The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-19
Day of Interminable Talk and Convention Brought
 To Complete Standstill
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 Welt conventions were regular and the Taft conventions trump ones. He challenged New York's delegation to vote to seat the Washington dele gates on the merits of the case and received a storm of trYes'- "Yes.'' Here a delegate arose in the Colo rado seats and demanded: Will you support the nominee of this convention?'' A wild storm of protest came from all over the hall. Questions were be- ing bandied back and forth. Finally Allen answered:
 ''I want to support the nominee of this convention more than anyone else in the convention, and I will support the nominee of the convention only if he secures that nomination honorably and it is not accompanied by fraud and thievery.''
 The Roosevelt men jumped to their feet with a wild yell and fus1lade of cheers The Colorado and New York delegates were all shouting add1- tional questions when a point of or der was raised against the interrup- tiOns on the ground that many dele gates could not hear the facts in each of the contests.
 The delegate who made the issue demanded that the temporary chair man rule the interruptions out of or der.
 ''The point of order is well taken" :" said Root, pounding on the table with his gavel '"There must be fair play 1 for both sides,'' continued Root. He called the attention of the delegates | that interruptions of one side lead to Interruptions of the other. The ruling of the chair seemed to please both sides and Allen continued cases.
 When he took up the King County case, saying that Roosevelt received more than 5000 votes there, Former Congressman Herbert Parsons, of l New York, arose and demanded: Kings County"
 "I think about 5o,ooo." was the | reply.
 :'The other speaker said 100000. Which is right ?" ttHe may be-" was the reply. Allen then declared that the state committee packed the roll of the regular state convention and issued tickets only to Taft men. .'They were afraid that the men who believe in righteousness would stampede the convention for Roose- velt,'' said Allen, land so they would not let our delegates even have a picture here showing the door of the convention hall with it's guard of prizefghters who kept elected dele gates out Of the hall. When Former Senator James Hem- enway of Indiana was announced as the next speaker, voice from the Indiana reservation yelled: He's a contested delegate" Hemenway stated at the outset that he was not concerned with the fight between Roosevelt and Taft at this time but whether the temporary roll l was properly made. up. He reviewed | the action of the national committee and argued that it's action was both proper and legal and fin strict accord with the rules of the Republican party.
 Hemenway held that to assail the national committee for its decisions was unjust and unfair. There were 13 members and one proxy of the national committee who signed this protest and there were 3s members who did not" Who are they?' demanded Finn ''Ill tell you,'' answered Hemenway "You say that the majority of the committee have been repudiated by their home committees. Let me call your attention to the | fact that all but two of the men who | signed this protest have not been re- l turned"
 "Tell us who they are.'' again shout ed Flinn. 'sLet me tell you men in the Pennsylvania delegation said
 Hemenway. "that you don't want se peals to passion. You won't hear any thing that tells you the truth about yourself. Now, don't say Senator Borah and Frank Kellogg were re- pudiated, because they were not re- turned. They did not want to be returned, neither did Harry New, and I am not particularly anxious to ac- cept the statement of T. Coleman Du- pont, of the powder trust as to who should go on the roll. I would rather take the word of Harry New and men like him. sr Hemenway then took = up the charges of fraud made in the Indi- ana cases. He declared seating of the Indiana delegates-at- was by un- anirnous vote in which Borah joined Shame on such contests" he con Hemenway turned the laugh on the Roosevelt forces by repeating Colonel Roosevelt's statement that, despite the number of contests filed from Ala bama, he only expected to win one. :, "The others were paper contests, he shouted, ''to give certain people chance to call fraud, fraud, where there was no fraud" ., Hemenway then assailed Cecil Lyon, for, he said, drawing away f1ve- gixths of the Republicans of Texas. I Icounties in his State convention in which there was a single Republican vote.
 In conclusion Hemenway held that I the contests had been decided by the national committee. Finn shouted: How about Penrose ?" This started another storm. If the gentleman from Pennsyl- vania wants an honest hearing of his charges and his statement he said. "he will conduct the proceedings in | an orderly manner"
 Root pounded for order but Finn insisted on continuing.
 Root did not hesitate second. Pointing his gavel at the Pennsyl- vanian, Root continued: s'The gentle man will take his seat" Finn stood his ground. Smashing the table again and again with his gavel, Root announced: "The point of order is not we'll taken. The gentle
 man from Pennsylvania will take his seat.
 aF1inn sat down.
 George l.. Record of Jersey City, argued for the Hadley motion, dis coursing on the Arizona and Indiana cases.
 | Mrs. Folla LaFollette Middleton, | daughter of Senator LaFollette, and
 her husband, took advantage of the argument to dispose of a quart bottle l of milk Mrs. Middleton had brought 1 in. They also munched crackers Record could hardly be heard be- cause of the movement of the dele gates and audience.
 1 One of the Wisconsin men protest | ed that he could not hear and said