The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-18

occupied the commanding strategic |
position in the fight. They refused to
make any deals with either side, al /
though the Cummins men finally de-
cided to vote with the Roosevelt forces
on the questions Of temporary organi-
zation and the word went out early
that II Roosevelt was near enough tol
the nomination to be swung over by
the Cummins vote, he would get them.
No Violence Planned.
A final roundup Of the Roosevelt
chieftains was held in Senator
Dixon's room o'clock. 1t was said
by those VI ,articipated that they
were entir satisfied with the stu.
alton. Tt q ans OF the leaders were
modified that all suggestions OF
physice ! ce to secure control of the
conve' were abandoned. At the
outse Cey had planned to make the
figh . ntirely along parliamentary
linz
The Taft managers also conferred.
1t was agreed that Chairman Rose
water will 60 right through with the
reading of the temporary roll as pre-
pared by the national committee and
that he would decline to accept any
supplementary reports or suggestions
from the Roosevelt men. While not
admitting that any sort Of gag rule'
was planned, Congressman Mckinley
insisted that parliamentary usage
! and precedents'' will be strictly ad-
hered to.
At 10:15 the doors were all manned
and the ticket holders began to filter
1 in. The pressure at the doors when
! they were opened was not great.
i Those who held tickets we're satisfied
4 that they would be able to get in
7 when they wanted to, and preferred
remaining about the hotels to taking
seats at the big hail. There was an
:. absence of pictures in the hall. The
balcony was hung in red white and
: blue bunting, over which evergreen
! was tastefully festooned. The private
7 box on the Wabash avenue side Of
the building was draped in royal blue
7 An immense blue standard with !
replica of the government seal hung
! from the great steel rafters imme
, diately behind the speakers stand.
The band stand in the north end o.
4 the big barn-like structure was drapeC
: in bunting with two big cross flags
9 festooned above the musicians ant
the stand. flanked with two othe
s flags.
o The delegates reservation wa
II exactly the same as four years agt
g the location Of each state being show
n by standard mounted on a cross bal
Among the first arrivals were de
egation of California women, wive.
; sisters and relatives of the coast de-
J. egates.
e Big Burly Policemen.
II The only evidence that anything ur
t. usual was looked for was the massin
$ directly in front of the speakers plaI
r form, where they commanded the stil
l. way leading up from the floor ieve
n of twenty-five of the largest police Of
ficers in Chicago. under the persona
command of Captain Stephen +
Healy, a former inspector. The cap
+ tain said that he had no especial OF
Il ders, that he was here to see tha
u there was no disturbance.
i my men are good men," he said
'but we are looking for no disturb
v ance. However. we will be able t
n take care of anything that may com
IS up"
= Members of the national committe
$ were among the earliest arrivals.
I. There was lively traffic in cor
y vention tickets, while the hall wa
q slowly filling up. Across the stree
I from the Coliseum on Wabash avenue
firm Of enterprising ticket speculf
IS tors established an office in Jackson
II storage warehouse. They put out
e big sign reading:
e Convention tickets bought an
e sold"
y The market price for complet
II set of five tickets here was $50. TIL
man in charge declined to say wha
l. he paid for those he had acquired, bu
4 declared that he had enough for a
II that would apply.
81 A negro delegate who said he wa
q from Georgia, offered several new'
IS paper men a full set of delegate
n tickets for s25 He said that he "neet
1t ed the money"
n BY 1890 all of the various section
I of the hall had a few spectators !
IS the chairs but they seemed to be tai
l. ing little interest in the proceeding
The first state delegation to arriv
nj was that of Georgia. They were TO
a. lowed shortly afterward by represel
e. tatives of the Mississippi, New HAM
IS shire, Ohio and Illinois delegation
e The early arrival of delegates cause
e some surprise as at previous convel
e tons the alternates have been tn