The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-06-23
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was reduced to a mcr" majority. 80 mnoh
for our cunscrv atiyc l. r,.cr>Gi5. Mr.. rv"n".
We viii not participate Yi,h 70" in cora
rietlny the s,uttline Of the ship. We sill
not say 10 tn" youn, mon o. q" Lc'ion W no.
rcadnG 'oli'iCul histur,' With their i't'rloj-
Ism and longing 10 catch ste? with b" rH-t
OF their father that 'yr have no hing Better
to o.cr them AT this uour than 'h.- ~"
declaration Of human rights that "a dis
ca rdad political co'nmit'c" a. is last act
holds greater power than - majority OF over
two millions We 90 no, holt. y" merely
insist that you not " ar. ilaainy 3" record.
and VIC rcfus" to be bouui b. it We have
pleaded With you ten da--. We ha," fought
with you Ave dl"- for y square deal. y"
fight no more" We plead no longo We shall
sit in silent pr"t"st and the p,orl' who sent
Us here shall Judge u.
After the hullahalloo over the Colonels
statement and Mc. Aliens remarks was
over the regular programme was taken up.
Fi,~. came tn" r"por, o. the rules COM
mit;ce. II was brought in by Scnat or
Clark Of Wyoming. The Taft leaders had
decided not To have the new rules brought
UP just then So exRepresenta'iv" Wat
son moved TO lay this report on the table.
Fairbanks Reads Platform
WI. Coleman Of Pennsylvania Roose-
velt member Of the rules committee, pre-
sented q minority report. This was also
laid upon In" table upon motion of Mr
Watson and then -Nice-President Fair
| banks. chairman Of the committee on
! resolutions. cane forward To read tn"
/ platform. The Taft men Cheered him.
"Go get Il bottle of huttermill>,F said
| a man in the gallery.
The temper of some Of tho delegates
toward the ulatforn was shown when
! Mr. Fairbanks read the declaration tha.
the Republican party believed in govern
mert "of th. people. for IN" prop'" and
bv the peopl. Dools an croan- went up
from the hall.
After this. however, III" o"i"g1tas of
both fac, ions gav" falr amount o' atten-
/ ton 10 he reading Of tn. platform.
| No minority report on platform "a'
| presented hv ~" Roosevelt men. sem
| aior. Owen OF Wisconsin oHcT"d the Ia
! Toilette platform containing H." Senator y
| well known doctrines \ Porto Fican
| del, gate caused "a rIiinp,!s just - Senator
Owen stated r.adiuC He can" NJ ti,
! aisl. declaring THAT a Porto Rican CITIZEN
ship plank had been omitted from the
platform and demanding 10 l." heard
! Chairman Root called h,r' 10 r-s'r.
Not = great deal of 4:trl ;i.n Wa given
to Senator La Foll'ti"'s Ia 'o'"' ivory
body sc..nrI 10 know wh.. a." W." ."r,in
man stood Tor and Hf ina .''. VOC"
could -car~.ly b, h"ari anot, >" IVhhph
| Samuel NJ Cady "f Ni-,''-." .'!Ic"eI
in support of IT," La foli"l;" platform
Arthur ". Pr'hn. anoth"r Ia ru.i"i,"
orator, called the s"natpr- rl@tIcrN {
! CHARTER oi deMocracr
Upon thai platform alone can the R"-
publican party win he said
Ny Fairbanks lroN"d to lay IT," La fol-
lett. platform on the rahl" There were
cries Of NO" bit when Senator Roo;
asked il two state, demanded roll cali
thel" wa no r"spon~" Only f."
feeble noes wer. added to the Wisconsin
mems noes when the yot. was taken to
lay the La tolett" aT"nd,r"n; OF the
table Tn" Porto i,ican d-l"g"tcs So'
their turn then and Mr Fairbanks pro-
posed this plank as an Amendment to the
majority report, which was agreed 10;
I'VE ratiiy in all it, parts the platform
Of 1908 respecting citizenship for the
people Of Porto Rico
Mr. Barnes of New York demanded q
roll call upon the platform. II was SOC
onded by Indiana and Colorado Whel
California was reached in the roll Of State.
Gov. johnson got up and said; cali
fornia declines TO vote"
4 great cheer came from the Roose vel
men and many in the galleries applauded
Chairman Root ordered the delegation tc
be polled There was no answer as tn.
names were called unit the names of tive
seated Taft delegates were called Wher
they voted aye" there was storm o
boo-
| Maine refused to vote
| All the States whose delegation We're
divided dem lndei II poll of their dele
gates SON. of tha Maryland men an
swered: "Prcsent but you can't make M
vote"
Illinois Votes with Tan.
Only nine men on the Illinois delegat It 10,
followed the Colonel's wishes. When tn,
vote OF 10 10 o was announced the Iaf
men howlad again.
2 When Illinois was po.od this vote wa
0 changed 10 81 to o. Minnesota declinet
t to vote; Missuori cast her vote solid,
, for the Taft platform and up jumped
, tn" Taft men IN JOY over Gov. Hadley'
men.
Nebraska refused To vote. Gov. Fort,
announcement that New Jerseys twenty
eight delegates declined to vote wa.
greeted with cheers 10y the Roosevelt
men, The Ohio and Oklahoma vote
: also brought cheers from the Roosevelt
7 men. but it was when Pennsylvania y vot,
: was announced that they raised one o
: their best and biggest cheers. The Ter
South Dakota delegates refused TO vote
e Cummins had Withdrawn when OH,
= WAS reached
- West Virginia delegates likewise ro
fused to vote Massachusetts was an
nounced as Is for the platform and |
Il not voting. with four absent.
:, PUT them on record" demanded a rar
delegate from Massachusetts. 80 tn,
. d."ga'ion WIS poil"h Th" poll shove,
: two NOR" votes for til" platform
II Before the announcement OF tho plat
= form vote Walter l.. Hauser. La Toilette