The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-20
ROOSEVELT FORCES MEET THEIR SECOND
 DEFEAT; OVATION i.
 GIVEN GOV. HADLEY
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 (Continued from Page 0ne) l were leaving. Senator Root appealed sew ] eral times for order. If you recognize the right of a committee to pass on the right of state delegates to sit in a national con- vention,' resumed Mr. Record when order
 was restored. you have established gov ernment by a minority.''
 You are submitting to a partial and packed tribunal, cases where the verdict is reached before the evidence is sub- mitted," he added.
 An outbreak in the Indiana delegation followed the assertion of Record that in one district in Indianapolis the returns
 were made up by the officials without even opening the ballot box. William E. English. delegate from the Seventh district, leaped to his feet and the entire delegation broke into an uproar There was no contest in that district" shouted English, wildly waving his hands 1 in the air. You know there was no con- 1 test there."
 William Potion Dye, a Roosevelt dele gate in the Indiana delegation, sprang to his feet and shouted at English. The lat ter syelled, Liar, liar. liar!" He started | toward Dye. Other members seized the two men.
 Shank Would Fight In Hull Mayor Lew Shank of Indian apolis shouted from his seat to Record on the stage:
 'If you keep on you'll get a scrap out of me-"
 So much disorder had occurred in the galleries that Chairman Root at 80 D. m. ordered recess until all who desired to do so could leave the Coliseum. The ses- sion was resumed at 1:50 D. m. with a f1imsey pretext of order Mir Record re- stunned his argument on Indiana, Record in conclusion said the party was facing the greatest crisis in Its history. We don't want to be driven out of the party either by force or conscience" he said. 'sbut if we are to permit an outside body to pack this convention and to carry that packing through to a presidential nomination. the American people will re- vote"
 Robert Morris of Arkansas spoke in de- fanse of the Taft delegates from Arkan- sas
 Morris description of the row. made by the Roosevelt forces in the Arizona state convention caused much comment He said the Roosevelt people at the end of tho confusion marched out of the hall.
 "Bolted,' called a voice from the floor.
 "Yes and we remained and passed every parliamentary move that was necessary" Judge Morris was interrupted by l laughter.
 All that remained was parliamen- tary practice" he resumed amid re- newed laughter Morris soon concluded the next speaker being Thomas H Devine of Colorado. a member of the Taft forces and slated for chairman of the committee on credentials De- wien sat in the session of the repub- lican national committee as the re- port of the Colorado.
 He declared the members of the com mittee had listened to their masters voice and signed a statement, the con- tents of which was like an explosion. He said Governor Hadley had told him he expected to say something nice about the national committed" after it seated his Missouri friends. Tt seems to be one of those Mis- souri gentlemens agreements" he said. Tt stands only when it Is to his own interests" the speaker declared. Galleries Defend Hadley
 A wave of hoots from Roosevelt forces greeted this attack on Governor Hadley.
 Turning to the southern contests, MT. Deyine characterized the action of the Roosevelt men in stirring up those con- tests "as a most damnable piece of business" Groans and cheers and hisses greeted this Thereafter Devine was constantly in trouble with his hearers. He referred to Ormsby McHarg, who directed most of tho southern contests. "as an emissary from the north, load ed or unloaded, I can't say which" There was series of Interruptions after which Devine said: This emissary went among the dele gates that were honestly elected" Flaw, haw, haw," came. from a mum her of dee1gates
  Their example was emu1ated on floor and in the gallery When Devine re- sumed someone yelled that his state ments were not true. You say they are not true" he shouted, but 101 of those contests were thrown out of the com mittee unanimously"
 Taft folks cheered. W. H. Feather stone, Texas delegate, kept yelling constantly at Devine This aroused the anger of Chairman Root. He walked to the front of the stage. "Gentlemen of the convention,' he said. "I don't know whether you want to hear what is said on this serious subject, but I want to say to you that Delegate Featherstone or no Deelgate Featherstone. If you don't preserve order the sergeant at arms will put you out" Root Is Applauded
 He was applauded Featherstone, nOWeFtIf iIiSiSiru iit Wd5 U glnE tp CUT = rect a mistake. Deyine had been at tacking Cecil Lyon and the so-called steam roller in Texas. He concluded with a defense of the national commit tee which brought chorus of misses from the Roosevelt fighters. The crowd here began to call for Hadley c. c. Littleton of Texas, a Taft delegate and a brother of Rep resentative M. W. Little of New York. was introduced by Governor Hadley to say a word of defense for Cecil Lyon, Lyon has built up an organization in Texas against which the gates of hell cannot prevail" he said. D. D. Mckay, a Taft delegate at large from Michigan. asserted the Roosevelt people were neither open nor fair minded in their consideration of the contests. He told of the bolt" of the Roosevelt men from the Wayne county convention and defended the regularity of the Michigan delegates at contested by the Roosevelt people Mir. MacKay declared If the re- publican party was still an adherent of the square deal no question could be raised as to the report of the Taft delegates to sit in the convention.
 Calvin of Kentucky spoke In behalf of contested Taft deelgates from that state, asserting that the contests were ''trumped for some ulterior purpose.
 James B. Watson, Taft floor leader, then