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cm THE WEATHEE SHOWERS. Associated Press Leased Wire Service. ASIIEVILLE, X. C, "iTEDXESDAVljtOIAIXO, JUNE IS, 1912 ; .vol. xxrai, ko. 2to. PRICK FIYE CENTS TAFT FORCES CONTROL NATIONAL CONVENT W FIRST REAL TEST OF STRENGTH TAFT WINS IN THE SELECTION OF To a Finish THOUSANDS LEAVE AS SENATOR ROOT BEGINS ADDRESS ROOT AS TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN THE ASHEY1J ZEN i n J Pj ! ION With States Voting as Nomination, Victory Forces VOTEFOR ROQTRE ACHES TOTAL Wild Scenes of Enthusiasm Enacted When Triumph of tSi Taft Cohorts Is Announced. Taft's Pi rumination Expected. OraCAXK). .June II. Temporary official tor the republican na tional convention. named by ta eub-convmlttee on arrangements, of which Col, Harry 8. New. ot Indiana, U chairman: - Chairman EHihu Root, Ne w Tork. Secretary JaFayette B. GUaaon. Nw York. Assistant secretarlesC. M. Harger. Kansaa; John L.. Moorman, Indiana; A. W. Whit. North Carolina: George U Hart, Vlriinla; John H. McNary, Oregon; H. C. Lindsay, Nebraska; Horace H. Bancrbft, Illinois; John I Adams, Iowa; Percy E. Btoddard Now Hampshire; A. U Dalrympls. Mow Jersey. Sergeant-at-Arms-MWUllam F. Btone," Maryland. Assistant Serf eant-at-arma Edward P. Thayer. Indiana. Chief doorkeeper John J. Harson, Maryland. Chief usherAVllllam B. Austin, Illinois. Chief of medical ta.ff Dr. George C. Hunt, Illinois. Parliamentarian- E. I. Lmeon, Ohio. , Official stenographer 01. W. Bltrmenberg, Washington, D. C. Chief clerk-i. O. Heoktnger, Kew Jersey. - Chaplain Rev. Jake F. Calloghan, Chicago; Dean Walter T. 6umner, Illinois; Dr. Joseph 8 tolls, Illinola; Rev. John B. Shaw, Illinois; tr. J. Wesley Hill, New York. Reading-.clerks William A. Walt, Michigan; Otto Boasard, Wis consin ; Thomas Williamson Illinois. ', - Tally clerks-Archlbaid Q. Graham. Indiana; Henry C WoodlJl, CHICAGO," June 11, Against the threats, charges and bitter Invective . of the Roosevelt forces, Taft support' ers In the republican national conven tion, today put through the frst por ! ton of their program by electing Sen ator Ellhu Root, of New York, as tem porary chairman. In spite of the fact that Victor Rosewater, chulrman of fhe national committee, consistently ruled out of order every motion made it th. Rnnavalt forces. It teautred i more than five hours to reach a vote on tb temporary chairmanship. Call ing of the roll was beset with diffi culties from the very first name on the Ilet, but in the end, when the tumult 'had died away. Senator Root was ' found to have won by a vote of 66 J o E02 for Gov. Frank P. McGovern, of, ,Wlsconstn, with 14 scattering votes, and four not voting. Tonight both the " Taft and Roosevelt forces are claiming this vote Indicates that their candidate It absolutely sure to win. The advantage appears to fce with the president, for while he Is sure to loss some of the vote that was cast for Senator Root, it la claimed he wilt gain, if instructions are lived up te, some votes Independently cast tor McGovern. Obese leaders who have been urged . n,14.1A a. u no tiifi. they arrived In Chicago are pointing to another angle In the figures and claim they show that it Is essential to name a so-called 'dark horse" to save the day for the republican party. Will Renew Flfihlnjr. ; While Mr.Root was made chairman and managed to deliver his "keynote" epeeoh, the fighting Is to fee renewed at 11 o'clock tomorrow when the mo tion of the Roosevelt to submit a sub stitute new Ust of delegates for those seated in some of the contented cases heard before the national committee Is to be taken up as the unfinished busi ness. No committees were named to night and none -will be until this mo tion te "purge" the convention of ."fradulent .delegates" is dlepoyd of, Today It was defeated on a pilnt of order, but the Roosegelt forces declare that parliamentary practice will not fee permitted to stand In to sir way to morrow. Ths Roosevelt people and the Taft people, carried out their program as announced In advance,, almost to the letter. The Roosevelt poopl say to night they are going to fight every Inch of the way. There were cries of "bolters" hurled at the Rosevelt delegate nt times dur ing the session but the contingency of a bolt again tonight secured to be far distant. California assumed a belligerent at titude almost wlffi the start of the roll call, when two Roosevelt delegates from the Fourth' district, unseated by (he national committee were not al lowed to vote, but they confirm! their protest to eloquence; th two votes for Root were the only encroachment In that state upon ths vote cast for McGovern. Bitter Struggle. There Is prospect, however, of a more bitter struggle tomorrow when s "unfinished business the conven tion will take up a motion of Governor Hadley of Missouri to strike from the temporary roll of the convention is prepared by the national committee. the names of I J delegates seated by thetistionsl stimmlttsa in, coiUesUdl They Will Probably Vote on the Presidential Perches on the Banner of the Anti-Roosevelt Strict Line-vp on the Roll Call election 'cases and substitute those of the Roosevelt contestants. It was in precisely this effort on the part of the Roosevelt men that the whole day was spent In struggle. The chaplain had tiftrdly finished his Invocation ofthe Dlvnle blessing on the convention before Governor Hadley was on his feet objecting to the personnel of the delegates. This led to a lone; and Intricate parliamen tary argument. Chulrman ltosewslcr. of the national committee, upon whose shoulders had fallen the ordinary per functory duty of sailing Wis conven tion to order and presenting the rec ommendation of the committee for temporary officers of the convention, found himself with an able-bodied Job of presiding over what seemed likely to be' a turbulent and passion ate war of factions. He was not in good voice and what lie said was barely audible at the front of the platform but trumpet-voiced clerks with mega phones did all the necessary announce ments,, Including the chairman's Initial ruling utpon the Hadley objection. Not In Order. This ruling was to the effect tlhat until the national committee had pre sented the temporary roll, made up the credentials and Its judgment upon cjontests, there was no convention, the gathering was a mere meeting and nothing could be done until a prelimi nary organization had been effected by the selection of a presiding offlver.. He held ht absolutely no Business was In order save the choice of sucn an officer. Ha said he had no desire to be arbitrary In his ruling and would allow 20' minutes to each side to pre sent arguments on the subject. These arguments were presented by Gover nor Hadley of Missouri and ex-Governor Fort of New Jersey on the Rosse velt side and by Sereno K. Payne of New York and ex-Repopeentatlve James E. Watson of Indlnua, In be half ef the Taft people. After the arguments were finished, Chairman Rosewater renewed Ills ruling that nothing was In order but nominations for temporary chairman. He pre sented the national committee's rec ommendation of Senator Root and asked for further nominations. The Roosevelt men made no further opposi tion to this ruling and the roll call wa begun at 1:16 The name of ever.sl Individual delerate was called and It consumed three more hours; yet every step of the proceedings were heard with the keenest interest The Roosevelt men did Hire tat thy could demanding the name of every delegate objectedto on h ground that they had been Improperly seated as s forth in the sidetracked motion of Governor Hadley, but the roll rail went on merrily, sometimes amid deafening confusion. The shifting ot the vote brought a dramatic sequence of emotlona Applause, and cheers' greeted one vet after another. With Oregon's three for Root, and sis for McGovern, the net plurality for Root stood at It; but Pennsylvania's 14 for McGovern threw the balance the other way and, the advantage remained wltr. McGovern until Tennessee was reach ed, when the Root advantage re-appeared with a net plurality of ten ana from then on the margin In Root's favor Increased and with ths vote op Patrick Halloran in the Washington delegation cast for Root at 5:42 p. m amlrt-astormfheerjng, from the HOW STATES TOTED. Bute i Root MoOovern I Alabama .......... 12 t Arizona ...... ..... - ' Arkansas .......... IT ' I California ......... ! It ' ' Colorado . 11 .0 Connecticut .14 Delaware .......... I - t Florida IS o Georgia . . 12 I Idaho 0 I Illinois ............ I 4 Indiana . 20 10 Iowa It 10 Kansas 2 It Kentucky .......... 21 1 j Ixiuisiana ...... i.i. 20 0 Mains 0 12 Man-land t I Massachusetts ...... II It Michigan 1 It Minnesota 24 Mississippi , II 4 Missouri It 20 Montana t 0 Nebraska 10 II Nevada t 0 New aiexloo I I New Hampshire .... I 0 New Jersey 0 It New York 7 IS North Carolina .... I 21 North Dakota ...... 0 Ohio 14 24 Oklahoma 4 II Oregon 2 t Pennsylvania ...... II 14 Rhode Island 10 10 South Carolina II T I South Dakota 10 10 ; Texas , . SI I t Tennessee 22 1 J Vermont I I .Utah',. ..v..', ?,v . . ,'.T- .It : 1 , Washington y.-.. . . 14 lt , I Virginia . : . ? 22 '' i I West Virginia 0 It ' Wisconsin ......... 0 II Wyoming I 0 Alaska... 2 0 District of Columbia 2 0 Hawaii I I Philippines 1 0 Porto Rloo ., 2 0 Total ....658 602 Taft followers, the total vote for ths New York senator reached the neo essary 640 and the Taft victory at least la ths matter of the temporary chairmanship was assured. -' Aside from the absence of the "rough house" tactics which had been so elaborately prepared for by the heavy police guard and 1 he extra ordinary pains of the national com mittee officers to guard against out breaks of any kind there ' were Sev eral reiiiarka&te things about ths convention, ft was desperately seMous business from the beginning to end. There was absolutely nana of that long continued uproar, extending to long minutes, even hours whlc9 have lately 'become a feature of po litical conventions. On the contrary there was a marked tenseness and an atmosphere surcharged wHh watch-' fulness. Weil-known leaders oame In to the hall unnoticed and there was an absence of applause by state dele-. gallons to "favorlts sons." After Root's election when he rame upon the plat form the welcome to htm pertiaDt gun his speech Pennsylvania showed its bltternees (towards him by jeers. Trouble Threatened. There was one promise of real trouble when tate Senator Fttnn compelled the repetition ef the call of the Pennnylvania delegates, fighting the vote of one of the alternates, who he., said, was called out ot proper order. Ths point was that the man lulled and who voted was the second on the list' for Root whereas the man first on the list of alternates from h-t district would have voted tor MoGovern. " Tif you steal that vts," shouted Fllnn, "there will be no roll called In Otis convention today" - That was all there was to It. The chairman ovorrulMi him 4 grinding voice of Secretary Oleason went on calling out the vote With fan- exceptions) the negro delegates from the south, about wihose stead fastness there has been so much spec ulation, stood fast for the Taft can dWate. Early In the vote Wm. Barnes, Jr., who with WaUon of In ciiena. watched out for the Taft In terssts on the floor said they would have M0 votes They jot two le than that. When Senator Root began his "keynote" speech, people In big numbers began to leave ths (hall, Ht announced 11) en that he would sus pend until all those who wished to ge had retired . Thousands then left, but nearly all of ths delegates re mained and listened to the peeh. Even those who had most Utterly fought his election heard him to the end. When Senator Reort iQnlshed amid long and continued applausw, pursu ant to an agreement ttetwwen leaders of the factions, the whole business of appointing conrmUtees and other pro. oeedlnea naturally belonging to to- fOom tinned on ram gfx) PRESIDENTS IK COLISEUM DURING First Time m History of Republican Party President's Picture Does Not Adorn the hVfaTiConventionCa)UdtoOrder'atoon''Tk)tet)es .t ' , ' ' Ones Remain Outside. , , ; ' cmaAGO, Juas Jlf-For ths first time In the history f republican na tional convention picture of ths president hung hMhf CotlseOm where today 1,071 delegates from ths states and territories of the United States met to name a candidate for pres ident and vie prwsifient swd to for mulate a party pltb-arm Vj Ths nervous tensJai doe to transral xpectkn of iBWiultuous. jsosaas "from th drop-6f',tha hat'! "at ths opening of tha oonvsntlon was very apparent en all aides, Along ths front row between the body of delegates' seats and the plat form, a solid row of uniformed po lice, early as 1.30 a. m. tat waiting for nobody knows what, At exactly 10:11 ths band broke in With "My Country, 'Ti ot Thee." A few people reoognUei the tune and stood up with heads bared. To most of ths people, however, a band Is a band and a tune is a tune, and they paid no attention, to the mat ter. , . By 10:20 a. m. there was a goodly sprinkling of people. Including some of the New York, Mississippi and Texas delegates In ths nail. And still, outside la the streets, were hun dreds o people more or less promin ent In republican councils who found La Impossible to get into the big hall. Every ticket holder passed muster three times before he found his place in ths convention halL At the last he surrendered his day's eoupon and no means remained to Help a friend, or to -convince a doorkeeper of the Importance of ths tlcketless ones out side. , Outside ths hall there was a scram. ble for admittance, but no kind ot eloquence, no argument, nd plausible story of imperative business on that side of the street was of any avail. Every policeman had to be "shown" a ticket, the right kind of a ticket at the right door. Soon alter 1 1 o'clock the delegates began coming into ths hall In larger numbers. The body , of delegates' seats was rapidly filling. Up to this time there had been little applause, most of it for the band; and no cheer ing. Chairman Rosewatsr of the repub lican national committee appeared so the stage at 11:16. Up to 1:16 there had been no signs f enthusiasm, no cheering, ns marching up and down. Delegates and leaders came In and went straight to their seats or stood talking In ths aisles. 1st the east galleries a battery of cameras was turned on the stage, ready to catch a flash light at the opening of proceedlnga Ths first real applause came at 11:10 for former Vice President Fair, banks who entered with former Sen ator Hemenway of Indiana. Aa California entered, its banner became entangled In some section number signs overhead. Then alt banners were ordered excluded. Gov. ernor Johnson headed the delegation. West Virginia cams In with a snap py "rah-rah." They had It all to lAeoi selves; nobody responded. The California rolled up their banner reluctantly. The New Jersey delegation covered their regrets with their now famous cheer. All this time ths and was playing "Sliver Threads Among the Gold." "Diiie" Bring Cheers. Strains of "Dixie" which followed the rather doleful melody of old fav orites!, brought the southerners to their feet with, a ytll. Many northern delegations joined tbem. By this time from all parts of ths hall the yells burst forth. The music from the band up near ths roof of the hall was drowned In ths cries from the well drilled delegratlona The band swung: lots "Dixie" and the matt negro delegates . nq Tlortda climbed upon itfetr chain and saog. PICTURE IS NOT HUNG As ths sons; conclude the negroes shouted a yet lof defiance ! at the Roosevelt delegate from New Jersey, seated across the aisle. A moment later ths Jerseyltes returned the yell as ths band -struck , up 'Marching Through Georgia," A scattsrad cheer greeted ths song. Charles P, Toft visited the Teias delegation and asked them to ''sit farm In the saat.' IIsisitedJMrr1 other delegations and urged them not to be affected by Roosevelt cheers. . Pennsylvania's delegation, standing on chairs and wsvins; hats, punctured the air with a cheer for Stats Chair man Wm. V. Flynn 'followed by a well executed Roosevelt yell. "What's the matter with Flynn T called a voice as Flynn appeared. "He's all right," shouted ths Penn sylvanla chorus. Then followed the Roosevelt yell, West Virginia answered with yells for "Teddy" and New Jersey climb Ing on the chairs, Joined ths cheer ing. At ten minutes of 11, practically all of the delegates were oa the floor, but many of them tiad not found their seats. Ths aisles wsrs choked and there was much corafuslon. The hall was a veritable babla Ponnd for Order. , , Chairman Rosewatsr began pound ing for order at 11:02 p. m, Ths band was droning away at ths tltns and it was with difficulty that ths mustcl. ans could be induced to desist. Fi nally they did so; and then Serjeant at -Arms Stone called for his' assist ants to clear ths aisles. A few minutes after ths ravel had crashed Its summons to ths delegates quiet had been obtained and Chap lain Callaghan repeated his prayer. Immediately after this expression of reverence, however development! oame like shots 'from a rapid firs sTun. Hadley, of Missouri, ths Roosevelt floor leader, rose to the nusstion of Information. He took the 'platform. Great cheering. Watson of Indiana, tie Taft floor leader, followed Hadley to ths plat form. Barnes of New York rose to a point of order. The delegates and spectators leaned forward expectant ly. In a loud voloe Hadley asked If a temporary roll had been prepared. The Taft floor leader met the query by raising the point of order that no business, was in ordsr till conven tion is organised. Loud cheers. The chairmen ruled that Watson's point was wsll taken. Hadley said he aaksd for Information only. Then he moved that the temporary roil be amended by removing ths names of certain delegates and other names be substituted. However, Watson's point was sus tained. Chairman Rosam-ater announc ed he would give Hartley twenty minutes. Ex-Governor Fort of New Jersey anal Governor Deneen of Illi nois, were called to the platform and each stl was given 20 minutes for debate of Had ley's motion. 'Representative clersno E. Payne of New York was summoned to the stags by the Taft forces. As each of the champions took the stage a round of applause swept the halt. Pennsyl vania, New Jersey and California yelled wildly for Roosevelt' leaders. Governor Hadley's formal motion, as anticipated, was to take from the temporary roll of the Taft delegates and sub the Roosevelt delegates In certain contested state Mr., Watson renewed tils pomt of order before the list was read. "The point of order seems) to be well taken," said Rose- water, "bat if ths governor will ad dress himself to the point of order, we will hear him tor twsnty mixrates, not wisrtiing te be arbitrary." The -convention broke into cheers as Hfedly supporting his motion, dV claradrt "I assert that ths gosstioB is wheth CONVENTION er ths national commlttse or ths re publican party has the absolute pow sr to form a temporary roll for this convention, which can only bs ohang ed by a report from a commlttse of this convention, or whether this eon vsntlon Itself shall aay who shall alt ' "It it It In the power of IT men to vy who shall sit In this Vonven. iiV Wtytrwllr' f IthAUisjisal, then We heva resetted ths end of (republican government In this coun try." ' ' ' i ' ;-'';-" : Gov.' Fort, upholding Hadley. de clared the convention today Is making 4 predscent for all time whether the convention controls Its own per. sonnet. "Shall this convention sustain ths national committee?" shouted Fort. Ixud and continued cries of "no" re sponded. Perhaps It was one of the first indications of the convention's temper. -' L- "Let's dotermlno this question now If not. it might be too late." con eluded Oov, Fort, and he stopped In the midst of cheers, - The action of, Hadley and Fort In dicated that the plan of Roosevelt leaders announced two days ago was being carried out apparently without regard te the action of the Reosevolt delegates last flight, who : voted to put tn a resolution requiring that 140 uncontested affirmative votes to carry ny proposition, : ' : '' ' . 7 Governor Fort had not gone far in his arguxnsnt before the erowrintostan to lauch and Interrupt him with cries of "sit down." ' ' :' ' 'Fort made tho mistake of answer Ing the galleries, which clearly held a high preponderance of Taft sym pathisers. Tho Roosevelt people claimed they were packed. Later on In his address Fort seem ed to strike a popular chord. Ills arruments were met by Watson, th Taft floor leader. Immediately, how ever, Watson yelled to Representa tive Bereno Payne of New York, a Taft man, who declared that the question was; "Bet-ween orderly procedure on one hand and ohaos possibly on th oth er." .,-u'- , Jeered from CalKrf, "How about tho Payno tariff bill?" shouted a votes from ths gallery and a chser, tnid with jeers held tip Payne's talk for soms time. ' oJr, Payne made a historical argu ment to show that the convention could not possibly proceed to take any action without a temporary or ganixation. Then Watson took the floor again, contending that no business 1 In or der "because there Is no convention if til it Is organised." His argument was parliamentary. He asked th Taft supporter not to cheer, but to lint en. "I am address ing your Intellect not yonr passions" he shouted, to make himself heard. Than he began a defense of the na tional committee, declaring: "Some one must make up ihe tern, porary roll of the convention." When Wstson finished his talk, Chairman Rosewater ruled out of or der Hadley motion to amend the temporary roll. The Taft men had won the first blood. There was con fusion. Chairman Rosewater' voice was Inaudible. Immediately Hadley appealed from th chairman's decision. Watson moved to lay on the table. ' 'Both these motions were declared out of order and Chairman Rosewater presented ths name of Ellhu Root for temporary chairman of the con vention;, ' In opposition. Mr, Cochems, of Wisconsin, named Governor MoGov cm for the temporary chairmanship. Job Hedges, of New Tork, second ing Root's nomination quoted a com plimentary tribute that' Roosevelt tContinned on Pago ThroO Storm of Cat Calls and Hisses Greet His Appearance on platform GALLERY AND BACK OF HALL SOON EMPTY' -, Makes Set Speech Outlining Policies of the Repub lican Party CHICAGO, Juno ll.-Afttr tno vJt in favor of Root for temporary chairman was announced. Senator Root mounted the platform. Tho crowa ysnea ttseir hoarse while ths hand swung into a lively tune, Ser--geant at Arms Stone had ths utmost , difficulty In? restoring- order and. ths cheering broke out anew as Chair, man Rosewater, after a brief speech which could net be heard, banded the big gavel to Root. A minute after Senator Root step ped out to the front of tho platform to begin his speech, a storm of cat calls and leers broke. Senator Root prefaced his prepar ed speech by a few extemporaneous remarkt. t . v , -. ' "I thank you," ho said, "and I beg you to believe that 1 deeulr snore. elate your sxpreeston ot oon'tldanoe.' "Maw, haw, haw," cam guffaw from ths floor, ; . ' Cries from members of the Penn. ylvanla delegation broutht a group ot puueemen nurrying jn that direc tion. Root scarcely hsd began his ad. dress before hundreds of speo.ttori on ths floor and in the galleries be gan to leavs tho hall noisily and tiur. rlodly. ' '"..",'; : r, :.,, . Senator Root suspended his speech Mid asked Sergeant at Arms tons to ask. those, who (wished to Jesve to ( .out. at. A(U'j "A enoii m thi. i dtwlrjng to leave have gone, th sen ator win continue," Shouted Utone through ths megaphone and ths spec tators began to crowd out. Root scowling, resumed his nlaos at the table. As th senator sat. there, "Bill" Fllnn, with a cigar stub In the ornr of his mouth and his straw, hat jam. mod down on his head, climbed over the etture railing. He stepped up to Senator Root shook hand with him and conferred with him for several minutes, leaving just a Root returned speaking. Many Vacant Scats. , v When Mr, Root resumed tho entlr (Continued or Pan flls) ALTON S. PAHKER LIKELY EOF m limit Senator Gore, Blind Senator of Oklahoma, to Sec ond Wilson, WATCH CHICAGO BALTIMORE, une II. Democrat' In their pre-conventlon counsel her today pftujied to watch affair In th republican - national convention tj CTrfcsgoF, , With the leader of all tho' rival candidates for the presidential nomination here there were confer., ence to prepare plan of capturing ths unlnstructed delegate. Alton B.' Parker, of New Tork, was said to nlffl to be the likely choice for tem-j porary chairman of the convention,' with flena tor-elect Olll James, as th next strongest . candidate,;. W. F. Me-I Coombs, ef New Tork, ramparn leader' for Governor Wilson, took charge of Wilson headquarters today and an nounced that Kenator Gore, f Okhul horns, snd Representative Mitchell Palmer, of Pennsylvania, would second, the nomination of th New Jersey gov. J. Hamilton Iewls of Chicago cams In this afternoon with a plan to swlngl the vice-presidency to sn Illinois rnaoj Senator Bankhead of Alabama, who la looking after the interest of Osoart Underwood, talked things over with' national committeemen. Friends of Governor Burke of fiouth Dakota, say that until the convention la deadlocked,, the governor wilt be a "dark horse" candidal, but that If the nomination goes- east or south,! Governor Burke will be a candidate for the vice-presidency. A resolution drawn by the state equal franchise league, providing an equal suffrage plank for th democratic platform been given to Senator Jtaynor , of Maryland, for presentation to the rcso.' lution commltte- , , , : . Manuel Queza, resident commission, sr ot the Philippines at Washington ha com to Baltimore to urge the: adoption of a plank endorsing thej Philippine independence hill how be for congress. .
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