The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-18
THOUSANDS THRONG TO
 COLISEUM TO WITNESS
 HISTORIC NOMINATION
Hundreds of Police and Sergeants-at-Arms } Stationed inGfeat Structure to
 Keep Order
1okss ln Hands Of spseuators ss For $50 in Lots of Five
 ---Sergeant-at-lIms Folbids Display df Banners and Pictures Of Candidates Not Shown

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 committees to get down to work.
 There were more important con ferences in the headquarters of the rival factions previons to the assem- bling of the convention. It was tho last roundup of the lenders before the opening of the fight.
 - President Taft was in constant telephone touch with everything that was going on directing his own fight in many instances and his managers frequently counseled with him on knotty problems.
 Probably the most confident men in Chicago were the managers of. Senator Cummins and Senator La, Toilette. They believed that the con- vention was certain to deadlock and that when the break came it would dates and to their man. And they insisted that they occupied the com mandiEg strategic position in the fight. They refused to make any deals with either side although the Cummins men finally decided to vote with the Roosevelt forces on the Ques- ton of temporary organization and the word went out, early, that if Roosevelt was near enough to the nomination to swing over by the Cummins vote. he would get them.
 A final round up of the Roosevelt chieftaii1g was held in Senator Dixon's room at 3 o'clock. It was stated by entirely satisfied with the situation. The plans Of the leaders were modi- fled that all suggestions at physical force to secure control of the conven- tfOn were abandoned. At the outset they, had planned to make the light entirely along Parliamentary lines Z. A ntmber of those who partic1pat- ed in the conferenaeu tnsisted that .steps AdN6b B4W sidGht not have control of anX 4f e1Ea com ldi&4ees they would atil 6e S1llle to 16lszlpa4e RA0oe- welt f they continued inside taae. ceni The Taft. managers also conrerred,s It wAs a6reed thak. sChaiRSnan Rose- water will xo right Through with the reading Of the tetnporary roll as pre- pared by the national committee and that6he would decline to accept any supplementary reports or suggestions from the Roosevelt mon. While not admitting that any sort of gag rule was planned, Congressman Mckinley insisted that parliamentary usages and precedents' will be strictly foi- lowed. s-..-s1ss
 At 10:I5 the doors were all man. ned and the ticket holders began to litter in. The pressure at the doors when they were opened was not great Those who held tickets knew they could get in when they wanted to and preferred remaining around the hotels for a time. There was an absence of pictures of any of tho candidates in the hall. 2
 The balcony was hung in red, white and blue bunting and evergreen was festconed over it. The wall on the wabash avenue side of the building was draped in blue.s A great replica of the government seal hung from the rafters The band stand in the north end of the big barn-like structure was draped in bunting with two big cross flags festooned above the musicians and the stand flanked with two other flags. A4s =
 The delegates reservations was ex- actly the same as four years ago, the location sof each state being shown by a. standard mounted on a cross bar and set 10 feet above the floor lev
 Andhg the first arrivals was del- egation of California women, wives, sisters and relatives of the coast. dele gates.
 The only evidence that anything un- usual was looked for was the massing directly in front of the speakers plat. form where they commanded the stairs leading up from the lower level, of 9 of the largest police officers in Chi cagO, under the personal command of Captain Stephen K. Hea1y, a for mef Inspector. The captain said he had no especial orders, that he was here to see that there was no disturb ance
 "but we are looking for no disturb ance. However. we will be able to take care of anything that might come up."
 Members of the national committee were among the earliest arrivals. They AZ were certain that the temporary roll they had compiled would finally be approved.
 There was a lively traffic in convefl- tion tickets while the hall was slow ly filling. up. Across the street from firm of enterprising ticket spectators established an office, in Jackson's storage warehouse. They put out a big sign reading:
 Convention tickets bought and sold''
 of five tickets here was $50. The man in charge declined to say what he paid for those he had acquired but de- clared that he had enough for all that would apply.
 A negro delegate who said he was from Georgia. offered several newspa- permen a full set of delegates tickets for $25. He said that he needed the money"
 By 10:30- all of the various sections of the hall had but few spectators in the chairs but they seemed to be talk ing little interest in the proceedings.
 The Georgia delegation, first to ar rive, were followed by delegations from Mississippi, New Hampshire and Ohio. The arrival of the delegates caused a slight stir. It was explained, however, that some of the delegations were fearful their places on the floor would be usurped and they did not care to take any chances.
 Wisconsin entered convention hall with a de1egati pledged to support Governor McGovern for temporary chairman. "We shall decide our course on the floor" said John Han nan, LaFollette's secretary. We may not vote on the chairmanship at all.''
 ''In any event our action will be unanimous and we shall not aid Roosevelt if we can help it''
 Red Cross flags at i, several door,
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