Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-19
B|EBER HAS HOPES
Expects Seating of Districts
Contesting Delegates.
SPEAKS WITH CONFIDENCE
Looks for the Purging of Rolls I'm
der Hadley's Motion.
BANNERS ORDERED FROM HALL
Sergeant-at-Arms Stone Eliminates
Disturbing
Leader Is Popular.
SPEAKS WITH CONFIDENCE
BANNERS ORDERED FROM HALL
Special From stan Correspondent.

for himself and DR.. ]. r. Wilder, tn,
other contrasting. delegate from the Dis
tr1ct of Columbia, as he entered tn,
Coliseum this morning. He was speaking
with the confidence Of the Roosevelt
forces today that the temporary roll o
delegates is to be 'purged'' in accordanc,
with the motion of Gov Hadley yester
day.
If ii comes to pass that the Roosevelt
forces bolt, Bieber and Wilder are sur,
to be the Districts representatives IL
the Roosevelt convention. Or IL the rol
is "purged." as the Roosevelt fighters de
clare will be done. they will sit in tn,
regular convention.
The lethargy as the convention Is abou
to open is profound. When Temporary
Chairman Root appeared on the platform
the few who went to bed early last nigh
started to applaud. But it had no NOR,
effect than a pebble thrown into LAX,
Michigan.
Stone Keeps His Head.
The coolest man about the huge hall il
Sergeant-atarms Stone of Baltimore IL
his shirt sleeves he frowned from tn
speakers plateau. the hurricane deck
that projects into the midst of the dele
gates, upon a couple of california fo
Roosevelt banners that had been Snug
gled into the hall. Stone ordered then
out. He has an iron fist.
Senator Root will get the photograpilers
vote for any office he wants He wa.
performing for them. pounding his gave
and smiling pleasantly for half hou
before order df that term suits this cha
otto convention was obtained.
a lunch basket and a pair of oper;
glasses seem to be as necessary to TIL
convention goer as an admission ticket
The crowds in the Coliseum hungered be
tween cheers. and hungered between
speeches, with hunger that only rea
food could quench. That they learne,
their lessons then was most evident 10
day.
That Gov. Hadley is one of the bis
figures. if not the one big figure. in tn,
convention go far. was demonstrated
today. The multitude of flags in the
hall. secured to wave in the combine &c
chautauqua salute and ninth rally veil
greeted his introduction today Cool
using few gestures, he had the crowC
with him from the start today, as hs
did yesterday.
No Respecter of Persons.
National convention crowds are nc
respecterS OF persons. They drag out al
OF the ghosts in the closet of any public
man, big or little, even when he is ap
peaiing to their sense of right and de
cency. Not one of the men who hav.
addressed the convention so far, with tn,
exceptions of the temporary chairman
and the Roosevelt floor leader Gov. Had
ley. has escaped the srilling of the crowd
1t started just as soon as Represent
alive Payne. former chairman of tn,
House ways and means committee. made
the speakers platform creak under hi:
800 pounds.
How about the Payne-Aldrich tarif
law some one in the crowd yelled up t.
him. Shouts of derision from all quar-
tiers Of that immense convention hall fol
lowed the sally. but Mr.. Payne continued
to discuss the motion of Gov Hadley t
adopt substitute temporary roll of dele
gates.
us here?" he asked.
Bribery" came from half a dozer
throats
Hedges No Exception.
Even Hedges. sought as a speaker at 9
multitude of banquets, could not escape
the shafts He read a few lines filled
with praise of Senator Root and attrib
uted them 10 Col Roosevelt.
That's what Theodore Roosevelt say:
of Mr. Root" he added.
.He's found him out, shouted 6
Roosevelt enthusiast.
Senator Bradley had hardly begun his
speech in seconding the nomination Of
Senator Root when the question Wa:
Numbered at him:
Did you vote for Lorimer?" and every
time he tried to begin anew he was
greeted with the shout "Lorimer, Lori
mer. Lorimer.'
Mr. Bradley did not take kindly to tn.
reception.
Liar. liar, liar" he Missed back, shak
ing his fist at the crowd but the crowd
was persistent. Mr. Bradley gave up fol
a minute with this hot shot:
Il will stop now to allow each fool II
this convention to get through with hi:
questions"
He stepped back to the platform table
and poured out a glass of water Thu
ideas of a Kentuckian taking water wa
too much. and the crowd shouted in com
ment.
Let booze water talk some on,
bawled out near the platform. 1t linket
Senator Bradley's drink with who was il
the chair. and again the crowd becam
SO disorderly that the presiding Office
had as much effect in keeping back tn,
tide Of disorder as had the Goddess o
Freedom on the Capitol dome.
Attacks Hotel Rates.
Henry J. Allen coupled a secondin,
speech for Gov. McGovern with a com
plant against high hotel rates in Chi
cago.
They are charging US more none,
than we know where to get he shouted
from the platform.
Perkins" was the reply he got from
one of the galleries.
da1a 70 hnc 1t
of McGovern on story about a dol
bearing the strange name of Fido. TIL
crowd took one look at the speaker
bushy whiskers.
IAN right. F1do.' some one yelled; an,
it started roar of laughter that dis
cOuraged his orRtory.
When Bill" Finn of the Pennsylvani;
delegation was overruled in his objection
to the vote of q Pennsylvania on tn
national committees temporary roll Film
and several other keystone delegates
jumped onto chairs in front of the plat
form and shouted "Robber! Robber. Rob
ber.' until they we're almost voiceless
The responses OF the Districts tw,
delegates on the roll call for Temporal,
chairman could be clearly card above tn,
din. There was no sign of wavering Ii
the Root they shouted. BY the tim
they voted at the tail end the New gorke
had received q majority of the votes O
the convention.
The usual number of vendors Of tickets
to the convention are mingling in tn
crowds, and q big batch OF tickets, which
some OF them had retailed at So apiece
turned up at the doors OF the hall TODAY
One form. deliberately printed, stated Il
large type that this entities the beare
to pass" and in small print, .by tn
Coliseum at any time during the con
vention." 1t was signed "Westol
Walker"
A dairy lunchroom near the Coliseum
is proving a rendezvous for prominen
figures in the convention. At the luncl
hour today Senator Sutherland took ,