Evening journal., 1912-06-18

might find a clear aisle down which
TO stride to their seats in the full |
view Of the gathered delegates and
packed galleries. And each time the
little ruse worked. The band leader
would recognize the well known form.
there would be a quick signal. Hail
to the Chief" would ring out from
the brass instruments and the gal
leries and delegates would greet the
arriving delegates with warmth that
only varied with the degree to which
he was known.
When Chairman Rosewater dropped
his gavel at noon, the invocation was
made by the Rev. Father James +.
Callaghan. of Chicago Then came
the presentation of the gavel by Fred
w. Upham, chairman of the Chicago
Citizens Committee, which arranged
/ the details for the convention This
was followed by the reading Of the
official call for the convention by Will
liam Hayward, secretary of the Ma
tional Committee. Then the action
was scheduled which was expected
to precipitate the fight, the calling OF
! the temporary roll Of the convention
as made up by the National Commit
tee
Clash Over Reports.
A minority report compiled by SEN
ator Borah was in his possession and
a copy was in the pocket OF the floor
/ leader Of the Roosevelt forces. Gov
ernor Herbert S. Hadley, of Missouri.
This report was TO be offered as a
minority one and the Roosevelt men
I declared that they intended to see that
it was accepted officially. even if they
had to keep the session all sum-
r mer.
4. Under the rules. the next order OF
: business after the reading Of the
p temporary roll is the selection Of the
= temporary chairman. Chairman Rose
: water was expected to announce that
e he had been directed by the National
. Committee to present for temporary
= chairman, the name Of L. S. Senator
3 Elihu Root In his opposition TO
e Root. the Roosevelt men planned to
name Governor McGovern, Of Wis
consin whom they decided on at
noon, instead of Senator Borah, their
} original ,choice Just when this would
, be reached was extremely porble-
, matical when the convention met, IL
: o'clock q p. m, eastern time) The
{ Roosevelt men insisted they were en-
: titled to a roll call on every question
which would be participated in only
. by those men whose right to a seat
b was unquestioned. while the Taft men
( held that every delegate on the tenn
I porary roll was legally authorized tc
Z vote on every question. but the legal.
: ity of his on standing
= -Four years ago the convention was
2 in session only a trife over two
/ hours and this included the time con
I lEumed by the keynote speech Of thl
temporary chairman. 1t did not seen
today, however. that the speech o
n the temporary chairman would b.
r reached until late i'm the day. If then
). The Taft managers at a conference
S late this morning agreed that Chair
q man Rosewater will go right through
Q with the reading of the temporary rol
r as prepared by the National Commit
Y tee and they would decline 70 accep
. any supplementary reports or sug
O gestions from the Roosevelt mer
l. While not admitting that any sor
Il of gag rule was planned, T1ngressma
= Mckinley insisted that "parlimentra
l. usages and precedents" Will be strict
3 ly adhered to.
The only evidence that anythin
m unusual was looked for was th
a massing directly in front Of III
IL speakers platform. where they con
J. manded the stairway leading up froi
the floor level, Of twenty-five Of III
largest police officers in Chicago. VI
m der the personal command of Captai
70 Stephen K. Healy. a former inspeI
D. tor.
~ Members Of the National Commit
" tee were among the earliest arrival
at They seemed anxious but said thu
as they were certain that the temporal
ID | roll that they had compiled Won
ID finally be approved There was
e. lively traffic in convention ticket
ir Across the street from the Coliseu
rs on Wabash avenue a firm of ente
Is. prisinE ticket spectators establis
lie ed an office in Jackson's storage war
house. They put out a big sign rea
ed ing Convention tickets bought al
Id sold
N, The market price for complete S
ed of Ave tickets here was $50
nd A negro delegate who said he VI
he from Georgia offered several newsp
nd permen a full set of delegates tic
in cts for s25 He said that he need
on. the money"
Wisconsin entered the conventic
ro- hall with a delegation divided over II
old support of Govern McGovern for ter
len porary chairman.
ted We shall decide our course on Il
as floor" said Colonel John Hanna
ot- Senator LaFollette's secretary ."
,rs. sry event. our action will be unar
ub- nous. and We shall not aid Rooseve
i'm II We can help il"
nov Mammoth cameras arrived at III