The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-07-11
President and the Chicago
Convention Are Rebuked
by Big Vote at the Hawk
eye Convention.
CHEER ROOSEVELT
WITH ENTHUSIASM
Republicans of Iowa Left
Free to Vote for Taft or
Roosevelt as Their Con-
science Rules.
palladium Specially

DES MONIES, Iowa, July 11.-Col.
Theodore Roosevelt won a decisive
victory in the Republican state con-
vention Wednesday and the Taft ad-
ministration and the managers Of the
recent national convention at Chicago
were as decisively rebuked.
Republicans of Iowa were left free
to vote for either President Taft or
Col. Roosevelt next November by the
action of the delegates. The matter
was left to the individual conscience
of the voter" and the platform, con-
tanning a direct attack upon the le-
gality of the Chicago convention, was
adopted by an overwhelming vote.
The progressives dominated the
convention from the beginning to the
end. Despite a hard struggle, led by
Gov. B. F. Carroll, a Taft adherent
to secure the Endorsement of the ma
tional platform, the amendment offer
ed by the Iowa executive containing
this Endorsement was laid on the ta
BILE by vote of 773 to 342.
New State Convention July "a.
Following the convention the Roose
welt delegates met with Judge ]. L
Stevens. A provisional central commit
tee was named and a call issued for 9
state convention on July "a. Dele
gates to the state convention will be
nominated at county mass conven
tions on July 20. A majority of The
delegates to the state convention
were Roosevelt men, and many o.
them attended this conference
For twenty minutes the delegates
gave Col. Roosevelt one of the great
est demonstrations ever accorded &
man at state convention. 1t eclipse(
by far any other proceeding of the
convention.
The outburst was brought abou
while Gov. Carroll was seeking tt
have Taft and the national platform
indorsed. Incidentally the governor
mentioned the name of Roosevelt
sandannas Start T. r. outburst.
Two or three hundred bandanna.
were waved in the air, and then tn,
convention floor became a bedlam
Delegates jumped onto their chairs
waving their bandannas and cheerinf
for Roosevelt. while the standpat gov
ernor sought in vain to quiet the con
vention.
Chairman Brookhart pounded vigor
ously with his gavel to secure orde
so that the speaker might proceed, bu
no heed was paid to this.
Senator Joe Allen, a progressive
rushed to tn platform and attempted
to stem the pro-Roosevelt tide int,
order, but just when it looked as i
the delegates would again resum,
their seats, the cheering broke fortl
again. 1t was fully twenty minutes be
fore order was restored.
"Not Tainted" Carroll Says.
Gov. Carroll had presented the mi
nority resolutions report. which, in ad
dition to the national platform matter
asked for the elimination from tn
fajority platform of the plank con
demning the Chicago convention a
fraudulently made up.
The governor declared that the ma
tional platform was not tainted" bu
had been adopted at Chicago by
! large majority. not including the cor
| tested delegates, and that this wa
done with the help of such progres
sives as Borah, Hadley and Cummin
delegates"
| Gov Carroll declared that the Ch
cago platform was adopted regardless
of whether the delegates were aligr
ed with Taft or Roosevelt. When b
said Roosevelt" the delegates brok
into cheering.
Strong Progressive in Chair.
The convention was organized wit
Smith W. Bookhart of Washingto
county in the chair. He is a stron
progressive From there on the pro
gressives did as they pleased despit
! the frantic efforts of the standpatter.
The efforts of the standpatters wer
greeted with boots and jeers. Despit
! the attempt of the chairman to secur
a hearing for the speakers delegate
persistently and continually interrup
ed them.
Angry threats OF You will los
Kenyon" failed to make the progre
sives indorse Taft and the nations
platform. Resolutions to that effec
were voted down with great gusto.
You are leading Senator Kenyo