks
showed him a big roll of bills and
asked him how much he would want
to disregard his instructions for Taft
and vote for Roosevelt. Shumpert
said he refused to be bought.
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Child Fulls in Lime.
The one-year-old daughter of J. T.
R. King, who lives a mile east of
Lawrenceville, Ga., fell into a tub of
lime water Sunday afternoon, and
camo near drowning before being discovered.
The lime has caused all the
child's hair to come out and it is
feared its eyesight will be lost.
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Kills Wife and Self.
W. B. Mercer, aged fifty, a white
farmer living near Ilobokcn, Ga.,
shot and killed his wife, seriously
wounded his son and then committed
suicide somo during Friday
night.
When the names of E. TT. Tryon and
Morris Mayfield Jr., the two Taft
delegates wore eaiieu, noui answureu
"aye", from the platform.
Gov. Johnson and other members
of the California delegation shouted
t heir protest, declaring neither'of the
contested men was entitled to a vote.
Tho clerk announced the votes as
2 4 noes and 2 ayes, and it stood.
"We'll get a lot of good Domocrats
out of this," shouted Johnson and
added "if those men are allowed to
voto on their own case, what's tho
use of calling the roll?"
When it was announced that tho
Taft motion had been carried by a
voto of 501 to filO the Taft folk
broke into a cheer. Tho vote on the
f uuporary chairmanship Tuesday had
boon 55 8 for Root to 5 02 for Gov.
McOovern.
Prior to announcing the vote,
Chairman Root said Gov. TTndlev had
made points of order against tlio 02
contested delegates voting and he
fully considered the matter during
the calling of the roll. lie overruled
all the points.
Defeated, the Roosevelt forces |
made no further move. Senator Root j
then put Hie motion of Mr. Watson, I
made Tuesday, that the standing!
committees be appointed. It "was
adopted without objection. The]
names already sent in by the State!
caucuses were not objected to, and'
the committees were announced.
After the credentials committees,
had been announcod, the convention j
djourncd until noon Thursday. ;
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Tlie Police Prag River For Bodies of
Joy Riders.
As a result of a disaster which overtook
six joy riders early Thursday,
when their automobile plunged inta
twenty feet of water at the Charles
River dam, in East Cambridge, the
Metropolitan Park police are dragging
the river, in the belief that ocnnnanU
nf fhi> r?nr inii'hf hnvr* lioun
drowned. The police thought that
at least four of the young men in
the automobile may have been carried
with it into tho river when the>
machine tore across tho curbing a
distance of 2 50 feet, on the new parkway,
broke down two sections of irom
railing, and then shot into the water.
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Escaped Through Sewer.
At Atlanta, Ga., John Wallace, a
negro chalngang convict, escaped
Monday morning by jumping into a.
sewer and is still there. The sewer ia
a loathsome tunnel more than two.
miles long. Guards have been placed
at every manhole and at the outlet
near a small crock. The negro, if
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not uiruauy ueau, i? m uanger or.
asphyxiation from tho gasos. He isheavily
shackled.
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Twenty Persons Killed.
M Idnkoeping, Sweden, twenty
persons were killed and fourteen injured
in a collision Saturday night
between a mail train proceeding to
Stockholm and a freight at Malmslaett
station.
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