Omaha daily bee., 1912-06-23

| places, turned their backs on the plat
form to listen. She was encored-
| huge placard was lowered over the
| balcony rail bearing in big black let
ters What Root Said of the Penrose
Machine: A Corrupt and Criminal Com
bination Masquerading Under the Name
of the Republican Party"
| When the crowd caught sight of 1t
there was roar. but police rushed
| down on the banner and the man who
had placed it there was out Of sight.
| Governor johnson Quits.
| Shortly after Senator Root had called
the convention to order Governor John
son Of California, one of the Roosevelt
| leaders left the convention hall. His rea-
son for doing so was explained in the
following statement, which he gave out:
| IT shall not sit in this convention dur
ing the nomination of the president, nor
shall / consider myself in any manner
bound by its acts. Not only was a fraud
ulent roll foisted upon us to defeat the
will of the people, but the law Of the
state of California, solemnly passed by
that state, and acquiesced in by the pres
ident and every faction in California, has
been nullified. The basic right Of the
people to rule and the fundamental prin-
ciple of the direct primary have been out
ragged and defied.
LAS the governor Of California, sworn
to uphold its laws, 1 feel that my duty
is plain, and that, as we'll, my self-respect
demands that / shall no longer remain in
the convention. All Of the California
delegation are in thorough accord with
me. and desire to remain with me, but I
have requested them to remain to carry
out the general plan of the Roosevelt
delegates" ~.
The report of the credentials committee
on the Fifth district Of Virginia, seating
the Taft delegates, was accepted by a
viva voce vote. -s.
Chairman Root walked to the front of
the platform to make a statement. He
smiled broadly as his advent was greeted
by a hoarse "Toot, toot" from the whistle
in the gallery. He asked unanimous con-
sent to place on the roll call those dele
gates against whom contests had been
dismissed by unanimous vote Of the ma
tjonal committee. and which had not
been renewed before the credentials
committee. This was done.
Convention Resumes ork.
This leaves only the Texas cases
which will be presented"
Then the convention again settled dowr
to work.
1t was 2:15 .. m. when the report or
the eight delegates-at-larse from Texas
was finally received. A statement in the
report that the republican sentiment ir
Texas was overwhelmingly in favor Of
President Taft" was greeted with groans
, and outlaws. The committee favored the
, Taft delegates and scored the so-callet
l Cecil Lyon officeholders' 1t also de-
ferred to Texas as boss ridden"
A minority report recommended seating
the Roosevelt delegates, but on viva vocs
vote. the Taft delegates We're seated
, Then came a series of reports on the dis
trict delegates from Texas. AS the viva
, voce votes seating the Taft delegates
, were taken the delegates laughed up.
, roariously and the galleries joined in the
| voting.
Chairman Root tried to be serious
throughout the proceedings, but his face
, was almost constantly broken with q
broad grin.
The committee on credentials and the
convention approved the action of the
national committee In giving the Roose,
Welt people four delegates from Texas =
in the Third and Fifteenth districts.
The CREDENTIALS committee report as q
whole then was adopted THIS ended the
contests and the convention took UP tho
,, report of the committee on permanent or
ganization. r.. % '-.-
Organization Made Permanent.
1t recommended that the temporary or.
ganization be made permanent Chair
man Root yielded the gapel to Repre-
sentative olmstead of Pennsylvania while
the motion was put When it carried he
was given a big cheer.
There were cries of speech, speech. "
and Root stepped forward. 1t hal taken
nearly five days for the committee to gel
to its permanent organization, an un
precedented state Of affairs The demon
stration continued several minutes.
Il thank you, my friends, from the bot.
: tom of my heart. My first act as per.
manent chairman of this convention is t.
ask unanimous consent that a delegatt
from the state of Kansas, our republican
brother. Henry ]. Allen, be permitted tc
make statement. Is this all right? Tht
chair hears no objections.
Mr.. Allen then came forward to read
the Roosevelt statement and to pronouncs
the Roosevelt valedictory" When he
) announced he was about to read a state.
, ment just placed in my hands from Colo
mel Theodore Roosevelt" the Roosevelt
adherents broke into a demonstration anG
cheering and renewed the cries of 1--WE
want Teddy" While Allen stood waiting
for quiet New Jersey tore its standard
from the iron pole and started around
the aisle,
Nebraska Joins In.
Minnesota, Nebraska, Indiana, West
Virginia and Oklahoma Joined the pro-
cession and the thing was on in earnest,
West Virginia took its place In the line
Out of a sea of heads and arms the
standards were suddenly raised as the
procession passed around the hail. Penn
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