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VOL. '48 NO. 146
BRIDGEPORT, CONN. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 1912
PRICE ONE CENT
CONVENTION
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If
NOBODY
I Could be Nominated by the Use
That Roll I Would Not Accept, it,"
V Says Roosevelt
Chicago. June, 19 A continuation of
the fight on the stolen roll even to
the extent of holding ' a separate
Rooosevelt convention if the roll . is
'not "purged, was the program order
ed by Colonel Roosevelt for today's
'session of the convention." Final ' in
structions were delivered by the Col
onel at a round-up of the Roosevelt
delegates shortly ... after midnight.
"Stick to your leaders," said Col.
'Roosevelt. "Support Hadley, Johnson
-and Record. They will lead a flght to
purge the rolL That fight - must be
made regardless of any other thinr.
It Is not a question of my nomination.
If I could be nominated by the use
of that roll I should not accept it.
The roll Is fraudulent..
"Mr. Roofs position as temporary
chairman 'was obtained by the use of
60 votes whioh are on the roll by
fraud. Anything -done by j the use of
those votes Is tainted with the fraud
and is not binding. - Any convention
controlled by those 60 more votes is
irregular and is not binding on any
body."
Colonel Roosevelt came from
nnartments on the top floor of
his
the
and
Congress
Hotel, today, smiling
DflLHQIN GETS
DEGREE OF L. L B.
OF UESLEYAN
Mlddletown, Conn., June'li 19 The
eighty-first annual commencement of
Wesleyan University was . brought to
close- today by the awarding of di
t:caas and -honorary, degrees. , There
-were sixty-seven In the ;' graduating
lass, four t of whom , were - women.
These four girls are the 'last that wiU,
graduate from the university coedu
Coiin becoming a thing of the past
Vltfi "the 6se .-ofVtW collegjyear.
The four1, women were among the high
stand meC3ers of the class, all having
liwde PhT Beta. Kappa. i ;
Among the honorary degrees con
f erred was that of. LL D. upon Gov.
Simeon E. Baldwin. The other recip
ients of the same degree were Dr.
Amos J. GIvens of Stamford, Conn.,
and Rev. 'Lemuel H. Murlln, president
of Boston University.
The honorary degree of D. D. was
given to Rev. Harry H. Beattys,- '88,
of Stamford. . Conn.; Rev. Edgar V.
XtaBols, '93, of Delta, ?olo.; Rev: Char
les W Flint. Mlddletown. Conn.; Rev.
Robert S. Ingraham. '88, of Milwaukee,
Wis.: and Rev. Edwin S- Tasker, '90.
Dover. N. H ' n
The master's degree was given to
WANTED. To buy all kinds of sec-
on
hand rurnuure. v uf
card. lt State St.
a'p
"WANTED. Competent cook. x Apply
Mrs. Wm. T. HavUand. 36 Brook
lawn Ave. P ;
TOlt SALE. Portable garage, built
In sections. Easy to move. Size 12
x!7. 135 Beechwood Ave.
TO RENT. Tenement, 5 rooms,, all
imnrnvements. new house, corner
Carf oil Ave. and Carroll Court. In
quire 17i Sixth St. D 19 dp
BUDWEISER on draught, Lemps, St.
Louis and a fine free lunch at the
Traveler's Cafe. 40 Elm St., near
Main. ap
PIANO FOR SAUBL Upright, first
class condition.' $95.00 cash. .96
Cottage St. D 18 bpo
FOR SALE. 5 passenger' BUlck au
. tomobile, fully equipped, . almost
new, run only a few months. Great
bargain. 844 Noble Ave. D 17 do
FOR SALE. Furnished room , and
boarding house. 521 State St., cor.
Myrtle Ave. D 17 spd
YOUNG WOMAN WANTED to work
office and do some typewriting. A&-
dress Office, care of Farmer.
J 17 s p o .
100 ENGRAVED WEDDING an
nouncements with two sets of en
velopes. Southworth's, 10 Arcade.
. D tf. o
WANTED. Housewives to try Crouch
St Plassmaun's "Never Enough"
pure milk bread.'. Ask your grocer
for It. 8 16 t a po
ft.T BOMMOS A B1LTZ MARKET In
State St. Will have Sausage Meat
Friday and Saturday. 1 16 tf. o
BUY A BOX of Caeca Laxlne tablets
for constipation. Si cents.
H 1 o
BUD W USER, LEMPS, St. Louis,
Moerlein's and George Ehret's New
York lager with a full line of im
ported and domestic liquors and a
fine free lunch served every day at
the Traveler's Cafe & Grill, 40 Elm
St.. near Main.
ap
WANTED Everybody to know that
we sell furniture, linoleum, rugs,
ranges, refrigerators, baby car-
riages; cash or credit. Glasner
Furniture Co.. 1192 Main st.
U 24 tf o
IRE TOU looking for a nice house?
1 have house, situated in residential
section. North End. beautiful . lawn.
ment wanes, r-ewiy painted, paper-
t-d. all improvements. 200 feet from
Main Si. Can be turned into two
' family house with little expense. A.
Levy. Agent. 674 Madison Ave.
S 30 tf. o
i
XOV DONT WANT any old junk of
old things arouna your premises,
but we want them as we need them
for our business. Sell them to
Jacob Bros. We will pay you the
highest price and get them out of
your way. - Prompt attention and
satisfaction Is our record.. 55 Kos-
BINDING ON
TAINTED
ROLL IS MAINTAINED
of
apparently in the best of v spirits. As
he , entered his headquarters he stop
ped to shake hands with Major ;CSl
Eliott, of Charleston, W. Va, who
has been one of the. guardians at the
headquarters'" doors. ' The major was
attired ina' white flannel suit,-white
shoes, white 'belt and Panama hat. -
The ' Colonel smiled more broadly
as he shook his hand. A conference
was held . immediately between the
Colonel, James R.. Garfield. Governor?
Johnson, GiffOrd Pinchot, . Senator
Borah. George B. Cortelyou,. William
Flinn. and . several other; lieutenants.
Coming out of the conference, Garfield
waB asked what the prospects were
for a bolt, ' today. V
. "We cannot tell what will happen
until we get Into the con-vention," was
all he would say.
The .Taft managers said this morn
ing after three hours of debate a mo
tion would be made to send the Had
ley resolution to the credentials com
mittee. . ' . ' -':
Everything will be done by the Taft
managers to press the ' advantage giv
en bv control of the gavel ami tne ap
nnrpnt malorttv to oush the program
forward Against this will' be the
Roosevelt fight for .delay and public
Ity of fce contest cases, j.
John Gribbell. of Philadelphia: Albert
. Wright. '80. of Buffalo, N . Y; John
W. Narroway, of Toronto, and Joseph
A. Richards, .83, of New York city.
The 'endowment fund is now com
nlete with the exception of $57,000, and
as the time runs until the And of this
coming' week it : Is expected, tnat tne
entire fund of one million dollars will
be raised.;:1; -
FOUR BIDS RECEIVED FOR
STREET OIL CONTRACTS
J Bids .for- supplying oil and applying
same to. streets that are "to be 'thus
treated: were opened at the .office, of
the; board of Contract' ahd 'Supply; this
afternoon. - -There vwere tour bids re-
celvd',vahd5:tHe companies that ' fur
nished them had representatives rpre'
enttthepenjn;, v As-, the bid ,had
to do with- different. imr.hods - o"" ap-
nivin the oil different qualities ana
erades. no definite" Idea as to the low
est bidder ' was arrived at- early , this
afternoon. The Standard Oil Co.," of
New York.. The American Car Sprink-
ir. Cm... -at Worcester. - "Mass., The
Burns Co., of Bridgeport and the Wal
ter S. Jfrencn to. ,pr aiomBiowu,
J., submitted bids.'. .. :
N.
WRIST TORN BY: WIRE
'.' Alphonse Monday, 22 Clinton avenue,
drove". a wire into his wrist while at
work : on a; hoisting elevator at Smith
& Eire's factory today. Four stitches
were needed to close the wound at the
emergency hospital.: ,r.v.
WfflST TONIGHT. 8 7 Liberty St 1$
cents. , r
a"p
LOST. -Bank Book No. -4 64 12, Me
chanics & Farmers Savings. Bank.
Return .to Bank. - - a
FOR SALE. Good paying .saloon,
. centrally located, independent. Ap-
- ply 46 Elm St. , , ap
WANTED.-Cook on oyster , boat.
Permanent position.' .Apply . 82
Pembroke St. ' ' : : ap
TO HHiAT.- one halt house, x
- rooms,' -all improvements. No. 528
Norman St., near Fairfield Ave. In-
quire No. 526 or No. .23 Arcade. ;
WANTED. Position . by-. first class
' bartender,- reliable man. .Address
. Union 'Man, . care Farmer. . - t
D 19 d p o
CLANCT'S CAFE,' Poll Bldg., V Fair
field Ave. is the place for you to
. get the best of drinks and a fine
free lunch -all the time.' 1 a
FOR SALE. Furniture of 4 roOm
flat, including 3 piece parlor suite,
. bicycle. 1760 Seaview Ave..
D 19 b p o
LOST. Tuesday forenoon between
the Bridgeport ' station , and New
Haven, lady's small gold fitted bag,
marked A. T. B. Will the finder
kindly return to . 85 . Park Ave.,
Bridgeport. $75 reward offered. No
questions asked. D 19 bpo "
FOR A GOOD 'MEAL stop at the
Traveler's Grill, 10 private . dining
rooms. Budweiser, Lemps, St. Louis
and all leading beers on draught.
40 Elm St., near Main. - . ap
AUTOMOBILES FOR HIREi Aston
Garage. Phone 3293: Day ' or
night. . R 6 tf o 1 3 5
STOVES REPAIRED, - all kind sup
plies, all makes, pipe, grates, bricks,
etc. Charges reasonable. 1715 Main
St. 1 13 ao 13 5 tf.
GUINEA HENS, . ducks, roasting
chickens, broilers, fowl, liver nudi
- ding, sausage meat, bologna. Bom
mos A Bilts. G15lt5o
NEW YORK BOLOGNA and frank
farters, home irade meat loaf, fresh
dally. Peter- Hron. 1216 Stratford
Ave. ' U 28 tf S 5 o
SOMETHING NEW at Eckler & Cd.'s
soda fountain; 968 Main street.
: D 5 tf 3
FOR SALE. Very seasonable,, five
horse-power, direct current, elec
tric motor, absolutely first-class or
der. Great bargain. The ' Went-
. worth Furniture Co., 115 John
street. D 18 tf.
YOUNG EMMETS ATTENTION.
You are earnestly requested to at
tend a special meeting of the club
tomorrow evening as there is import
ant business to" be transacted. Each
and every meniber will make a spe
cial effort to be present' Meeting
called at 8:15 p. m. sharp. Don't fail
to attend. Perorder,
THOMAS BUGGIE, Pres.
BERNARD FLANAGAN,.
1 Fin. Sec.
CHIEF POINTS IN
TAFT PLATFORM.
Reaffirms belief in the consti
tution. Opposes charges or overturning
present-American form of govern-'
ment.
Declares for progressive and
constructive statesmanship.
, Declares against child labor.
Declares for. adequate work
men's compensation legislation.
Fledges a comprehensive con
servation program..-
Opposes any check on the courts
by recall.
Declares unequivocally against
the recall . of judicial decisions or
the settlement of any question of
law by popular vote.
Approves general arbitration
treaties and any move' that will
tend; toward world peace.
Endorses Sherman anti-trust law
and declares for supplementary
legislation that will strengthen it
at many points. .
- Approves the enactment of leg
islation which will show just which
are "and which, are not legal com-,
binations of business
Declares for scientific investiga
tion, of the cost of living problem
and for legislation following such
investigation that will remedy con
ditions complained , of.
Condemns Democrats for pass
ing tariff reduction bills without,
adequate knowledge of their effect'
and pledges the party to a scienti
fic reduction of the tariff along
lines to be determined by the tariff
board so that the rights of free
American labor shall be adequate
ly safeguarded, ' '
4
MISS KENYON TO
BECOME BRIDE OF
C. D.JVILLIAMS
PRETTY WEDDING AT ST, PAUL'S
EPISCOPAL CHURCH TONIGHT
. WHEN POPULAR YOUNG
COUPLE WED.
At St. Paul's .Episcopal church -thiu
evening the wedding of Miss.Arretta
Rutli Kenyon,; to' Chester D. Williams
will take place. The ceremony will
be " performed at 6 o'clock by Rev.
E. H. Kenyon, father of the bride.
The church has been handsomely de
corated and the wedding promises to
be one of the prettiest of the season.
The bride will be gowned in white
satin. She will ; also wear weddin
veil and a cap of princess lace. 'She
is to carry, a. bouquet-of bride's roses
The" bridesmaids are the Misses fMar-
jorie I-add of . New. Haven. Mary Lll
ley of New Haven, Buelah Horton of
this city and Edna Williams, a sister
or xntr- groom,: Mn liaroicL .Bradr
street will be matron' of honor. Her
gown will be of - white silk and she
will carry pink; roses. i The , brides
maids will be . clad in ' pink gowns.
They will have bouquets jot pmfc car
nations. Little Miss Allegra Kenyon,
sister" of. the bride,, will be flower girl.
She is to wear , a-pink dress and carry
a bouquet of sweet peas.
The best man. is to be Frank-Mun-
ich:
xne usners are: Harold Hon
wood, Herbert Williams, Harold
Bradstreet,-. Monroe Blackman, Har
old Jewett and Clarence Garner.. At
the church Miss Doris Kenyon, a
cousin of the bride, will , sing "Oh
Promise Me." Miss Kenyon . is con
tralto soloist at the Bushwick Avenue
church, Brooklyn, and has a fine
voice. . . .. .
The bride is a very attractive sirl
who has numerous friends not onlv
in East Bridgeport but also in other
parts of the city. She has taken a
prominent . part in the activities of
St. Paul's church. "-'The ' eroom fa a
well known- memberr of the , clerical
force at the Singer Co. IJDon their
return from the honeymoon, Mr. and
mrs. wimams will reside at 496 East
Washington avenue.
P. BROWII DEAD
Prominent Catholic Layman Stricken
With Cerebral Hemorrhage.
In the death bf Samuel P. Brown.
which occurred at his home, 28 Hayes
street, at .1:30 this moraine, one of
the most prominent Catholic laymen
of this city passed away. Mr. Brown
was an expert mechanic. ' -For 21 years
he was employed at thA wiiMor a
Wilson factory in the machinn anil
tool department. Subsequentlv he had
charge of the machine room In the
Birdeye Somers Co ' and latterl
employed by the George C. Batcheller
Co. In a similar capacity. Mr. Brown
survived by a widow.
He was born in New York t.liv .Tuiv
9, : 1847. ,He graduated with honors
from the Ninth street public school,
winning a four years' scholarship in
the College of Physicians and Sur
geons in New York, He "spent two-
years In that institution jM-enarine
himself for a medical career, but was
compelled to relinquish his studies
through the untimely death of his
mother. .Forced to earn his nwn liv
ing, having as a boy evinced an apti
tude lor mechanics, hp annrentiocjl
himself fb a large manufacturing- con
cern where he learned th trniio n
toolmaker and machinist. Shortlv af
ter his apprenticeshln terminated he
came to this city and went to work
at the Wheeler & Wilson factory.
air. in-own. was a true tvoe of the
real Christian gentleman. He was a
practical Catholic in all that the term
implies. Of a quiet, unostentatious
demeanor, he cared little for society
outside of the circle of intimate
friends with whom he was thrown in
contact largely through church work.
He had a eplendid command of the
French language and assisted several
of his relatives, in acquiring a good
speaking knowledge of it. He was a
prodigious reader, being especially
fond of French literature which he
read in the language in which it wa3
written.
Before St. Charles' parish was set
off from St. Mary's, Mr. Brown for a
number of years was a pew collector
and trustee of St. Mary's parish. "He
was an indefatigable laborer with any
movement connected with the church,
and was a faithful attendant at all of
its services. His only fraternal af
filiation was the Knights of Colum
bus, having early in life joined Park
City council of this -city.
Because of the wide extent of his
reading he was an engaging conversa
tionalist and his companionship was
much enjoyed by those fortunate
enough to be included among his: inti
mate friends. . His death was due to
cerebral attack which first mani
fested itself while he was at work in
the factory last week. Since St.
Charles' parish was founded he had
been one. of its , loyal . and .consistent
supporters..
McGovern Today
Chosen Chairman
Wisconsin's Governor at Head
of State Delegation V
COGHEMS, RESIGNING,
ATTACKS SENATOR "BOB"
Accuses LaFoIlette Managers o
Trying to Do Business
With Taft Hauser's
Statement
- Chicago, June 19 Wholesale disrup
tion-of the Wisconsin Republican ' del
egation, , with - several resignations
threatened, marked, the' entrance, ; to
day, - of the LaFoIlette workers into
the convention. ;.'
Governor McGovern, elected chair
man of the delegation,-today,' received
the - resignation of Henry -Cochems as
a delegate. ,
, Cochems,- who nominated LaFoIlette
four years ago, came out' with a sec
onj bitter attack ' upon the Wiscon
sin Senator, explaining his action n
nominating McGovern for temporary
chairman and Jiimself for resigning.
j-.aoiiette and his. managers are
out to. lick Roosevelt and. that'jj all,
said Cochems. "They are utterly dis
regarding the ; progressive principles
the fight for the people which Roose
velt, just as much-as LaFoIlette, Is
waging. - For 10 ' days Manager ' Haus-
er has been trafficking with the Taft
crowd, defending .the rotten steals of
the national committee and conduct
ing a campaign of vengeance upon
Roosevelt rather than support of the
progressives. I got sick of the ' whole
dirty mess and simply quit , to save
my own self respect. I felt I would
be stultifying myself, if I. kept a seat
on the delegation when instructed
for LaFoIlette and v did not wish to be
accused of desertion 7 or i treachery.
Now. I am free to make a progressive
fight as I see It. I am with McGovern
in this "flght and so are the majority
of the electors of Wisconsin. '
"The . proposition of Governor. Had-
ley. and the Roosevelt- crowd: Js ut
terly absurd too wild-eyed ' for con
sideration," ' said . Colonel Hannan.
Why. should a personally conducted
roll of , delegates as chosen by Had
ley or anybody else be substituted for
those chosen , by the national commit
tee. I will vote to have the whole af
fair ' referred to ; the - credentials com
mittee". - - , - , -
Manager Hauser also declared 'the
Roosevelt plan was "indefensible."
"In all of the contests, probably 3,'
000 briefs and affidavits are prepar
ed." said Hauser. - ?To ask . the con
veriflonTTas a body, -tr -seat the,-R6ose:
velt people, en masse would , be the
height of absurdity. Most of the
Roosevelt, contests: were - manufactur
ed. anyway, and are without merit
and' indefensible.
"As far as Cochems resignation is
concerned, it was the only thing he
sould do. He bolted the Wisconsin
caucus 'action which voted id to -11,
an-hour before entering the coliseum.
against presenting a candidate for
temporary chairman. The Wiscon
sin delegation is, out to fight for 1
principle tbe nomination of LaFol
let te first -and last upon the prlncl
pies for which he stands.".
National Committeeman Rogers
breathed vengeance on McGovern,
Cochems and the others who joined
with :Roosevelt against Taft.
"Their political death knell Is
sounded," said Rogers, "if every man
jack of them do .not .vote for Senator
LaFoIlette. '
All LaFoIlette leaders emphatically
declared the LaFoIlette delegates both
from Wisconsin and North Dakota
will not -follow; the Roosevelt delegates
in any bolt or deflection Into any oth
er convention.
'Roosevelt hasn't a chance to get
away witn?. a Doit, ,saia Manager
Hauser. "He has got to take 540 dele
gates with him if he leaves the con
vention and' where - is he going to get
them? Not more than 250 or 300 dele
gates at most would-follow a bolt.
-They have ' got to abide ty the con
vention or - be discredited absolutely.-"
"And our 46 votes look pretty good.
don't they, ' this - morning, Hauser
asked, declaring LaFollette's chances
never looked bet ter . .than today. , ,
Cochems' deflection breaks up a
Wisconsin plan to demand curtailment
of the southern - representation in the
convention. Cochems had prepared a
lengthy brief to - demand a reduction,
of the delegates from the south. It
is not believed his part will be taken
by any other Wisconsin delegate.
HEART DISEASE
KILLS MASTER
STATE GRANGE
B. A. Peck Expires on Train
. on Way to Vaf erbury
Waterbury, June 19 Burdett A.
Peck, of Bristol, , died of heart disease
on board" a train about 10 minutes be
fore its arrival at the . station here,
this .morning. Mr! Peck Was master
of the State Grange ' and , was on his
way to Salisbury to attend a meeting
of Pomona Central Grange. ;
He was active in the business and
political circles of Bristol and. had
been for six years deputy judge of the
city court. He leaveB a widow, two
daughters - -and one son.
0. D. S. FOR J. F. KEELEY
Kast
Side . Boy : Graduated
From U. of P. ,
Today
Among the graduates at . the com
mencement exercises of the Univer
sity, of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia
today is J. Francis Keeley of- Shelton
street. He is to receive the degree of
doctor, of dental surgery. Dr. Keeley
has been a resident of East Bridge
port for many years is well known
and- popular. . Dr. Keeley after his
grammar school . days prepared for
college at the University school. Next
week he expects to. take the Connec
ticut State Board examinations after
which he will return to Pennsylvania
to,- continue a post-graduate course.
Later he intends - to start practice in
this city. .. ,
DAY OF INTERMINABLE TALK IN
' COLISEUM AND THE CONVENTION IS
BROUGHT TO COMPLETE STANDSTILL
Three Hours Is Given to
Discussion of Hadley's
Motion to Purge Tempor
ary Roll. ; ; . ' ; .
Convention Is iBYequently
vIn Tumult, Speakers are
Interrupted and Aisles
Have to Be Cleared.
Chairman Root and Flinn of
; Pennsylvania in Collision
and 'Latter Is Ordered to
Take His Seat.
Roosevelt Announces That
He Will Not Accept Nom
ination Given By Dele
. gates on Tainted Tempor
ary Roll. - '; .: ;.;
Sensational Quarrel Exists
in the Wisconsin Delega
tion Because McGovern
Ran f or Chairman of Con
vention. Coliseum, Chicago, ' June . 1 9. The
proceedings today were given overi to
debate, three hours of discussion up
on - Hadley's . motion to pnrge" : the
roll. Pro and con were, urged the
arguments relating to seating of
fraudulent delegates. - Roosevelt con
firmed bis earlier statements in favor
of a vote by declaring that he would
not.-accept' a nomination from a dele'
gatlon vitiated by ' fraud. :rf
The sensational event of 'the day
was . the quarrel ..in -, tpc Wisconsin
delegation, marked by the resignation,
of Coobrems mt ' MIKvaukec- who? de
nounces Senator LaFoIlette dexjLarin-
that . he has abandoned the progres
sive cause from hatred to Roosevelt.
- Upon .' the other Hand LaJFoIlette's
friends., on the 'delegation declare that
Governor ' McGovern became Roose
velt's candidate for the chairmanship
expecting a nomination to the vice
presidency. ; J -
The suppressed excitement of the
leaders frequently appeared, in the de
bate, notably -when Boot several
times ordered : Flinn, of Pennsylvania
to' be seated. . '
Hadley's motion will go to the com
mittee on - credentials, which - is ' ex
pected to .report the delegates named
on the temporary roll.. -
It is unlikely that a vote upon any
question and least of all upon nomi
nations will be had today. . ; -w
Roosevelt's delegates continue " to
threaten bolt, . but Roosevelt cannot
take all of them, out of the regular
convention it -is believed. -
When the Republican national con
vention resumed , its session . at . 11
o'clock today the Boosevelt forces
were fighting In the last ditch. Out
generated ail along the line in the
opening session, their leaders falter
ing when a revolutionary program was
actually faced, the progressives failed
to present, their: united front they had
counted, on. The ninth hour switch
from Borah 'to McGovern proved an
error in judgment and instead of
whipping the.sLaJFollette men into line
with McGovern they brought home to
the convention the bitter feud between
the Wisconsin Senator and the Oyster
ray canaiaat. -
But before Temporary Chairman
Root's gavel fell, calling today's ses
sion 'to order, a final attempt was
made to get the Roosevelt men solidly
together again.
Because some of the v door tenders
passed friends without tickets into the
coliseum, yesterday.' by means of the
entranoes leading into the basement,
new rules were enforced today. .Door
keepers were ; put in charge .'of the
gates with instructions that every
ticket offered should be closely scru
tinized. The result was ' congestion
everywhere and much swearing at the
officials. But Sergeant-at-arms Stone
wag - adamant. He declared that the
congestion in ; the aisles yesterday,
which forced the suspension of the
proceedings "several times, would not
be repeated. ,
The police guard both inside 1 and
outside of the coliseum today, was in
creased. . There were 500 uniformed
men-on hand and at least that- num-
ber of plainclothes men. They had
little to do, however, in the early
hours. The first delegate to enter
the hall was a negro from Mississippi.
He dropped - into a chair directly on
the aisle and promptly proceeded; to
go to sleep.
At 10:10 o'clock, less than one hour
before the time set for the convention
to meet, there -were only 100 people in
the galleries. None of the big lead
ers had put in an appearance . up- to
that 'time and the band in the top gal
lery was discoursing lazy mournful
music that seemed to have a depress
ing effect on the people who were on
the scene.
At 10:30, less-than 100 delegates
were in their seats. At that-- hour
conferences were in progress between
the leaders of both the Roosevelt and
the Taft factions in their headquart
ers. No chances were being taken.
Every possible motion or point of
order that might aid their fight was
being looked up by . the Roosevelt
parliamentarians.
Their opponents, headed by Former
Congressman James Watson, of Indi-
na, were coaching up on decisions
and precedents to combat them. Wat
son was relied on to do the heavy
work by the Taft men to offset that
of Governor Hadley and Congress
man Sereno Payne was in the New
York delegation ready to " come to
Wson's aid when thej fighting be-
came, heavy." '--,
Congressman Longworth, with his
wife, "Princess, Alice,' pushed their
way through the crowd unnoticed to
seats in the hall,
The California -delegates headed, by
their: two flaming gold and blue ban
ners, marched into the hall at 10:45.
Their two' -women- delegates' were
greeted with shouts of "You are -all
right!" and smiled their appreciation
of this greeting from' the 'galleries.'
After the delegates were settled in
their seats the, banners, were -rolled up
and put -out of sight. ,
Senator, Root came in five minutes
later and was greeted with mild hand
clapping from the New York dele
gation.' He. was given the. gold'badge
of the : temporary chairman which he
pinned carefully to his vest under 2is
coat. ' Root and Watson ' talked over
things in whispers while the dele
gates were 4 gathering. Afterward,
Governor '; Hadley and Watson con
ferred to agree n just how the de
bate was to be managed.- ,
, By 10:50 nearly all the delegates
were in their seats -awaiting the
chairman's signal.
The police, began pushing the
crowds through the ' aisles as 11
o'clock drew near, in an "attempt to
get the aisles' clear. - Sergeant-alarms
Stone was insistent in his de
mand that' the police keep the aisles
clear and this demand was united in
by ; the city fire marshal who threat
ened, unless a clear way was kept tt
the aisles, to clear the building, dele
gates or- no delegates In addition the
anti-smoking rule was rigidly en
forced, today. Uniformed firemea
walked among the delegates and had
no hesitancy in taking lighted cigars
and cigarettes .away from their sur
prised holders and stamping out the
fire The amount of wood used in
the-construction of the platforms and
stages Was enormous and a fire would
undoubtedly start a panic. . , -
Five minutes - before the time set
for the convention to assemble, Hen
ey, Flinn, Hadley, Clapp, Kellogg,
Johnson and Dixon were in . confer
ence. The Roosevelt . leaders were
divided : on just when . to . make their
flght. '.- . ". .
V Some ,wanted to stand or fall by
the Hadley motion to substitute the
Roosevelt delegates for the Taft mea
seated -in the contests by the nation
al committee while others wanted the
fight there, to mark only the begin
ning of hostilities. They conferred
in whispers, and it was plain from
their attitude that the difference of
opinion . was .serious.
Barnes sent a note to Senator Root
and the ; temporary chairman after
reading it, nodded an affirmative to
Jim ;Wadsworth who had passed it
uu. - Root carefully placed the note
, was jus .11 u . when Senator
Raet's gavel fell heavily xtn , the ma
hogariy table in front of him.
, .y "Gentlemen? will please clear ;the
aisies and take their seats.'; he shout
ed. ; R6.ot's..voice; was - very -hoarse
ana oione came , to . his rescue. .
"Sergeant, please clear these aisles
for me," he said to the police officer
m command ana me .latter did so. :
- While this-was eoinr on. "ErnnV t?
Kellogg, the Minnesota lawyer, laid
the .law down to the progressive lead
ers. 'He told them pointblank that
rxancis jf. tteney was a detriment to
the progressive cause. .
"He simply stirs up trouble," said
J&eiiogg. "and acts as a firebrand on
the opposition. We have a chance
to win . this .fight and ought not to
mrow it asiae . Dy letting ; him speak."
Kellogg had his way and it was
asieeu neney wouia : De gaggea" so
far; as the Hadley motion was con
cerned.--- ' , ... .
The San Franciso. graft; prosecutor
is the California member of the com
mittee, on: credentials- and if the fight
goes to .it ne. win vhave; plenty of op
portunity to speak. ; : .
. Root stood watching ' the delegates
leisurely, taking,, their time finding
seats for about, five , minutes. . Then
he sat down in his . chair and took up
a paper which he read, carefully.
: Hadley .came, on .the platform from
the ; conference .; with ; his lieutenants
with his program completed.. He had
agreed to prevent the, general proposi
tion of, the Roosevelt men. on the com
mittee and also - specifically, to deal
with the Texas contests.1 Governor
Johnson was . to discuss the California
contest,' George W. Record, of New
Jersey.-the Arizona and Indiana con
tests, and Henry Allen, the other con
tests. . - -rv . -.-"'-
Governor Deneen . was, slated to sum
up the case for the Roosevelt men and
also that, the Hadely motion be divid
ed so that the stolen California mat
ter could' be taken up first.
At 11;29 the - opening invocation by
Rabbi Joseph Stolez. of Chicago, the
delegates and spectators standing rev
erently on their, feet. . The prayer
was long drawn out and many of the
delegates seemed restless before it
was concluded.
Root at ' once announced that the
unfinished business was the Hadley
amendment.- He stated that an agree
ment for division of time, an hour and
a half to each side, had been reached
Governor Hadley opened the debate at
11; 33. He was cheered enthusiasti
cally by ' the Roosevelt men as ne
stepped to the front. Many of the
delegates were on ; their chairs. '
"I am going to trespass for but a
few moments," began Hadley and a
hush fell over the audience. .
Hadlev explained his amendment
which was -ruled out of order yester-
dav. ' He declared that it was neces-
sarv that his amendment be carried
so that the honest win or tne jttepuD
lican voters in the various States
might be expressed. He- criticised the
Rosewater ruling briefly, insisting that
his original motion, made immediately
after ' the convention assembled, be
passed. . '
We had two questions confronting
us," said Hadley. "One was to ar
bitrarily meet the unparliamentary
ruling of the cnair, tne otner.was xo
bring this matter before this conven
tion. We chose the latter course and
so bring this question before you
again. '
We hold that there are 78 delegates
placed - on the temporary roll by the
national committee that do not belong
there. We now ask that the names
of men voted for by 14 members of
the national committee be put on this
roll and the names of the men now
on the roll eliminated. '
"I want to present to you the country-wide
indictment against the action
of the national committee. This ques
tion affects not only the campaign but J
the very existence of the Republican
party itself."
.Hadley then reviewed the Roosevelt
meeting of last Monday night and re
peated the Roosevelt charge that the
action of the -national committee was
"naked theft" designed to thwart ths
will of1 the people of the United
States.
This assertion was greeted with en
thusiastic applause as was the state
ment that he didn't know, whether the
majority would agree with him thst
T. R. was the logical candidate for
President of the United States.
"But you will agree." he continued.
that he is the greatest j?ower tor
good in the western world.
Hadley then read the statement sign
ed by ; 14 members of the national
committee which was prepared by
Senator Borah for presentation as a
minority report on the contests.
It held that the delegates in ques
tion should be Tefused votes until af
ter their right to seats had been pass
ed on by the uncontested delegates to
the convention.
Hadley paid high tribute to Borah's
ability .as a . United States Senator
when he referred to his signature on
the minority, report.
He stopped reading the list after
mentioning Borah and Kellogg, but
the New York men shouted:
"Read them all, read them all!"
"Do you want them all?" asked
Hadley. - -
"Wo do," shouted New York, arid
the reason developed when it was
found that William L, Ward had not
signed the protest.
"Where's Ward?" .shouted a New
York delegate.
"Mr. Ward unites in the spirit of
the protest," said Hadley. "but as he
did not sit in all contests he did not
sign the formal document."
A shout went up from the New York
delegation and Hadley quickly retort
ed by- shouting: . , .
"Mr. Ward does not sign any paper
merely ' to advance the interests of a
candidate because that . man belongs
to his faction and ' regardless of the
merits of . the case."
"I guess that;. will hold you for a
while," shouted Flinn from his seat in
the Pennsylvania delegation.
- Hadley then' referred, to the, Califor
nia contest, saying that it was shown
conclusively - that - the ' delegates "from
the 4th' district' who "were unseated by
thenatlenal eommittee " Carried " the
State by 77,000 votes. So far as Tex
as was concerned, he ..said, the Taft
delegates were chosen by a convention
with only 209 delegates present and
represented' only ' a small section of
the Republicans of the State. - Hadley
demanded that all the. contested dele
gates be refused votes until their right
had been passed upon by the creden
tials committee. .
He insisted Watson had misrepre
sented some of the facts in the dis
cussion, yesterday, of the Republican
national committee matters.
;No .man should be a judge in hi
case," said Hadley, and then 'he re
ferred to the old. Imglish decision
which incorporate that principle. -
"We1pubfti. .this question "with only
this reservation' concluded Hadley
"and that is that these men who are
unlawfully here-'shall not be permit
ted 'to vote' oh 'the queston of wheth
er they, shall be beneficiaries of the
fraud- which was committed in their
behalf." , ' r ;
For the Taft men, - the argument
was opened by W. T. Do vail, of Seat
tle. He plunged right into the Wash
ington contest, saying that ' on : the
very day that the Washington con
vention was held, Colonel Roosevelt
charged that a plot was afoot to steal
Washington from him.
'"That statement was outrageous
ly false," declared Dovall. He thn
repeated , the argument made before
the committee in which ?t was claim
ed that the Roosevelt men, who were
in . the minority, bolted the , regular
convention and elected their dele
gates in a mass meeting.
'So long as we hold conventions."
said Dovall, "we must hold them un
der regular rules. ' No man can claim
a seat in-' a Republican convention
who does not attend the regular con
vention, when called ' '
"It is utterly false that the state
of Washington was ever carried by
President Roosevelt." The controversy
arose-over King's County,- the largest
in the state. -"The paid manager of
the Roosevelt forces packed into ,3
meeting of the county central com
mittee 150 men appointed by himself .
in torder to control the .committee.
- "That spurious -, committee disre
garded our mandatory law and ap
pointed the election judges and com
mittees so -that the Roosevelt forces
would have control. They then elect
ed delegates at a primary which wan
illegal. The Taft men refused to
participate in these unlawful primar
ies at which there were cast 3,000
votes in a community having mora
than 100,000 votes. -
It was on that showing that tne
candidate from Oyster Bay claimed
he had carried Washington by a vote
of - eight to one. - - - .
Our.state committee .refused to seat'
these fraudulent delegates. The
Roosevelt forces had agreed to bring
contests in every county in order to
disqualify the' Taft men' on the tem
porary roll." " " " "
Here an Ohio delegate shouted:
"How were the Taft delegates
elected?"
The speaker explained that in th .
preference primaries the delegates
were elected regularly under the law.
He said that .when the Roosevelt
forces discovered the.-night .before the
state convention that the Taft torces
were in control .the . Roosevelt men
were afraid ' to come into the meet
ing. . . '. , '
The Roosevelfltfen tried-to shout
down the speaker but he stuck to his
work until he had completed his
statement. .
At this point Root called on Secre
tary -Gleason to read ' the Hadley -amendment
and names of the Roose
velt .delegates, whom. Hadley ' wanted
seated. ,
-Henry J. Allen, . of . Kansas, for the
Roosevelt forces, swayed the audi
ence at the outset .when : he said :
"The thing I liked best in the
speech of your distinguished' tempor
ary chairman was his statement:
".'We will keep the convenant of
our fathers ' '
"That covenant was between the '
weak and the strong. I speak, today,
for the delegates from. Washington
who were regularly elected but who
were ruled out by the national com
mittee without their right even being
considered on its merit."
"I have 200 pounds of evidence that
proves that the statements made by
the opposition are-untrue. This et
dence was presented to the committee
but it refused to consider It at all."
Allen said that the statement that
Roosevelt received only 3,000 votes in
King's County was not true.
"In that county there were 6.90O
votes cast and of these Mr. Taft re
ceived only 500. I think this was the
exact percentage that he was entitled
to."
Allen then took up the Washington .
contest as presented by Senator Poia
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