The Washington herald., 1912-06-20


mission TO the platform entrance to-day,
but having no ticket was refused ad-
mission. He was taken TO Fred Upham's
private box and given a seat
There was q good deal OF confusion in
the galleries at the hour when the con-
vention should have convened. The crowd
was slow and hard to handle. The as
sistant sergeants at arms seemed inca
pable of handling the situation. The
same trouble was evident on the moor
OF the hall where everything moved
slowly and apparently without system.
The convention was declared In order
at 11:8. after the serBeants had strug-
gled with the crowd for nearly fifteen
minutes.
Chairman Root then asked the Rev.
Joseph stolz to pronounce the invoca-
tion. He said:
"Oh, Lord, who art the loving Father
OF all mankind. the great ruler OF all the
nations, eternal God who counsels provi-
dence in the tumult and conflicts among
the oppressed. in Thy blessing has been
bestowed upon this land Of milk and
honey and Thy providence we live In
the land Of the free and the home OF
the brave. We praise Thee for millions
who find blessings In our borders. We
express gratitude TO Thee because our
Justice has become the common law OF
the land. Help US to be worthy Of thy
blessings.
PrnyG for Delegates.
Make US not be one Of those who
think Of themselves but Of uprightness
end truth. Bestow on US wisdom and
Judgment Let the delegates be filled
with Thy spirit, so that they may know
what truth and justice save nation"
Immediately after the prayer Chairman
Root stated the first thing 70 be taken
up was the motion Of Gov. Hadley' ana
that Delegate Watson had agreed on
three hours for debate, the time TO be
evenly divided. The rule was adopted ny
unanimous consent
John Maynard Harlan announced for
the chair that those recognized by the
chair would be expected TO take their
places on the platform while speaking.
Gov. Hadley opened the debate on his
motion.
He was given an ovation as he stepped
TO the front Of the platform.
Hadley began his argument on the mo-
ton to substitute the seventy-eight
Roosevelt delegates for those now on the
roll.
was presentable.
Gov. Hadley said:
'I am going TO take few moments
Of your time to explain the situation now
before us
We made a motion that some seventy
delegates placed on the roll by the Ma
tional Committee be stricken on, and
that the rightfulTy elected delegates
should be substituted The chair
man ruled this motion out Of order. al
though without q point having been
made He heard argument on the ruling
already made took an appeal which
the chair refused to recognize and sub
NIT to the convention. We had two
courses We could meet arbitrarily the
arbitrary action on this ruling. We pre-
ferred to wait until temporary chair
man was elected.
Quotes Roosevelt on Fraud.
Then we renewed the motion that the
chairman has considered proper"
Hadley then named in a general way
the men referred 10. He said he would
not present the individual cases, as
others would do that. He then quoted
from a speech Of Roosevelt. saying that
the substitution Of the names by the
National Committee was a plan to sub
stitute the will Of the bosses for the
will Of the people Of the United States
He paid a glowing tribute to Roosevelt
He did not mention the former Presi-
dent by name. but said:
He can lead more people to the polls
I than any other man in the United
States"
Hadley then read a statement from
fourteen members of the Republican Ma
tional Committee. many OF whom are
not supporters Of Roosevelt for the
Presidency. As he proceeded. Hadley
paid tribute to Senator Bo-ah. one OF
the men who had signed the statement
Borah's name was cheered. Next Hadley
spoke Of Frank B. Kellogg, who also
signed the statement. Kellogg was
cheered. When he suggested that he
would pass over the other names on the
list there were shouts OF GO on
Then came the name Of Ward. OF New
York. and il brought out cheers.
Ward" said Hadley. does not GER
tify a list of delegates simply on the
ground Of the candidates they are to
support.
THE different cases will be presented
by representatives Of the different
States
Talks of California.
HadIey continued: But I will tell you
how in California, where the delegates
were elected by 1000. particularly two
delegates who were turned out because
in one district It could not be deter
mined how many votes the Roosevelt
men held"
He referred briefly to Texas and other
States. Then said:
Then will come the question Of who
shall vote on this motion. II is our con-
tentIon that only those not involved in
the contests should be allowed to vote
on the notion
Hadley then referred again TO the prece-
dents of the former conventions. He as
serted that these precedents were against
the contested delegates voting.
In concluding, he said:
1T is written in the law Of England
that no man shall sit as Judge in his
own case. We contend that no delegate
is entitled to vote on the question
whether he shall benefit in the frauds
that It is alleged were peEpetrated."
signers of the Report.
The men on the report were: William
E Borah, OF Idaho; Frank B. Kellogg. OF
Minnesota: George A. knight. Of Cali
fornia; T. Coleman Dupont, Of Delaware;
A r. Burnam, OF Kentucky Pearl
Wight. Of Louisiana; John G. Capers, Of
South Carolina: NJ. c. Monday, Of Ten
nessee; Sidney Bieber, OF District Of Co
lumbIa; Cecil L. Lyon, OF Texas Theo-
dore Thorson, Of South Dakota; William
L. Ward. OF New York; C. E. Loose. Of
Utah
James Watson yielded ten minutes Of
his time TO W. T. Dovell, Of Washington.
He ssid:
"On the day Of our State convention
in Washington a Presidential candidate
charged that an attempt was made to
steal the delegates from him. Let me
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