El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-06-22

a demonstration but to state the case !
of the progressives and explain their /
action during the remainder of the
convention.
Allen said the steam roller had ex-
ceeded the speed limit in the CalifOr
mia case.
since then" said he, I'VE have asked ,
for no roll call"
Allen declared that Roosevelt upon
his retirement from the White House
left an Overwhelming Republican ma
jority. a record on which Taft was
elected on progressive platform. he
pointed to the Democratic gains since
We will not participate with you
in scuttIing the ship" said Mr.. Allen
We do not bolt; We have fought you
here five days for square deal. We
shall sit in protest and the people
who sent US here shall judge US
Aliens remarks, especially his read
ing of the Roosevelt statement were
constantly interrupted by cheers, misses
and other noises. The chair had great
difficulty in preserving order.
The Breaking Point Reached.
Gentlemen of the convention said
Allen, I'VE have reached a point where
a majority of the Roosevelt delegations
feel that they can no longer share in
the responsibility for the acts of this
convention. We have commended with
you until we have exhausted every par
liamentary privilege in the effort to
have placed upon the roll the names
OF men legally elected.
When by using the votes of the dele
gates whose rights to sit in this con-
ventiOn are challenged, you took a pO-
sitiOn which places the power of po-
Slitical committee above the authority
of a, 700 majority, elected in a legal
primary in California, we decided that
your steam roller had exceeded the
speed limit Since then we have asked
for no roll call You have now com
pleted the seating of all contested dele
cations, using the votes of the con-
tested delegates TO accomplish your
purpose.
ROOseveIt's Accomplishments.
When Theodore Roosevelt left the
white house four years ago he left you
an overwhelming majority in both
branches of congress; he left you an
overwhelming majority in all the great
Republican states; he left you a record
on which you could elect Mr.. Taft; he
left you progressive program to carry
forward That program was buried be-
meath an avalanche of words at WinOna
and Is governors were buried beneath
an avalanche of votes which rebuked
recreancy to party pledges.
We will not participate with you in
/ completing the Scuttling of the ship
We do not bolt. We merely insist that
YOU, not we, are making the record
And we refuse to be bound by it. We
have pleaded with you ten days. We
have fought with you five days for
square deal
I'VE fight no more We plead no
longer. We shall sit in protest and
the people who sent US here, shall
judge us"
Root Tries to Get Order.
The speaker was interrupted and at
last chairman Root rushed out to the
front and said:
4 hope it will be understood in this
convention that friends of Mr.. Taft
must pay the same respect to speakers
on the side favoring Mr.. Roosevelt as
the advocates of Mr.. Roosevelt have
paid to speakers on the other side.
There was a cheer and it was quiet
for some time.
Allen closed amid a great demon
stration, which showed promise of last
ing long, like the other, but it was
checked by the gavel.
Platform is Presented.
The rules committee report was laid
on the table, as also was the minority
report on the same subject. This kept
the convention working under the rules
of the last convention.
Former vice president Fairbanks
then came forward amid cheers from
the Taft side and presented the re-
port of the committee on resolutions
the proposed platform
May Adjourn Earlier.
The rapid progress made by the con-
ventiOn, after the contests were dis
posed of. led leaders to believe that 1t
might be possible to conclude the
nominations and adjourn by midnight
or earlier Tehre was talk. however, of
a recess aLleE Lne NOMINATION. III OLttL
TO arrange a slate for the vice presi-
dent.
Bryan Is Cheered.
Fairbanks reading of the long plat
form suddenly was interrupted by an
apparently ineXplicable Outburst of
cheering. He was reading the section
on economy and efficiency Turning
to discover the cause of the Outburst,
Mr.. Fairbanks found that he was play
ing against VIM. Jennings Bryan. who
was crossing the press section to go
out
Mr.. Bryan was leaving for Baltimore.
Mr. Fairbanks rose to the OCCASION
we have been greatly hOnored,
said he, with the presence of some Of
our friends in political opposition, some
of whom have business now in Balti-
more"
When Mr. Bryan reached the street,
there was another demonstration
Reading of the platform was fin
ished at 4:17 p. m, and Mr.. Fairbanks
moved its adoption.
Minority Presents Platform.
Walter c. Owen, of Wisconsin, pre-
scented as a minority report, a draft
comprising the views of senator La Fol-
lette and his followers.
The majority report was adopted.