The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-06-27

support Governor McGovern for tom
porary chairman. gave "Heinie" Coch-
ems rs aancy to show some Of the
spirit which used to take him through
an opposing football eleven. coch-
ems had placed McGovern in nomi-
nation. and all had gone swimmingly
until Houser got up and protested that
La Toilette would not enter into any
combination with any other candidate,
and therefore the Wisconsin dele
gates should not support the Badger
governor. who was the choice OF the
Roosevelt forces
Up jumped "Heinse" and. being
given two minutes, explained that the
Wisconsin delegation in caucus had
split on the question, but that he, as
an individual La Toilette delegate, had
presented McGovern's name. But"
shouted Cochems. squaring his jaw,
Il dare any progressive delegate from
Wisconsin to vote for Root" And he
made good. for when the ballot was
taken thirteen Badgers voted for the
governor and the other thirteen split
up their votes among North Dakota
men and Mr.. Houser.
HowIs for Eieney.
For stirring up q tempest, Francis
]. Heney was unepualled by any other
man in the convention. He fought
hard against the seating of the two
Taft delegates from the Fourth dis
trict of California, and was howled at
by the Taftite galleries. He bobbed
up on various other occasions, notably
in long speech seconding the NOM
nation Of McGovern, ard was howled,
at again and again. But always Mr..
Heney merely grinned and held his
ground, and waited for the tempest to
subside. He took some very vicious
pokes at his adversaries In the Taft
ranks, likening A. e. Stevenson Of
Colorado to Abe Ruef, whom he
helped to send to the penitentiary,
and speaking rather unkindly of SEN
ator Boies Penrose and other bosses"
More boots and jeers.
Finally Sergeant-at-Arms Stone an
nounced, on behalf of Chairman Rose
water, that those who treated the
speaker with disrespect would be. put
out Of the building. Considering all
the things Mr.. Heney said to and
about Mr.. Rosewater and his faction
Of the national committee in the pre-
liminaries to the convention, this was
taken rather kindly of the little man
from Omaha.
Police Internationally Active.
Chicago supplied a, small army Of
policemen to assist in keeping order
and handling the crowd, and they did
their duty nobly, by fits and starts.
Despite all precautions, the doorkeep-
ers let In hordes Of their friends, who
blocked up the aisles. At intervals
some commanding officer would open
his eyes, and there would be q sud
den clearing out Of the passage ways,
accompanied by violent pushings and
Indignant protests. Some Of these in
truders wore fake badges, which
served until suddenly efficient po-
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rushed the offenders to the door with
mighty roar.
OF all the nuisances with which the
police had to contend, the assistant
sergeants-at-arms were the worst.
With nothing much to do, and no
where to sit, these hangers on, num-
bering many hundreds, were in every
ones way. Sometimes the exaspera-
ted "cops" hustled them like ordinary
citizens to the delight Of seat-hold-
ers.
Wild Demonstration for. Hadley.
Hadley was the man of the second
days session adley OF Missouri He
had stepped forward to speak in sup
port of Governor Deneen's motion
which was designed to prevent the IS
contested delegates voting on their
own cases, but before he could utter a
word pandemonium broke loose In a
moment every Roosevelt delegate was
on his feet shouting "Hadley, Hadley,"