Arizona republican., 1912-06-19

CHICAGO, June 1S.-The Taft sup porters in the national convention to- day put through the first portion of their program by electing Senator Root temporary chairman In spite of the fact that Chairman ROsewater consistently ruled out of order every motion made by the Roosevelt forces it required more than five hours to reach vote on the chairmanship.
 Every step was fought by Roosevelt men with threats, charges and bitter invective. The entire calling of the roll was beset by difficulties but when the final tumult died away MT. Root was found to have won by a vote of 558 to 502 for Gov. McGovern. fourteen scattering and four not voting
 Tonight the Taft and Roosevelt forces alike asserted that this vote indicated a victory for their candidate The advantage appears with the presi- dent, however, for while he is sure to lose some votes cast for Senator Root it is claimed that he will get, if the instructions are lived up to, some of the votes independently cast for Me Govern.
 Leaders who have been urging a compromise candidate are pointing to another angle and they declare that it is very clearly essential to name dark horse" to save the day for the republican party
 While MT. Root was made chair man today and managed to deliver the keynote speech" the fighting is to be renewed at II o'clock tomorrow morning when a motion by the RoOse- welt leaders to substitute a new list of delegates for those seated in some of the contested cases heard before the national committee, is to be taken up as unfinished business. No com mittees were named tonight and none will be until this motion to purge" the convention of fraudulent dele gates" is disposed of.
 Today it was defeated on a point of order but the Roosevelt forces de- clare that parliamentary practice will not be permitted to stand in their way tomorrow. The Roosevelt people and Taft people carried out their programs as announced in advance almost to the letter. The Roosevelt people say to- night that they are going to fight every inch of the way
 There were cries of "bolters" hurled at the Taft delegates at times during the session but the contingency of a bolt again. tonight seemed to be far distant
 The California delegates under the leadership of Gov Hiram Johnson early assumed a belligerent attitude when the two Roosevelt delegates from the Fourth district unseated by the national committee were not al- lowed to vote, but they confined their protest to elOquence Two votes for Root were the only encroachment of that state upon the vote cast for Me Govern. Later Pennsylvania made protest against the vote of an alter nate.
 There is prospect, however, of an other even more bitter struggle to- morrow when the convention will take up as unfinished business the motion of Governor Hadley to strike from the temporary roll of the con- ventiOn as prepared by the national committee the names of ninety two delegates seated by the national com mittee in the contested delegation cases and substitute those of the Roosevelt contestants It was in this effort that the whole day was spent in the struggle.
 The chaplain had hardly finished his invocation of a divine blessing upon the convention before Hadley was on his feet objecting to the per sonnel of candidates. This led to a long and intricate parliamentary argu- ment. Chairman Rosewater of the national committee upon whose shoul- ders had fallen the ordinarily per- functory duty of calling the conven- ton to order, presenting the recom- mendation of the committee for tenn pOrary officers of convention, found himself with an able bodied job Of presiding over what seemed to be turbulent. passionate war of factions He was not in good voice and clerks with megaphones had to make the announcements including the chair mans initial ruling upon the Hadley objection.
 The ruling was that until the ma tiOnal committee has presented a tenn pOrary roll made from the credential from the individual states and district and it's judgment upon the contest there was no convention. He held tha