The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-06-19
DAY SPENT OVER
!. CONTEST motion
They Shook Hands With the
Chairman and Retired to F..
Their Corners.
OPEn|NG CoNvOCAT|On WAS
OFFERED BY RABBI sT0Elz
Great Crowds Filled the Coliseum
. Galleries to the Limit and Filled
the Streets for Blocks in Strug.
Cling Mass of Humanity.

Convention Hall, June 19.-The
Coliseum was sea Of empty chair.
at $3.50 o'clock when the band in 1t.
perch near the roof. struck the open.
ing note of the morning concert.
file Of policemen came in through q
side door, stepping lively to the march
time. Tho bluecoated guardians took
hall where the line held back the
surging crowds, and the delegates and
spectators began to filter in through
the doors.
Before 8 o'clock the Wabash ave.
nue. doors of the convention hall were
beseiged by telegraph operators. mes.
senger boys and newspaper employees
who were denied access. The tickets
issued for Tuesdays session were re.
jected by the door keepers and for a
time it appeared that the telegraph
Sergeant-at-Arms Stone finally pro.
duced 400 forgotten badges from his
safe and these were distributed in the
crowd outside the annex door.
Col. Roosevelt went into conference
at $3.50 o'clock with Senator Borah
Geo. B. Cortelyou, Governor johnson
Of California. Clifford Pinchot, William;
Finn and other leaders. The colone
will continue today to keep in touch
with his forces In the convention hal
By means of a telephone in his hote
apartments.
UP to the very moment the conven.
tion was called to order the Taft
managers labored nightly to main.
All through the night and morning
delegates crowded the anterooms and
conference rooms of Director McKin.
ley's headquarters while Mckinley and
his, aides argued and pleaded with
them. to remain firm.
Director Mckinley neglected prac.
ticaliy everything else to labor with
the delegates When 1t was time to
start for the convention today he said
Taft would be fully as strong as he
was yesterday.
exactly as they did yesterday" he
said. III there is any shifting we
will gain as much as. II not more than
We lose.''
Chairman Root announced that an
agreement had been reached between
Watson and Hadley that three hours
Of debate equally divided. on Had
ley's demand for the elimination OF
niIety-two contested delegates from
the temporary roll be admitted.
When Hadley opened the debate
he was greeted with cheers: He pre-
sented' statement Of fourteen men,
bers of the national committee that
ninety-two contested delegates should
not be seated.
Governor Hadley ID reading the
minority report of the national COM
mittee and calling particular atten-
ton to the unimpeachable character
Of the men who signed it. He is fre-
quently appiauded. He asked the
convention to consider the case and
the. evidence in the same way tn,
would: were they sworn jurors in q
court Of Justice.
Governor Hadiey concluded his
speech and was wildly applauded.
delegates standing on chairs. throw
ing hats in the air ana cheering.
Governor Hadley was followed by
Delegate w. r. Dovall Of Washington.
who addressed the convention. Mr..
Dovall supported the majority report
OF the national committee. which IA
vors the. seating Of the delegation in
structed for President Taft. =
The speaker contended that the
contests were brought only witt the
intention Of preventing the voting o.
the contested delegates in the tempo
rary organisation and thus controlline
OF the convention by the. Rooseveit
forces. Mr.. Dovall was interrupted
every moment, or two by mingled
cneeIS ana 4roaus. He concluded his
- Allen Speaks.
5Dovan was followed by H. J. Allen
Mr.. Allen called particular atten-
tion to the case Of the contested del
eeates from Washington and said
that although great stress has been
laid on the cases Of fraud in the south
nothing worse than the washington
case could be perpetrated.
The delegates section was often in
an uproar over the statement mad.
by Mr.. Allen. He was often cheered
b ydelegates and spectators, while the
deieEates opposed to him often in
terrupted: with groans and misses.
Delegate Newcomb Of New Yorj.
raised q point Of order against the
Interruptions. The chair sustained
the motion and asked for fair NAV
for both sides.
Mr.. Allen concluded his speech
amidst great applause and was fol-
lowed by Delegate Heminway Of Indi-
ana. He said that OF fourteen man.
bers OF the national COMMITTEES pro.
testing against the committees rule
all but two had been retired from the
committee this year. The staten,
OF Mr. HemtnWay In comparing the
Personalities Of the contendinr fac.
tions that Senator Penrose Is a batter
man than Flynn was loudly applaud.
81 and wGs followed BY IN uproar.
Chairman Root attempted to ouiet
the crowds BY telling them to resnect
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