Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-06-20
ROOSEVELT
OPENS WAR
ON BOSSES
Second Day Of Convention Will
Be Marked by Vote on Ques-
tion of Contested
Delegates.
NERVOUSNESS is ABSENT
Three Hours of Opening Given
Over to Debate Some
Trouble at Doors of
Coliseum.

COnSeum.
Convention Hall June ~ Though
there MAS a DELAY of half AN hour IN
opening the republican nationi,I con
vention for tn" second day Ut IN" st,'us
81. in which the factional leaders ot
tho party are engaged. there was lack
of NERVOUSNESS that marked yesterday
proceedings.
The coliseum was q sea al ,n,pty
chairs at $50 o'clock when the band. in
It's perch near the roof. struck tli, open
ina note of the morning concert \ file
of policemen came in tiliohaii Il side
door, stepping brisklN Ia The march
Time. The blue coated guardians took
tnair places actu>s al. 'FRONT.' uf the hall,
wllere the line held back slrging
crowds yesterday. and delegates aud
spectators began To filter in ttrousi
the doors.
~ fore 9 o'el"clS he Wabash avenue
doors OF the convention llail Mete be
slngad by telegraph operators. lilesscii
ser huNS and newspaper enploNts Wh"
wa,,,, denied access. 'l'hr tickets ssned
for I'nt s,iaN's session Mere itJectrd by
tin dopy,cci,rrs. and for y time 4 ap
peared that telegraph wires would liz
idl. IN the basement. Sergeant Al Nrns
stone finally produced 300 forgotten
Nacises from his safe and lh,s, w re
distributed in the crowd oGisl,le the
annex door
l:h.ro MAS a rush for lhen and IL
required ,he assistance of raliNemen to
ser that only authorized .Mplny"s Sc
| cured the coveted passes.
Nervousness Is Absent.
The an of nsrvouSncss That hung
/ over the convention police and .nl-
| ,,loy.s before llie opening OF lh. session
/ Yesterday WAS euiiously absent today
! No one knew then wl,;u I" expect !;
4 today ilie partonlen cllatted and
/ lauah.d s.eIirc in the belief ililt they
might develop
i In the box reserved tor special guests
there we're several early arrivals At
| 10 O'Clock an hour before the time for
| opening the session. sss than 200 spce-
tators We're in the hall and but eight of
| the delegates.
Although the convention faced the
I, real struggle of The Roosevelt leaders
sto obtain control of permanent roll of
delegates. there Mas 3, noticeable lack
OF excitement or enthusiasm about the
1 conNen,ion liall.
Bryan Gets His Mail.
James ID Preston. IN charge of the
came in with big bundle of mail in
4 his hand
"'rhe coliseum postmaster atted me
IL help him get out tn" n"wspap.i
mems mail Ii y all for one reporter
w l.llf'l" '',,i''''s ,,I.,, e ,,i,,,
Io%''is"i MOSS - 'i, H., ~ ni'''''.
1 large from that si.tl" MAS an early
! ar,ival III his place on The convention
4 floor.
Spectators Are Tardy.
Spectators seats p'i 'h,. floor and IN
me sh'lefy ""fe ~ nan l'i'.n VIZ.
ha1rlna'll ''nh al's".a't'' ~ nus "''a"
AZ lo'a4;
h'ii -, W. E'''''' ~
I'eared II AGAIN b"l'@ lF ''aiiil"rs WINCH
""N barred lfon l'if it'n N'S''ia'iH
4 ne selGfa't i'l aifii7 s"5h i"i',u ,R
removal "i fhe hiiSs ieA Nl,i- "illN Wv
r"l"s siiiihouift"h 2N iff sllt alll"t'i'''
oe;n's,
4 Soon ti.'e, Chairman ipot had ~
riNed on I'D platform he was iianked
it one Sii@ ny 'f''A'iltii iiithie.y, ll'
lt"os"N"lt i"adeN ana ~ lii" pth"i hA
'dIh's w I'm ~ w - ~
AS n preliminary (" ihr days 'S
lit%t"d ios,lil'l"s 'll ihit' sh"oh ihthhS
and retired 70 lhelr e"iMFiS.
senator R""f tii'ipihe"d l'i" uifiil-
iShed business al ~" Gay '''' iiiotloi
of Watson tiiat 'iins proceed To th.. APP
pointem"nr of the t"s'i';'l committee
ana 10 subsiHu'" " i,l"''oh or ''oN
nrnor lladley that We Roosevelt dele
gates be substituted for the temporary
roll He also annona""n me asfeenei
10 three hours d'nal" ara aSkf" ,
there Mas an objection.
The" was not. 1t had bren asreet
in advance that th'-iN shnuld be no par
hamentarN points ol order AGAINST TN
Roosevelt motion NJ. Tart force
agreeing To f'ght thf matter ont beror'
the delegates
, Hadley Wildly Cheered.
.As Governor IIadieN advanced 10 th'
front OF tlie stage I" open me debate