El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-06-20


2O-Taft forces held their lead over
the Roosevelt forces in the second test
vote of the convention, wnIcn came
Wednesday late
The test vote followed a day of lively
debating in which there was warm
exchange of personalities at various
times.
The vote was on a motion to table
motion by the Roosevelt forces and
HadIey, the Roosevelt leader. had
moved to unseat 80 Taft delegates and
replace them with % Roosevelt men.
Watson, Taft leader, moved to refer
it to the committee on credentials
! Governor Deneen, of Illinois, moved
to amend Watson's motion by prohibit
ing any man voting upon a matter
affecting his own seat
Watson moved to table the Deneen
motion.
The vote was taken on the motion to
table and was carried, 563 to SO. On
the second test of strength the TAFT
men had clean victory The majority
was a little more than on Tuesday,
when it was sos to 502-
The Watson motion to refer was then
adopted and the committee on creden-
tials announced
The convention adjourned at $50 un-
til noon Thursday.
The demonstration during Wednes-
DAY afternoon in favor Of governor
Hadley, of Missouri. during the tlShI
before the convention on seating %
Roosevelt delegates instead Of 90 Taft
men. was the first of the convention
As the debate neared its end, Hadley
came to the front of the stage and the
cheering started. PandemOnium broke
loose and lasted an hour.
California and Nebraska were soon
in line and the hall became bedlam
Governor HadIey retired from his
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beside Mr. Root and AR Watson az the
chairman's table. He smiled broadly
Three Men Carrying Standards.
Oklahoma and Pennsylvania fell into
line. Round the big hall came the pro-
CesSiOn yelling. shrieking, trying TO
sing. cheering Roosevelt and Hadley- 1t
took three men to carry each or the
heavy standards which had been eS-
pecially weighted to prevent such a
demonstration
Some of the California delegates as
they went by the speakers stand
called out. I'VE want Teddy" A stall
wart Kansan carrying the standard OF
that state. attempted to thrust it up
on the platform, but was pulled back
MissOurIs delegates brought their
standard with its big iron base up in
front of the speakers stand and did
grizzly bear dance there until
pushed on by other delegations. Some
OF the states had fastened their stand
ards so securely TO the floor that all
efforts to dislodge them proved futile
The Massachusetts people tugged at
theirs for 10 minutes and then broke
The New York delegates climbed on
their chairs when the demonstration
had been in progress II minutes, but
they did so to observe and not to take
part
over in the Kansas delegation a deep
thrOaty yell punctuated the demOnstra-
ton. We want Teddy We want
Teddy" came the yell, and soon it de-
velOped into deep, drOning chant
that rose above the flood Of sound.
CALIFORNIA; bear-SurmOunted pole
joined the parade and the Massachu-
sets delegates hOisted a big black
hat on their broken standard During
the demonstration Barnes. OF New
York, declared. I'm not disturbed
Reason eventually will be restored"
Mrs LOnEwOrth There.
Mrs. Alice Roosevelt LOngwOrth.
stood up when the demonstration be-
gan and looked out over the sea Of
waving hands.
Mrs, LOngworth was leaning over
the rail talking with a friend when the
chant of We want Teddy began
sounding. She Strengthened up and
waved friends aside to catch the cry;
then turned and smiled at her hus-
band
starts HadIey Cheers.
W n. Coleman, of the Pennsylvania
delegation, dashed to the front of the
stage with a megaphOne and shouted:
'Hadley, the next. president! Three
cheers"
Coleman Ieaped up and down on the
platform waving his arms and yelled ]
for cheers for Hadley. He got the I
cheers but the sergeant at arms got
him and he was led off the stag.
Soon after this incident a pretty girl I
in white in the gallery suddenly stood I
up and waived Autograph Of Col /
She was at once the center /
of attraction. She stood waving the I
picture in one hand
~, Oh. Il
many of the eyes that turned her way
lost none of their interest when TheO-
dore ROOSeyeltS likeness disappeared. [
The girl herself was sufficient treat I
Then someone found the picture and +
returned il to her and the cheering,
which had died away for the instant, /
was renewed.
Reporters made a rush to find who /
Chicago.
Recalls Famous Stampede.
Old timers said they remembered {
nothing Ike this since Minnie Murray. /
of Iowa. the famous Woman in White"
in 1896.
Mrs. Davis was brought to the floor !
by several delegates and an attempt 4
was made to lift her to the stage. The |
sergeant at arms stopped this. But 4
Mrs Davis, from the press section. led I
the cheering. still holding her precious 1
picture and trying to make a speech.
senator Root made no serious effort I
to stop the demonstration for Il long
while until it had been in progress 40 /
minutes and Mrs. Davis had disappeared /
from the floor.
Sergeant at arms Stone and assist |
ant chief Schuettler, of the police de- /
partment, patrOllinS the center aisle /
succeeded in getting most of the dele (
gates In their seats by 3:37.
Policemen in the gallery were en-
deaEorlng to restore quiet in the vi ]
entity of Mrs. Davis. who had returned /
TO her gallery seat amid another wave I
of cheers She withdrew for a moment I
IN the company of an officer and the !
crowd Kissed what they thought was |
a forcible removal of the feminine en-
thusiast
In moment she returned to her seat !
TO receive another storm of applause.
Moves TO Refer.
w hen quiet had been restored and /
after governor Hadley had made a I
brief statement. Mr. Watson moved to /
refer to the credentials committee the /
motion to seat the 80 Roosevelt dele /
gates.
Governor Deneen moved to amend so Z
as to provide that no contested dele /
gates should vote on the membership !
or the committee on credentials, or on :
its report
Mr. Watson moved to table the mo-
ton of governor Deneeu