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Morris Il threw the charge into their
teeth All that was used by the Taft
men was parliamentary tactics. The
fact of the matter was that the re-
publicans, whether they were demo-
Gratis"
A wild yell went up at what was
supposed to be slip but he con-
tinued:
II use the term advisedly because
there are democrats in Arizona who
will vote the republican ticket by
fall"
Thomas H. Devine of Colorado, who
is slated for chairman of the resolu-
tions committee, should the Taft PEG.
pie control, spoke against the Hadley
amendment. He expressed surprise
over the Hadley attitude saying that
the governor had endorsed the COM
mittee when it ruled in his favor in
the Missouri case.
Devine insisted that Governor Had
ley "only stood by agreements when
it was to his interest to. do so,'' and
the assertion was ieered. booed and
Kissed by the Roosevelt delegates,
led by the Pennsylvania delegation.
Devine then went into the Texas
situation. He said that the protest of
the minority was not in accordance
with the facts and declared he believ-
ed that the fourteen committeeman
signed the minority protest only after
IA, hoI o1.I @hn;, -
and without reading the report.
Devine was member of the nation
al committee and he characterized
the action of the Roosevelt forces in
stirring UP the contests as the most
damnable in the history of the party. :"
tie showed" Devine said, that an en-
issary. from the north, whether load
ed or unloaded, / don't know, went
down into the south thirty days after
the regular delegates had been elect
ed and stirred up certain contests and
engineered rump conventions
Every statement by Devine was re-
ceived by cheers from the Taft men
and wild jeers and Kisses from the
Roosevelt forces.
Let me tell you something" shout
ed Devine. "Out OF the 107 contests
from the south filed before the COM
mittee, 101 We're put there by the
unanimous vote of the national com
mittee, the Roosevelt men voting with
the Taft men"
Liar, LIAR Liar.
Wild cheers from the Taft men were
punctuated with liar, liar, liar from
the Roosevelt men.
"And among the men the colonel In
cluded in this blast was Colonel Cecil
Lyon, Of Texas.
Colonel Cecil Lyon is the whole
republican party as he now has 1t con-
stituted. He talks about the steam
roller why there is not steam roller
in existence that begins to compare
with the roller Colonel Lyon used in
Texas. His state central committee
runs its own machine. They have
something like 100000 votes by
TeXas--''
A Wild yell OF liar. liar!' here in
terrupted Devine and he had to stop
and wait until Senator Root restored
order by declaring that there would
be order if the convention had to sit
all night
There are 107 counties in Texas
which never held a republican conven-
ticn," shouted Devine They are
mostly peopled by prairie dogs and
democrats, but Lyon sends out to his
friends word that he wants something
done and he gets it done"
Chairman Root. grasping his gavel
by the head, strobe down to the edge
of the platform and declared that he
intended having order If he had to
clear the hall. He pointed his gavel
at Delegate Sect of Texas who seem
ed to be leading the ieering and said:
Il don't know whether this conven-
ton wants to hear the arguments on
this important subject but want to
say here and now II the person who is
now creating most of this disorder
does not stop, the sergeant-at-arms
will eject him-delegate or no dele
gate"
Devine then resumed, only to be
interrupted by Delegate H. NJ. Moore,