The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-06-28

an amendment to Watson's motion
that no delegate whose status was in
question could be allowed to vote in
the selects, CT the members of the
committee on credentials or on the
report of + at committee. This amend
ment was in the interest of the Roose
welt contingent.
Mr.. Watson then moved to table the
Deneen an endment
The amc ndment was tabled by a
vote of 500 to $40. The convention
then adjourned.
A prolonged and noisy demonstration
was a feature of the convention. 1t
lasted forty minutes and served to
draw all eyes toward the figure of
Governor Hadley of Missouri.
1t was a demonstration made by
the Roosevelt following, to be sure
but it was the Missourian who evoked
it and was significant in showing that
some of the Colonel's followers would
like to see him nominated.
The credentials committee of the
convention met to hear the arguments
in contests involving the seats of 72
delegates. The Roosevelt people ap.
parently felt that they might be able
to nominate Colonel Roosevelt for
president if they could get these y
delegates, the seats of whom were
awarded by the national committee to
delegates who favor President Taft's
denomination.
Francis J. Heney Of California led
a bolt of nineteen Roosevelt mem.
bers Of the credentials committee, but
they afterwards returned and admit.
ted they had made a blunder
Two Short Sessions.
When the convention assembled
for the third days session at 1905
the credentials committee was not
ready to report and recess was
taken until o'clock.
A one minute session of the nation
al convention was held beginning at
4 o'clock. When this remarkable ses-
sion was declared adjourned to II
o'clock next day to await the report of
the credentials committee, demon
stration for Roosevelt was started. 1t
lasted for several minutes
The committee on permanent organ
ization voted % to to make the tenn
porary organization permanent. The
Roosevelt men who rema aimed in at
tendance at the session of the COM
mittee on permanent organization
made a fight to delay the report of
the committee until the report of the
committee on credentials had been re-
ceived and acted upon by the conven
ton.
Late Thursday afternoon Colonel
Roosevelt issued his most startling
statement of the convention period.
He announced in statement of more
than |, 500 words that he was ready to
lead a bolt from the convention. In
his closing paragraph ne said that if
the honestly elected delegates in bolt
ing convention should nominate him
he would accept. If some feared to
bolt and the remainder chose to start
a new movement on progressive lines
he would accept a nomination and ap-
ty, and fight to the end, win or lose
His last words are: 81 shall make my
appeal to all honest men east and
west, north and south and gladly abide
by the result, whatever that result
may be-" He announced that he
would accept the nomination only by
clean delegates or by third party
of progressiyes.
Roosevelt Forces Routed.
The Roosevelt forces were badly
routed in the fourth days session of
the convention, which was called to
order at 1890 p. m.
The first test of strength of the day
came on motion to prevent the con
tested delegates from voting until the
cases were settled. The Taft men
won by vote of 500 to 499, ten not
voting.
- eocCTd roll call of the day waa
on the seating of the Roosevelt dele
. :. tie Ninth Alabama district
The Taft forces won by a vote of 6Os
to aga, nine not voting.
The majority report on all the Geor
gia contests, on Indiana at large and
the Thirteenth Indiana district, on
the Eleventh Kentucky district, on the
Fifth Louisiana, and on Michigan at
large was adopted by viva voce vote.
On the fifth and last day the con-
vention was permanently organized.
the platform adopted and Taft and
Sherman nominated for the presidency
and vice presidency, respectively.
Then the convention adjourned sine
die