Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-20

admit no one. The Roosevelt forces shouted again for everyone to come in. Mr Thayer called for policemen, who pushed their way through and kept the crowd from getting in.
 Acting Under Roosevelt's Orders.
 The Roosevelt men poured from the room declaring they were acting un- der orders from Colonel Roosevelt.
 Everybody go to the Florentine room at the Congress" shouted one man. They rushed out, followed by the crowd, and in the street outside of the Coliseum they were overtaken by Secretary William Hayward.
 Why did you act that way?" he de- manded of Heney
 Why didn't you wait until some rules had been passed?"
 We are acting under the direct or ders of Colonel Roosevelt" retorted Heney.
 When the delegates had been called to order in the Florentine room by a Roosevelt delegate, an invitation was extended to Taft delegates who were present under false colors" to leave the room
 "Het them stay" shouted a delegate. We have no star chambr sssions."
 William Finn, of Pennsylvania mounted table and addressed the delegates
 Parting of Ways Has Come"
 "The issue has been joined" he said. T have just come fro ma two hours conference of the Pennsylvania delega- tfon and we voted unanimously to walk out of a convention controlled by the Taft forces through theft and fraud. aaafsfAvR 4I. publican candidate for state treasurer and candidate for congress in Penn sylvania- These gentlemen held that their personal interests were of rela- tive unimportance as compared with the principle at stake and the duty they owed the people. He have been patient, but the 1arting of ways has come"
 Wouldn't Disgrace Maryland.
 Edward c. Darlington of Maryland, a member of the credentials commit tee, here interrupted to describe the proceedings preceding the walkout
 The Taft majority of the committee sought at the outset to apply the gag rule" he said, "and I refuse to dis grace the state of Maryland by sit ting longer with the committee"
 EE the bolters to return to the committee room and make a minority report to the convention tomorrow.
 Roosevelt Addresses Delegates.
 Then Colonel Roosevelt appeared and immediatel ybegan to speak.
 T am going to ask you to take a recess until l can get certain facts and lay them before you he said. T earnestly counsel you not to discuss what you intend, to do until you have the facts before you.
 T can tell you the general outline Of what l shall do, So far as I am concerned l shall never recognize in a republican convention a majority of which in large part is composed of fraudulently seated delegates from the states of which Governor Hadley spoke today. That is not a convention ot the republican party A convention ot the republican party is a convention the majority of which is elected by the people and not appointed by a mori- bund national committee.
 "Fraud Destroys Any Contract"
 T am for a convention in whicf sit the men elected by the states 0. Washington and Arizona and not the men appointed from Washington ant Arizona by the defunct bosses of othel states. I hold that this is no case c. a factional fight. The time has com, 1 now when we must assert absolutely ! the right of the people to run the na l tional convention, to have their ow1 representatives put in the convention I see that it was held today that O these contested delegates all were t, l vote on one anothers cases on tn i ground of a precedent. The argumen | in favor of that precedent is of tn type of the argument made by cleve | corporation lawyer when advising i corporation how to keep within lay | and yet do what the law intended l. forbid. This kind of bad faith viti ates any proposition. Fraud destroy 1 any contract"