The Washington times., 1912-06-18
Police Called to Clear
Aisles Of the
Coliseum.
HADLEY GETS FLOOR
TO MAKE PROTEST
Despite Barnes Objection Chair
man Rosewater Recognizes
Progressive Leader.
Continued from First Page)
their seats, the New York boss wear
ing cynical, sneering frown.
Makes Point of Order.


Makes Point of Order.
Mr.. Chairman, l rise to a question
of order. / desire to know whether the
temporary roll has been properly
framed?'
Here James Watson, of Indiana. the
Taft parliamentarian, broke in, raising
the point of order that there could be
nothing properly before the convention
until II had been formally organized.
Rosewater ruled the point of order
we'll taken, but said that he was willing
to listen to arguments on the question
! before the house at that time.
| Hadley continued:
Il rose to a question Of information
and there was nothing before the house
at that time.
| Il move that the list OF delegates, pre-
pared by the national committee known
| as the temporary roll be amended in the
! following way, by substituting the fol-
lowing list of delegates and that the
| list known as No. 2 be known as the
list OF temporary delegates for this con-
vention."
Watson renewed his point of order
that Hadley's motion was out Of order
until a proper organization of the con-
vention had been effected.
Get Time for Debate.
Rosewater declared that the motion
| appeared to the chair to be we'll taken,
but said that he was willing that each
side should have twenty minutes in
which to debate the question.
Governor Hadley then called Governor
! Fort Of New Jersey and Governor De.
he nj
at the same time Congressman Payne
of New York struggled up to the plat
form after considerable effort, taking
his place beside Jim Watson in the
ranks of the committees parliamentary
| sharks.
Both sides had been expecting this
| parliamentary question and had all OF
their data typewriter ready for use:
! Hayward concluded the reading OF the
call at 12:25 and Immediately Governor
| Hadley. of Missouri was recognized. He
stood on his chair a minute and then
pressed forward through the press in
closure to the platform, while the Penn
sylvania and other Roosevelt delegates
| cheered him.
Rosewater and Hayward shook hands
with Hadley and he started to read a
, typewriter document. AS he did so
! William Barnes, jr.. got to his feet and
shouted:
Mr.. Chairman, 1 rise to a point of
| Crder."
Rosewatcr paid no attention to Barnes
and Hadley proceeded, saying:
Governor Hadley started the debate
for the Roosevelt forces.
Il have presented for the considera-
ton of the chairman of the committee
and this convention motion to amend
the temporary roll which has been
placed before The convention. The chair
has stated that in his opinion that the
point is well taken. but in the same
spirit of that illustrous leader, William
Mckin!ey, has adopted the fair plan OF
permitting debate.
Explains His View.
our chairman has asked that a briet
statement be made by those supporting
end opposing it. | offer this to your
determination in the last analysis:
Il question If the national committee
has the absolute power to control the
list of delegates.
Then have we within a political Oh
ganiZation a political oligarchy, with
powers to make candidates, make and
pass laws?
IF that is the power of twenty-seven
men to say what shall be considere
a majority of a convention. then We
have ceased to have representative gov
eminent in our party"
This declaration was loudly cheered
I'VE know but one government In this
country and that is government by
political parties, and If control of the
parties can be maintained by those who
, make up the temporary roll, then We
have established a political oligarchy:
1T is the question now whether the
delegates shall or shall not pass upon
their own qualifications when their
right to sit is protested. In 1884. sim
liar situation arose. 1t was held that
for forty years the national committee
} had power to choose the temporary
: chairman, but the convention then de-
Cided that the convention was the SER
3 want and not the master of the Re-
: publican party or or the convention.
This question must In its fnai ana
lysis be decided either that the commit
l tee has the power not subject to change
5 later, or that the convention may later
change it,
Cites More Precedents.
= Hadley continued citing precedents tc
, support his contention, reading from &
i parliamentary point raised by Rosco'
E Conkling in 1864. which he claimed wal
5 then ruled in favorable to his conten
ton.
so offer to you today the precedeh
of 1864 which convention nominated 70
the second time Abraham Lincoln.
Il offer the statement of Senator Hoa
that the motion to amend the temporar.
roll is in order.
, But this question is more question
of principle than of precedent 1t i
said that fraudulent names are on thi
roll. AS long as we do not meet an(
fairly face this question any man VIII
goes out from this convention with
{ nomination goes out with a tainted nom
;, lnation, and can neither expect nor re
: ceive the votes of the American people
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