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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-18

PREVENT DISORDER Hal
RIOT AND BLOODSHED
EXPECTED At CHICAGO
One Thousand Deputies and Almost Halt as Many poIice
men and Pnkerton Detectives Will be Scattered
Through Republican Convention Hall

with the remark: ITO He'll with you.
Taft men and Roosevelt men plung-
ed into the melee, and were only sep
arated by official force.
Today, at 3 o'clock, ! called al
Colonel Roosevelt's headquarters
packed and swarming to its last limit
with men from every section. Twen-
ty citizens as illustrious as myself
presented their cards at the deer
Bat Gains Audience.
The only one of us that was admit
ted to the strenuous ones presence
was-Bat Masterson.
The whole air is charged with feel
ing and the apprehension or stormy
and riotous tomorrow.
There is scarcely g. man of either
side, or OF any status, or class, who
does not confidently anticipate an
opening of the convention in storm
and protest, which may eliminate In
riot and bloodshed.
The Roosevelt men will start 1t, In
endeavor to capture the convention
IN the beginning. They are resofute,
determined. sprinkled thick with gun
fighters, and strong arm men. with
stern Westerners. and fiery South
erners. and they are keyed to a high
tension by sense Of committee in
justice and outrage, and nred to deS-
perate determination by the spirit
and record of the rough riding lea
der for whom they fight
To these men Will be opposed the
cooler. but equally resolute, battal-
ions Of the president, reinforced by
police and detectives. Incidentally
the press seats lie in that dangerous
angie, between the fire of tho plat
Form and the fury of factions and ac-
ctdent insurance is selling at a prem
ium among the thousand scribes who
must demonstrate. in this rapt and
ravenons emergency. that the pen,
which is reputed to be mightier than
the sword. must also be as puissa n,
as the mailed first, or the steel plat
ed revolver.
Yesterday was Roosevelt's day. To
the last hour of midnight, 1t was
Teddy. Today Is Taft's.
Taft Day.
Yesterday the air around the CEN
trail Congress hotel exuded Roosevelt
Roosevelt breathed In the halls
Roosevelt radiated In the halls
Roosevelt rang In the dining-rooms
Roosevelt roared from the balconies
And. upon the rumor OF seeding
Georgians and Topping Mississip-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-18

NEW YORK. June Hilary n.
Thsw's prospects Of being released
from Matteawan on the ground that
he 10 now sane. looked very dubious
this evening at tho conclusion of the
first days session of his latest fight
for freedom, which began before Jus
toe Koegh, at White Plains.
william Travers Jerome. who
twice prosecuted Stamford Whites
slayer for the crime. itself. and twice
later prevented hts being set at lib
erty was again the master Of the sit
uation.
The former district attorney got
ono Of the expert alienists-Dr. Will
diam A White, head " the govern
ment asylum for the insane ut Wash
ington--to swear that in his belief
Thaw not only IL sane now. but never
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-18
HARRY T1AW'S PROSPECTS
FOR RELEASE DO NOT LOOK
PARTICULARLY BRIGHT NOW

WAS insane. Then Jerome confront
cd DR.. White with a sworn state
ment he made at the first trial. to the
effect that Thaw was absolutely in
sane when he shot White
Another aiienists. DIR. Royal A.
Leak. OF the Mattaawan asylum. was
Obliged to admit that Thaw has
constitutional inferiority." from
which there Is no recovery: and that
constitutional Interiors are one In
ten paranoiacs: and that they are apt
to commit homicide while Influenced
by alcoholic or other excitement
These admissions seemed to more
than counter balance DIR. Leaks as
sertion that Thaw II. despite his
weakness. sane.
The hearing will be resumed to-
morrow. and VIII last for two weeks
at least II 4 beJieysA
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-18

CHICAGO, June Ii" o HuH"i W
and fifty policemen massed aroQno
the platform.
A thousand deputies scattered
throughout the convention hall.
One hundred and fifty Pinkerton
men distributed at equal distances
over the Coliseum.
And these--God save the mark
are the incidents and conditions un-
der which the one historic grand old
party Of law and order fronts It's
twenty ninth and last convention, in
this year of grace, 1919.
Behold how good and glorious a
thing 1t is to be a Democratic, and
meet in Baltimore.
This morning as 7 came down the
elevator OF my hotel. into the lobby,
a stalwart westerner snatched a Taft
button from the lapel of a. staiwart
Southerner's coat with the remark:
ITO He'll with that" and in answer
the Taft Eta1wart shot his fist
straight into the face of the first man
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-18
Co.'s to Common Council.

The franchise now will go before
The common council which meets the
first Monday In July. II adopted
there. Il will then be up to ths board
or aldermen for concurrence. and
later to Mayor u. c, Richardson for
his apprnxa i---------.,-----
The Fulton councilman. Mr.. Nell
sen. attempted TO incorporate sec
ton compelling the railway company
10 extend ts lines into that section
and give service TO his constituents
As this would have delayed final ae-
lion on the franchise. il finally was
withdrawn.
When the vote came Councilman C.
X. Pollock explained his nay vote
by stating that his original intention
was to support rhe franchise, If II
could be whipped into shape salts
factory to himself. since then he had
decided that competitive company
eventually would work hardship
upon the public. consequently he would
vote against 1t.
Two Officials Fight IT,
$, 1tenaG jisnen. Nsnae-lehr ard Fsolisck
led the fight against the franchise in
the committee room. They chai-
lenged several sections and endeayored
10 get new amendments into 1T, but
the vote upon all these questions was
against them.
The franchise as recommended for
-FaseaEe- bss-ti.~- street committee witt
expire December 2s. 1927. on the same
date that does the franchise of the
Richmond Railway and Power COM
pany
II gives the Richmond and Henrico
Railway company lie right to go any
where in the city with poles and con-
I,,tt -he Sra - he H.
mitted to the street committee within
two months after the franchise is
approved by the mayor. Then within
twelve months the route must be COM
pleted. A plant must be built within
twelve months capable Of generating
5000 kilowats TO be used for COM
mercial purposes The council has
the right TO require the company to
use any or all OF the streets as 1t
may see fit.
Must Post Big Forfeit.
The franchise requires the company
70 sell any resident OF Richmond light
ana power.
The company must post cash for
felt OF $4,000 with It's application.
to be forfeited to the city in the event
OF any failure to begin or complete
any work ~ prescribed in the ordi-
nance 1t gives first lien. ahead OF
the mortgage. for taxes. fines and
possible damage by electrolysis. The
street committee has the right to COM
pei extensions or diminish them upon
the plans submitted.
Another petition OF the Richmond
ana Henrico Railway company now
n pending before q subcommittee In
which II asks permission. In commune
tion with the franchise to furnish
light and power. to extend its street
railway lines.
Three Railway Extensions.
Ono extension proposed In this Pc
yitton 10 through Fulton to the Ma
tionaI cemetery. Another Is to cross
Mayo's bridge into Manchester. A
third Ii an extension In West End to
Byrd park and the boulevard.
samuel L. Kelly ana e. v. Meredith,
representing the Richmond and Hen
4 80 ws - Z
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-18

BY a vote of IL to the council
street committee early last night
adopted a recomme u dation to the
the city council to grant franchise
for light and power to .the Richmond
and Henrico Railway company.
There were three opposing vote
Ferguson. Pollock and vondcriehr.
G. NJ. Miller was absent.
The proposed franchise was taken
UP section by sectionsuntii there were
no proposed amendments After the
amendments under debate were dts
posed of. motion then prevailed to
accept the franchise as a whole. by
the Abcee vote OF IL to 3.
Samuel L. Kelly. counsel for the
Richmond and Henrico Railway conf
pany stated aften the meeting that
II was acceptable. although he aided
that no franch sc with such re-
strietioHs In favor of the city and
the public ever was made put UP
to the council.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-18

sakzy Throw scysso7rei Gut. n,sassssss55
The TAFT men declare that crd4EN
will be preserved. even II II In nec4ox#
sary to throw the colonel himself our
OF the hall.
The Roosevelt men. sure that Tnlo
Ia beaten. make fewer threats than
they did last -Hight.-AHd the fffeAt<fs
Of Cummins hopeful OF deadloo1
sit tight. and wait Developments.
As the hour of the convention AN@85
breaches, there iE a growing dtagum
with the kind Of thing that has H011NS9
going on since the scrimmaEe for fI3
nomination began today the - %
ter and sale OF negro delegates coG1
finued. All day decent dele4nt1
seeing the traffic carried on undi 4
their very noses, talked OF findinx#
way to put stop to II.
1t was noticeable that mora ~
than Roosevelt men spoke Of corr
promise. Their fight is first to ~
T. R.: second to hold their oreani,
ton together for 1918. And Il
this eleventh hour, they were
held back by the fear that ii
transfer many of the their deaeea
would be gathered In by the coles
the wires tonight would be carTyi
to Taft the news OF his abandonnD1
The revised Taft figures Give o.
n
81: to Roosevelt. 472. and 10 -
minis and La Toilette. 80. The
lines have held all day. despito
activity Of the colonel Evan q
20 spare votes go glinamcrinr a1
witches ofthe night they are
that Roosevelt IL beaten. No d
| are given out by the Roosevelt
A majority Of four votes was tn
they figured In private when thoz
count was taken.
Neathcr Side COn0de04.
That neither side y corn
proven by . bold attempts -
part Of the Roosevelt 10 cayl
majority through q trick th16
noon. ana ~ the niljnd paaia
Taft side until tho scheme -
TALLY AeAndonod. sssss
Cecil LYON. AZ Texas. 0eo1
Knight. at Ca3ENrnla. Aad q W
lAhoma N &nni c0rnnni1
when asked IT, 9nvantioA r
credentials III ~ In4k ~
seated Nv the otoAJa rN1111 e.
States. refused 70 etvS N
was N instant ru1h e IT,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-18
PLANS STAMPEDE
TO-DAY IF THINGS
DON'T GO R|GH
If Root is Made Chairman
Somebody Will Grab Gavcl 81
from Rosewater and
Fun Will Start
TAFT MEN LOOKING NJ NJ
FOR PEACE BUT If
NEEDED WILL SCRAM
They Will Throw Rough Ride
Himself Out of Conven-
ton Hall, They Say,
If He Starts
Anything y!
BY JAMES j. MONTAGUE.

CHICAGO, June 1.-THE last nigA9s
of threats and coA1ter-threats hA1s
ended. The final tally of delegates
has been taken. Tomorrow at nockE
will begin the opening struggle In tn
battle that will decide whether WAL
liam FL. Taft or Theodore RoosevGlf9s
or neither of them. Is to be the prdal1
DENTAL nominee of the Repabiiea
party. u
At midnight the plans of the Roos41s
welt men had been compietej. TIT:
scouts. picking them up AZ fast AN
they were formulated, reported to thci1sl
leaders who made preparations to mess
them. The Roosevelt plans INCLUDES
| riot as a possibility. Tho Taft cuun~
ter plans embrace police detail ca
500 men and a reserve OF Loo H.
sistant sergeants-at-arms, 70 b2c1E
them up.
After a prolonged and active row mi
the Roosevelt camp. with Dixon aslA.
Borah on one side. and "Bill' EIiuM
and Governor Johnson. OF CALIFORNIA;
on the other, the colonel gave out TINT
he was with Dixon and Bofahs fcHs
peace But riot talk IN STILL In thM
air. ana the police detail was Ha4
abated after the colonei's declarations
The Plan II Acton.
Here Is the Roosevelt pidh OF 40
ton:
Chairman RosewaAer. OF the nations.
al committee, who will be directed ~
Representative OImstead. OF Pcnnsyi-
vania, will be permitted to call thu
convention TO order, and to announc0sa 81
Gentlemen, I am directed by the
national committee to present to pm
rhe Hon. Elihu Root as your tenn
porary chairman.
Roosevelt. delegate, probably Cav
ernor Hadley. of Missouri. will piac9I
In nomination Senator Borah, OF tdMMs
no. as Roosevelt candidate againSsS;
Root -.
The La Toilette crowd VIII tneMss
In all likelihood. present the nazm0
OF McGoyern, OF Wisconsin. an tnetMs
candidate reserying the right to r.
call 1t if their action promises ~
help Borah.
AS the roll of States Is called, eAcM
State whose delegates were throWn2
out over the protest Of Roos0veM
committeeman will make a secou4s
protest. but will not start anyth1u9l
If Borah Is chosen. peace will enSa
sue II Root is elected--well, tOnigh4s
, the Roosevelt people say peace win
also ensue, but there Is still tn
strong likelihood that somebody Van
grab the gravel from RosewaterS GLE
a Roosevelt convention. and inside al
two seconds, there will be an uproA15
in the big convention hall such 49,
has never been seen at a politSC1l&
gathering since the party began Amg
career
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The franchise now will 60 before
The common council which meets the
first Monday In July. II adopted
there. Il will then be UP to thr board
OF aldermen for concurrence. and
later to Mayor y. c, Richardson for
nts
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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-18
Nv JouN TEMPLE GRAVES.

CHICAGO, June 17.-Two hundred
and fifty policemen massed AROUND
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-07-16
CURRENT COMMENT
Vermont's Mountain Barriers.

In theory at least there is plenty of
opportunity for a state organization with
a purpose such as the Greater Yer
mont association has in view, but an oh
stacle likely to interfere with its prae-
teal success is Vermont's geographical
location. While it cannot be denied
that whatever helps one portion of the
state is of at least indirect benefit TO
all other portions, it is equally inds-
putable that natural barriers divide the
state in such a way as to lessen per-
ceptibly the common interests of various
localities. Brattleboro, for example, is
much more concerned with the develop
ment of Hinsdale, n H., Mortified,
Mass, and other towns just outside
the limits of this corner of Vermont
than with the prosperity of Bennington
Rutland or Burlington. and this situation
is due to no lack of state loyalty-Brat-
tleboro Reformer.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-07-16
Have Only a Few Targets.

The Messenger does not believe that
it is time to bring the oxygen tank to
the young Greater Vermont association,
but it does think that there is wisdom
in the sounding Of warning by some Of
the state papers that every effort should
now be made to bring the organization
into such a healthy condition that it
can press on to the work which awaits
it. It is during the first days that all
things need the most careful attention
that they may not die in the borning.
Good intentions accomplish little unless
behind them there is the will and the
determination to transform the inten-
tons into deeds. For this reason The
Messenger joins with the others in the
appeal that there be a good attendance
at the meeting which is to be held in
Rutland July H. Let the Vermont
spirit one hears so much about 90 on
parade that day.
What is most needed at this time,
as The Messenger views it, is a blend
ing together of all efforts toward a
given goal. 1t is true that there are
many problems which may rightfully
claim the attention of such an organ
ization as the new association aims to
be, but the child cannot carry the mans
burden and it will be better to sing in
low tones at first that there be a longer
and stronger chorus. In other words
The Messenger repeats its opinion of
weeks ago, when the association
was still in the embryonic state, that
greater good will result if some given
result, which it is advantageous to OBJ
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-07-16

greatly. A few of the runners, realiz
ing that it would be very harmful to
continue under such conditions, dropped
out Of the race within reasonable time
others continued until they dropped from
exhaustion; and the leaders, very much
weakened, staggered over the finish line
and then sank to the ground completely
worn out and unable to stand, being
picked up by their friends and carried
to their training quarters The day fol-
lowing, yesterday, one of the contest
ants died OF the terrible experience which
he had undergone, he having collapsed
from sunstroke after forcing himself
over nineteen miles of the marathon
course.
Is it worth while to continue this
event in the Olympic program or in the
programs OF other sporting tournaments
throughout the world? If the ancents
didn't have Sense enough to realize that
such tremendous exertion was detri.
ment to every performer, shall we OF
modern times be foolish enough to con
tinue the event when we know in the
light Of medical science that partieipa-
ton is menace to health? We limit
our boat races to four miles, knowing
that longer races well-nigh pump the
hearts out OF the straining oarsmen
Fer the same reason, we should cut down
the distance of so-ealled long-distance
running events. 1t is wrong to do as the
ancients did simply because they did it
The management of the Olympic con-
tests ought to be the pioneers in the
movement to abolish the marathon run
of the present distance, or. better still,
abolish it altogether. If they don't then
the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Humans should step in and forbid it.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-07-16
THE FOOLISH MARATHON.

In striving to emulate the ancients in
athletic proves, we of modern times
have sacrificed our allegiance to we'll
established theories of bodily health and
have gone pellmell into excuses of ath-
letic strife with little or no regard for
the health of the contestants. We refer
particularly to the marathon run, such
as was carried out at the Olympic games
at Stockholm last Sunday This event
calls for run of some twenty miles, and
in competition like that at Stockholm
the prize is so exceedingly attractive
that the contestants outrun themselves.
strain every effort and fall in a COLLAPSE
at the finish of the grueling contest.
Added to the extremely trying features
of the race itself were the weather CON
ditions of last Sunday, the heat being
very intense, and the contestants, run.
ming under the broiling sun, suffered
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-07-16
He Has His Failings, but

Who was it donned natty lid
OF light straw long ago? I did
Yes, ] confess it freely. There
And then was when l froze my hair
So stiff that all Of ii broke off;
And / caught cold and had cough
That hung upon me like burr,
And made each breath come with purr,
WHO'S foolish about clothes? ] am!
But wife looks like a canvased ham
started at the garden thing
On the first gladstone day of spring.
The earth was frozen through and
through,
Each worm l dug up broke in two,
Each seed dropped in the holes | drilled
Was bitten by the frost and killed
Now with the passing of the spring
| know ! shall not raise a thing.
You saw I'm futileg Well, | am
But wife looks like a eanvased ham!
Oh. am all kinds of a chump
But my sweet wife, my sugar lump,
Has got me skinned a block at that,
| know don the early hat.
| foozle on the garden thing
Whenever comes the joyous spring;
But | would never dare to beat
1t out of doors and down the street
Dressed as our wives are. Glad | am
Not to look like canvased hami
Chicago News.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-07-16
Lorimer and the People.

/ Men of the Lorimer type 10 far more
harm in public life than any thorough
ly depraved men can accomplish hy de-
sign, They evoke cypicsm. They act
upon ideals as destructive acid. In
the atmosphere that surrounds them
plain honesty takes on ridiculous shapes.
When one of them drops out there
is always hope that useful citizen will
take his place. When he is thrust out
optimism takes still larger view. For
Senate that by vote of 2 to | can
eject member for buying his seat is
in fair way to set on foot far.reaeh.
ing reforms.
1t was characteristic of his type that
Lorimer in his threeday defense did not
attack the charges against him, but only
the accusers. Persons, not ideas, inter-
est him. Like some of the worst scoun-
drels our politics have produced, he is a
decent husband, an indulgent father. a
loyal friend. The need of the individ-
ual appeals to his emotions. The right
OF the unidentified people to fair treat
ment, to bare justice, is a principle be-
yond his ken. Men like Lorimer are
frankly amazed when they are kicked
out of decent society. Decent society,
when it purges itself of one such mem
Der, makes vital its obligations regard
ing the Others.
The Senate has established prece-
dent. Not by casting out member.
That new record is relatively of small
moment. Where personal privilege and
public interest have come into collision
it has given to public interest the right
OF way That is happening truly
worthy of notice. The Senate has done
more. 1t has yielded to popular de-
mand The new evidence against Lori
mer did little to make his guilt palmer.
But in the meantime, between the vote
sustaining his claim to virtue and the
vote denying that claim, it had become
apparent that the people had Judged
and found him unclean. Manifestly
they wanted him cast out.
The Senate has recognized the right
of the people to pass on the credentials
of a member of that august body.
Rights of that kind the people are not
likely to neglect. New York Globe.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-07-16
DILLINGHAM's oPELT.o

Lorimer has been unseated Now for
the pelts of the % senators who voted
for him to the bitter end.-Boston Globe
Vermonts senior senator is one of the
IS whose 'pelts" are demanded by the
contemporary; but it win take more
than this incident to convince Vermont
ers that Senator Dillingham; has outived
his usefulness in the Senate. As mat
ter of fact, the question of retaining or
rejecting a man should not be settled by
one act, for an official may do one thing
which his constituents may not agree
with and still be capable of doing the
find appreciation among the people at
home. However, we do not send repre-
sentatives and senators to Congress sim
ply to reflect home sentiment, but We
send them there to legislste for the
whole country after they have gained
the broadcast vision which close study of
conditions may give them; and, for our
selves, we would not give much for the
representative or senator who didn't have
an opinion of his own or who didn't have
the courage to vote contrary to the will
of his constituents after he had become
honestly convinced that the home scnti-
ment was not the most reasonable. IN
this particular case of Mr.. Lorimer, not
few people in Vermont, while feeling
that he took the wrong side of the ques-
ton, are nevertheless glad to say that
they have a senator who can take a
stand based on his convictions and not
turn his back when confronted by a
great wave of public opinion which be-
lieves to the contrary. For showing his
courage and his consistency, Senator Dill
bingham will not be punished by forfeit
ure Of his seat in Congress when it
comes around to another election Other
reasons will have to be added-manv
Others, we might say-before Vermont
will turn him out of Office, for Vermont
ers know that he has given good service
and is capable of giving much more of
the same kind.