The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-06-19
ROOSEVELT SPRINGS BIG
SURPRISE AT LATE HOUR
Drop BOrah and Second NOmi.
nation Of MCGOvern, La Fol-
Iette Candidate.

Chicago, June 1g.-As predicted
Taft and Roosevelt factions clashed
almost as soon as the Republican ma
tional convention was called to order
Immediately after the chaplain had
offered prayer Governor Hadley was
on his feet on a point of information
He asked If there had been a tempo
rary roll of delegates prepared and
was told that there was one He then
moved that il be rejected and another
substituted containing the names OF
Roosevelt delegates ousted by the ma.
tional committee.
A point of order was raised against
this motion and was sustained, but in
order to be fair, as he put it, Chair
man Rosewater of the national COM
mittee permitted twenty minutes de-
bate on the proposal.
Governor Hadley and Governor Fort
of New Jersey supported the motion,
and their attacks upon the committee
were cheered to the echo.
Governor Fort declared that the
present was the time to establish the
precedent that the convention con-
trolled its own personnel. On the 9th
er side Messrs. Payne and Watson
made perfunctory parliamentary talks,
the gist of which was that Hadley's
motion was out of order because the
convention had not been organized.
Motion Ruled Out of Order.
Chairman Rosewater promptly ruled
the Hadley motion out of order and
cries of thieves, robbers" came from
all parts of the hall
AS soon as he could make himself
heard among the tumult Chairman
Rosewater presented the name of Eli
hu Root for chairman and a chorus
of cheers and Kisses ensued that rem
dered everything else inaudible for
several minutes. Then Cochems of
Wisconsin presented the name of Gov
ernor McGovern of Wisconsin. who
had been agreed upon as the Roose-
welt candidate, Senator Borah having
decided to retire from the race.
The nominations were seconded and
the first great test OF strength be-
tween the two factions was on.
A number of seconding speeches
were made. Francis ]. Heney, speak
ing for McGovern, was interrupted
frequently with boots and jeers and
cries of "get the hook" Senator
Bradley of Kentucky seconded Roots
nomination and was interrupted with
cries, you voted for Lorimer," and
afterwards by "Lorimer Lorimer
Lorimer," SO that his speech was
much prolonged.
Police at Every Door.
Policemen at every corner, at every
door and in every aisle, were the dis
tinguishing feature of the scene at
the Coliseum i'm the early hours be-
fore the doors were opened to ticket
holders.
The nervous tension due to general
expectation of tumultuous scenes
from the drop of the hat" at the
opening of the Republican national
convention was very apparent on all
sides.
The police were as nervous as any
body else. 1t was difficult even for
people with proper tickets, including
newspaper men, to get into the hall.
Its sergeants-at-arms, doorkeepers,
ushers and other subordinate officials
were SO keenly alive to the possibili-
ties that their hands trembled as they
took tickets and ushers showed peo-
pie to their seats with furtive glances
about them as IL there was something
explosive just under their feet
For the first time in the history OF
Republican national conventions no
picture of the president was hung In
| the Coliseum.
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