TIIE RALEIGH TIMES, FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 1912.
RESOLUTION OF PROTEST
AGAINST MOVING OFFICE
Chamber of Commerce and Merchants' Asso
ciation Urge Stockholders of Jefferson
Standard to Allow Eome Office
to Remain In Raleigh
A committee of Raleigh business
men, designated by the chamber of
commerce, presented this afternoon
to the stockholders of the Jefferson
Standard Life Insurance Company, in
session here, an earnest resolution
urging them to allow the home office
of the company to remain in Ral
eigh and pledging the stockholders
that this city would do handsomely
by the company.
The resolution was adopted at a
largely attended meeting of the
chamber last night. The room was
crowded with members and the en
tire matter was canvassed thorough
ly. Secretary Fred A. Olds read for
the committee the resolution pro
testing against the proposed re
moval of the office from Raleigh,
and Mr. James H. Pou stated that
the opposition to the merger between
the Greensboro Life and the local
company did not originate from
Raleigh people. Outside policy
holders formed a large majority
of the contestants, he declared,
and he told of some of the
men in many sections of the
state who conferred with him
about the matter. He said he told
the Greensboro people a week before
the Washington meeting that no mat
ter which city was selected the
policyholders would not submit to
the taking down of the reserve. He
wanted the committee to inform the
stockholders that his action was in
itiated without the knowledge of
Raleigh stockholders or policy
holders.
President J. B. Pearce of the
Merchants' Association called a
meeting of his organization on the
adjournment of the chamber and
the resolution was adopted by this
organization. The resolution fol
' lows:
Whereas, the chamber of com
merce of Raleigh ' has learned that
a meeting of the stockholders of the
Jefferson Standard Life Insurance
Company will be held June 21st, In
which the subject of removing the
head offices of the company from
Raleigh may be considered; and,
Whereas, Raleigh has ever re
garded and still regards the Jefferson
Standard Life Insurance Company as
one of the greatest financial insti
tutions in the state, a credit to the
commonwealth and an honor to Its
home city; and, - - .
Whereas, the company has achiev
ed great growth with its home office
in Raleigh, and has received from
the day of Its foundation the prac
tical and substantial support of Ral
eigh citizens, as shown by the fact
that they hold one-fourth of Its cap
ital stock and carry $500,000 of In
surance with the company; now,
therefore, be it resolved:
First That the chamber of com
merce of the city of Raleigh, re
spectfully petition the stockholders
of the Jefferson Standard not to re
move the head offices of the company
from this city; and, further, we re
spectively submit that Raleigh's
record of interest in and support
of the company, supplemented by
Raleigh's well known advantages as
a home office for such a company, I
are sufficient to prove alike Ral
eigh's fidelity to the institution and
her fitness to be the base of its ex
tensive operations.
Resolved further, That we pledge
to the Jefferson Standard our abid
ing faith in the company and our
earnest co-operation in the further
building up of the institution. . We
feel that a magnificent beginning
has been made; that the foundations
for a great structure have been wise
ly laid: and that all that is required
to assure the fulfillment of the high
est hones of the company is that
nothing shall be done that might
affect in any degree the company's
reputation for stability and con
servatism. Resolved further, That Messrs. K.
B. Crow, Albert L. Cox, J. W.
Bailey and J. B. Pearce be author
ized to convey to the stockholders
of the Jefferson Standard In session
June 21st these resolutions, and to
say that all Raleigh joins heartily
with us in the petition that the happy
relations existing between the com
pany and Its home city shall not be
disturbed.
Bet Few Will Follow Roose
velt In a Bolt
(Continued From Page One.)
made to get from RooBevelt details
of his further plans, but that they
were unsuccessful.
Will Proceed on Individual Caes.
Word reached the coliseum at 11
o'clock that the convention, accord
ing to the leaders' plans, would
proceed on their partial report from
the credentials committee. This
brought the delegates rapidly to
their seats to" prepare for the strug
gle. It was expected the Roosevelt
force would make their last big
fight In the convention today. They,
had expected to make their stand on
the credentials report as whole, but
were prepared to meet the changed
plans and fight on their Individual
cases. At 11:15 Chairman Root and
the convention officials were on the
platform. Hadley conferred with
Root The New Jersey delegates
started the first cheer with their
now famous war cry. Oklahoma
followed suit, California came next,
hea he band, played. A woman
vocalist, high above noise of shuf
fling feet and shifting chairs, rang
out a clear sprano in a coon song.
Hearty applause greeted her. Ten
minutes after the scheduled opening
time, hundreds of chairs were Va
cant.
Chairman Root, awaiting further
reports from the credentials com
mittee, delayed calling the conven
tion to order. Hadley announced
the Arizona and Alabama contests
would be reported today. He will
renew his motion that the seventy
eight contested delegates be kept
from voting. It is predicted Root
will rule against him and he will
ask a roll call. The Roosevelt situ
ation is apparently unchanged.
Convention Gets to Work.
The convention was called to or
der at 12:26. The credentials com
mittee voted at 12:20 to submit to
the convention its report of the
Alabama contests. The Roosevelt
members, led by Henry and Halbert,
vigorously attempted to delay this
action. The vote on the adoption
oi me motion, made by Committee
man L. P. Summers, of Virginia
was laaen, and was thirty-two to
nneen.
ii was not until noon that the
coliseum was completely filled.
When word finally "came from the
credentials committee that the Ala-
Dama ' case was to be submitted,
Root prepared to call the convention
to order. "Play bail," shouted a man
in the gallery. After Root's gavel
fell little difficulty was experienced
in securing order about the hall
Rev. John Malconi Shaw, a Presby-
leriitn minister, ottered prayer. As
usual the whole gathering stood
ine prayer was much longer than
any previous session. It was not ap
pidunea, une man fn the gallery
Buuiueci, Amen ' at its conclusion.
With Alabama Case.
itooc. announced the credentials
committee report as its first busi
ness. The report, presented by W.
T. Dovell, of Washington, recom
mended he seating of the Taft dele
gates in the ninth Alabama district.
The report sustained the national
committees findings. R. R. Mc
cormick, of Illinois, presented a mi
nority report favoring the Roose
velt contestants.
Root started to x say that while
there could be, strictly speaking, no
such thing as a minority renort. In
stantly a storm of hisses and booins
broke. Root coming to the front of
the platform, waited for order. Re
marking that unless he was over
ruled by the convention he would
assume permission to receive a mi
nority report. The anti-Roosevelt
people here derided the hissers.
Hadley moved that the minority re
port be substituted for the mnioritv
and be adopted.
Hadley asked unanimous consent
for a statement by Mct'ormick.
Robert J. Walker, of Virginia tried
to move to lay the motion on the
table. The chairman ruled it nut hv
order. Unanimous consent was giv
en. McCormick took tlio nlatfor
His statement was one of dissent by
the minority members nf iho
dendals committee as to the majori
sidieineni or law and facts in the
ninth Alabama cases.
Wilker made a further motion to
iduie. Metore it was put Dovell made
a further statement supporting the
Hadley Makes Motion.
11t.I1.... . . , .
ise. ueiegates all over
the hall shouted for him to take the
piauorm. He did so amid applause.
Hadley presented a resolution which
wouia prevent a vote on the ques
tion by any delegates now under enn
test. Heney asked If the 72 contest
ed aeiegaies were to vote on the
question. Root, ruled, aB he did
io uays ago, tnat only the two
Alabama delegates whose case was
now at stake, would not be permitted
to vote. Taft Leader Watson, moved
to tame the Hadley resolution. A
roll call was demanded and begun.
Vote Will Take Several Hours.
The argument and roll call on the
nintn Alabama case probably will
consume several hours and carry the
session rar into the night.
Hadley Resolution Tabled.
Taft won another victory when
the convention voted to table Had
ley's resolution. The1 North Caro
lina delegation voted yea, three;
nays, 20. Virginia's vote, yeas,
twenty-one; nays, 2; one not Voting.
The total vote on the motion to
table the Hadley resolution was 569
yeas, 499 nays. Ten not voting.
Yesterday's Session.
Chicago, 111., June 21. Five min
utes was the entire duration of the
two sessions of the republican na
tional convention yesterday, with a
recess of four hours between. The
first session convened at noon, last
ed four minutes; the second, one
minute.
The feature of the noon session
was the prayer of the Very Rev.
Walter T. Sumner, dean of the Pro
testant Episcopal Church of Saints
Peter and Paul of Chicago, and the
applause which followed it.
Dean Sumner dealt quite directly
with the sensational factional con
flict present In the minds of every
person In the enormous audience In
which behalf he spoke, and prayed
that there should be granted to the
members of the convention "self-
restraint, cool judgment and all wis
dom, that their deliberation may
Insure to the nation civic righteous-
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month. He felt bo satisfied with
himself that it came as a painful
shock to discover, on the eve of his
25th birthday two days ago, that
June 18 would also be the natal
morn of his nephew, Thomas W.
Wright, aged 7, of Bridgeton, N. J.
He sat up brooding over the indig
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Having breakfasted in haste yes
terday morning, he hurried into
town, and calling upon a lawyer,
swore out a theft warrant against
young Thomas for stealing his birth
day. The warrant, which was thor
oughly legal and seriously phrased,
demanded that T. W. Wright, Sr..
"present the body of the boy" with
in a few days for proper trial. It
was mailed to Mr. Wright in Bridge-ton.
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The afternoon session was remark
able for the extraordinary conditions
which ensued upon its adjournment.
Almost with the fall of Chairman
Root's gavel there broke out a pan
demonium of cheering which lasted
.. i .S i . i. .. . - .i ,
annum as lung u mai ui tveuiit-B-
day. It had scarcely a definite cause,
though its Immediate occasion was
the effort of a man in the west gallery
to swing the great gathering into
unison with the cry "We want
Teddy." It started all right, but al
most immediately the La Follette,
Hadley and Cummins enthusiasts be
gan an opposition turmoil with the
result that within less than a minute
there was simply the meaningless
chaos of noise. Presently a group
of men In the Bouth gallery, back
of the platform, brought four or
five megaphones into play with: "We
want Taft!"
A smashing rainstorm was In
progress .outside; so the people sim
ply Btoou where they were and
shouted, each to his taste.
Under cover of the racket, and at
first unnoticed by the crowd, there
began to gather on the platform a
body of big policemen until finally
some twenty were present. And they
were under personal command of As
sistant Crief Schuettler.
Then it began to be noticed that
Chairman Root, Secretary Gleason,
Sergeant-at-Arms Stone and assist
ant, Colonel Thayer, had never left
the platform at all. And the crowd
began to understand the reason for
this conspicuous show of force.
One of the reasons for the im
mense crowd which had gathered
was the general impression that
Colonel Roosevelt would come to
the convention and make a -speech;
also there was considerable reason
to assume from the morning news
papers that the day would bring to
pass the much discussed battle be
tween the factions, perhaps a bolt
f the Roosevelt adherents; possibly
an attempt to hold a rival convention
simultaneously on the same loor of
the same hall. There had ' wen a
tremendous addition to, almost a
doubling of the police force on fluty
at the hall, and in the morning Chief
of Police John McWeeny had taken
personal command of the Colise;im.
To the person uninformed as to the
swiftly changing developments rf .the
day, the promise of excitement was
exceptionally alluring.
The crowd which waited for the
storm to cease was good humored
but It was a situation full of possi
bilities and the convention oflicials
were taking no chances.
For more than an hour the police
guard surrounded the platform and
the convention officers kept their
places on the stage, while the great
crowd yelled Itself tired.
At last; the rain began to slacken
and the police "got busy" at once;
gently, but grimly edging the people
out.
" By that time they were ready to
go.
The Colonel's Position Yesterday.
Chicago, June 21. Theodore
Roosevelt, before his political ad
visers and a personally selected num
ber of delegates Instructed for him,
late yesterday afternoon read a
statement of his position in the re
publican nomination fight and left it
to them to decide what position they
would take In the struggle.
Mr. Roosevelt called before him
two delegates from each of the states
which have supported him and the
leaders in his campaign. After out
lining his position, declaring that he
would continue his fight on prin
ciples he had outlined, the colonel
left the room and the delegates and
leaders sat down to deliberate what
should be done. A protracted ses
sion was expected. Colonel Roose
velt returned to. the conference at
3:30 o'clock and walked arm in arm
with Governor Hadley, of Missouri,
to the meeting room.
The Roosevelt delegates, after a
two-hour session and after listening
to Colonel Roosevelt's outline of his
position in the fight, adopted a reso
lution providing that they should
participate In the regular conven
tion at the night's session and in
succeeding sessions until it became;
apparent that they could no longer
take part in the proceedings. The
caucus of Roosevelt leaders also de
termined that between sessions a
caucus should determine upon the
action of each session as it may. af
fect their position.
Former Governor Franklin Fort,
of New Jersey, presided at the con
ference of delegates and leaders. M.
Roosevelt, after re-entering the cau
cus with Governor Hadley, remained
until the close of the conference,
when most of the delegates left for
the convention hall.
His Plan
. Chicago, 111., June 21. Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt last night indi
cated that under certain conditions
he might withdraw from the repub
lican party to take the lead in the
formation of a new party.
"If the people want a progres
sive party I'll be in it," he said. ,
Some of the colonel's supporters
of the Roosevelt delegates last night
precipitate the crisis in the repub
lican national convention at the
earliest opportunity tomorrow.
More conservative counsel finally'
prevailed, and it was decided that
there should be no "bolt" from the
regular convention. It was the plan
of the Roosevelt delegates tonight
to make their last stand on thj re
port of the credentials committed. If
the seventy-eight delegates claimed
by them to be fraudulent are veal
do, the Roosevelt forces will remain
in convention until the end, hut will
not vote.
It is their plan then to proceed to
the nomination of the colonel in th?
Coliseum and claim regularity for
him. .
Itrjan Cheered Again.
Chicago, Juno 21. William Jen
nings Bryan was given a noisy wel
come a3 he entered the ji.ess stand.
Calls rang out for, "Speech, speech,
Bryan," and the band played,
"Should Auld Acquaintance be For
got." Bryan smiled and waived, his
hand. He made no speech. Bryan
Btarts for Baltimore, tomorrow
morning.
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Politics, Which Seems to Disturb
the Friends of Governor Wilson.
Washington, June 21. Interest
ing Btories come hero from Haiti
more. The latest is that Charles F.
Murphy of New York will support
Governor Foss for the nomination.
Mayor Gaynor, it Is said, will get
the now York vote: on the first bal
lot, and perhaps, Underwood or Har
mon on the second. lint, when
Murphy becomes serious, It is said,
ho will go to Foss, to stay. Murphy
and Foss, are closely allied in a bus
iness way, and are friendly person
ally. .''.-
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other setback. Kfforts to interest the
New York leaders in Governor Wil
son has failed for the tlmo at least.
It looked soino days ago as If Wil
son might expect something from the
empire state, but that Is doubtful
now. The Wilson people almost de
clared themselves in favor of Sen
ator O'Gorman for temporary chair
man, but remained silent and are
now embarrassed by the fight be
tween Alton B. Parker and Senator
O'Gorman for that place.
Mr. Murphy, it is said, is support
ing Parker, as is Norman E. Mack.
Thomas Taggart of Indiana may be
standing with Murphy and Mack.
Friends of Governor Wilson fear that
a bitter factional fight between the
conservatives and the progressives
is coming.
There Is no doubt that a very
strong trio, composed of Murphy of
New York, Taggart of Indiana, and
Roger Sullivan of Chicago will take
a leading part in shaping the offices
of the Baltimore convention. Wil
liam Jennings Bryan will oppose
that alliance. Many disturbing
rumors are floating in the under po
litical current between here and Bal
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