The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-06-18
BITTER FIGHT GOES TO
G.. o. p. CONVENTION
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sition where they might be observed
| from the galleries. But the old wheel
horses OF the party, the men whose
! names are intimately connected with
! its history, delayed as much as they
could They wanted the spotlight, the
hand-clapping and cheers which would
show the outsiders that their place in
the party was recognized. Men OF
the Depew type, to whom public rec
ignition means everything. fingered
in the corridors So that they might
flhd a clear aisle down which TO stride
TO their seats in the full view OF the
gathered delegates and packed gal
leries And each time the little ruse
worked. The band leader would rec
ogniZe the well known form, there
would be a quick signal. Hail TO the
Chief" would ring out from the brass
instruments and the galleries and del
cgates would greet the arriving dele
gate with a warmth that only varied
with the degree TO which he was
known
Order Of Proceedings.
When Chairman Rosewater dropped
his gavel at noon, the regular order
OF business provided for the opening
invocation by Rev Father James F..
Callaghan, Of Chicago. Then came the
presentation of the gavel by Fred w.
Upham, chairman OF the Chicago citi-
zens' committee, which arranged the
details for the convention. This was
followed by the reading of the official
call tor the convention by William
Hayward, secretary OF the national
committee. Then the action was
scheduled which was expected 10 pre-
cipitate the fight. the calling OF the
temporary roll OF the convention as
made up BY the. national committee.
minority report compiled by Sena-
tor Borah was in his possession and
a copy was in the pocket of the floor
leader OF the Roosevelt forces, Gov.
Herbert s. Hadley, OF Missouri. This
report was TO be presented as a min
ority one, and the Roosevelt men de-
clared that they intended 10 see that
IL was accepted ii they had TO keep
the convention in session all summer.
Under the rules the next order
of business after the reading OF the
temporary roll was the selection OF
the temporary chairman. Rosewater
was expected 10 announce that he had
been directed by the national commit
tee to present for temporary chair
man the name OF United States Sena-
tor Root In opposition TO Root. the
Roosevelt men planned 10 name Sen
ator William f. Borah, or Idaho. Just
when this would be reached was ex-
tiemely problematical when the CON
yentton met The Roosevelt men In
sisted they were entitled TO a roll
call on every question which would be
participated in b. only those men
whose right TO a seat was unques-
toned, while the Taft men held that
every delegate on the temporary roll
was legally authorized 10 vote on
every question but the legality OF his
own standing.
Four years ago the convention was
in session only tritie over two hours
and this included the time consumed
by the keynote speech of the temper
airy chairman. IL did not seem today,
however, that the speech of the tenn
porary chairman would be reached un-
III late in the day. With the temporary
chairman elected, the regular order oil
business provided for the naming of
the temporary secretary and other Of
ficers OF the convention, the calling
% the roll OF states, the naming OF
the committee assignments, after
which a recess until tomorrow was
scheduled in order 10 permit the Gre
dentials. resolutions and permanent
OF ganization committees 10 get down
10 work.
There were more important confer.
ences in the headquarters of the rival
factions prior TO the assembling OF
! the convention. Ii was a last round
up OF the leaders to the opening OF
the fight. Both sides insisted that
they had the delegates and would win
out. Tehir claims so far as delegates
" ere concerned, were utterly unrecon-
ciliable. The roll-call was necessary
10 determine who was TO win. Certain
delegates were claimed by both sides
and until they responded to their
names their ultimate intentions were
unknown,
Factions Secretve About Plans.
| Col Roosevelt arranged with his
managers TO keep him informed nj
all times on what was going on In
the convention halt. The report that
he planned 10 lead his fight in person
the moment such action became nee
essary was widely circulated. The
Roosevelt managers refused to afhrm
or DENY
Equally secretive were the Taft fol