The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-06-21

'o'o =" '"e "S"ieS anu claim they show
that it is essential to name a so-called
Ozark horse" to save the day for the
Republican party.
While MIR. Root was made chairman
and managed to deliver his 'keynote"
speech, the fighting is to be renewed at
IL o'clock tomorrow, when the motion
OF the Roosevelt leaders to submit a
new list of delegates for those seated in
som OF the contested cases heard before
the national committee is to be taken I'm
as the unfinished business. No commit
tees were named and none will be until
this motion to purge" the convention
of fraudulent delegates" is disposed of.
It was defeated on a point of order, but
the Roosevelt forces declare that parlia.
mentary practices will not be permitted
to stand in their way.
The Roosevelt people and the Taft pco.
pie carried out their programs As an
nounced in advance almost to the letter.
The Roosevelt people say they are CO.
ing to fight every inch of the way.
Cries Of "Bolter."
There were cries of "bolter" hurled at
the Roosevelt delegates at times during
the session, but the contingency of a
bolt again seemed to be far distant.
California, under the leadership OF
Gov. johnson, assumed a belligerent at
titude almost with the start of the roll
call, when the two Roosevelt delegates
from the Fourth district, unseated by the
national committee, were not allowed TO
vote. But they confined their protest
to eloquence. The two votes for Root
were the only encroachment in that state
upon the vote cast for McGovern.
There is prospect, however, of another
even more bitter struggle when, as "un-
finished business" the convention will
take up a motion of Gov. Hadley, Of
Missouri, to strike from the temporary
roll of the convention as prepared by
the national committee the names OF
njnety-two delegates seated by the ma
tional committee in contested election
cases and substitute those of the Roose-
Welt contestants.
It was in precisely this effort on the
part of the Roosevelt men that the
whole day was spent in struggle.
The chaplain had hardly finished hii
invocation of the divine blessing upon
the convention before Gov. Hadley wa
on his feet objecting to the %personne
of the convention itself. This led to .
long and intricate parliamentary argu
ment.
Nominations in Order.
Chairman Victor Rosewater OF the ma
tional committee, upon whose shoulders
had fallen the ordinarily pe%rfunctor!
duty of calling the convention to orde'
and presenting the recommendations o
the committee for temporary officers o
the convention, found himself with Al
able-bodied job of presiding over wha
seemed likely to be a turbulent and pas
~sionate war of factions. He was no
} in good voice and what he said wa
/ barely audible at the front OF the pla,
/ form, but trumpet-voiced clerks wit
} ~megaphones did all the necessary al
} nouncements, including the chairman
5 initial ruling upon the Hadley objection
This ruling was to the effect lha
u until The NATIONAL CoiiihAttNS "' r
scented the temporary roll, made up froi
tho credentials from the individual state
and districts, and its judgment upon col
tests. there was no convention; the gatl
er;no was a mere mass meeting; notlln
4 could be lone until a preliminary orga'
6 ~ization had been effected by the seie
ton of a presiding officer. He held th'
4 absolutely no business was in order say
0 fine choice of such an officer.
2 Roll Call Watched Breathlessly.
0 The Roosevelt men made no furtn
I onposition to this ruling and the roll ca
8 was begun at 3:15. The name OF eve
/ individual delegate was called and
2 consumed three more hours; yet eve
2 stem of the proceedings was heard WI
o the keenest interest.
6 The shifting of the vote brought d'
3 matte sequence of emotions as appiau
0 and cheers greeted one vote AFTER d
y other.
3 with Orepon's three for Taft and s
. for McGovern the net plurality Tor no
0 stood at SO; but Pennsylvania o4 !
0 McCoyern threw the balance the oti
: way and the advantage remained WI
" McGoyern until Tennessee was reach.
when Root advantage reappeared WI
4 a net plurality of ten, and from IN
ON the margin in Roots favor increas'
and with the vote Of Patrick Hallor
in the Washington delegation cast
Root at 5:42 pm, amid a storm
es cheering from the Taft followers.
- total vote for the New York sena
reached the necessary vote OF $40 ana
Taft victory-at least in the matter
n. the temporary craftsmanship, was
ler sured.