Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1912-06-20
NOMINATING FIGHT
IS CONTINUED.
SECOND DAY SPENT IN b. -
DEBATE OVER oossSsfnD
DELEGATE rs.


Chicago,June 19.-The convention
reconvened at 1920 today and COM
menced Immediately to debate Gov.
Hadley's motion to include into the
convention 90 delegates who had
been given their seats by the nation
al committee over the protest of the
Roosevelt men in the contest hear
ing, and the convention starting as
peacefully as a high school debate,
transformed into a bowling bedlam
of yelling partisans within an hour
of the beginning of the long three
hours debate.
: Roosevelt's chief lieutenants, in
Guiding Gov. Hadley and Gov. De-
neen, served notice today that they
will not sanction bolt under any
circumstances. They made no Sc
cret of their position in this respect
announcing it to a number of news
paper men
Root for Temporary Chairman.
Chicago, June 1S.-The vote on
temporary chairman at the last
stood:
Root, New York ........... 55S
McGovern, Wisconsin ...... 5O2
Lauder, North Dakota. 49,. 9
Houser, Wisconsin go. ...... 3
Gronna, North Dakota 1
Against the threats, charges and
bitter invectives Of the Roosevelt
forces, the Taft supporters in the Re-
publican national convention today
put through the first portion of their
program by electing Senator Elihu
Root of New York temporary chair
man. In spite of the fact that Vic
tor Rosewater, chairman of the ma
tional committee, consistently ruled
out Of order every motion made by
the Roosevelt. forces, it ! required
more than five hours on the vote for
Craftsmanship. The call of the roll
was beset with difficulties from the
very first name on the list of dele
gates, but in the end, when the tu-
multi had died away, Senator Root
was found to have won by vote of
55S to 502 over Governor Francis
E. McGovern of Wisconsin, with
fourteen scattering votes and four
not voting.
Adjourn Until II a. m. Wednesday.
Shortly before adjournment at
7:45 p. M, to reconvene tomorrow
at II a. m., Governor Hadley who
again had taken place on the stage,
renewed the motion to substitute the
Roosevelt list of delegates for the
temporary roll made by the national
committee.
An agreement had been reached
that after this motion was made tho
convention should adjourn with the
Hadley substitute list motion un-
finished, but to be taken up immedi-
ately on convening tomorrow. The
Roosevelt list asked for the substi-
tuition of 92 Roosevelt delegates for
for 90 Taft men now sitting in the
convention as follows:
Alabama, q; Arizona, 6; Arkan-
sas, 2; California, 2; Indiana, 2;
Kentucky, 6; Michigan, s; Okla
homa, 2; Tennessee, 4; Texas, 26;
Washington, IA; Virginia, 1S; Dis
trict of Columbia 2.
The convention adjourned at 8
p. m.
Fight on Credentials Committee.
Chicago, June 1S. Colonel
Roosevelt and his leaders decided
tonight to make a contest over the
report of the credentials committee
tomorrow "a decisive test of
strength. Most of the evening was
given over to discussion Of the
plan to be adopted. Governor Had
ley of Missouri received commits
sion to exercise free hand in d.
recting the fight on the floor Of tho
convention. The word was passed
to all Roosevelt delegates to "fol-
low Hadley." ..,.
Henry F. Coachems, the Wiscon-
sin delegate who today nominated
McGovern and thereby clashed with
the LaFollette delegation from his
state, resigned tonight as member
Of the delegation. He issued q sharp
attack on LaFollette in which he
accused the Wisconsin senator Of
having pursued selfish and per-
versely narrow policy"
Pollock Makes . Statement.
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