The Washington herald., 1912-06-20
SIDELIGHTS AND FLASHES FROM
SCENE OF G. 0. P. CONVENTION

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Chicago. June sit was a disappointed
cruwI that left the great coliseum after
I the first session. Disappointed because
I they had gone there 10 witness scene
that they believed would remind them
| Of the daily slaughter OF the stocEyards,
\ and instead they beheld what was bat
| tie between some OF the greatest parlia-
I mentarians in the United States.
Senator Finn and his Pennsylvania
delegates were all ready TO participate in
! any kind Of a night that might put in an
| appearance. All they wanted was the
gong to sound. and they would have been
all over the hall In nash. Several times
the Senator and his lieutenants were upon
chairs trying their best TO start the good
work but Chief OF Police Scheuttler was
always on hand pulling them down to the
floor and warning them not TO start any
trouble \ whole Gordon Of police sur
rounded the Pennsylvania delegation
throughout the entire session.
William Barnes, jr.. leader OF the New
York delegation, was another who had
come prepared for fight. Mr.. Barnes
was on his feet most OF the time. watch
ing his enemies as q cat watches a
mouse.
One Of the delegates from Kansas in
his speech begged the other delegates 10
rush the proceedings through as fast as
possible.
The hotel bills are so high that We
can't pay them" he declared. and you're
trying to hold US here for a week"
Get Perkins to pay them shouted
some OF the more fortunate delegates
Gov. Hadley Of Missouri and James F.
Watson. Of Indiana. are the two great
est parIiamentar.aBs Of the convention.
They proved that by the manner in
which they fought each other through
out the session.
Chairman Victor Rosewater. in decid-
ing against Gov. Hadley's motion for a.
substitute temporary roll Of delegates,
took as his precedent the rule set down
by President Mckinley in the cOnven-
tion of 1892.
Serene f Payne had no little amount
Of difficulty trying to make himself
heard The crowd did not want to know
anything about parliamentary rules
They just wanted to yell.
Charles p. Taft. brother OF the PresI-
dent and A delegate-at-large from Ohio,
visited the Texas delegation and asked
them TO sit firm in the boat" He also
visited other delegations and asked them
not 10 be affected by third-term cheers.
W. W. Pudge) Heneldinger. one-time
famous Yale football guard. led the at
tack on the aisle crowds. He was acting
as an assistant sergeant-at-arDs.
Wall Street is well represented here.
The dullness Of the stock market has per-
mitted brokers and bankers a surcease
from their daily activities and the ex-
citement in this city is a reminder OF
lively days on Change. Among the
prominent financial men attending the
convention are George B. Buchanan, A.
c. Anderson, F. X. Sturgis, ]. Borden
Hartman, and John c. Mccullough.
In the rooms Of the New York delega-
ton at the Auditorium Hotel hangs a
battle painting, a copy OF a celebrated |
picture. II represents a stirring scene |
during the Paris Commune and by rea-
son Of its strenuosity attracts no little |
attention.
That's a fine picture" said one of the
delegates to a friend.
Yes" replied the friend. but that |
fight isn't a patch to what is to come of |
al the convention hall"
good deal Of the story about the con-
fab between Col. Roosevelt and Gov. |
Deneen Sunday night was slow in getting /
out. 1t was a stormy occasion. Deneen |
was telling the colonel that part of the /
Illinois delegation would line up against |
him on the temporary organization.
Whereat the colonel had some things |
to say which he punctuated with a few |
shakes Of his fist.
I've stood by you, Governor" he /
said. This is more than a political ques-
tion. II Is a moral one. 1 want you TO |
line these Illinois men up on everything"
The army Of political has beens are
here. II any OF the troops are missing /
1t would require a lot Of hunting to ind |
out who they are
Col. William Peters Hepburn, of Iowa,
in the House Of Representatives for the /
better part OF a generation, is one Of the
Old-timers here. The colonel was turned /
out Of Congress by a constituency that
didn't like his reactionary views. But
he still takes a keen interest in political L
affairs. He smiled the battle IN Chicago
from afar. and then packed his grip. II
you want to find out what q progressive
looks like to . gentleman Of the standpat |