Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-06-20
HADLEY BOOM IS Started
CONVENTION GIVES MISSOURI
GOVERNOR A REMARKABLE
DEMONSTRATION.
FIGHT Led BY HADLEY
Motion To Have the Nincty-twO Con-
tested TAFT Delegates ousled
Was Declskcly Beaten.

CHICAGO, June 10. - Roosevelt
forces met their second defeat In tho
republican national convention today
In a session that had for It's outstand-
ing feature remarkable domonstra-
ton of nearly am hours duration In
honor of Governor Herbert $, Hadley
of Missouri. All Roosevelt delegates
Joined IN this demonstration while
some of the Taft states lent voice
The ovation OF the Missouri executive
was quickly interpreted by many OF
the delegates as the possible forerun-
ner of boom for Had.ey for presi-
dent. one enthusiastic Pennsylvanian
jumped TO the stage and called
Three cheers for Hadley, the next
president of the United States
Governor Hadley led the fight on
the convention floor today to oust 92
contested Taft delegates and TO seat s2
Roosevelt men In their places. The
convention finally refused TO enter
tain the motion by a vote OF 56i to
$40
Turning to the southern contests,
Mr. Devine characterized the action OF
the Roosevelt men in stirring up
those contests as a most damnaDle
piece Of business"
There were cheers, groans and
Kisses at this, and thereafter Mr.. De-
vine was constantly in trouble with
his audience. He referred to Ormspy
McHarg, who directed most OF the
southeru contests, as an "emlssary
from the north, loaded or unloaded,
| W - say which,
w. y. Featherstone, one or the
of a ~
Ing at Devine. This aroused the Ire
OF Senator Root, He walked to the
front of the stage again.
Gentlemen of the convention" he
said, 81 don't know whether you want
TO hear what Is said on this serious
subject, but | want to say to you
pointing at Featherston-that delegate
or no delegate, IL you don't preserve
order. the sergeant at arms Will be
directed to put you out
James e. Watson, the Taft floor
leader took the platform in opposi-
ton. Watson argued that the conVen-
tIon had no knowledge and was in no
temper to pass upon these contests.
Governor Hadley said: ut may be
very true that there are many persons
who don't agree with u.s. that Theo-
dore Roosevelt should be our candi-
date for president but there can be
no difference of opinion that his voice
today is the greatest Of the greatest
man in the world"
He then read a statement from 14l
OF the delegates protesting the action
in seating some of the delegates, es-
pecially In Texas and Washington.
Governor HadEy made an earnest
plea that personalities be left out of
the debate declaring that the question
was so clearly one - principle that 1t
could not be involved by anything else.
1t embraced the very existence of the
republican party Itself.
Governor Hadley finished at 115S
and was followed by w. T. Dovell of
Washington, for the Taft side. Dovell
said 1t was purely false that the state
of Washington was ever carried for
Roosevelt At this point he was inter-
rupted by gallery jeers and interroga-
tions from the Roosevelt partisans.
1T was declared before the state
convention that the Taft forces were
in control. the adherents of Roosevelt
declined to come to the convention
because they knew they We're beaten
The clerk, for the information of
the convention, then read the list OF
delegates which the Hadley motion !
would strike from the roll and the list
Of those II would seat When the an
nouncement was concluded, Henry A.
Allen. Of Kansas. was presented to
talk in support of the Roosevelt pro- !
position
Allen ridculed the statements about |
the Washington primary and Suoted |
figures to show that Taft's vote had |
been small.
In the midst of his talk, Allen was
challenged to say whether he intend |
ed to support the nominee of this con-
ventlon.
He said he would. under one condl- |
tion-that his nomination is not ac-
complished by fraud and thievery." |
An uproar of cheers and shouts fol- |
lowed The shouting so angered Dele
gate Newcomb of New York that he |
Beloved out a point of order against |
Interruptions The chair sustained the
motion and asked for fair play for
both sides.
MIR. Allen discussed the Washington |
cases in some detail. denouncing Do
Wells statement as "flimsy." Allen
frequently was cheered by the Roose-
welt delegates and laughed at by the
Taft adherents.
Despite the occasional discourtesy
to speakers, It was apparent that the
.temper Of the delegates was much bet
ter than on yesterday. The tension |
seemed to have relaxed everywhere.
n After being interrupted several
times, Allen, shouted at some of the
Taft tormenters: you haven't got ,
ANYTHING hntil this convention is over.
then the Lord only knows what you
have got"
"Are you going to abide by the
decision of this convention" shouted
delegate from Colorado.
"I'll answer you later
Answer me now"
The floor was i'm an uproar.~
"I'll answer you: I'll answer you,"