The Harlowton news., 1912-07-26
one PHI Sc O
cow ION
HappeninqsAt the National Con
vention, By W. G. Husband
HarloWton's Alternate.

L a e
A great many of my friends
have asked me various questions
|about the republican National Con
1 vention since / have returned. 4
| 10 answer all these questions and
give an account OF the convention
would require a whole volume
But there is one phase Of the con
[vention, that is particularly tn
teresting to the people Of the vest
and that is the reason that TAFT
was nominated instead Of a com
promise candidate. Because the
western delegates generally desired
a candidate other than either Taft
or Roosevelt, upon whom the party
Icould unite, and make Republican
victory certain this fail.
When the delegates instructed
for Taft reached Chicago, word
i was passed around that the presl-
#|dent desired the convention to
| take whatever course seemed best
for the Republican party. Roose-5
| velt had already declared that
there would be two conventions,
which gave rise to the feeling that
both the leading candidates should
4 be set aside and new man chosen.
i Distinct progress had been made
in this direction at one time early
in the week Of the conventions.
The Maine delegates who We're
elected for Roosevelt agreed that
J, he could not be elected if nomi-
Il mated and were ready to turn IN
7lfor,a third eandiaate. Governor
, Hadley Of Missouri, while acting as
floor manager for Roosevelt had
conducted himself SO splendidly
5 and had stood so firmly for a
; square deal, never giving otfense
!, in his remarks, that he won the
admiration of great body OF
delegates.
The opportunity for concentrat
ing upon a candidate seemed to
have arrived when Watson 0:
9 Indiana, Taft's floor manager
i called upon Hadley to come to tht
] speakers platform. The two mel
we're standing beside each othe1
: when the ovation began that came
g nearest to a stampede of anything
that occurred in Chicago. Delegate
It flor Roosevelt and Taft alike wer
= standing on chairs waving hats
banners, handkercheifs, umbrellas
] and shouting, sHadley! Hadley
IIadley!" Hadley could have bee
!, nominated right then, and Gun
!, Minis was also freely talked Of i
. the hotels that night, but the I'll
goyernable ambition of Roosevelt
! wrecked all chances.
!. = 1t was at this point that Roos'
yelt's determination to win th
nomination or ruin the grand OF
party became most conspicuous
!. manifest. Instead of permittir
! his principals to win, even thoue
8, with another member of his VIII
81 of the party at the forefront, ii
s, third term candidate, and the ms
8, who had started all the mt
throwing, and who says that
stands for the people, who W
: directing tile campaign from L
personal headquarters the Congre
q hotel by telephone, caused |
va OtlcI uldHdbGlS w SOni y q coN
demonstration against Hadley, a
this effort to stifie the Hadley ST
timent finally succeeded.
1T is said upon reliable authori
o, although I cannot state that ] hea
6; it, that when Hadley returned
his seat, he declared Indignant
co to the other Roosevelt men chat
had not had fair deal, and he c
,,,n tainly didn't, and from that I'll
~ on he was regarded with suspic
a. by the other Roosevelt leaders, q
~ had very little to do with
ent. Continued on page A.