Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-06-18

notes Of the music echoed among the
steel girders of the great hall. BY the
time the doors were opened ct 10, two
hours before the convention was te
come ito order" the crowd outside hao
become dense but the police kept the
people moving.
It hardly seemed possible that the
hall. huge as it looked. could hold near
ly $4,000 people. yet that is only few
more than the tota! cape c!ty-:ct-
withstanding other previous figures
Five minutes after 10 a thin pro-
cession Of men in plain clothes came
in at one of the entrances. Assistant
sergeants-at-arms they were. but the
police pounced upon them as II they
were hostile army.
Newspaper Men Busy.
Col. w. s. Stone, sergeant-at-arms
Of the convention, who was on tip-toe
all morning for the solicitude Of the
maintenance Of peace and the fulfill
ment of orders, had his assistants
quickly ordered out of the aisles and
seats. The soft click Of the secret
saunders" Of the newspaper telegraph
operators began to be audible about
10 O'clock.
The press section with it's upwards
Of 400 seats was filing up; the Con
vention hall story" Of the momentous
republican convention of 1912 was
streaming out to the newspapers Of the
civilized world.
Patriotic Airs Played.
At exactly at 1913 the band broke
In with my Country Tie Of Thee" A
fewz recognized the tune and stood up
with barred heads A BIT later after
Sonsa march the band played 1.-THE
Star Spangled Banner" and many
more caught the air and stood with
due decorum until the band finished.
''The repeating system has been
killed." said an assistant sergeant-at-
arms, "and they have found no way to
overcome it,"
No Ticket Repsaters.
Every ticket holder passed muster
three times before he found his place
in the convention hall. At the last he
surrendered his days coupon and no
means remained to help q friend or to
convince a dporkeeper Of the import
ance of the ticketless ones outside.
AS the seats began to fill up the
most marked sign Of the grip the po-
lice intended to keep upon the public
peace" was given. The twenty big
patrolmen who had been sitting In the
front row of delegates seats stood up
and "bout faced so as to front the
arena" where so soon the bitterest
faction struggle in recent political his
tory was expected to break into action.
Few Women Present.
The proportion of women present
was comparatively small.
A silver altar service was placed at
thee hairman's table at 10:45 a. m. A
big mahogany gavel and sounding
board Of the same material were placed
for Chairman Rosewater to be resigned
presently to Senator Root or Senator
Borah or to whomever the convention
might choose as temporary chairman.
Fire Starts, Crowd Undisturbed.
The flash explosion from photogra-
piers apparatus set fire to one Of the
decorations. After smouldering few
moments it was extinguished by fire.
man with his fingers There was abb
solutely no excitement.
A high hat in the ring mounted on
a long pole was carried into the hall
by member Of the Texas delegation.
It attracted no attention as it was
carried up the center aisle to the foot
Of the platform.
Big Guns Arrive.
Chairman New Of the convention
arrangements committee and Ser
geant- at ARMS Stone bent their heads
in conference for a moment over the
table.
e. J. Lampson, of Ohio, the veteran
reading clerk of the national house Of
and associate parlia-
mentarian for. the convention, was at
his place by the speakers table an
hour and a half before the time for
opening business.
Long before the noon hour the two
official stenographers were in front Of
tho platform ssam;:;ar.z;ng themselves
with the position Of delegations.
Taft Gains Pennsylvania Delegate.
Charles Dewey Hilles, President
Taft's secretary.smadeh his appearance
on the convention platform before IL
o'clock. His countenance showed no
worry or grave concern over the out
come Of the session. Members Of the
republican national committee made
their appearances one by one. Former
Governor franklin Murphy. Of New
Jersey, was one OF the first
/ President Taft Unexpectedly gained
Q delegate in the Pennsylyania delega-
ton today thru the illness Of Delegate
Cooper, Of the Twenty third district.
Mr.. Cooper u . Roosevelt man but his
alternate. Mr. Newcomer. 10 q Taft man.
Hadlsy Recognizes Fiooe leader.
Chairman Rosewatsr, II was an
nounced, had agreed to recognize only