Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-06-19
IN CONVENTION HALL.
CONTINUED from Page one.)

presented by Gov. Hadley and FIX
Gov Fort of New Jersey on the
Roosevelt side and Rep. Serene T..
| Payne of New York and Elk Represen-
tative James F. Watson of Indiana,
| on behalf of the Taft people. After
the arguments We're finished, Chair
! man Rosewater renewed his ruling
that nothing was I'm order but nomin-
atoms for temporary chairman. He
presented the National committees
recommendations of Senator Root and
asked for further nominations.
The Roosevelt men made no further OPP
position to this ruling and the roll call
was begun at Bis The name of every
individual delegate was called, and Il
consumed three hours; yet every step OF
the proceedings was followed with the
keenest interest
The Roosevelt men did the best they
could. They demanded the omission of
the name of every one of the delegates
objected to on the ground that he had
been improperly seated by the national
committee as set forth in the side-traclS-
ed motion of Gov. Hadley; but the roll
call went on merclessly, sometimes
amid deafening choruses.
California. under the leadership OF
Gov. Hiram Johnson assumed bellig-
erent attitude almost with the start OF
the roll call. when the two Roosevelt
delegates from the fourth district unseat-
ed by the national committee were not
allowed to vote, but they confined their
protest to eloquence; the two votes for
Root were the officially eneroachment in
the state upon the vote cast for Nc
Govern. Later Pennsylvania fell into
the breach and made fierce protest
against the vote of an alternate.
The sitting of the vote made dra-
matte sequence of emotions. as ap-
plause and cheers greeted one vote
after another. With Oregons three
for Taft and six for McGoyern, the
net plurality for Root stood at &C.;
hut PENNSYLVANIA Ga for MeGovern
threw the balance the other way and
the advantage remained with Nc
Govern until Tennessee was received,
when the Root advantage re-appeared
With a net plurality of 10. Thence
forward the margin in Root5s favor
increased. and with the vote of Pat
rick Halleran in the Washington del
egation cast for Root at 5.z2 p. NJ,
amid a storm of cheers from the Taft
followers the total vote for the New
York senator reached the necessary
$40 and the Taft victory at least
in the matter of the temporary chairman
ship was assured Aside from the prac-
teal absence of the rough house. tao
tics which had been so deliberately pre-
pared for by the heavy police guard
there were seversl remarkable things
about the convention. 1t was a remark
ably serious business from beginning e
end. There was absolutely no long pc
RODS of uproar One the contrary, there
was a marked tenseness and an atmos-
phere surcharged with watchfulness.
There was one promise of real trouble
when State Senator Flynn compelled the
repetition of call for the Pennsylvania
delegates fighting the vote of one of th'
delegates who, he said was being caller
out of proper order. The point was tina
the man called and who voted was tn
second on the list for Root, whereas th'
man first ON the list of alternates from
that district would have voted for Me
Govern.
IF you steal that VOTE shouted
Flynn, there will be no roll called il
this convention today
THAT was all there was to it. The
chairman overruled him, and tbs
grinding voice of Secretary Gleason
went on rolling out the vote
| With few exceptions the Negro dele
gates from the South about whose
steadfastncsS there has been so mucf
speculation during the last few days
stood fast for the Taft candidate
| Early in the vote William Barnes, Jr.
who with Watson of Indiana watches
out for the Taft interest on the foo
said they would have 60 votes. The.
got two less than that.
Senator Root finished his keynot
speech which nearly all the delegate
sat through to the end, the business o
appointing committee was put over
until tomorrow. This was by agree
ment Only the National committee
recommendation for temporary<o officer
of the convention was adopted withou
dissent Mr. Watson moved the usua
procedure for the appointment o
committees. Gov Hadley presented a
a resolution for the substitution of 3
delegates from the Roosevelt list an
the whole matter went over as "un
finished business" for tomorrow's ses
sion.