Arizona republican., 1912-06-19

aDSOlutely no business was in order save the selection of the presiding of ficers He said he would allow twen- ty minutes for each side to present arguments. Arguments were pre- sented by Governor Hadley and ex- Governor Fort of New Jersey. on the Roosevelt side, and Representative Payne of New York, and ex-Repre- sentative Watson of Indiana, in be- half of the Taft people. After the arguments were finished Rosewater renewed his ruling that nothing was under consideration but the nominees for temporary chairman.
 He pointed to the nomination of MT Root and asked if there were fur ither nominations. The Roosevelt side made no further opposition to this ruling and the roll call began at 3:15. The name of every individual delegate was called and that consumed three hours. A Roosevelt man demanded Ithe omission of the name of each of the delegates objected to on the ground that he was improperly seat ed by the national committee but roll lcall went on mercilessly, sometimes. amid deafening confusion.
 The shifting of the vote made a dramatic scene as applause and cheers greeted one vote after another. With OregOn's three for Root and six for McGOVern the net plurality for Root stood thirty-six, but Pennsylvania s siXty-fOur for McGovern threw the
 balance the other way and the ad- vantage remained with McGovern un- til Tennessee was reached when Roots advantage reappeared with a net plurality of ten. Then on Roots margin increased. At 3:30 the vote reached the necessary $40 and a Taft victory, and the matter of thf tenn pOrary chairman was assured.
 Aside from the absence of rough house" tactics, which had been so elab- | Orately prepared for by a heavy police guard anG the extraordinary pains by the national officers to guard against outbreaks of any kind, there were sev eral remarkable things about the con- ventiOn. It was desperately serious business, the beginning of the end, and there was none of that contiued uproar which involved recent political | conventions. On the contrary. it was marked by an atmosphere surcharged with watchfulness. Well known lead CTS came into the hall unnOticed, and there was an entire absence of tributes i of applause by state delegates for the | favOrite sons.
 | The crowd gathered somewhat slow 1 ly and, save for the music of the band, | therewas nothing but an undertone of 1 conversation. After Roots election, the welcome to him lasted perhaps thirty | seconds, and when he began his speech | Pennsylvania's jeers went far to dis : count his reception. There was one 1 promise of real trouble when State l Senator Finn compelled the repetition | of the call of the Pennsylvania dele i gates. fighting the vote of one alter
 nate, which he said was being called
 out of it's proper order. His point was
 that the man called and who voted for
 Root was second on the list of alter l mates, whereas the man first on the
 list of alternates from that district
 would have voted for McGovern.
 eff you steal that vote, shouted
 Finn, there will be no roll call in l this convention today The chairman promptly overruled him.
 With few exceptions, the negro dele | gates from the south, about whose
 steadfastress there had been so much l speculation, stood fast for Tafts can didate. Early in the vote William l Barnes Jr., who with Watson of Indi-
 ana watched out for Tafts interest
 on the floor, said he would have 56C
 votes. He got two less.
 | When Root finished his speech, pur-
 suant to agreement between the lead
 CTS of the factions, the whole business
 of appointing committees and other
 business naturally belonging to today's
 work went over to tomorrow. Only the national committees recommen 2 datiOn fer temporary officers of tht convention was adopted without dis
 sent. Watson moved the usual pro. cedure for the appointment of the com ? mittees. Hadley presented a resolu ton for the substitution of ninety-twC / delegates from the Roosevelt list, ant
 the whole matter went over as "unfin : ished business to tomorrow's session s ROWDYISM AT FIRST s Root, 558; McGovern, 502.
 S On the final announcement O (Continued on Page n