The Nome daily nugget., 1912-06-18
Special Mug get Service

opectaI Nugget oeTNieo
 CHICAGO. June x. Tn. couvan. ton opened at two minutes after r.. today and Taft gained the first vie tory. when Resewatcr ruled out tho motion or Governor Iladlcy asking that certain names be stricken from the temporary rall and other sub stitutcd
 Senator Roots name wt- placed in nomination for temporary chairman his name having been placed in nom nation hv James Watson oI New ork. Then the name of F. C. Me Govern. governor of Wisconsin. was rlaccd in nomination hy C"chcns "' Wisconsin.
 .Ioh Hedges or New York seconded the nomination of Root and Gov",:"' Jot,nso n. Hadley and Francis UeHrv seconded the nomination of M.''v- crl
 Roll call vote upon the election o' .eu yorary chairman began at t'f..'- .vcrty this afterucnn there anro''e
 .. ;,,, a split in ttc dclogatc- AIaoama.
 R-s,lts of Ballots ss They Progre T. ChICAGO June 1S.-IncludinE me yrcs of Tenncvscr Root leads by twenty two. P,' rsylvania }..'s thrown ou, Tor a recount n" ohd- lcngc. but a misundcrstanding Later PcnnSyly-,a.a votes cha l.n-- cd. and another recount follow j. 'his gives Root twelve and McG"vcrn r'N' ty-four from that state.
 Four o'clock. are now comm-ren.- to count votes of North Carolina aAd Root is leading hy scvcnty-four v''"a | New York alone giving him se-.n.y' , six. Root himself refusing to v"l' on the election of temporary chairman.
 Four thirty, including the votes fl Pcnnsylvania McGovcrn leads hy ~i<' teen votes. and great excitement pre- yaiIs. a recount for Pennsylvania sent ! AIcC;overn. the Roosev"lt candidate i ahead of tho Taft man from New 
 1 York.
 Five o'clock. Bcdlam has been turn aJ loose. the final Y otchas been count od and Senator Root. the Taft can didote. has been declared elected by a safe majority so there is no dispnt- ing the outcome.
 Root takes the chair and calls the meeting to order. but the noise and dim is such nothing can he heard Reneatcd raps for order fails to quiet the noise. Friends of Roosevelt are mn in arms trying 10 gain the floor but the Taft men are for having ap> pointments for organization, creden- tials, etc.
 | The last telegram received hy the Nugget stated that everything was excitement and thc convention had succeeded no further than elcctinc Senator Root of New York tempor- ary chairman of the convention and it was a decided victory for Taft.
 Roosevelt Delegates in Caucus CHICAGO. June 1S.-The Rooseve'' delegates held a caucus early this morning to rehearse their plan of ac- | tion in the convention today, only those whom are out and out for Ted | dy were admitted Since the caucus it has been given out there is nothing ! less than five hundred contested dele | gates to be disposed of in the conven- . | ton, and what they did should not he considered as binding upon the uncontcsted delegates to the conven- tion.
 Teddy Makes Speech in Auditorium
 CHICAGO. June IS. = Theodore Roosevelt delivered an address in th' Auditorium this morning, just hefor' the time set for the opening of tho convention. and stated: "All delegates whose election he contested must not nor should not be allowed to vote upor the organization of the convention.