Arizona republican., 1912-05-27
Delegates Took Snap Judg- ment Holding It a Month Ahead of
 Tune.
SESSION ENDED
 IN A TIE VOTE
Clark, Wilson and Hearst Created a Rough House by Trying to Mix in
 Proceedings.

CHICAGO, May 26.-The Chicago
 Press club "scoopeG" the republican
 party last night by holding the na-
 tiOnal convention almost a month in
 advance of the set time for it. The
 convention was held in a downtown
 theatre before d large audience
 Taft, Roosevelt. LaFollette. Cannon,
 Champ Clark. Wilson, Hearst and even
 Clark's celebrated ''hOun' daNg'' were
 on the stage. About 150 persons took
 part in the performance The bur
 lesque was in one act. it having been
 announced that the club would present
 ''in one act the many screaming acts
 of the political leaders of the day"
 The curtain rose on a convention scene with the temporary chairman.
 newspaper men, telegraph operators,
 and several delegations in their places.
 A few seconds later the New York
 delegation entered. They carried ban
 ners inscribed Jim Jeffries Thought
 So, Too, and We Are For Big Built
 Aft" The lone Roosevelt delegate
 was tied and blindfolded.
 Roosevelt, clad in a cowboy outfit.
 followed quickly. After eXclaiming
 liars" he threw his hat into the aud
 fence Then he described a chalk
 ring on the stage and threw another
 hat into it. In snappy sentences he explained he was not a candidate for
 the nomination, and that if he ac- cepted il. he would have to force him self to do so.
 T have gone all over the country trying to stop the movement" ne de- clared
 Roosevelt having retired. LaFollette and the Wisconsin delegation appeared. After I>icling Roosevelts hat out of the ring. LaFollette announced his platform. bearing greatly on the Wis consin income tax. which. he declared, gave men with large families large tax exemptions.
 If a man has twelve children, Roosevelt pays him compliment La Toilette pays, him q bonus" said the speaker.
 A message arrived for Roosevelt, and upon being paged, he decided he hal been nominated so he re-entered the convention and began to thank it's members for the great honor they had thrust upon him. Informed of his CT TOT. he replaced his hat in the ring and then departed.
 Amid great disorder Cannon rushed l into the convention, pushed the tenn pOrary chairman from the platform and took up the gavel.
 "We must have harmony he shout ed, even if we have to fight for it
 The Ohio delegation arrived with President Taft He gave Roosevelt's 1 hat the customary kick anu made a speech.
 q am against the recall" he said. T am especially opposed to the recall
 of president after he is out. I find nothing in the constitution about this i out agin,' in agin.' business, and the | constitution must be preserved l don't want to move. I hope every man who | had to move May 1 will vote for me. Champ Clark and his "dawg" fol- 1 lowed the next arrivals, the dlVlded 1 Missouri delegation The dog kicked 1 the hat from the ring and for the in-
 suit suffered several kicks from Roose- l veIt. who replaced the hat. Inquiry as 1 to what Clark was doing in a, repub- | lican convention brought the reply that l he wanted to obtain some pointers 1 from the Roosevelt faction on how to run thc Baltimore gathering. l Both Governor Wilson and Hearst, who appeared after Clark, knocked the 1 hat out of the ring with the result | that Roosevelt first glued it down and 1 later put a brick under it. EVeltu- 1 ally Taft kicked tHr brick
 While the nominating speeches were 1 being made militant suffragette stormed the convention and began ft assail the various politicians present. ] She took Taft to task for never having l written any Dear Maria letters | Roosevelt because he wanted the han1 1 that rocked the cradle to work over 1 time: LaFolette for his hair which, 1 she alleged, was false Clark for call 1 ing himself speaker of the house in 1 defiance of the well known fact that | a woman always has been the ligntful
 owner of that title; Wilson for wearing a cap and gown, thus robbin% woman | of her rights, and Hearst :rr having | asserted that he was a great td1tor, 1 although many of his colrr1Es nave ! been filled by women writers The suffragette placed in nomination.
 a newspaper woman who gives advice
 to sentimental people regarding affairs
 of the heart The speaker declared her
 candidate haG exposed more crooked
 men than the Sherman law
 The vote on Taft, Roosevelt and La Toilette resulted in a tie each recelV- 1 ing 359 votes. Cannon announced that
 the maa whose friends made the most (Continued on Page 3.