Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-06-19
LITTLE SCRAPPING AS YET
UADLEY WILL RENEW ATTEMPT~
10 GUST THE FRAUDULENT"
DELEGATES.
WILL battle AGAIN today
Army of Policemen We're Not Needed,
but Human Volcanoes May Break
out AT Any Time.

CHICAGO, June 1S.-Against the
threats, charges and bitter invectlvC
of the Roosevelt forces, Taft support
ers In the republican national conven'
ton today put through the first por-
ton of their program by electing Sen
ator Elihu Root OF New York as tenn
porary chairman. In spite Of the racl
that Victor Rosewater, chairman oil
the national committee, consistently
ruled out OF order every motion MADE
by the Roosevelt forces II required
more than five hours to reach vote
on the temporary craftsmanship.
Calling of the roll was beset with
difficulties from the very first name
on the list OF delegates. but in the END.
when the tumult had died away, Sen
ator Root was found to have won by
a vote of 55S TO 502 for Governor
Francis Il. McGovern Wisconsin,
with four scattering votes, and touT
not voting.
Taft Has the Advantage.
Tonight both the Taft and Roose-
welt forces are claiming this vote in
dicates that their candidate Is abso-
lutely sure to win. The advantage APP
pears to be with the president, now
ever, for while he Is sure to lose some
OF the votes that were cast for Sena-
tor Root, 1t is claimed, he VIII gain,
II instructions are lived up to. soma
of the votes independently cast tor
McGovern.
y Those leaders who have been urging
a compromise candidate ever since
they arrived in Chicago are pointing
to another angle In the fight and claim
they show that 1t Is essential to name
a so-called dark horse" to save the
day for the republican party.
Another Battle Today.
While Mr.. Root was made chair
man today and managed to deliver his
keynote speech, the fighting Is to be
renewed at IL O'Clock tomorrow when
the motion Of the Roosevelt leaders
to submit a new list Of delegates foe
those seated in some Of the contested
cases heard before the national COM
mlttee, is to be taken up as the un-
finished business. No committees
were named tonight and none will be
until this motion to purge the con-
vention Of fraudulent delegates is
disposed of. Today 1t vas defeated
on a point of order, but the Roose-
welt forces declare that parliamentary
practices will not be permitted to
stand in their way tomorrow.
Boilers Is Hurled.
The Roosevelt people and the TAFT
people carried out their programs as
announced in advance almost to the
letter. The Roosevelt people say to
night they are going to fight every
inch of the way.
There were cries of "bolters' hurled
at the Roosevelt delegates at times
during the session, but the contin-
gency Of bolt again tonight seemed
to be far distant.
California under the leadership OF
Governor Johnson, assumed pelliger
ant attitude almost with the start or
the roll call, when the two Roosevelt
delegates from the Fourth district
unseated by the national committee
were not allowed to vote. But they
confined their protest to eloquence:
the two votes for Root were the only
encroachment In that state upon the
vote cast for McGovern.
Hadlcy Started the Fight.
The chaplain had hardly finished
his invocation OF the divine blessing
upon the convention before Governor
Hadley was on his feet, objecting to
the personnel Of the convention itself
This led to long and intricate parli-
mentary argument.
Chairman Victor Rosewater of the
national committee, upon whose shoul-
ders had fallen the ordinary perfuc
tory duty of calling the convention to
order and presenting the recon
mendations Of the committee for tenn
porary officers of the convention
found himself with an able bodied Job
of presiding over what seemed likely
to be turbulent and passionate war
of factions. He was not In good
voice and what he said was barely
audible at the front of the platform
but trumpet-voiced clerks with meg
iphones did all the necessary announc
ing, including the chairmans Initial
ruling upon the Hadley objection.
Rosewater Stood Firm.
This ruling was to the effect that
until the national committee had pre-
sented the temporary roll call, mad
up from the credentials from the in
dividual states and Its judgment upon
contests, there was no convention, the
gathering was a mere mass meeting:
that nothing could be done until a
preliminary organization had been ef-
fected by the selection OF a presiding
officer. He held that absolutely no
business was In order save the choice