The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-06-18

ssrs.iI ~. -
speakers platform. whore they com.
handed the stairway leading up
from the floor level, % % 81 the
largest 81 the police force In Chit
cage. under the personal command
OF Capt stephen X Hcaly former
Inspector The captain said that he
had no special orders-that he was
there 20 see that there were no dis
tufbancea.
NY men are good nen." he said.
''hus we are looking for no disturb.
anee and we will be able 20 take
care Of anything that may come Up"
COMMITTEES Arrives.
Members 81 tho national com.
mittec were amnnw the earliest ar.
rivals. They seemed anxious. but
said they we're certain that the
temporary roll that they had com
plcted would finally be approved
There was n lively traffic Ia con.
vcntion tickets. while the ball wan
slowly filling up Across the tre"t
from the Coliseum ON Wabash av
a firm u enterpfisius tiefei apecu'
lators established an office In Jack
sons storage warehouse They pat
out a biz sikh rerdirr. Convention
tickets bought and sold"
$50 for Tickets.
The market price for a complete
set OF FIVE tickets here Was $50.
The man Ia charge dsellaed O. say
what he paid for the tickets he had
acquired. bat declared That he had
enough for All who wnnid Amply A
negro delegate said he WIS from
Georgia. and offered several news
papsrmen a fun set Of delegates
tickets for s26. he aald that he
needed the money"
The FIRST delegation 20 arrive eaH
that 81 Georgia They werc follow
cd shortly Aiterward BY r~preacn.
tatiyes % Missippi. New Hampshire
Ohio and Illinois delegates
Taft Platform Un~risten.
There was much discussion about
the platform suggestions. wm.
Barnes. Ir.. In response 20 an Ia.
qulry regarding the publication OF
what puFportsd 10 be the official
platform of the Taft men. said.
There have been number ~
rough drafts 81 the platform sub
mitted. but none Of them Is official.
A. a matter OF fact. II will be i'm.
possible 70 say just what the plat.
form will contain until the resolsf.
lions committee actually gets 10
work. Everything up 20 the pres.
cnt must OF necessity be guess.
The report was pcrsistcntiy cir.
culaied that n break 20 Roosevelt
was imminent IN the New York del.
ogatlon. when State Chairman
VIM Barnes. Jr~ was asked about
he said:
There Is absolutely no truth In
the report New York 10 solid All
OF the Roosevelt defections have
been accounted for. The declara.
ton that any more New York dele
gates will desert the president "a
absolutely unfounded"
"Hat in Ring"
When the Oklahoma delegates
filed into the fall they we're headed
by tall ranchman carrying n hunt.
ing decorated hoop with a battered
sombrero In the center. The hat
In the ring" caused no stir, the dele
gates being too much interested IN
the arrivals to care for buffoonery
The big delegate. however. put the
hat under his chair. for use later on.
penrose Peeved.
Senator Penrose. when he walked
down the platform to take his seat,
was greeted with derlsive ieera BY
the Pennsylvania delegation. that
occupied seats directly In front OF
the press section. The big deposed
boss Of the Keystone state flushed
and his Jaw act grimly as he
dropped into his seat. This indica
ton OF the temper Of the Roosevelt
men seemed 20 affect Chairman
Rosewater, and he sent down foi
Barnes, and the pair withdrew Il
the rear OF the stage for brief con
ference.
Former Vice President Fairbanks
OF Indiana got the first real ovation
OF the convention when his tai
form was dlseerned an hour before
the meeting time.
Cameras and Megaphones
Mammoth cameras. aimed at the
stage, we're perched from every bal.
cony rail.
Red Cross flags at several door.
ways were a GYM reminder. pos.
sibly OF a prophecy.
Two huge megaphones, an ice
water tank and private telephone
we're the only ornaments of the
speakers stage.
Big white bags hung from the
roof caused wonderment and were
the object OF much questioning OF
police and ushers by delegates
They were TO be used to hold the
smoke when the flashlights OF the
convention were taken.
At 10.45 a second squad of SO
policemen. most OF them members
OF the traffic squad. filed into the
hall They took places at the rear
OF the platform. so that they com.
mandea II on alb sides.
Boss Barnes Smiles
The New York delegation came in
at 1o:40, headed by VIM. Barnes,