Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-05-19
BOLT CONVENTION
Anti T bird Term Men i'm Wiscon-
sin Hold Separate Repub-
Iican Meeting.
FIGHT La TOILETTE TO THE END
G. o. r. State Gatherings Held in
Iowa, Nebraska and Michi-
gan.

Madison, Wis, May 19.-The repub-
lican convention attended by the La
Toilette delegates opened at 9:40 this
morning. The committee on resolu-
tions reported platform strongly in
dorsing the policy and administra-
tions of Roosevelt and La Toilette,
which were unanimously adopted.
The anti-thirt-term delegates met
at the Foster opera house, and after
making the temporary organization
permanent. adjourned until this af-
ternoOn to allow the committee on
resolutions to deliberate Upon invi-
tatiOn from the committee of this
convention Senators Spooner and
Quarles will appear and speak before
the convention this afternoon.
Madison, Wis, May ia confirm
Gus parliamentary wrangle led by the
best orator of the Paensch faction
against the efforts of the LaFollette's
supporters to seat the contested dele
CATION to the Republican state conven-
tion resulted in a bolt of the Baensch
delegates and the refusal of the Cook
men to recognize the convention as
legal. The point in question was upon
the power of the state central COM
mittee against the power of the con-
Vention to determine the roll of the
Wanted Evidence Submitted
The Baensch men demanded the re-
turn of the evidence before the state
central committee to the convention
body for hnal action. The proposition
was rejected, the contested delegations
Were allowed to vote on the question
of the seating of all delegations eX-
their own, and the LaFollette support
ers voted as Il unit and had complete
control of the convention on every
question which came before it. \
feature of the convention was the an
by one of the delegates
that Senators SpoOner and Quarles did
not wish their names to be presented |
before this convention as delegates-at- |
large to the national convention.
Not Recognized by Chairman.
IRVINE i. LerOut was temporary |
chairman, and after his opening Hd- |
lrcss was ended NJ. =. Rosenberg. Of |
Wousan. was recognized and present |
~ Il minority report dissenting from |
the report of the state central COM
nittce where two sets of delegates
claimed election. At the conclusion of
he reading of the report Rosenberg
attempted to make Il motion to sub
stitute the minority for the ma iOrity
'epOrt, but was not recognized. and Il
onS debate enSucd, many delegates
particularly therein. The time of the
from 3 p. M. until $40 was
AIKEN up in voting on motions to sub
;titute the minority report for the ma
ority report in the various contested
delegations. In each instance the mi
lority lost by about the same vote, 565
10 40, and finally the majority re-
port was adopted as q whOle-564 to
40.
Announced Separate Caucuses.
The time for Il bolt of the anti
had arrived and NJ. q.
letters, of GAINESVILLE, then announced
hat caucus of the anti-third- -termers
would be held held at the Fuller Opera
House at $50 p. N. a motion to make
he temporary organization permanent
vas then made and led to long de-
,ate. the anti-La Toilette men pleading
gainSt such Il course, and when the
notion was put the antiS refused to
-ote. the motion being carried by 514
O 129 When it came to appointing
the antiS declined places,