The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-29


vention to refuse tomorrow morning
longer to recognize the majority in
the convention that elected Root
chairman and defeated the resolution
of Governor Deneen
Declaring that he would not speci.
fly the particular course which they
were to take he practically ordered
/ the bolt which has so long been hang.
ing fire Til. action came after
tumultuous evening, during which
..Wts had stood i'm Michigan avenue
/ under the Colonets window, shouting
we want Teddy"
Some of the leaders of the progress
sive States declared this morning
they would not countenance a bolt
North Dakota will remain regular
and will not bolt" said Senator Glun-
ma. - have seen several Wisconsin
delegates and they assure me they
will remain in the regular conyen.
ton"
Senator Kenyon gave the same as.
surance as to the ten Cummins votes
in Iowa.
A man who has been close to the
/ Roosevelt leaders said Colonel Roose-
welt could not control more than 200
votes on a bolt
Earlier in the evening he had or
dered his men to walk out of the
credentials committee when that com
mittee refused to allow the time he
thought necessary for discussion of
the contest cases, and all but one did
so.
At 1880 he had met his delegates
in the Florentine room and told them,
in brief speech, that he would have
more to say at o'clock. At that
hour the Florentine room was pack
ed, as was The corridor outside.
guard was stationed at the Colonel's
door.
Just before 1 o'clock Clifford Pin
chot came out He was closely fol-
lowed by Roosevelt, who was hustled
by his guards through the crowd and
, into the Florentine room, where he
, mounted a desk and ordered the doors
locked Some one told him there
we're others besides delegates in the
room, but he said:
= What | have to say is particularly
for the delegates, but it won't hurt the
D others. When | talked to you during
the campaign ! told YOU that if | was
fairly beaten by the peoples votes
=. would have nothing to say, but that ii
j.. ] was fraudulently defeated | would
have great deal to say
p He then went on to recount what had
/ %-~pened in the National Committee
{ and the resulting maiorities for Elihl
. Root and fol the tabling of Governor
f Deneen's motion today in the conven
n ton. In what he said, he appeared tC
p accept the fact that this majority was
!. permanently established He contin
!. ued as follows:
8 AS far as | am concerned | an
d through CCries of No!'D
lnoendiary Advice Given.
r. wait minute | hope that to
q morrow when you go back to the con
q vention YOU viii introduce resolu
q ton that none of those fraudulent
\ votes shall be counted. Don't lie
a down again if they beat you Will
a fraudulent votes. (Cries of W.
O won'tD There's no use voting agains
y fraudulent votes when the fraudulen
votes are counted, ! hope that yol
will take such action as will make /
" perfectly plain tina. YOU no longe
J., recognize this fraudulent majority o
G the Republican National Convention
At You have the legal right TO organic
IT yourself as the convention if you hay
q. the courage to do it. Let us find on
if the Republican party is the repre-
1t sentative Of the people or the repre-
l. sentative of special interests
w Concluding briefly, he Jumped dow
n. from the table and was hustle
o through the corridor by his guard
back to his room His appearance wa
n, that of "a man laboring under grea
TO excitement His hair was tousled an
he several times he interrupted himse
$ to shout: Shut that door, as belate
IS delegates were continually forcin
lis their way into the room.
Tx There were occasional G. -. as b
We spoke, but as he came to the point {
i'm ordering his men to bolt a stillncs
,n fell over the meeting and each ma
10 there realized the gravity of th
course which he was being order,
10 pursue.
90 win not tell you how you sha