The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-23

with him In the new mass meeting
| in Orchestra hall.
Idaho alone of the Roosevelt men,
| fell away from him, seven Of Senator
| Borahs constituents voting for Cum
minis. The expected Hadiey boom
! never raised whisper. Cummins was
not nominated, and the passing
| tribute of a cheer from Barnes was
| the only greeting that came to tho
two votes for Hughes from Pennsyl-
| vania.
| When it was all over and Sherman
! had been nominated IN a gaficp.
Penrose looked at Crane and Crane
looked at Root and tney all three
| looked at each other. They had
| driven Roosevelt out of the party.
| AS for the Taft delegates, tired.
disheveled, utterly disg listed. without
| even a word for their candidate, they
| began streaming to their hotels, and
| then to their trains, the sfckest lot OF
/ Republicans that ever gathered to-
gLther in convention.
1 Roosevelt Boom Dies. =
There were two exciting features OF
| the long session. which began at 10
in the morning. and continued till
| nearly midnight.
Two hours before the nomination
! of Taft, the personal boom OF Theo-
| dore Roosevelt gave its last expiring
/ gasp In a twenty-five minute demon
| stration.
The second incident was a near
riot in the Massa husetts delegates.
precipitated by Root. when, during
! the roll call, he began to get nor
vous about the count.
When the delegates from the
| Goldfish State. their minds made up
| to have no hand In the matter, re-
! fused to vote when their names were
called, Root ordered that the names
| OF the alternates be called. He knew
that he would pick up a few Taft
delegates in that way. and just when
i hc : fanaieds he might need them. $500
AS soon as this order was Issued
Delegate Fosdick. gray-bearda6
man, who looks like James G. Blaine,
arose and shouted:
Calls 1t Robbery.
"Massa chusetts La law-abidinD
that kind or robbery"
After the yells and cheers that
| greeted this defiance had subsidized.
H. 81, cC-. t. Lis eIEr Il the l.lAt.
| form. a couple of husky secretaries
beside him. to prevent trouble, and
| said:
III delegate to this convention
refuses to do his duty by casting hia
vote. his alternate must do It for
him. The names OF the alternates Will
be called"
When he walked back he said 70
/ the secretary:
/ Send the police to that aisle"
Il The Tod. Take Hand.
4 The police went there. thirty o.
them. Tho Massachusetts, men wof0
In the exact center Of tho building,3
standing on their chairs, shaking
their fists. kissing and hurting execrn~
tions at the chairman, who had retire
ed to his desk. Presently they Quf1S.s
ed down and voted. They lost foup
votes but they gained one point ~
more Importance.
Il Root never again during the roll
call insisted on the call OF alternata
Once or twice they were called, ~
they never voted against their pTln4
pals desires.
The convention was In. an uprc
the Massachusetts deegates de1fo1 ~
steam roo1or" decision or CSa3rSS
man Root, who held that when fzi
vote was challenged Il was net 13si;
ficfent to answer present. The r.
Ing was appealed. Tho rultne IN
appeal was not pushed, and ala 12
go before the house. ~ 83S
Although the hall was In oonfu
after the vote was announced N(4
enthusiasm was displayed, even 49,
band was brought In through
Of tho alley entrances. 2ES'%
The roll call Of the States a.
nomination Of . vice Drestdeut
then ordered. 5H3
Votes were cast for Coonel j
welt La Toilette, Cumnlao aA
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