The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-06-19
FIRST TEST OF STRENGTH WON
BY THE TAFT SUP
PoRTERS.
President Drew First Blood When De-
nand that Temporary Roll Be
Amended by Excluding Contested
Delegates.


tional convention when Chairman
-Rosewater, after listening to argu-
ments of the Roosevelt and Taft
forces, ruled out of order the de-
mand of the Roosevelt men that the
temporary roll be amended. By the
proposed amendment, Roosevelt dele
gates that were under contest would
nave been substituted for Taft dele
gates admitted by the national COM
mlttee. The action of Chairman Rose
water prevented a vote by The con.
vention on the Roosevelt proposition.
The convention at 230 o'clock had
not yet organized. United States
Senator Elihu Root of New York, and
Governor Francis McGovern of Wis
consin by the Taft and anti-Taft
forces respectively, had been placed
in nomination for temporary chair
man, but no vote had been reached.
AT 8 o'clock it did not seem that
the convention was any nearer Or
ganization than when it started. The
delegates had plenty of sources of
excitement, but there was nothing ap-
preaching an outbreak nearer than
the yells5, that met Francis Feney's
denunciation of the national commit
teemen. Heney likened the commit
teemen to Abe Reuf of San Francisco.
except that Reuf was in the peniten-
tiary while the committee was max
ing I'm tha tamnorarv ro1l
Amid the clamor of yells, rival fac
tions and the friendly shouts of state
delegations, the fifteenth republican
national convention began its Estory-
making course at noon. There was
none of the disorder that had been
feared. A few minutes after the
gavel had crashed its summons to the
delegates, quiet had been obtained,
and Chaplain Callaghn repeated his
prayer
Developments Come Quickly.
Immediately after this expression
of reverence, however, developments
came like shots from a rapid-ire gum
Hadley Of Missouri, the Roosevelt
floor leader, rose to a question OF In
formatin. He took the platform
Great cheering.
Watson of Indiana, the Taft floor
leader, followed Hadley to the plat
form. Barnes of New York, rose to
point of order The delegates and
spectators leaned forward expectant-
lly.
First Score For Taft
In loud voice Hadley asked if
temporary roll had been prepared.
The Taft floor leader met the query.
by raising the point of order that no
business was in order until the con-
vention was organized Loud cheers.
The chairman ruled that Watson's
point was well taken. Hadley said he
asked for information only. Then he
moved that the temporary roll be
amended by removing the names of
.sertain delegates and other names
However, Watson's point was sus-
tanned. Chairman Rosewater an
nounced he would give Hadley twen-
ty minutes. Governor; Fort of New
Jersey, and Governor Deneen Of II
.lincis, were called to the platform
and each side was given twenty min
-utes to debate Had1ey's motion.
Representative Serene E. Payne of
New York, was summoned to the
stage by the Taft forces. AS each of
the champions took the stage round
of cheers swept the hall. Fennay--
vania, New Jersey and California yell
ed wildly for Roosevelt leaders
To Seat Roosevelt Delegates.
Governor Hadley's formal motion,
as anticipated, was to take from the
temporary roll the Taft delegates and
substitute the Roosevelt delegates, in
certain contested cases.
Mr.. Watson made his point of Or
der before his list was read The
point of order seems to be well TAX
en-" said Rosewater, "but if the gov
ernor will address himself to the point
of order, we will hear him for twenty