The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-06-19

"Revell crossed his heart on a hun.
dred thousand and guess he is right
said Allen.
Hemenway Speaks.
Ex-senator James A. Hemenway oil
Indiana then spoke against the motion
of seating the contested delegates
Some one in the crowd shouted that
his seat was contested. 81 am here for
no delegate, whether Taft or Roose
velt," said Hemenway. Under the
rules of the national committee it
makes up the temporary roll of the
convention, and the committee hear
evidenc for two weeks in this contest
There are fourteen members of
that body who now come here and ask
you to reverse the national committee
without hearing evidence There are
80 members who do not sign this pro-
test. l am not saying gentlemen that
the men not reelected on the commit
tee were repudiated. Kellogg was not.
New was not. They did not want to 20
back.
"Who are these men?
"1 am not particularly proud of T.
c. Dupont of the Powder Trust. He is
no better than Harry New, and l would
rot trust him any sooner than would
the other men.
"You cannot hear the evidence now.
Following the rules of order this evi-
dence has been heard and the argu-
n1ents heard.
What next?
"The committee on credentials will
give these men another chance. Their
case will be decided over again and
that committee will correct all mis-
takes That is what we propose. 1t is
ley has better idea of who should get
seats here than our own committee on
credentials has. Governor Hadley can
only present arguments from this plat
form"
Hemenway then went into details of
the Indiana contest in which contest
he was given his seat as delegate.
He declared that the Roosevelt side
charged fraud and repeating in the In
diana primaries but could not name
one repeater.
Shame on such contests!" he cried.
kellogg and Borah and all the COM
mitteemen voted to seat these Indiana
men against whom contests were start
ed
"It took up Texas where 80 dele
gates went to Taft. He had 100000
voters down there. When we turned
Texas over to Colonel Lyon what hap
rened? In twelve years he reduced the
Republican party to 26,000."
But Colonel Lyons comes with a
lot of votes from counties where there
is no Republican vote but he is able
to elect delegates.
That kind of a fraud has got to
cease.
1--WE seated in that contest the dele
gates backed by Republican voters
Not by an army of fixed delegates.
An Attack on Finn.
"Penrose to Finn every time!"
shouted Hemenway, at that point with
the result great cheer rose over the
building. William J. Barnes shook his
head at Hemenway when he attacked
Finn.
The delegates in the Pennsylvania
seats insisted on questioning the
figures. Root advanced on the plat
form and shouted.
"The delegates from Pennsylvania
will <h1,
cent arguments. We will have order in
this convention or the people who are
responsible will suffer for it in the es-
timation of the American people"
William Finn demanded recogni-
ton. He raised the point of order that
Hemenway was out of order. He said
that the reference in Hemenway's s
speech to Penrose and himself was ir-
revelant. Root ruled the point was
not we'll taken.
I'VE must proceed as We always
have proceeded and no one can say
that it is not fair" continued Hemen-
way. I'VE appeal to you to be orderly.
Be fair and submit it to the commit
tee on credentials"
"Sit down." cried a delegate.
81 thank you!" said Hemenway and
sat down amidst groans and cat-calls.
Frank Record, of New Jersey, spoke
in support of Governor Hadley's mo-
ton. He declared that the Arizona
convention resolved itself into two
separate bodies, resulting in two sets
delegates being seated. He charged the
Taft delegates with being the bolters.
Records talk was dull and there
was n great deal of confusion, his
voice didn't carry far. Cry's for order
resulted and few bangs of the gavel
Lit the table hard but confusion per.
sisted. Chairman Root warned the del
ogates To make less noise The gale
ries We're also admonished aud quiet
was restored and Record wept on bur
was interrupted by Gov. MeGovern of
Wisconsin, who moved the chair ad.