The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-06-19

plan was in direct opposition to the
rules governing the national commit
tee and to long established procedure
| in the temporary organization of Re-
publican national conventions
The proposed innovation met with
majority Of the members of the ma
tional committee.
The more moderate members of the
Roosevelt organization counselled
against the resolution. They declared
that attempts to secure its adoption
would precipitate a decisive fight at
once. They said that they did not be-
lieve revolutionary proceedings In
connection with the temporary organi-
zation of a convention could be jus
titled; that the temporary organiza-
ton is not the convention, but merely
the gateway to the convention.
In this connection a hard fight Of
protest was urged on every point, with
the fdeasof preparing case for pre-
sentatton to the country in conjunc
, ton with whatever line of action is
found feasible at a stage further
along.
At exactly 1915 the band broke in
with MY Country, It's of Thee A
| few people recognized the tune and
stood up with heads barred. To most
of the people, however, a band is
band, and a tune is a tune, and they
paid no attention to the matter.
A small striped tiger-cat, the Co.
| liseum's mascot, scorned all the police
rules and ran in and out among the
! legs of both the policemen and the
| chairs with evident good humored
| scorn Of the whole business, about
which all the bipeds in the hall were
on the qutvive.
By 1890 a. m. there was a goodly
sprinkling Of people, including some
| of the New York, Mississippi and
| Texas delegates, in the hall And still
outside in the streets were hundreds
| OF people more or less prominent in
Republican councils, who found it i'm
/ possible to get into the big hall.
| The repeating system has been
! killed, said. one Of the assistant ser
! geants- arms, and they have found
no way to overcome it."
Every ticket holder passed muster
three times before he found his place
bin the convention hall At the last he
1 surrendered his days coupon and no
means remained to help friend. or
to convince a doorkeeper of the i'm
portance of the ticketless ones out
| side.
"PULL" DON'T COUNT.
Outside the hall there was scram-
BILE for admittance, but no kind of elo-
| quence, no argument, no plausible
history of imperative business On that
| side Of the street was of any avail.
Every policeman had to be shown" a
| ticket, the right kind of a ticket at
the right door. There were Chicago
politicians who had not been able to
get tickets, but who thought they had
a pull No sort of pull-no sort of
local pull, at any rate-was of any
use.
NO SIGN OF ENTHUSIASM,
Up to 11:15 there had been no signs
Of enthusiasm, no cheering, no march
ing up and down. Delegates and lead
ers came in and went straight to their
seats or stood talking in, the aisles.
In the east galleries a battery OF
cameras was trained on the stage
ready to catch flashlight al the open
ing of proceedings.
The first real applause came at IL: &c
for former Vice-President Fairbanks
who entered with former Senator
Heminway of Indiana
: AS California entered it's banner be
came entangled in some of the numer-
Gus signs overhead. Then all banners
were ordered excluded.
Soon after IL o'clock the delegates
were coming into the hall in large
numbers. The body of delegates seat.
there had been little applause, most OF
it for the band: and no cheering
Chairman Victor Rosewater of the Re-
publican national committee appeared
} on the stage at 11:15.
!, WEST VIRGINIA ARRIVES.
West Virginia came in with a snappy
"rah! rah!" They had it all to them
selves; nobody responded.
The Californians rolled up their ban
!. l Y1e q n a Srala
cation covered their regrets with their
now famous cheer. All this time the
band was playing Silver Threads
Among the Gold"
Strains of Dixie" which followed
the rather doleful melody of old favor
; ties brought the so1therners to their
feet with a yell. Many northern dele
gates Joined them.
BY this time from all parts Of the
hall the rival yells burst forth The
music from the band up near the ROOT
of the hall was drowned in sthe crib
from the we'll drilled delegations
Again the band swung into Dixie
and the Taft negro delegates from
Florida climbed up on their chairs and
sang. AS the song concluded they
shouted a. yell of defiance at the
Roosevelt delegates from New Jersey
seated across the aisle.
> A moment later the Jerseyites re-
; turned the yell as the band struck VI
Marching Through Georgia" A scat.
tered cheer greeted the song. Charles
P. Taft visited the Texas delegation
and asked them to ''sit firm in thu
boat" He visited several other dele
cations. and urged them not to be af.
fected by Roosevelt cheers.
Pennsylvania delegation, standing
on chairs and waving hats punctureC
the air with a cheer for State Chair.
man William F. Finn, followed by Z
well executed Roosevelt yell.
What's the matter with Finn !?
called a voice as Finn appeared
THE ROOSEVELT YELL.
Hes all right" shouted the Penn
sylvania chorus. Then followed tn
Roosevelt yell.
West Virginia answered with yell
for Teddy" and New Jersey. climinl
on the chairs. Joined the cheering.
At ten minutes of IL. practically al
Of the delegates were on the floor, bu
many had not found their seats. Tn
aisles were choked and caused mucl
confusion. The hall was a veritabl
babel.
Chairman Rosewater began pound
ing for order at 1902 p. m. The bant
was droning away at the time and !