Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-06-22
Delay Opening Convention.

begun us ldDOTS Ut IL CLOCK yebteT-
day morning, did not get down to work
until nearly | o'clock In the afternoon.
The two hours delay was caused by
the fact that the committee on creden-
tails WAS far from having completed its
labors. The committee had beer prac-
tically in session twenty-four hours.
1t sat all night. The Taft representa-
tives on the committee did not In tho
slightest degree. hold Roosevelt men
down to the rule that they had twenty
minutes in which to present a congress
district contest and thirty minutes in
which to present the contest repre-
senting a state.
The Taft men on the committee, In
der the leadership of Thomas II. De
vine Of Colorado, proxy for Charles
Lavender of that state, decided to give
the Roosevelt men tho fullest latitude
In order that 1t should be, demonstrated
to the country Mt large that Colonel
Roosevelt had been entirely misinform.
ed as to the nature of the contests and
their value to himself.
AS an evidence of the latitude given
to the Roosevelt contestants, e1-Sen-
ator Albert ]. Beveridge Of Indiana
was allowed to speak three hours on
the Indiana contests and was then de
feated by a vote Of nearly three to one.
Root insists on Action.
Senator Root, temporary chairman of
Me convention, ascertaining that the
nmmittee on credentials was not readv
to report, that 1t had only about com
pletel half of its labors and the com
plete report could not be presented to
the convention, declared that would
not do at all. He asserted that the
convention must proceed with its work,
and in personal conversation with
Chairman Devine Of the convention
committee he urged Mr.. Devine and
his brother committeeman to prepare
the majority report on the Ninth Ala
bama congress district contest.
Devine did not agree with Mr.. Roots
suggestion and stated that no commit
tee on credentials had I'VE reported
its work In parts, but that conventions
had been all compelled to await the
committees complete report on all con
tests before 1t was submitted to the
convention. Finally Mr.. Devine acced-
ed to the wishes OF Mr.. Root, but O
two hours delay followed in which to
prepare the majority and minority re-
ports In the Ninth Alabama contest.
Meantime there were $4,000 men and
women assembled In the convention.
Many were impatient over the delay,
but the band entertained the great
audience with inspiring strains. The
Roosevelt men in the Pennsylvania,
at short intervals told of their desire
for their Teddy.
William j. Bryan came in to resume
his seat in the newspaper row to the
tune of "Auld Lang Syne," and finally
when the long delay was at an end
and the report in the Ninth Alabama
case had been prepared and were
ready for submission to the conven-
ton the band was twanging and
pumping and humping out the "Mis-
erere.'
Chairman Root raped the conven-
ton to order, and the first step in the
long proceedings of the convention day
began when w. T. Dovell, the Gre
dentials committeeman for the state
Of Washington, read the majority re-
port Of that committee which seated
the two Taft delegates in the Ninth
Alabama district Mr.. Dovell stepped
aside and Governor Hadley, leader OF
the Roosevelt forces, announced that
he would yield to r. r. Mccormick
Of Illinois, who desired to submit a
minority report. This minority report
protested against the seating OF the
two Taft delegates In the Ninth Ala
bama district, and Mr.. Mccormick
stated the objections at some length.
Ee said hat he had no time to pre-
pare a minority report In the case,
but desired to read to the convention
a long statement which was In the ma
ture OF q minority report. Governor
Hadley then moved that Mr.. McCor-
mick's tentative minority report for
the Ninth alabama be submitted for
the minority report.
Robert J. Walker Of Virginia moved
" nay MI. MCSOl LILA . AAAoiiS AS
port on the table. Chairman Root re-
quested Mr.. Walker to withdraw his
motion, which was done, and Mr.. Loot
then stated that only unanimous con
sent from tho convention would per-
nit Mr.. Mccormick to read hts state
ment. The convention quickly gave
Mccormick tho right to do 30. Where
upon he started to mako Q stump
speech, but the convention was al
ready tired outassd howled at him
al would net listen to him. Chair
man Root directed Mr.. Mccormick to
read the statement. Mr.. Dovell re-
| piled to Mr.. Mccormick and announced
that the committee on credentials by
a vote of "a to IS had declared that
thu Taft delegates for the Ninth dis
trict of Alabama had been legally and
regularly elected
Haalsy Gets 4 Cheer.
Governor Hadley desired to make 4
motion, the convention cheered him,
and Chairman Root reHarkhg that IT
was very evident that the convention
desired Mr.. Hadley to take the plat
form. He invited Hadley to the ros