The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-06-28

One man there was who was not
subject to ribald Interruptions and
jeers. That was Governor Hadley of
Missouri, the Roosevelt field captain.
Whenever he arose he was accorded
respectful attention and often hearty
applause, for even his political enc
mics couldn't think up weak spots in
his record with which to taunt him.
Bill" Finn, another Roosevelt
fighter, was not SO fortunate. but he
seemed to like the storm that ragged
about him and did not give an inch
until squelched by the gavel. Senator
Bradley of Kentucky, too, came In for
a share Of "boos" and Kisses and was
stirred to rage by many illusions to
the fact that he had voted in favor of
Lorimer.
"Heinie" Cochems in Action.
The little furry in the Wisconsin
delegation, caused by Mr. Houser's as
sertion that the delegation would not
support Governor McGovern for tenn
porary chairman, gave "Heinie" Coch-
ems chance to show some of the
an opposing football eleven. Coch-
ems had placed McGovern in nomi-
nation, and all had gone swimmingly
uatil Houser got up and protested that
La Toilette would not enter into any
combination with any other candidate,
and therefore the Wisconsin dele
gates should not support the Badger
governor, who was the choice Of the
Roosevelt forces.
Up jumped "Heinie' and. being
given two minutes, explained that the
Wisconsin delegation in caucus had
split on the question, but that he, as
an individual La Toilette delegate had
presented McGovern's name But
shouted Cochems, squaring his jaw
Il dare any progressive delegate from
Wisconsin to vote for Root" And he
made good, for when the ballot was
taken thirteen Badgers voted for the
governor and the other thirteen split
up their votes among North Dakota
men and Mr.. Houser.
HoWls for Heney.
For stirring up a tempest, Francis
J. Heney was uneQualled by any other
man in the convention. He fought
hard against the seating Of the two
Taft delegates from the Fourth dis
trict of California, and was howled at
by the Taftite galleries. He bobbed
up on various other occasions, notably
in long speech seconding the nom
ination of McGovern, and was howled
at again and again. But always Mr..
Heney merely grinned and held his
ground, and waited for the tempest to
subside. He took some very vicious
pokes at his adversaries in the Taft
ranks, likening A. E. Stevenson of
Colorado to Abe Ruef, whom he
helped to send to the penitentiary
and speaking rather unkindly of Sen
ator Boies Penrose and other bosses -
More boots and jeers.
Finally Sergeant-at-Arms Stone an
nounced, on behalf of Chairman Rose
water, that those who treated the
speaker with disrespect would be put
out of the building. Considering all
the things Mr.. Heney said to and
about Mr.. Rosewater and his faction
of the national committee in the pre-
liminaries to the convention, this was
taken rather kindly of the little man
from Omaha.
Police Internationally Active
Chicago supplied a small army of
policemen to assist in keeping order
and handling the crowd, and they did
their duty nobly, by fits and starts
Despite all precautions, the doorkeep-
ers let in hordes of their friends. who
blocked up the aisles. At intervals
some commanding officer would open
his eyes, and there would be a sud
den clearing out of the passage ways,
accompanied by violent pushings and
indignant protests. Some of these in
truders wore fake badges, which
served until a suddenly efficient po-
liceman discovered the trick and
rushed the offenders to the door with
a mighty roar.
Of all the nuisances with which the
police had to contend, the assistant
rgeants-at-arms were the worst.
With nothing much to do, and no
where to sit, these hangers on, num-
boring many hundreds, were in every
ones way. Sometimes the exaspera-
ted cops hustled them like ordinary
citizens, to the delight of seat-hold-
ers.
Wild Demonstration for HadIey.
Hadley was the man of the second
days session-Hadley of Missouri. He