The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-23

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the next report It lasted until 1881
There was great deal OF disorder 70
while. Up In the gallery, Just be
low the band, a man hung hanne
reading, What Foot Said About Pen
. rose" 1t read:
Ihey arc criminal and corrup
organisation masquerad.ng under tn
n1ine of the Republican party"
Assistant Chief Schuelter had tn,
: man and his banner thrown out
: FINALLY Miss Flo Jacobson. a profes
tional singer, got up IN the band gal
lcry and sang MY Country. Ills o
Thee"
All the delegates got up and Joined
! In. and for while things auietct
down. But the noise started uu agar
with the resumption OF business. Thu
session was clearly the most disorder
~ yet
''Wel, hang Boise Penrose on a sour
apple tree, sang the Pennsylvania
men. The New Workers sitting next
ID them tried to keep them quiet
You tend TO your owl. business and
well tend to ours said Finn. after
the Virginia cases had been acted up
| on. and n number of other contested
cases We're accepted,
| Statement From Colonel.
Al Z. NJ. printed statement from
Colonel Roosevelt was circulated
l
J Several of them stated that under in
structions from Finn. they must re-
fuse to give copy or allow II to be
seen. Finn himself would not give a
copy to the press.
Mr.. Mayo, of the Pennsylvania 1ele-
cation. seized a megaphonc and made
ready to make an announcement when
tipped off to do so by Senator Finn.
The minority report on North Carolina
n n
/ of the delegates.
1t was 2:l0 when the credentials COM
, mittee reported the Texas contests.
The majority and minority reports
were read, and argument was heard.
The usual motions were put and car
ried amid shouts AMI laughter The
Taft delegates at-iarge were seated.
The First and Second District OF
Texas were then reported and the Taft
delegates were seated. The Taft men
were again seated in the Fourth and
Fifth Districts. The uproar was ire
! mendous and cries of steam roller"
| and whistles and limitations of locomo-
| tives made 1t impossible to hear
Mr.. Root came forward and was
cheered by the Taft forces. He asked
| Tor unanimous consent for some re-
marks from Henry J. Allen, of Kansas,
d Roosevelt man. Nj. Allen said:
Gentlemen of tie conventions: We
! nave reached a point where u majority
OF the Roosevelt delegates feel that
/ they can no longer share In the respon-
sibility for the acts of this convention
We have contended with you until we
have exhausted every parliamentary
privilege in the effort t. have placed
upon the roll the names of men legally
| elected
| ~. hen. by using the votes OF the
delegates whose rights to sit in this
| mi rh o1t
a position which places the power OF
political committee above the
authority OF 1900 majority, elected
in primary il California. we decided
that your steam roller had exceeded
the speed limit. Since then we have
J asked for no roll call. You have now
completed the seating of all contested
delegates, using the votes OF the con-
| tested delegates to accomplish your
purpose. We cannot in justice to our
! selves share the responsibility of a
| convention which has said to Ohio
the home OF President Taft-that n
majority OF 47,0o0 voters, obtained in
| legal primary election, must stand
aside for the political dictum of "A
national committeeman discarded by
that same majority. We cannot be-
come parties with you in n declara-
ton to Pennsylvania that a defeated
| committeeman sitting in an obscure
room OF this building can nullify the
10000 majority by which Pennsyl-
vania gave expression to her wishes,
We will not put ourselves in a posi-
ton to he bound by an" act in which
you say to the majority who rejected
Mr. Taft IN Illinois. TO the majority
which rejected in Wisconsin; to the
majority which rejected In Massa-
sofa, to the majority who rejected
MIN In Maine; to the majority who re-
jected him In Maryland. to the major
ity In South Dakota. to the majority
In North Dakota, which gave him
only 1900 votes out of $500 TO the
majorit which rejected in Massn-
chusetts. in Oregon. Minnesota, Kan
has. oklahoma, West Virginia and
North Carolina that all these major
tiles together went down under tho
mere rulings OF political committee.
we VIII not Join you In saying to
the great State OF Abraham Lincoln
that the 10000 majority with which
we defeated Mr.. Taft and his managers
| In illinois was ovcrrul I'd by those
very managers with the consent of
! those who have arrogated powers
never intended to be there
| Mr. Finn sought to question the
kepublicanism of those great Repub-
ilcan States yesterday. Until he can
SHOW better record than is shown by
the results he is stopped for criticism.
What Roosevelt Left Party.
When Theodore Roosevelt left tho
White House four years ago he left
you an overwhelming ma jority In both
branches OF Congress, he left YOU an
overwhelmingly majority in all the
great Republi States; he left you a
record on which you could elect Mr..
TAFT; he left YOU n progressive pro-
gram to carry forward. That pro-
gram was buried beneath the avail
anche OF words at Winona, and eigh-
teen Republican Governors We're buried
beneath an avalanche If votes which
. rebuked recreancy to party pledges
big majority in tho lower house
: gave way to Democrats. and In the
senate was reduced to a mere major.
ity So much for your conservativ,
, leadership. MIR. Payne.