Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-06-20
BOTH FORCES NOW CLAIM
TEST BALLOT SATISFACTORY
Advantage Appears to Be with President Sure
to Lose Some, However, of the 558 Cast for
Root but Will Gain Others from the SOP
Received by McGovern.

chicago June 1S.-Against tn
threats. charges and bitter invective
of the Roosevelt forces, the Taft sup
porters in the republican national con
vention put through the first portion
of their program by electing Senate
Elihu Root of New York rs temporar
chairman. In spite of the fact tina
Victor Rosewater, chairman Of the ma
tional committee. consistently ruled GU
of order every motion made by tn
Roosevelt forces, 1t required more THAI
five hours to reach a vote on tn,
: chairmanship
The calling Of the roll was bese
with difficulties from the first nam,
on the list of delegates. but in the end
when the tumult had died away, Sen.
ator Root was found to have won b,
vote of 55s to 502 for Governor
Francis K. McGovern of Wisconsin
with IA scattering votes and four no,
voting.
Tonight both the Taft and Roosevelt
forces are claiming that this vote in.
dicatcs that their candidate is absolutely
sure to win. The advantage appears tc
DE with the President, however for
while he is sure to lose some of the
votes that were cast for Senator Root,
1t Is claimed that he will gain, II in.
structions are lived up to. some of the
votes independently cast for McGovern.
STILL TALK OF COMPROMISE.
Those leaders. who have been urging
a compromise candidate ever since they
arrived in Chicago are pointing to an
other angle in the figures and claim
that they show that it is essential to
name so-caled dark horse" to save
the day for the Republican party.
While Mr.. Root was made chairman to-
day and managed to deliver his keynote"
speech. the fighting is to be renewed at
eleven O'Clock tomorrow when the motion
of the Roosevelt leaders to substitute a
new list of delegates for those seated in
some of the contested cases heard before
the national committee is to he taken up
as the unfinished business No commit
tees We're named tonight and none will
ne until this motion to purge the con-
Nention OF fraudulent delegates IS dis
posed Of To-day it was defeated on
point OF order but the Roosevelt forcos de-
clare that parliamentary practice will not
he permitted TO stand in their way to-
morrow
Tho Roosevelt people and the Taft peo-
pie carried out their programs asannounced
IN advance almost to the letter. The
Roosevelt people say tonight they arc
gong to fight every inch of the way.
BOLT APPEARS FAR DISTANT
There were cries Of "bolters" hurled
at the Roosevelt delegates at times
during the session but the CONTINGENCY
or bolt again tonight seemed to be
Ear distant
California under the leadership of
Governor Hiram Johnson assumed q
oeIliserent attitude almost with the
TART OF the roll call, when the two
roosevelt delegates from the fourth |
'istrict, unseated by the national COM |
m>ttee, were not allowed to vote. But |
'heY confined their protest to clio. |
Nuehce' the two votes for Root vera
'"e only encroachment in the State
upon the vote cast for McGovern Later
rehhsYlvania fell into the breach and
"aie even fiercer protest against the
'ote OF an alternate. There is prospect
however, OF another even mora bittor
struggle tomorrow when no "urr,,,h
I'd business the convention vii, ,,Lo
UP motion of Governor HadIev .,
Missouri to strike from the temnor.,y
roll OF the convention. as prenar.d nv
the national committee. tina nou..
~ delegates seated by tho ratioro,
committee IN the contested e,ect,o,
cases and to substitute those n, N.
Roosevelt contestants.
II was in precisely this effort r., the
part OF the Roosevelt mon that tho Whole
Gay was spent In struggle.
HAD1.EY STARTS THE FIGHT
The chaplain had hardly finished h,s
piVocation Of the Divine blessing upon
tao convention before Governor Hadlev
"1s on his feet ob1ecting to ths per
eohnci or The convention itself This led
n a long aud intricate parliamentary
argument.
chairman Victor Rosewntcr NJ Tho
National committee upon whose shoulders
hau FALLEN the ordinarily perfunctory
outy or calling the convention TO order
ana presenting the recommendations of
the committee for temporary officers or
the officers OF the convention found him
seif with an able bodied lob of nres,d-
Ing over what seemed likely to he a fur
bulent and passionate war OF factions
he was not in good voice, and what n.
,
the PLATFORM; but trumpet-voice clcrks
with megaphones did all the necessary
including the chairman.s
initial ruling upon the Hadley obiec-
ton.
This ruling was TO the effect that until
the national committee had presented the
temporary roll made up from the creden-
tails from the individual States and dis
tricts and It's judgment upon contests.
there was no convention; the gathering
was mere mass meeting; nothing could
be done until a preliminary organization
had been effected by the selection of a
presiding officer. He held that absolutely ,
no business was in order save the choice
of such an officer. lie said he had no de-
sire to be arbitrary in his railing and
would allow 70 minutes to each side TO
present arguments on the subject.
These arguments were presented by 7
Governor liadley and OK Governor Fort Of C
~ - '~r'.Av On the Roosevelt side. and '