Omaha daily bee., 1912-06-22

settled down as an ordinary reporter. &,
wave of cheers swept the big hall. TIL,
band played Should Aud Acquaintance.
be Forgot" 1t was then forty-five min
utes beyond the scheduled hour for con
vening. but Chairman Root Senator
Crane, James E. Watson, Governor Had
ley. Senator Borah. former Governor For
of New Jersey and the other leaders o.
| both factions sat idly on the platform
Hadley and Crane engaged smilingly IL
| conversation. while they waited wort
| from the committee on credentials.
When word finally came from the cred.
entails committee that the Alabama case
was to be submitted to the convention
Senator Root prepared to call the con.
vention to order.
play ball." shouted a man In the gal.
lery. The delegates applauded Senator
Root as he rose in his place. The gave
fell and prayer was offered by Rev. John
Balcom Shaw of the Second Presbyterian
church Of Chicago.
When the Rev. Mr.. Shaw had con-
cluded, Senator Root said:
THE business in order is the report OF
the committee on credentials" and he
introduced W. T. Dovell of Washington,
a member of the committee, who sub
mitted the report favoring the seating OF
the Taft delegates in the Ninth district
in Alabama.
r. r. Mccormick or Illinois, a Roose-
welt leader, was on his feet calling for
recognition.
CHAIRMAN Root, however. directed the
reading of the report, which went into
details of the contest and said that a
full hearing had been granted by the
committee.
Called by Chairman Root.
Scattering applause greeted the con-
clusion Of the report. .
Governor Hadley of Missouri, floor
leader of the Roosevelt forces, was ap-
plauded as he arose and introduced R.
r. Mccormick to submit a minority re-
port. Mccormick said the minority had
been refused permission to file a minor
ity report. He said the facts In the
case would be given the convention at a
later moment.
Then ensued an incident which reused
the ire of Chairman Root. He had begun
to state the position he had taken in
the matter by saying:
while, strictly speaking, there can be
no such thing as minority report, F"
when he was interrupted by an outburst
of groans, boos and Kisses.
Mr.. Root pounded vigorously for order,
and when quiet was restored, walked de-
family to the front of the stage.
Gentlemen of the convention" he
shouted, sit would be we'll when the
chairman begins a sentence to wait until
he concludes it,
This statement was greeted with ap-
plause, and Chairman Root concluded by
saying it was customary for the minor
ity to present its views to the conven-
ton informally, and this custom would
be followed. He directed that the views
Of the minority, as presented by Nc
Cormick, be read for the information Of
the convention.
The minority report was read. It pro-
tested that ]. C. Adams, Arizona; c. A.
Warnken of Texas and W. T. Dovell Of
Washington had no right to sit on the
credentials committee because they had
been elected by delegates whose states
were contested. "They are, in effect.
sitting as judges in their own cases."
said the report.
The report protested also against the
sitting on the credentials committee of
five members who had been members Of
the national committee, because they had
already passed on the contests.
Hadley is Cheered.
In conclusion the report recommended
the seating of the Roosevelt delegates
from the Ninth Alabama district.
Governor Hadley moved that the mi
nority report be substituted for the ma
jority. Heney Of California seconded the
motion, and an unidentified delegate
moved to lay the motion on the table.
Mr.. Dovell from the committee asked
and secured unanimous consent to make a
five-minute statement. The delegates
listened somewhat impatiently as though
they already had made up their minds
and were anxious to vote.
Chairman Root announced that it was
Robert J. Walker, a Virginia delegate,
who had made the motion to lay on the
table, but had withdrawn it at the re-
quest Of his delegation to allow Governor
Hadley to make motion which other