The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-06-22

New. James T. Watson. the tart r1o,r
Iseaaer. ADD Joseph d oliver.
TAR delegates were seated with
The Thirteenth district delegates from
.nolana next were taken up. the creden-
wsn committee favcrins the TAFT men.
Then came the eleventh KENTUCKY dis
urlct contest In which the credentials
p recommended h seating OF
plan was accepted by the convention.
Agafn mere was no roll all.
On the Wv voce votes. the chorus of
volume. but Chairman Root always said.
he ayes appear to have IT,"
The Roosevelt men made no issue of
u. and there wa smuch laughter. Lots
q spectators IN the gallery iolned I'm
the voting. most OF them voting on
Roll the steam roller some more
shouted a delegate amid laughter.
During a luil between reports from
the COMMITTEES some o fthe Roosevelt
aeiesa,es set up a shouting of We
want Teddy. The pounding of the
c~hairman's gavel soon put an end 20 Al.
The seventh Kentucky contest also
brought out majority and minority re-
The galleries continued TO vote both
ways. Some one set up a noise of
-choo. chou choo." in Imitation OF a
steam roller In action" while others
initiated similar Whistles.
What Il thi splace. anyway" de-
manded Chairman Root. with a Vicious
pound OF the gavel
In the Eighth Kentucky cases the
noes" were loud and prolonged
There are some delesates here who
sunday" said senator Root. i
ed; ~ a. ne gained attention ne add
The ayes appear TO have IL"
Everybody laughed. and everybody
appeared to be in good humor.
Even senator Root smiled broadly.
the usual laughing chorus of noes
exclaiming:
"The ayes plainly have IT,"
Both minority and majority reports
from the credentials committee were
ordering the reading clerks 90 skip much
the contested cases where the issue
was not sharply drawn. In the Fourth
louisiana. for instance. the minority
skip ali you can except the names.
There was a long delay waiting for the
committee TO report the next contested
delegates continued in good humor.
win Easy NOW.
The Fifth Louisiana contest brought
n unanimous report In favor of Taft
deiesates Despit this fact the chorus
OF noes" was loud as ever. 1t was
The case o fthe Michigan delegates
at-large came next. the sitting OF TAR
delegates having again been favored by
nc fTtufllllaAa EuNlIIlAAAte.
As soon as the majority report had
been read the crowd began TO 'choo,
choo."
foot. foot. look out for the steam
roller" yelled n delegate.
The minority report favortng the
Roosevelt delegates, having been read
Calvin \. Palmer. a Roosevelt delegate,
was given = unanimous consent to a hVo
minutes speech. He made a ringing ap-
peal for the contesting delegates. He
referred 10 the fact that Governor Os-
borne was one Of these.
And he would be here today but fol
4 broken leg" he added.
This seemed to strike the convention
ss humorous and there was a wave OF
laughter.
Yes" said Palmer. after quiet had
been restored, and IL you keep up your
present tactics the Republican party IN
Novembre will have a broken back
Palmer stirred the Roosevelt dele
gates to enthusiasm by declaring that
MichigaS. the mother OF the Republican
party. might soon give birth TO a new
progressive party.
John D.. Mackey. OF Detroit. attempted
TO reply 10 Palmer. but was interrupted
by the delegates and he galleries.
The ayes have IT," yelled one voice.
All aboard. toot, tOot." said another
The Taft delegates were declared
seated in a viva voce vote.
Tire men in the galleries were put out
by the police. Their election called ou'
Kisses.
This incident was followed by another
outburst OF we want Teddy"
II didn't last long. and at 1:3s. witt
utter confusion reigning. adtournmen
WAS taken until 10 a m. tomorrow.