The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-19
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! &c the tired delegates and the tired
| spectators that there would be but
| three or four more short speeches, and
the vote on the selecting of A tenn
! porary chairman would be taken up.
| This brought cheer to listless thous-
ands. and the remaining spellbinders
wove what spells they could amid gem
eral liberation.
1t was carly observed that the anti
| Taft delegates had been instructed to
watch Hadley. They had been told to
do what Hadley did, and they follow
cd instructions implicitly. II Hadley
had been turning handsErings there is
no doubt the anti-Taft delegates would
| have engaged simultaneously in the
| same pleasing acrobatic exercise.
| Nor were any guns pulled nor
Hadiey. suitably a;t.7ed IN long
frock coat and wearing an air OF In
| tense earnes.ncss and devotion TO duty,
clar!bered on the stage at the exact
moment the gavel fell, which vas noon.
| He was followed by James Watson, of
Indiana, former Republican whip of the
| House OF Representatives,. who wore a
| light chocolate colored CONNECTION and
had his hair neatly frizzed.
Mr.. Watson appeared for the deten-
dignity while the invocation was said,
and then started the pT-oce edings by
| moving a substitute for the temporary
roll, wh!ch he seemed quite certain
II vas in the mind OF Chairman Rose
water 10 propose. NJ. Watson inserted
e de.t point OF order. and Mr.. Hadley
spoke. and was followed by former
| Governor Fo, of New Jersey. who
also had some thoughts IN his system.
1t appeared.
Payne Deeply Concerned.
THIN appeared Serene e. Payne,
whose name IS attached to the justly
celebrated tariff bill which Mr Taft
! Endorsed so highly. 1t was gathered
from Mr.. Payne's remarks that he was
deeply concerned lest chaos ensue At
any rate. he said chaos" some
siNty-ssvea times in eleven minutes
Mr. Watson pleaded for his side OF it,
and Chairman Rosewater reached into
MS pocket and dew forth his ruling
| on the point Of order. which he pfu-
IDENTIFY had prepared some days ago.
and had had neatly iypewr!tten with
extra copies for the press. he being IN
the newspaper business himself.
The upshot of Mr.. Hadley's tenn
porary roll, which contained the
names OF some eighty patriotic gen.
! tiemen the national committee had
carelessly left off its temporary roll.
| was rejected and nominations for
temporary chairman Were all the rage
Young Mr.. Cochems. OF Milwaukee.
who barsts in the limelight once each
| four years and warns the Republican
party IT must not do this thing TO
Robert NJ. La Toilette. and then sits
| mood'ly by and watches the Republic
can party proceed in utter disregard
to his warning, hopped lightly on
1 tn
| Wisconsin. for the place. Immediate
ly thereafter Leader Hadley moved
forward and made a forcetul speech in
| favor of somebody. Mr.. Hadley mad
vertently RETAINED from mentioning
whom he was for during or at the end
OF his defamation and hastily re-
turned to say the person he had in
mind was a chap named McGovern or
McGavan or something like that.
This gave the required cue to the
anti-Taft people who cheered loudly
and asked one another, Who in
thunder IS MCGOWAN"
| Job Hedges. OF New York, alleged.
in full view of the audience, that the
man needed for temporary chairman
by that convention was Senator Root,
and the time wore on. So did various
who looked like Bob Fitzsimmons
dyed black. or neat tan. and who
started mildly by saying Root Is the
greatest statesman in the world. and
worked up from that point gradually.
Towards the last Mr.. Hauser, the
manager for La Toilette. strobe to the
front and announced that while the
| anti-Taft people had taken M Nc
Govern. the true friends OF La Toilette
were not in on 1t, Mr.. La Toilette re-
fusing to do anything but hew to the
| line. letting the McGovcrn chips fall
where they might Hauser said the
anti-Taft people had reached in and
p'ifered McGovern from their very
midst. without consulting the La Fol-
.e,te men. VINO were much vexed at
this high-handed proceeding.
Mr.. Cochems followed in his warn
Ing speciality. This time he warned
all Wisconsin men not to vote for
! R2ot.
y few preliminaries Were arranged
and tho cheering announcement was
made that the roll would be called,
not by states, but by Individual del
egates' thus allowing many patriots
! VINO had not previously enjoyed that
delicious sensation the proud privi-
lege of hearing their names spoken
aloud before an ornate assemblage of
their fellow gentlemen. The roll call
proceeded monotono"sly. varied ever
and anon by shouts when an occas-
ional negro delegate so far forgot
/ himself. as to vote for McGovern in
stead OF Root as set forth In the ma
tional committee specifications.
Bogus as China Esq.
1t took about three hours to set
tie tho question 80 far as the roll
call was concerned. and as a riot, that
part OF 1t. too. was as bogus rs n
china egg. Indeed, It was most
orderly and deliberate proceeding.
Mr.. Root won. All this time he had
| been sitting ON the sfnnn u.Iih a lor, 1r