Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-06-20
coNvENTloh TAKES RECESS
AFTER FOUR MINUTE SESSION
Adjournment Taken 70 Give crsdsn.
tiats comsnittss Time to Prepare Re-
port-Air Electric With Suggestion
Of Hsrstofors Unexpected compliea
t;ons-Tsmporary Officers May Be
Made Permanent.

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republican national convention opened
The quick succession of events late
last night and early today left con-
! dition Of absolute confusion. Even the
wisest Of party strategists did not this
morning profess to see in the situation
what would result after Chairman
Roots gavel fell at noon for the re-
sumption Of the conventions session.
With Colonel Roosevelt calling on
his followers to disregard the Gre
| dentials committee and organize for
| themselves. and with the Taft leaders
conferring with the friends Of possible
candidates, the air was electric with
suggestion Of heretofore unexpected
complications
Wild scenes and conferences as in
tense as any dollar wheat" panic that
ever swept the pit of the board of trade
were resumed where they had been
broken off near idaybreak. when the
delegates disputed with scrub women
for possession Of hotel lobby floors.
conventioss'ss session Brief.
Exactly four minutes (12:02 to 1906
.. m.) was the duration of the opening
session Of the third day of the repub-
lican national convention. The Inn
mense crowd. nearly $4,000 people. who
had fought their way into the hall after
an hour or more in line: had only to go
out again. @ -
The only business done was the
prayer and the motion Of Watson, Of
Indiana, to be n,recess until 4 p. m.
The ostentiai reason for the recess
was that the credentials committee
was not ready TO report.
Fivs Oaovisaepsrs oiseharosd.
In anticipation 6of an exciting day
in the republican rational convention
people began croHtiing the doors or the
| coliseum before O'clock, An addi-
tional4 detail Of policemen was added
today to the regiment of them already
on duty. All doofkeepers and police
men were shifted around today folloW-
ing complaints that a number Of per-
sons had been admitted to the two
previous sessions of the convention
without the necessary credentials.
Five doorkeepers, alleged to have ad-
mitted nearly 1000 people without tick
cts yesterday were discharged by Ser
seant at -arms Stone today Tickets
were scrutinized so carefully today
that hours were required to admit those
entitled to seats. Delegates and officials
shared the discomfort.
Applause All for Bryan.
The only welcoming applause this
morning was for William Jennings
Bryan. who is reporting the convention
for q number of newspapers. As Mr..
Bryan moved to his seat in the press
section several persons in the gallery
Mr. Bryan smiled.
May Retain Temporary Officers.
The committee on permanent organ
ization this morning voted 22 to to
make the temporary organization per-
manent. This would continue Root az
l.prEsiding officer and continue all the
temporary officials thruout the conven-
ton.
The motion to make the temporary
organization permanent was made by
Governor Pennewil. of Delaware,
whereupon Ira C. Copeley. of Illinois.
moved a substitute that the commit
tee defer action until the report of the
committee on credentials has been re-
ceived and acted upon by the conven-
tion. The Copeley substitute was lost
Z to %.
New Rules for National COMMITTEES.
AS a result Of the position in which
the national committee found itself on
the opening Of the convention the rules
committee today decided to draw up a
set Of rules to govern the procedure
Of that committee in the future. The
committee adjourned until later in the
day to permit Prof. Nicholas Murray
Butler, Of Columbia University. to put
the new rules into proper parliament
Iary language.
Police Treats Crowds Harshly.
Altho the real news Of the situation
was developing nearly u mile away at
the hotels, the crowds around and in
the coliseum were in the most tense
condition Of mind.
Chief of Police ,McWeeney took per-
sonal charge Of the police and his or
ders were so harshly enforced that
even legitimate ticket holders, includ-
ing newspaper men. were. treated as II
they were committing crime in de-
string to enter.
sss An Appropriate Prayer.
The various delegationc began strag-
Cling in about 1850. the crowd at the
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