New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-19

watson inserted uHIl prlHl u W.
and Mr. Hadley spoke and was followed
by former Governor Fort Of New jersey,
who also had some thoughts in his So
tenn it appeared,
Then appeared Serene r, Payne whose
name is attached TO the justly ceiehrated
tariff bill which Mr.. Taft Endorsed 80
highly II was gathered from Nv
Paynes remarks that I've was deeply COW
cerned lest chaos ensue. At any rate'
h said chaos some siXty-seven times
in eleven minutes Mr.. Watson pleaded
for his side Of il. and Chairman Rose
water reached into his pocket and DIRE"
forth his ruling on the point of order
which he prudently had prepared s"'nc
days ago and had had neatly typeNrt'
ten, with extra copies Tor the press, n"
icing in the newspaper business himself.
The urshot Of it vas Mr.. Hadley's tenn
pcrary roll, which contained the names
of some eighty patriotic gentlemen tn"
national committee had CarelessiY left
off its temporary roll. was rejected and
nominations for temporary chairman
We're all the rage
Young Nj Cochems OF Milwaukee,
who bursts into the limelight once each
four years and warns the Republican
party it must not do these things to
Robert NJ Id Toilette, and then sits
moodily 10y and watches the Republican
party proceed in utter disregard Of his
warning, hoped lightly on the stage
and named Governor McGovern Of Wis
consin Tor the place.
Immediately thereafter Leader Had.
ley moved forward and made forceful
speech in favor of somebody. Mr.. Had
ley inadvertently refrained from men
tioning whom he was for during or at
the end Of his defamation, and hastily
returned To say the person he had in
mind was a chap named MCGOWAN, or
McGovern, or something like that. This
gave the required cue TO the anti-Taft
people, who cheered loudly and asked
one another. Who in thunder is Nc
Gowan?"
Looked Like Bob" Ftzsimmons.
Job Hedges, Of New York, alleged, in
full view of the audience, that the man
needed for temporary chairman by the
convention was Senator Elihu Root, and
time wore on. So did various orators, in
Guiding one colored brother, who looked
like Bob" FitzsimmOns dyed neat tan,
and who started mildly by saying L.
Root is the greatest statesman in the
world, and worked up from that point
gradually
Toward the last Mr.. Hauser, the man
ager for La Toilette, strobe 10 the front
and announced that, while the anti-Taft
people had taken UP McGovern, the true
friends Of Mr.. La Toilette were not in on
it, Mr.. La Toilette refusing TO do any
thing but hew TO the line, letting the Nc
Governs fall where they might.
Hauser said the anti-Taft people had
reached in and pilfered McGovern from
their very midst. without consulting the
La Toilette men, who were much vexed
at this high handed proceeding Mr..
Cochems followed in his warning ape
tialty. This time ne warned all Wis
consin men not 10 vote for Root.
a few preliminaries were arranged
and the cheering announcement was
made that the roll would be called, not
by states. but by individual delegates,
thus allowing many patriots who had
Eor previously enjoyed that delicious SEN
sation the proud privilege of hearing
tEeir names spoken aloud before all or
tate asscr5lage Of their fellow citizens.
The rollcsll proceeded monotonously.
varied ever and anon by shouts when an
occasional negro delegate 50 far forget
himself az to vote for McGovern instes1
Of Root, as set forth in the national
committee specifications 1t took about
three hours 10 settle the question 50 for
as the rollcsll was concerned, and as i
riot that part Of 1t. too, was as bogus
as a china egg. Indeed, il was most
orderly and deliberate proceeding
Mr.. Root won. All this time he hal
been sitting on the stage with Long
and scholarly speech concealed about
him, and he moved eagerly forward when
Chairman Rosewater gave him the sig
nal and began 70 get cut from under
his thoughts. II may be true. as the
attenusted negro speaker said that Nj
Root Is the eres test statesman IN the
world, but l an here TO state. withou.
fear Of successful contradiction. he r.
not the greatest orator IN the world. IN
fact there are vast number If tour
nevren orators Grating around for
small wages. who can eve him run.
ming start Of 4 percration ten classic 81
illusions and fourteen tuneful tropes
and beat him to 4 whisper
Hob and Throaty Voice.
Mr.. Root has high and throsty voice,
and while his thoughts are couched I'm
perfect English and are Of a high grade.
ss thoughts, they do not penetrate more
than sixteen feet from Mr. Root while he
Is enunciating them. Still, a consider
able number Of those present Al the be-
ginning, observing that 1t was too late
for dinner. anyhow, remained until the
Of the keynote, and cheered
at appropriate intervals.
The day made clear that the Roosevelt
partisans do not intend to stand for a
nomination made by list Of delegates
that contains, they assert. eighty names
that are not entitled to be there What
amounted 20 notice was served on the
by Johnson and Heney. of
by Fort and by Hadley that