The Washington herald., 1912-06-19

CHICAGO, June 1s.-The dove OF peace.
put into commission by no less peace
expert than Theodore Roosevelt the win
ner OF the Nobel peace prize, left the
Congress Hotel at 10 o'clock this morn
ing, along with i1.Oo0 delegates. alter
mates and the wealth and fashion OF
Chicago, and took up his abode IN the
Coliseum. After that everybody stopped
being afraid.
There was a keneral paIing Of cheeks
when a nashlight explosion shook the
haIl. hut by the time the feeble gavel Of
Chairman Rosewater fell the war drums
throbbed no longer ana the battle nags
were furled. The word had gone out that
the colonel had ceased hring' ana that
the expected and hoped-for scrimnage
was not coming on.
Tbs Roosevelt crowd got into the game
early with their scheme to substitute tie
temporary roll IN containing their steam
rolled deieEates for those given tickets
o. adunittance by the National Commit
tee. They didn't get away with II, and
they did not expect TO. What was more
depressing still from the point OF view
Of the sport fans IN the audience was
that they did not make any row about Il,
but got behind McGovern. Of Wisconsin
and beRan boosting him against Root, TO
the intense disgust of Walter Hauser, La
FolIette's campaign manager and John
Hannah, his secretary
stone the First to Speak.
Let US not, however. get ahead of our
story.
serEeant-at-arms Stone was the first
person to address the delegates. He
made a brief speech through the mega
phone TO the effect that II the persons
blocking the aisles did not retire volun-
tarily he would have them thrown out.
The persons in the alsles looked at
the ranks Of blue coats who lined every
| wall like a frieZe and got out Of the
alsles.
Then II was that Victor Rosewater,
who looked like a nice little arts and
crafts doll in the back OF the hall. let
fall his gavel The convention will
come to order is what the lip readers
say Rosewater said. Nobody got the
message by ear.
At this stage Of the proceedings arose
Gov Hadley Of Missouri, lean, gaunt,
and tenor voiced. and asked II he might
address the chair. Then Hadley sud
denly remembered that the invocation
had not been offered. and he sat down.
The Invocation was delivered by the
Rev. Father James F. Callaghan. OF ST.
Malachrs Church. Secretary Hayward
then read the temporary roll.
No BeIIIEerents in Crowd.
Meanwhile alIgnments offensive and
defensive were being made. The Taft
people were massed in the center of
the stage, with Penrose looming up
above them all In the exact middle,
with Mckinley on one side, Crane on
the other. and Barnes. with his hair
nicely sIicked down over his forehead
standing close by. To the right was
william L. Ward. Of the Roosevelt
forces, reading a newspaper. Borah,
looking calm and serene, and Cecil
Lyon. clad in a large square yellow
badge labeled Texas"
There appeared to be no beIligerents
in the crowd. although Bill Finn"
arose now and then and passed up and
down scowling darkly at Barnes back
hair.
GOV. Hadley rose again when the
formalities were over. and repeated
his request for an audience. II was
granted, and at the vociferous demand
OF platform" by a multitude OF the
delegates, the governor climbed the
stairs and faced the delegates.
Meanwhile the galleries were hoot-
ing for Root part OF the time, and
warbling that they wanted Teddy the
rest Of it. The same voices Joined IN
both songs.
HndIcy Wants Rule Set Aside.
Mr.. Hadley in a brief and impassioned
speech told the delegates that the roll
made up by the National Committee was
very bad roll. that IL contained the
names OF sixty delegates who had ahso-
luteIy no right to be in the convention.
and that II the temporary chairman was
elected by any such roll he could not
answer for the consequences
He moved the adoption OF a roll which
ar,I NrH1NF NFFsh
he offered.
Thereupon James f. Watson. the ardent
Taft man. mounted the stairs with a point
Of order. His point OF order was that
any motion about anything before the
convention had convened was out Of or
der too far out 10 he worth considering.
Mr.. Rosewater then difidently and
through his verbal proxy said he would
stand for forty minutes debate on the
subject before he came to a decision,
twenty minutes being allowed to a side.
When Hadley came forward to start the
argument they Cheered for one minute
and forty seconds, which up to that time
was the record.
Fort and Payne Speak.
HadIey was then allowed to proceed
without any interference worth speaking
Of He was followed by Gov. Fort Of |
I
and finally was unable to make himself |
heard above the uproar from below and |
aIoft
Serene E. Payne who has large body. !
white hair, and a booming voice, essayed !
to start the argument for the Taft side. |
How about the Payne tariff bill that |
put the party on the blink?' yelled an un- !
feeling man in the gallery.
After that Mr.. Payne's remarks were
not heard, for the whole house began |
hooting.
Jim Watson did the rest OF the talking !
over on Hadley by explaining that the /
lish the precedent quoted by Hadley, be-
mittee in 1854. that august body not hav-
ing come into existence until 1S6s.
HadIey Out of Order.
1t required very little OF Mr.. Rosewater
to decide that the Hadley motion was
put of order.
This being one of the signals for battle,
everybody held their breath for a minute
It was unnecessary, however. There was
no battle. A bull-voiced spectator in
rear gallery yelled:
I'VE don't want any Rosewater in
ours" but the Roosevelt captains had
nothing to say. Mr.. Ward continued to
read his paper and Senator Dixon to
chew the cud of gum which had kept his
machinery busy all the
At this juncture a banner an
ounclng that Robert NJ. La Toilette is
an ideal candidate for President was car