The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-06-19
CORY SCENES
ASSURED NOT
GIVEN CROWD
Only Blood Spilled in Con-
vention When Texas Dele
gate Bit Off Top of a Bot
tie of Beer.
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was preening himself for his.oratorical

was preening himself for his.oratorical
flight
Presently the announcer himself
showed some mercy. He megaphoned
to the tired delegates and the tired
spectators that there would be but
three or four more short speeches, and
that the vote on the selection of a
temporary chairman would be taken.
This brought cheer to listless thous-
ands and the remaining spellbinders
wove what spells they could amid ge-
NAL federation.
Hadiey Was Watched.
1t was early observed that the anti
Taft delegates had been instructed to
watch Hadley. They had been told to
do what Hadley did. And they follow
ed instructions implicitly. If Hadley
had begun turning handsprings there
is no doubt the anti-Taft delegates
would have engaged simultaneously in
the same pleasing acrobatic exercise.
Hadley, suitably attired in long frock
coat and wearing an air of intense
earnestness and devotion to duty,
clambered on the stage at the exact
1acment the gavel fell, which was
noon He was followed by James Wat
son of Indiana, former Republican
whip of the house of representatives,
who wore a light chocolate colored
confection and had his hair neatly
frizzed Mr.. Watson appeared for the
defendant.
Mr. Hadley waited with much dig
nifty while the invocation was said.
and then started the proceeding by
moving to substitute temporary roll,
which he seemed quite certain it was
in the mind of Chairman Rosewater to
propose. Mr.. Watson inserted deft
point of order and Mr.. Hadley spoke
and was followed by former Gov. Fort
of New Jersey, who also had some
thoughts in his system, it appeared.
Then appeared Serene e. Payne,
whose name is attached to the justly
celebrated tariff bill which Mr. Taft
Endorsed SO highly. 1t was gathered
from Mr.. Payne's remarks that he was
deeply concerned lest chaos ensue. At
any rate, he said chaos some sixty
seven times in eleven minutes. Mr..
Watson pleaded for his side of it, and
Chairman Rosewater reached into his
pocket and drew forth his ruling on
the point of order, which he prudently
had prepared some days ago and had
had neatly typewriter, with extra cop
les for the press, he being in the news
paper business himself.
cochems Comes Back.
The upshot of it was that Mr. Had
ley's temporary roll, which contained
the names of some eighty patriotic
gentlemen the national committee had
lcarelessly left off it's temporary roll,
was rejected, and nominations for
temporary chairman were all the rage.
Young Mr.. Cochems of Milwaukee.
who bursts into the limelight once
each four years and warns the Repub-
lican party it must not do these
things to Robert NJ. La Toilette and
then sits moodily by and watches the
Republican party proceed in utter dis
regard to his warning, hoped lightly
on the stage and named Gov. MCCOY
ern of Wisconsin for the place. I'M
mediately thereafter, Leader Hadley
moved forward and made forceful
speech in favor of somebody. Mr.. Had
ley inadvertently refrained from men
tioning whom he was for during or at
the end of his defamation, and hasti-
ny returned to say the person he had
in mind was chap named MCGOWAN,
or McGovern, or something like that.
This gave the required cue to the Anti
Taft people, who eheered loudly and
asked one another: who in thunder
is McGowan?"
Job Hedges of New York alleged,
in full view of the audience, that the
man needed for temporary chairman
by that convention was Senator Elihu
Root and time wore on. So did various
orators, including one colored brother
who looked like Bob Bob Fitzsimmons
dyed a neat tan and who started
mildly by saying E. Root is the great
est statesman in the world and work
ed up from that point gradually. To-
wards the last Mr.. Hauser, the mana
ger for La Toilette, strobe to the front
and announced that while the Anti
Taft people had taken up McGovern
tn true friends of La Toilette were
not in on it. Mr. La Toilette refusing
to do anything but hew to the line, let
ting the McGoverns fall where they
might. ftauSeT Sdlu the ANU ait pSO-
pie had reached in and pilfered MCCOY
ern from their very midst, without
consulting the La Toilette men who
were much vexed at this high handed
proceeding Mr.. Cochems followed in
his warning speciality. This time he
warned all Wisconsin men not to vote
for Root.
A few preliminaries were arranged
and the cheering announcement was
made that the roll would be called, not
by states, but by individual delegates.
thus allowing many patriots who had
not previously enjoyed that delicious
sensation the proud privilege of hear
ing their names spoken aloud before
an ornate assemblage of their fellow
citizens. The roll call proceeded mo-
.notonously, varied ever and anon by
shouts when occasional negro dele
gate so far forgot himself as to vote
for McGovern instead of Root as set
forth in the national committee speci.
fications. It took about three hours to
settle the question so far as the roll
call was concerned. and as riot that
part of it, too. was as bogus as a