The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-06-22
HADLEY'S DIRECT PRIMARY
PLANK IS VOTED DOWN
At 4 O'clock Saturday Afternoon
Convention Had Cleaned Up All
Contests, Except Texas, and Seated
All Delegates for Taft--McCall Or
L. Y. Sherman for Vice President.

large was the irst business finished.
The minority report was tabled
Viva yoca
There We're cries OF toot toot
The majority report was adopted
There We're no minority reports i'm the
second firth and sixth Mississippi
The convention seated the Taft dele
gates.
The seventh Mississippi. the fourth
North Carolina, the third Oklahoma,
and the second Tennessee districts
we're rushed through amid cries o.
exceeding the speed limit
A hot battle on the Washington
contests WAS then begun.
DELEGATES
SEATED
The arguments consumed an hour.
2 hose taking part were lladleE.
Heney, Johnson. PoindeXter Allen.
Watson, Penrose and Mccormick. The
anne charges and assertions made in
other contests prevailed here
The convention was not In hdmor
lor triflng or delay
Vote"
Roll call
"Stean roll it, toot: dng-dongt
And cries Of like nature filed the
hall.
Finally and suddenly the W7sh-
ngton Taft dclegates-at-arge were
seated without the expected roll
cam
The first second ana third Wash
ington Tart delegates We're also
seated by viva voce vote
ALL BUT TEXAS.
Chairman Root announced ut 800
that the credentials committee had
finished BY unanimous consent an
he remaining contest cases. except
Texas, and had placed them on the
permanent roll
LAST STAND OF THE T, RS.
Cecil Lyon viii lead the Texas
fight. which may be long drawn out
1t viii be the last Stand Of the
Roosevelt contingent
M'CALL AND SHERMAN SUG-
GESTED FOR V-PRESlDENT.
The names of Representative Nc
Can. of Mass chusetts. and Laur-
anoe Y. sherman, Of illinois, are
among the discussed vice presi-
dental possibilities.
"NATlON WIDE MOVE
MENT," SAYS RECORD.
This is a nationwide movement.
"It makes no difference what a
few delegates DO here in Chicago
"If there are ten delegates 10
Join in. the new party movement is
not in the least weakened.
The strength of this movement
is in the hearts OF the people and it |
can not re stopped or checked by
any delegates may do or
refuse to do.
That statement By George l.. Rec
ord OF New Jersey, represents the
feelings of the radical proeressives.
The California and Pennsylvania
delegations toon that stand Pro
eressivism is the regular republican,
ism in those st ties and Finn and
Johnson quickly announced that
their delegates were ready to walk
out and to go as fast and as far
as Roosevelt wished to lead
MUNSEY RElTERATES.
Frank Nunsey. OF the Roosevelt
forces. today at noon reiterated his
statement of last night relative to
a rev party. Said he.
Mr Roosevelt viii be nominated
for president by a new party. He
refused to have anything more to DO
with the republican convention. Taft
probably VII be nominated tomor-
row. Il is now the earnest wish OF
Mr.. Roosevelt and his friends that
the nomination 90 to him. They re-
gard HIM as prcUer nominee of
ach convention.
MUCH CONCERN OVER
Despite the assurance of Taft
le dprs. trouble is lnely to arise
when the platform lis submitted The
resolutions committee completed its
work at 2.4G this afternoon and is
ready to report TO the convention
The voting down of the direct pri-
nary plank as proposed by Gov.
Hadley. OF Missouri. causes grave
The platform gives little
relief i'm the wav of tariff reduction.
ROOSEVELT DELEGATES ARE
SEATED IN THIRD AND
FIFTEENTH. TEXAS
The hot opposition from Texas