The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-19
DOVE OF PEACE HOvERs
OVER CONVENTION HALL
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yer OF uelekdteS ana spectators In Tue
/ convention who wished to make IT as
unpleasant as possible for Senator
Bradley. lie was heckled from all
rarts of-the hail.
nike drink. senator. take a
/ drink" was the invitation With was
urged from the top galleries.
/ 'Ali We want is regularity shouted
the SeAaters ----
Senator Bradley ike true Ken
tuckian. decided to take tie drink,
lie went back to the sand on which
there was bottle of spring water
. = nd allied the glass, drinking its con-
tents amid loud cheers from all parts
of the convention.
r. s. NeAsey, of South Dakota,
gained recognition after Senator
Bradley had concluded.
Il will never vote for E.lihu Root,
who was the attorney FOR the chief of
all grafters of these United Stat S
at the suggestion OF man wn) voted
To refain Lorimer IN r1c sen@t" u
the United States. -. declared Neasey.
Henry j. Allen. editor # the Wich~
ia Beacon. aud kolzeNeIL- Inn. se.--
onded the nomination VI Governor Nc
Govern.
They are calling Roosevelt t ,Iema-
gogue and saying n wishes 10 BE- a
K ing. . sa I'd N ttict., nut r;rit ttiro1
you 10 renaember nat there we're
many who msisted rl1at Ahra' n
Lincoln was an ignoramus, and called
him a balloon
Il ask you to stand with the sreat
stateS thar conErfr5de the DaeKboHe
OF the Republican party
Albert Bushnell Han Of Ma ssd nv
sets, declared it gu i7jttatio1 -
Rooseveit's superior Strength with The
people that in Massachusetts tic nsht
for Roosevelt delegates was made
against the opposition Of the governor
and the senators. and most of the W
fuential men in III. State org iniza-
tion, and yet he said We split them
wide open"
kouSer Mounts Platform.
Walter l., Houser. Senator La Fol
lette's national campaign manager
mounted the platform Vheo MIR Hart
concluded.
Il am he's" he salo T." cav that
they have neither the authority, nor
do they represent Sc t4t0r Ia b
lerte who are advocating he nolntha-
ton of Governor McGoNern fot tic
porary chairman.
Refusing from the beginning to
entertain any suggestion u com
pact with any candidate. Senator Ii
oF,lette refuses now to be forced in
10 such an Nkance4 I sa& 10 you that
the Wisconsin delegation, acting in
accordance with Senator Ia gillette
wishes, and 10 promote his candidacy
held a conference today and voted
decidedly not To present candidate
for temporary chairman.
Henry F. Cocherns secured recog-
milton for the second time Cockems
said the Wisconsin delegat ton had
hy a vote Of fifteen to eleven decided
that they would not present a can
diiate for temporary chairman as
candidate of the delegation. but that
Il had been thoroughly understo God
that the evelen members who had
voted To present a candidate were
le-f eFntireiy free TO act "a they saw
ct individually
u challenge any man IN The Wis
consin delegation 10 vote for Root.
was the parting fling Of MT Cochems.
as he left the platform amid Roose-
veit cheers
First Femiuene Vote.
Then the roll call Was begun II
proceeded without noteworthy incl
dents until California was reached.
when the name " Mrs Florence
Porter was called to the attention or
All the galleries was directed towards
he place where the attractive gray
haired feminine delegate sat. In AT
unrnlstakahle feminine voice. Mrs
Porter announced her vote as for
NvC!oy ern. and her announcements
which was made amidst respectfu'
silece, evoked an oatbprst Of. enthus-
iasm from both delegates and specta
tors Mrs Porter's vote was the FIRST
feminine vote ever east in nation
al political convention In the United
states
Mrs isabella W, Barney, the sec
ond woman delegate from California,
mhen she cast her vote for Mccoy
ern,
When the reading clerk Of the
convention called the name + IT
Tryon. Of the Fourth district Of Cal
ifornia. Governor Hiram W. John
son sprang TO his feet, and in reson-
am tones. asserted that there was no
snch delegate from California Some
Of the Taft men and delegations
shouted tnsistenly that the votes 81
Tvvnn and Maurice Meyerfield. j.,
Of san Francisco. should he recsiF-
ed When the vote was announced.
IT was announced As - FOR Mccoy
ern and for RQo1.
4, a5..s,,4.S nsAtlitltS Ia 1&tfAsts ss'Ntt@ '6
Chairman Root began his speech IN
A voice which was not audible fifty
feel beyond the platform. He had
not uttered more than A few sen"
tences when there were cries of
Louder" Many of those in the gal
1eries began 70 leave. For fully ten
rn,nttteg tt1r march continued to tine
exits. Then ergeant-at-Arms Stone
yelled through q me aaphon6:
IF YOU don't wish to listen 10 Sena-
tor Roots speech. please get out as
quickly as possible. so that those who
do wish to hear It CT near it. PA
When the galleries were practically
cmptied, Root resumed and was
listened to through speech which
consumed the better part of an hour,
quite attentively <
When the senator declared The
meaning to exercise power not con-
ferred upon them by law, is the door
open also to the selk seeking and am
bilious" the anti Roosevelt delegates
ho@led: Soak the eolnnei again.
only q few of them were aware that
the senator had eliminated snapper
from this sentence from the revised
copy of his speech reading to grasp
dictatorship"
When Senator Root finished his
speech, ali the anti-Roossyelt dele
gates in a body waved their hats and
cheered him vociferously
When he retired, G.. H. Clark. of
Wyoming, offered resolution that
the rules of the last national con-