The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-19

'"i IicdSoA 10 READ the Hddley
amendment and names of the Taft
delegates whom Hadley wanted I'M
seated.
Allen Swayed Crowd.
Henry j. Allen for the Roosevelt
forces. swayed the audience at the
outset when he said: THE thing I
liked best in the speech of your dis
tinguished temporary chairman was
his statement:
We will keep the covenant Of our
fathers
That covenant was between the
weak and the strong. speak today
for the delegates from Washington
who were regularly elected but who
were ruled out by the national COM
mittee without their right to their
seats even being considered.
Il have 200 pounds of evidence that
proves that the statements made by
the opposition are untrue. This evil
dence was presented to the committee
but it refused to consider it at ALL
Allen said that the statement that
Roosevelt had only 5000 votes in King
county was not true.
In that county there were $4,000
votes cast and of these Mr.. Taft re-
received only 500. | think this was
the exact percentage that he was en-
titled to"
Allen then took up the Washington
contest as presented by Senator Pom
dexter before the national committee
repeating all of the arguments by the
Washington senator. Allen insisted
that the Roosevelt conventions were
regular and the Taft conventions
rump ones. He challenged New Yorks
delegation to vote to seat the Wash
ington Taft delegates on the merits of
the case and received storm of yes,
yes" A delegate arose in the Colo.
RADIO seats and demanded:
Question Unanswered.
"Will you support the nominee OF
this convention?" ~
A wild storm of protest came from
all over the hail. Questions we're be-
ing banded back and forth. Finally
Allen answered: Il want to support
the nominee of this convention more
than anyone else in the convention
and Twill support the nominee of this
convention only If he secures that
nomination honorably. and 1t is not ac-
companied by fraud or by thievery-"
The Roosevelt men jumped to their
feet with a wild yell and fusilade
of cheers. The Colorado and New
York delegates were all shouting adj
ditional questions when a point or or
der was raised and again the many
delegates could not hear the facts in
the contests.
The delegates who made the issue
demanded that the temporary char
man rule the Interruptions out OF or
der. "The point Of order is well TAX
en-" said Root, pounding on the table
with his gaveI.
There must be fair play for both
sides here. would call the attention
of the delegates to the fact that in
terruptions on one side lead to the in
terruptions from the other. These
demonstrations are entirely out of or
der"
The ruling OF the chair seemed to
please both sides and Allen continued.
When he took up the King county
case, saying that Roosevelt received
5000 votes there. former Congressman
Herbert Parsons. Of New York, arose
and demanded How many votes are
there in King county,
II think about 5o,ooo.' was the
reply.
When former Senator James Hemen-
way of Indiana was announced as the
next speaker voice from the Indiana
reservation yelled: He's a contested
delegate"
Hemenway stated at the ouset that
he was not concerned with the fight
between Roosevelt and Taft at this
time but whether the temporary roll
was properly made up. He reviewed
the action of the national committee
and argued that it's action was proper