The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-06-20

to u.s."
Col. Thayer, assistant sergeant-
alarms, shouted to the doorkeeper
to admit no one. The Roosevelt
forces again called for everyone to
come in.
Mr.. Thayer called for policemen
who pushed their way through to
prevent the crowd from getting in.
The Roosevelt men poured from
the room, declaring they were acting
under orders of Col. Roosevelt.
Everybody go to the Florentine
room at the Congress-" shouted one
man.
They rushed outside, followed by
the crowd, and in the street outside
! OIL the coliseum they We're overtaken
by the secretary William Hayward.
...., The Raesrfn oo.tI Lem. .rdlus
The Reason for It.
''Why did you act that way" he
demanded of Henry. why did you
not wait until some rules had been
passed."
I'VE are acting under the direct
orders of Col. Roosevelt" retorted
Heney.
1--WE are obeying a better geenral
than you," shouted George Record,
of New Jersey. "He told Us to leave
that room and We did it,
Halburt declared that the break
came as the result of the refusal of
the majority in the committee to
open all evidence in the case, Mr..
Halburt presented resolutions asking
that the temporary roll of the con-
\ Vanfinr ho
face evidence of the right of the dele
gates to sit; and that all evidence
be gone into. He declared that the
committee refused to do this and at
tempted to gag the minority by
making rules that would have left
the action of the national committee
as practically decisive in all the con-
tests.
MIR. Heney later came back to the
lobby and urged the Roosevelt con-
testants to go y. the Florentine room
of the Congress, Where the Roosevelt
headquarters are located, and be
heard by the members of the creden-
tlals committee representing Roose-
welt.
Return to Room. :
The majority of the boilers later
We're induced to- return to the COM
mlttee room, but the Roosevelt men
declare that they will leave in a
body unless they were conceded their
! point.
| Believing they had acted too hast
| lily. some of the Roosevelt men re-
turned to the committee room after
! short conference in the street.
! While Mr.. Record and Mr.. Heney de-
clared that they were acting under
Mr.. Roosevelts directions, others be-
lieve that they should have remained
until definite action was taken by
the committee upon the time for ar
gument and the character of the
evidence to be considered.
X. K. Mccormick, of Chicago, also
remained in the committee room.
Mr.. Halburt declared they would
stay until they had secured a vote
on his resolution for consideration
of all evidence in the contest cases
and would then again leave.
James r. Garfield, of Ohio, former
secretary of the interior, came to
the door and attempted to enter the
room. 1t was understood he had
some message from Col. Roosevelt.
Policement and doorkeepers thrust
him back, although one of the COM
mitteemen attempted to pull him in.
With the aid of Ormsby McHarg, he
was then ushered into the commit
tee waiting room through side door.
Out Second Time.
/ After bolting once from the cred
entails committee under the orders of
Col. Roosevelt, and teing called
back by the Roosevelt managers Of
the committee room, all of the ROose-
velt members of the credentials
committee except R. r. Mccormick,
of Chicago, left again at 11:45
O'Clock last night, declaring they
were ''out for good"
Early this morning, Col. Roosevelt
ordered them back, to preserve the
! appearance of regularity to the last.
| The cause of the bolt was the re-
fusal of the commi'te to give full
hearing on all contest cases. After
the Roosevelt men had left the COM
mittee took up the cases, but had not
proceeded far when e. motion to adj
journ until 8 O'Clock tomorrw MORN
ling was proposed and carried.
Senator Dixon, the Roosevelt cam
paign manager, who had been hur-
riedly summoned after the first bolt.
4 left with the Roosevelt men. These
men are tired and will go home and
go to bed" he said. 81 think the.
other fellows are wasting time to
stay here tonight"
POLICE WOULD BE USED IF
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Chicago.-Talk of definite rup-