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

gear Wa1 AT stake, ne ought not 10 Dc
allowed to speak. Root ruled that
unless the convention voted other
ise. he would let Dovelf go on.
"Too-Toot, Ali Aboard
''Toot-toot all aboard" cried the
Roosevelt men. Dovell pitched Into
the Roosevelt men, saying that they
Rad disgraced the party In Washing
ton by their unfounded charges Of
fraud. They had no right to come
before the convention and ask 1t TO
seat their delegates, he maintained,
as they had thrown the party to the
winds in holding rump conventions in
Washington.
The roller quickly put an end to the
Washington discussion, the delegates
at-large and then the remaining dele.
gates from the State being seated.
I'VE Want Teddy"
Another pause for more reports
from the credentials committee fac
tory ensued. While the convention
waited, Victor Rosewater was OBJ
served to woSk his way down to the
floor. He stopped at the Texas deie-
CATION, and handshaking fest start
ed. The Taft Texans lifted Rose
water to their shoulders, and the
body of Taft delegates throughout
the hall began to cheer the Nebras-
Kan. The New Jersey delegates, dis
liking this demonstration, began call
ing: we want Teddy, we want
Teddy" soon the hall was in an up
roar. the Roosevelt men trying to
start a stampede for the colonel The
Ohio delegation held aloft a rolling
pin. and yelled for Roosevelt. West
Virginia shouted Fight 'em. fight
EN-"
Tt II delegates from the South tried
to sing Marching Through Georgia"
while Roosevelt men from California
chirped; "Twenty-six for Roosevelt"
me Roosevelt demonstration last
ed only q few moments, the band
breaking 1t UP with a rag-time air,
While the band played a Roosevelt
patriot hung from the balcony, In
plain view of the speakers stand, a
signe painted in red letters. read
Ing: What Root said of the Penrose
machine--They are an aggregation
the banner of Republicanism'
The Roosevelt delegates burst In
to a wild cIamor Root put on his
eyeglasses and squinted at the sign.
A wave of his hand, and the next
moment sergeant at arms ripped the
offending sign down. "A point of or
der" cried Roosevelt man, above
the din. Root acknowledged him and
the Rooseveltian bawied: Il move,
while we are waiting for the ere
dentials committee to fatten out
more of our delegates, that we hear
FROM Senators Crane and Penrose
on party regularity
Root grinned. but refrained from
calling on the senators
Wait for People,
vention waited for the credential
committees grist to come in. Finally
at 1910, Root announced that the
Taft and Roosevelt leaders had
agreed among themselves that a.
number of contests upon which both
sides voted in the affirmative, before
the national comittee, would not
be brought before the convention.
THE Roosevelt leaders have agreed
not to push their contentious in
these cases" explained Root. by
your leave. IL there Is no objection.
I will order that the delegates in
these cases be seated"
The Roosevelt men voted along
with the Taft delegates In the af-
frmative on this--the first vote by
reclamation In the convention.
That calculated Root. with
sigh OF apparent relief, leaves only
Texas to be heard from. We expect
that report to come in shortly"
The Texas Report.
The report of Texas did come In
shortly and it was moved by the
floor member of the credentials COM
n1ittee to adopt 1t section by section.
James J. sullivan, of Ohio, talking
for the Roosevelt crowd, moved to
lay II on the table,
taken up.
Every time Root asked for the
ayes, there came a long yell which
was eclipsed by the yell Of no, when
the negative was called for. But
Root Always heard more ayes than
noes, and as a matter of fact, there
were more of them, for with the noes
everybody voted. including New
York York Longworth over on one
side of the gallery. Kermit Roosevelt
on s1he other, the women who. gay
ly dressed, lent a few rays OF light
to the general gloom, and the very
policemen in the aisles.
once Roots monotonous, The
ayes appear to have It: the ayes have
H." was anticipated by bull voiced
Roosevelt man, who yelled: THE
ayes nave" before Root put the dues-
ton.
California, the first Roosevelt State
to be called, replied:
California twenty-six votes not
voting"
MIR Root knew that this meant that
the Taft men. Meyerfeld and Tyron,
seated by the roller. had been sup
pressed by Governor johnson. who
made the reply.
SO he ordered the calling of dele
gates by name. and Mr.. Tyron and
Meyerfeld, who were tucked away in
another part of the house under the
protecting wing of a national COM
.,ossttee, sergeant-aA-arnsst Responded
that they voted for the adoption of
the report of the resolution com
n1ittee. "
Tho count went on, the Roosevelt
men as rule sticking by their guns,
although the Idaho eight voted SOL
idly for the platform.
The Mssourians also deserted
Roosevelt to a man, and supported the
platform.
The platform was adopted as fol-
tows: AYES $50 noes, 81, absent, Is;