The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1912-06-28
Reporter, Vol. g. No. 40

ltt CCuESTeICeS. S~s.t-
icsi plan would be fixed up and the
next day /. would be abandoned
Firrt II was a bolt OF al tie Roose.
ysft delegates. Then Il was double
convention. And agairF II was a pol
ICY OF silent rion-par;iciprtfon. There
was no bolt: there was oaly one con-
tlon: there was nothing that even re-
moteIy resembled silence eace.s the
refusal to vote on The faal bs,.cts by
rhe eolonel's stanchest adherents.
Rosewater Prompt, But
Victor Rosewater WHO as chairman
of the national committee called the
convention 10 order. was only three
minutes late IN pounding oct with bis
gayel tho announcement that the sh, "
was about 10 begin. The Omaha man
looked pitiiully small and weak. aud
could not make himself heard ten feet
away from the platform. For fifteen
minutes coniusioa reignod, and the
chairman was unable 10 quell It.
little later. when the Roosevelt adher-
ents were making their first fight by
seeking TO substitute their own tent
pcrary roll for that prepared by the
national committee. MT. Rssewater
piped feebly until some one shouted
Speak UP. little boy" Then he sue.
cumbed 10 the roar of laughter and let
clerk read his rulings.
1T was no easy Job keeping The great
cowd In order. for while the de.o
gates themselves were mostly grim
and tense, apparently inbued with the.
idea that they were making history"
there were numerous slsilfully plE ced
claques In the galleries which inter-,
rupted the speakers at frequent tRtse-
walls.
Hadicy Commands Tespes@
One man there was who vas not
subject TO ribsld interruptions and
teers. That was Governor Hsdley uf
Missouri. the Roosevelt field captain.
Whenever he arose he was accorded
respectful attention and often hearty
applause, for evea his political enc
mics couldn't think up weak spots In
His record with which to taunt him
Billy Finn, another Roosevelt
fighter. was not 70 fcrtsnstc. BAT he
seemed 10 like the storm thas yagcd
shout him aud did not give n inca
until squsicked BY the gavel. Senator
Bradley Of Kentucky, too. cane In for
share Of 'boos' and Kisses and was
stirred to rage by many illusions 10,
the fact that he had voted III favor CO
Lorimer.
"tietnie" ccchems In Acton.
The little furry m the Wisconsin
delegation, caused ky MIR. Eouser's as
ssrticn that the delegation would not
support Governor McGovern for tenn
porary chairman. gave -Heinie" Cock-
ems q chance to show some OF the.
spirit which used to take him through
an opposing footbsll eleven. Coch-
ems had placed McGoTern in nomi-.
nation. and al had gone swimmingly.
until Houser got up ard protested that.
La Toilette would not enter into any
combination with any other candidate.
and therefore the Wisconsin dele
gates should rot support the Badger
f3vernor. who was the choice OF the
Roosevelt forces.
Up jumped "Heinie~ and. beirg
given two minutes. explained that the,
Wisconsin delegation In CAUCUS had
split on the Question. bat that he. as,
an individual Ia Folettc delegate. hal
presented McGavern's name. "Blt"
shouted Cochems. equaring iIis Jaw
II dare any progressive delegate frpl
Wisconsin 10 vote for Root" And he
made coed. for when the ballot was
taken thirteen f'ldgers voted for the
governor and the other thirteen srlit.'
up their votes nmong North Dakota
men and Mr.. IIouser
Howls for heney.
For stirring UP tempest. Francis.
] Hcney mas unsqialled by any other
man in the convention. He fought
hard against the seating Of the two
Taft delegates from the Fourth dis
trict Df California, end was howled at
10y the Taftite galleries. He bobbed'
up on various ether occasions, notably
in long sreech seconding the nom,
.nation OF McCovern. and was how LED
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