The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-18

phone in his hands. William Barnes Jr., just in front sof him nodded his approval as Stone kept the uniformed officers on the job trying to get the aisles clear and order restored
 One of the Georgia negro delegates insisted on making a speech to his own delegation, shaking gold headed cane and gestic,ilating wildly Whis- ties, cat calls and persuasions of dep uties could not make him nit down for five minutes. Assistant Police Chief Shuettler was finally called to the front by Stone who complained of the delay in clearing the aisles. Po- licemen were then stationed atsinter- vals of a few feet along each aisle and at 19:16 Rosewater made another attempt to- make himself heard. A messphones voiced Announeec then mo- tiffsd the deleseaas that their pictures were to be taken. The delegates were asked to face the camera battery ter.
 As the flash went off the band in the gallery .started up the "Star Span gled Banner and the entire audience rose to it's feet with an enthusiastic cheer. When the chorus was reached many delegates tried to sing but the effort was somewhat feeble.
 When the music ended the confu- sion was resumed and again Rose water rapped strenuously for order while Stone shouted through a mega phone for order.
 Rev. Father Callaghan, of St. Mala- schi's Church, of Chicago, a distin- guished appearing priest, was cheered as he stepped forward and delivered a very brief invocation that concluded with the Lords Prayer in which, 8 very scanty majority of the delegates joined.
 It was 12:21 when the opening in vocation ended and Secretary Hay ward was called on to read the call for the convention.
 "Bill'' F1inn and his Pennsylvania men could hardly contain themselves while the formal proceedings were go- ing on, so anxious were they to start the fight. ta E A Pennsylvania and a. New York delegate got into a fight over a, seat and the Pennsylvania man finally ap- pealed to the police and told Sergeant at-arms Stone to get him his seat. Order was soon restored
 Slight attention was paid to Hay ward as he read the call and it is doubtful if a. dozen delegates heard him.
 While Film and other Roosevelt leaders were straining at their leashes, Barnes and his lieutenants sat in their seats, the New York boss wearing a cynical frown. Hayward concluded the reading of the call at 12:25 and immediately Governor Hadley, of Mis- souri, was recognized. He stood on his chair a minute and then pressed forward through the crowd to the platform where Pennsylvania and other Roosevelt delegates cheered him.
 hands with Hadley and he started to read a typewritten document. AS he did so William Barnes got to his feet and shouted:
 '.Mr. Chairman, T. rise to point of order.''
 Rosewater paid no attention to Barnes and Hadley proceeded, say ing:
 "Mr. Chairman, I rise to a question of order. I desire to know whether the temporary roll has been properly framed
 Here James Watson, of Indiana, the Taft parliamentarian, broke in, rais- ing the point of order that there could be nothing properly done in the con- vention until it had been formally or ganized. Rosewater ruled the point of order we'll taken but said that he was willing to listen.
 Hadley continued:
 T rose to a question of information and there was nothing before the house at that time. I move that the list of delegates prepared by the na- tional committee, known as the tenn porary roll, be amended in the follow ing way by substituting the following list of delegates and that the list known as No. be known as the list of temporary delegates for this con- vention."