The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-06-20

and forcibly this arbitrary and unpar-
liamentary ruling" said Hadley, and
he was roundly cheered. I'VE could
have forcibly insisted on calling the
roll on that motion and we could have
forcibly taken control. Instead we
chose to wait patiently until today.
TT may be true that there are many
persons who do not agree with US that
Theodore Roosevelt should be our
be no difference Of opinion that his
voice today is the greatest of the
western world" said Hadley.
He then read a statement from four
teen members of the national commit
tee protesting against the action Of
the majority in seating many of the
delegates, particularly in the Califor-
mia, Texas and Washington cases.
Gov. Hadley made an earnest plea
that personalities be left out of the
debate, declaring the question was so
clearly one of principle that it should
not be involved by anything else. 1t
embraced the very existence of the
party itself, he said.
Gov. Hadley finished at IL: IS and
was followed by w. T. Dovell of Wash
ington, for the Taft side.
Dovell said 1t was utterly false that
the state of Washington ever was car
ried for Mr.. Roosevelt" At this point
ne was interrupted by angry jeers and
interrogations from the Roosevelt par
tisans. Mr.. Dovell characterized as
"recklessly false" the statement cred
tied to Colonel Roosevelt that an eff
fort had been made Ito steal the
Washington delegates. AS one of the
Taft delegates from the state, he de-
clared there was no primary law in
Washington. The declaration is ut
terly false" he declared, that the
state of Washington was ever carried
by Theodore Roosevelt
Applause from the Taft delegations
greeted this statement.
The recital of what Mr.. Dovell said
were the facts" as to Washington
aroused the ire of the Roosevelt dele
gates. He was interrupted with groans
from the several forces when ne de-
clared when it was discovered the
night before the state convention that
the Taft forces were in control, the
adherents Of Mr.. Roosevelt declined
to come to the convention because
they knew they were beaten"
The clerk, for the information of the
convention, then read the list of dele
gates which the Hadley motion would
strike from the roll and the list OF
those IL would seat. When the an
nouncement was concluded, Henry A.
Allen of Kansas, was presented to
speak in support of the Roosevelt
RipicuLED PRIMARY.
Allen ridiculed Dovells statements
about the Washington primary and
quoted figures to show that Tafts vote
had been small.
In the midst of his talk. Allen was
challenged to say whether he intended
10 support the nominee Of this con-
vention.
He said he would. ION one condition
that his nomination is not accom-
plished by fraud and thievery."
A great uproar Of cheering and an
CRY shouts followed.
The shouting so angered Delegate
Newcomb of New York, that he bel
lowed out a point of order against in
terruptions. The chair sustained the
motion and asked for fair play for
both sides.
Mr.. Allen discussed the Washington
cases in some detail, denouncing Dow
ellis sta tements as ''f1imsy." Allen
frequently was cheered by the Roose-
welt delegates and laughted at by the
Taft adherents.
Despite the discourtesy to speakers,
IL was apparent the temper Of the
delegates was much better than on
yesterday. The tension seemed to
have relaxed everywhere. After hav-
ing been interrupted repeatedly, Allen
shouted you haven't got anything
until this convention is over and then
the Lord only knows what you have
got"
Are you going to abide by the de-
cision Of this convention" shouted a
delegate.
I'll answer you later.
Answer me now.
The floor was in an uproar.
SUPPORT NOMINEE, BUT
w~r1rT
shouted Allen, his face growing red
and his voice growing husky. The
delegates stopped yelling long enough
to hear him. 4 want to support the
nominee Of this convention, but" at