The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-06-21
ROOSEVELT. FORCES ROUTED
IN THREE STATE CONTESTS;
STEAM ROLLER IN ACT T|ON
Roosevelt Forces Lose the First Skrmsh in the Fight to
Gust the Seventy-eight Contested Delegates When
Convention Votes to Permit Contested Dele
gates to Vote Their Eligibility.
IA TOILETTE MEN SUPPORT TAFT FORCES
BULLETIN 4:30.

BULLETIN 4:3o.
CHICAGO, June 21.-The Taft fore
res won the first battle over the con-
Rested delegation question, over which
Ia split in the party 10 assured. When
1.-THE Ninth Alabama District contest
was called, the first contest submitted
tby the credentials committee, Hadiey
iof Missouri, made motion that con-
tested delegates not be permitted to
vote on the contest. Watson made a
motion to table the HadIey resolution
and Watson was sustained 564 to 4e9.
On Watson's motion to table the
motion to substitute the minority re-
port for the majority report of the
committee, the Wisconsin delegation
(La FolIette) switched to the Taft
eide and voted aye. Watson's motion
was carried COS to 464.
The Arizona and Arkansas contests
were next considered and the Taft del
sgatss in the contested districts Of
those states were seated.
There are seventeen other contests
10 be decided and it is probable the
roll call will be dispensed with in set
tiing them.
The steam roller piowed along mer-
rily today and the Taft men are elated
with the progress they made.
At $40 Col. Roosevelt, with Mrs.
Roosevelt descended by the servants
elevator from their private apartments
in the Congress Hotel and took an au-
tomobiIe. They were rushed out with
great secrecy, and were going rapidly
north on Michigan Boulevard. No per-
son connected with the Roosevelt
headquarters admitted any knowledge
ss to their destination. It was assumed
by some Of the wiseacres that the Col
.oneI was going to the Coliseum. This
idea was based upon the theory that
he intends to take charge Of an eIe-
venth hour movement in his behalf.
+. CHICAGO, June 21.-When the Re-
publican national convention met to-
because Of the report that there was
prospects for an adjournment There
was no crush of eager spectators be-
fore the entrance, even a part of the
army of assistant sergeants at arms
having deserted. Ten minutes before
the convention was started more than
a fifth of the delegates had taken
their places. The platform was almost
deserted.
The delegates came slowly to their
places. The hour set for the resuming
Iof the session of the convention found
practically all of them present. Ten
minutes past the appointed time for
the convention to come to order, VIM.
Barnes, Jr., marched back to his place
pfter a platform conference.
A woman in blue came to the center
OF the remote bandstand to introduce
the novelty of song. The delegates
soon learned that the fair singer who
sought to sooth the savage breast by
singing "On Moonlight Day was Miss
Flo jacobson.
A woman came to the front of the
gallery dressed in white, and attract
ed god deal Of attention. Somebody
told tis leaders that she had a second
edition Of the last big Roosevelt dem
onstraion ready for springing. The
New ,ersey delegates began the noise
by getting up in their places and Civ
ing neir state YELL Virginia took up
the hallenge for showing their vocal
tpowrs and California added her
swhop.
Fon the committee on credentials,
w hih was then fighting over the re-
DOE there came word that the Taft
majority had decided by vote of 32
to5 to bring in partial report, TAX
inlin the contests down to Kentucky.
MS made a clear-cut issue in the
fat. With the contested IS left in
a5ir seats, there was but one thing
II the Roosevelt program to do, and
tilt was to treat the entire proceed
siss of the convention as illegal and
tisnore the official action thereafter,
= everybody heard of the arrange
nnt for bringing the fight to head
lIth renewed and reawakened inter
-. It.
The convention was called to order
1 1 12:26 by Chairman Root,
ffGov Hadley, of Missouri and VIM.
Ilinn talked together for a short
time.
When William Jennings Bryan ap.
reared in the press stand he was Civ
EN- a demonstration that lasted fully
a minute. Then the band played some
more.
Chairman Root. r. r. Mccormick,
Gov. Hadley and ]. Franklin Fort had
10 chat on the stand. The galleries
were recruited until they were full
They wondered what was keeping the
.Uroceedings at a stand still Pennsyl-
IvsAia shouted her call with "65 for
iRoosevelt," and got cheer.
Just before the convention WAS
called to order II was learned that the
Roosevelt men intended to renew
their fight against any OF the IS con,
tested delegates. when the credentials
committee put in its partial report
Gov Hadley was ready with motion
30 prevent the contested delegates
from voting on the contests. Ii was
expected that Chairman Root would