The Yale expositor., 1912-06-27

men elected as delegates for him to
decline to vote on any matter before
the convention, and practically all Of
the delegates who favored his nomina-
ton followed his bidding.
Mr.. Allen concluded his sensational
speech with the declaration that he
and the other Roosevelt men did not
bolt.
Says People Shall Judge.
I'VE merely insist" sad he, that
you, not We, are making the record,
and we refuse to be bound by it, We
have pleaded with you for ten days,
We have fought with you for five days
for a square deal We fight no more.
We plead no more. We shall sit in
protest, and the people who sent us
here shall Judge us
Immediately after this declaration
the committee on resolutions report
ed, and after the Taft platform had
been read the La Toilette platform
was placed before the convention.
Candidates Are Nominated.
President Taft's name was placed
before the convention shortly by Hard
ing of Ohio, and the nomination was
seconded by John Wanamaker of Phil
adelphia and Nicholas Murray Butler
of New York.
Sherman was nominated by J. Van
Vleckter Olcott Of New York and sec
onded by an Ohio delegate in behalf
OF the IA followers Of the president
from that state.
placed in nomination, according to the
program, although he received II
votes.
Michael b. Olbrich, a young lawyer
from Madison, placed the name of La
Toilette before the delegates in a
speech that was frequently Interrupted
by applause, and it was seconded by
Robert NJ Pollock of Fargo. a mem
Der Of the North Dakota delegation.
Before La Toilette was nominated,
however, Walter l.. Houser, his cam.
paign manager, read a statement from
the senator saying he could not stand
on the platform adopted by the con-
vention. even IL selected, as it did not
embody the progressive principles for
which he stood.
Roosevelt Men Give Up.
From the time that Chairman Root
called the last days session to order
at 10:43 a. m, it was apparent that
the Roosevelt men had given up the
struggle against their opponents. They
had reached point where they could
laugh at their own misfortunes, which
they did to the great enjoyment of the
entire convention.
All the contested delegates were Civ
en- their seats with hardly a moan from
the Roosevelt forces. Even when the
Texas contests were reached and
heard by the convention, the steam
roller failed to pause.
Time being short and the delegates
hoping to get home in time for Sunday
dinners. ii was necessary at times to
forget even parliamentary practice.
The program included motion from
James E. Watson OF Indiana favoring
adoption of the credentials committee
ltpOIJ ulleI tdCu COHltSI Hdu Dcen
heard. 1t soon became evident that
this was consuming too much time, so
the "silver-tongued orator" only rose
in his seat and Chairman Root an
nounced that the motion had been
made.
BY the same method Mr.. Root an
nounced that the motion had been car
ried after the thunderous volume OF
objecting delegates had rent the air
whereupon the Roosevelt men footed
their whistles, laughed and appeared
to be having the time OF their lives.
Committee Ends Work.
The reports of the credentials COM
mittee that were ready when the con-
vention met were quickly disposed of
by seating the Taft delegates as rec
commended by the majority report.
About II o'clock this committee was
forced to delay work.
Ii was 1:40 o'clock when Chairman
Root announced that the credentials
committee had finished It's work on
the contests. Secretary Gleason read
a statement from the chairman OF the
committee TO the effect that all re-
naming contests had evidently been