Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-19
B|EBER HAS HOPES
Expects Seating of Districts
Contesting Delegates.
SPEAKS WITH CONFIDENCE
Looks for the Purging of Rolls Tn.
der Hadley's Motion.
BANNERS ORDERED FROM HALL
Sergeant-at-Arms Stone Eliminates
Disturbing Elements-Roosevelt
Leader Is Popular.
BANNERS ORDERED FROM HALL
Special From a star Correspondent.

other contrasting delegate from the Dis
trict OF Columbia, as he entered tho
Coliseum this morning. He was speaking
with the confidence OF the Roosevelt
forces today that the temporary roll oe
delegates is to be .purged" In accordance
with the motion OF Gov. Hadley yester.
day.
IL II comes TO pass that the Roosevelt
forces bolt. Bieber and Wilder are rurs
to be the Districts representatives In
the Roosevelt convention. Or II the roll
is "purged.' as the Roosevelt fighters de-
clare will be done. they will sit in tho
regular convention
The lethargy as the convention IL about
to open is profound. When Temporary
Chairman Root appeared on the platform
the few who went TO bed early last night
started to applaud. But it had no more
effect than a pebble thrown into Lake
Michigan.
Stone Keeps His Head.
The coolest man about the huge hall 10
sergeant-at-arns Stone OF Baltimore In
his shirt sleeves he frowned from the
speakers plateau. the hurricane deck
that projects into the midst of the dele
Roosevelt banners that had been SNUG
gled into the hall. Stone ordered them
out. He has an iron fist
senator Root Will get the photographers
vote for any office he wants. lie was
performing for them. pounding his gavei
ana smiling pleasantly for half hour
before order df that term suits this cha
otlc conventionl was obtained.
a lunch basket and a pair OF opera
glasses seem TO be as necessary to the
taaf.
The crowds in the Coliseum hungered be-
tween cheers. and hungered between
speeches. with hunger that only real
food could quench. That they learned
day.
That Gov. Hadley is one OF the big
figures. IL not the one big figure. I'm the
convention SO far was demonstrated
today. The multitude OF flags in the
hall. secured to wave in the combined
chautauQua salute and ninth rally yell.
greeted his introduction today Cool.
using few gestures. he had the crowd
with him from the start today. as he
did yesterday.
No Respecter Of Persons.
National convention crowd. are m
respecters OF persons. They drag out all
of the ghosts In the closet of any public
man. big or little. even when he is ap-
pealing to their sense OF right and de-
cency. Not one of the men who have
addressed the convention far. with the
exceptions OF the temporary chairman
and the Roosevelt floor leader. Gov. Had
ley. has escaped the grilling of the crowd.
1t started just as soon Represent
alive Payne. former chairman of the
House ways and means committee. mada
the speakers platform creak under his
800 pounds.
How about the Payne-Aldrich tariff
law" some one In the crowd yelled up To
him. Shouts of derision from all quar-
tiers of that immense convention hall fol-
lowed the sally, but Mr.. Payne continued
to discuss the motion OF Gov. Hadley TO
adopt a substitute temporary roll of dele
gates
What is the situation that confronts
us here?" he asked.
Bribery" came from half dozen
Threats.
Hedges No Exception.
Even Hedges, sought as a speaker at a
multitude of banquets. could not escape
the shafts. He read a few lines filled
with praise of Senator Root and attrib-
uted them to Col Roosevelt.
That's what Theodore Roosevelt says
of Mr. Root" he added.
Hes found him out" shouted
Roosevelt enthusiast.
Senator Bradley had hardly begun his
speech in seconding the nomination Of
Senator Root when the question was
Numbered at him:
Did you vote for Lorimer?' and every
time he tried to begin anew he was
greeted with the shout 'Lormer Lori
mer, Lorimer.
Mr.. Bradley did not take kindly to the
reception.
Liar, liar, liar he Missed back. shak-
ing his fist at the crowd. but the crowd
was persistent. Mr.. Bradley gave up for
a minute with this hot shot:
Il will stop now to allow each fool IN
this convention to get through with his
questions.
He stepped back to the platform table
and poured out glass of water. The
ideas of a Kentuckian taking water WAS
too much. and the crowd shouted In come
ment.
Let booze water talk" some ono
bawled out near the platform. II linkel
Senator Bradley's drink with who was la
the chair, and again the crowd became
so disorderly that the presiding Officer
had as much effect in keeping back thu
tide of disorder as had the Goddess %
Freedom on the Capitol dome.
Attacks Hotel Rates.
Henry J. Allen coupled a seconding
speech for Gov. McGovern with a COM
plant against high hotel rates in Chi
cago.
"They are charging US more money
from the platform.
Perkins" was the reply he got from
one Of the galleries
Another delegate based his secondng
of McGovern on a story about a dog
bearing the strange name of F'ido. Ths
crowd took one look at the speaker
bushy -whiskers.
''All right, Fido. some one yelled; and
IL started a roar of laughter that dis
his oratory.
When Bill Finn OF the Pennsylvania
delegation was overruled I'm his objection
TO the vote of a Pennsylvania on the
national committees temporary roll Finn
and several other keystone delegates
jumped onto chairs in front of the plat
form and shouted 'Robber! Robber, Rob-
ber.' until they We're almost voiceless
The responses of the Districts Two
delegates on the roll call for temporary
chairman could be clearly card above tie
din. There was no sign of wavering in
the Root" they shouted BY the time
they voted at the tail end the New Yorker
had received majority OF the votes OF
the convention.
The usual number of vendors of tickets
TO the convention are mingling in the
crowds. and q big batch of tickets. which
some of them had retailed at s. apiece.
turned up at the doors of the hall today.
One form. deliberately printed. stated in
arge type that this entities the bearer
70 pass" and in small print, by the
Coliseum at any time during the con-
Walker
A dairy lunchroom near the Coliseum
s proving rendezvous for prominent
figures in the convention. At the lunch
hour today Senator Sutherland took u
stool at the long counter. tucked a paper