The Washington herald., 1912-06-23

Chairman ROOT stopped the singing 10
Hugh T. HaIbert. OF Minnesota, to speal
for the minority report.
Mr.. Halbert said:
Before presenting a statement OF tn
case. of Washington 1 am requested 4
make a statement. The minority mem
bers OF the committee on credentials be
iieved that the committee was a eour
OF final jurisdiction. and they did no
present objections TO many OF the con
| counties. With the determination Of
single contest from a single county II
Washington for Roosevelt he would hav,
! a majority. A primary election wal
held and It resulted In $500 votes be
| ing cast.
''of these votes 800 were cast for Taft
and 800 for Theodore Roosevelt. It has
seemed TO the minority that this question
Is one Of right and wrong. That It is q
great moral question.
: Cannot stand Disgrace.
The Republican party can stand de.
feat with honor, but the Republican
party cannot stand defeat with dis.
honor"
They are rolling the roller" said the
delegates In happy chorus and William
7. ReveIl, Of Chicago. took the stand
Il understand" Injected former Gov
Fort, OF New Jersey. that this delegate
Is one of the contested delegates. He
has no right to vote or speak"
THE gentleman is one Of those whose
seats are contested" ruled the chair,
and he has no right TO vote. but I don't
think that II precludes his right TO speak.
Mr.. Revel said that the Roosevelt
people had disregarded their party call
and come together without authority.
They had no right he said, to come be-
N1-1
delegates be seated. because they had
thrown party to the winds.
He read from the minutes Of the State
Committee Of Washington.
There was q wild Roosevelt demonstra-
tion soon after the opening. song by
Miss Floe Jackson soothed the ruined
delegates.
When she ceased singing, a swinging.
yipping around Of applause forced an
encore.
Eevery delegate in the house stood up
and kept the peace in tribute to the
dual power Of woman and OF song.
Play "AnnIe Laurie"
And the band played Annie Laurie" to
say nothing of Dixie" while a man hung
a banner over the rear balcony bearing
the words:
What Root said OF the Penrose ma
N---A-N- my eAN hl dEkltEhL4On VI
criminals masquerading under the ban
ner OF Republicanism.'
There came a roar from the crowd
and the banner was violently torn away
by hostile hands.
The sergeants-at-arms and the police
elected from the hall the men who
swung the banner so defantly before the
face Of Chairman Root. who. white with
rage, sat and watched the proceedings.
Finn, OF Pennsylvania, mounted a
chair and good naturedly prodded the
New York delegation.
Il know that our days are numbered"
he shouted 70 the delegates OF the I'm
pire State.
Meyer Assner, Of California, climbed
on a chair and shouted:
Mr.. Chairman, I move you that while
We are waiting We listen TO addresses
on party regularity from Senators Pen
rose and Crane"
The sarcastic motion provoked a round
of applause from Roosevelt delegates.
While the convention proceeded on its
hilarious way the usual crowds returned
to watch the fight BY 12:5o o'clock the
galleries were packed.
HinnesOtans Caucus.
The Minnesota delegation went into
conference while the convention was
waiting for the credentials committee
report.
They considered a plan TO refuse to
vote on the nomination. 1t was virtually
decided to adopt the plan. A test vote
on one Of the coming contests was dis
cussed- The vote was to find out how
many Of the Roosevelt delegates would
refuse to vote on the roll calls after
the permanent roll should be adopted.
During the long wait for the Texas re-
port to come in Mrs. Ella T. Harris, Of
Denver, was overcome by the excitement
that had attended the session. She was
sitting in the balcony with her husband
and her brother. Walter T. wrenn, when
she suddenly leaped to her feet.
A delegates cried more oil for the
steam roller"
Mrs. Harris was much affected
Roosevelt is our candidate" she cried
1T is robbery"
There was a scene near the lady. Her
husband and brother endeavored to calm
her. Finally they bore her from the gal
lery.
While the intermission was the order
OF the session. the statement from Col.
Roosevelt appeared in which he requested
his followers not to vote on any ques-
ton that might in future come before
the convention.
Get Texas Report.
The minority report on the contest from
the Fourth North Carolina District was
read for information and then Chairman
Root said:
The convention will receive the re-
port Of the credentials committee on the
at large from Texas"
The report charged that the sentiment |
In Texas was overwhelmingly in favor |
Of Presidet Taft
How about California;" yelled a dele |
gate.
BOO! boo!' chorused the other Roose-
welt men.
Throwing out the rotten boroughs."
ran the report, ''the State OF Texas very 1
was in favor of Taft"
Then II charged that Cecil Lyon had
made the color issue dominant in the
and had said in the fight that
L was a question whether the white
nan or the black ruled in Texas.
John J. Sullivan, OF Ohio, moved to \
substitute the minority report, which he
cad. naming the Roosevelt delegates as
egal.
The minority report closed with the
iemand that the Roosevelt delegates be
seated.
Samuel H cady, Of Wisconsin. pre-
sented a third statement, in which he
said he did not agree with either Of
the other reports.
The minority report on Texas was
tabled and the majority report on the
Texas delegates-at-large was adopted.
The Taft delegates were seated.
Taft delegates in First, Second. Third.
Fourth. Fifth. Sixth, Ninth. Eleventh.
Texas also were seated.
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