The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-06-21
TAFT'S CANDIDATE
WINS GUARDIANSHIP
THE VOTE STOOD 55S TO 500
Roosevelt Adherents Supported Gov. McGovern of
Wisconsin, a LaFollette Man, But He Did
Not Receive the Full Vote of the
LaFolIette Followers.

angle in the figures and claim they show
that it is essential to name a ~so.called
dark horse" to save the day for the
Republican party.
While Mr.. Root was made chairman
and managed to deliver his keynote
speech, the fighting is to be renewed at
IL o'clock tomorrow, when the motion
of the Roosevelt leaders to submit a
new list of delegates for those seated in
some of the contested cases heard before
the national committee is to be taken up
as the unfinished business. No commit.
tees were named and none will be until
this motion to purge" the convention
OF fraudulent delegates" is disposed Of,
1t was defeated on a point Of order, but
the Roosevelt forces declare that parlia-
mentary practices will not be permitted
to stand in their way.
The Roosevelt people and the Taft peo.
pie carried out their programs as an
nounced in advance almost to the letter.
The Roosevelt people say they are 60
ing to fight every inch of the way.
Cries of "Bolter."
There were cries of "bolter' hurled az
the Roosevelt delegates at times during
the session, but the contingency of a
bolt again seemed to be far distant.
California, under the leadership Of
Gov. johnson, assumed a belligerent at.
titude almost with the start of the roll
anli ,rhnp tbn 4fpp Dnpuaua1f Io1nvaEna
from the Fourth district, unseated by the
national committee, were not allowed TO
vote. But they confined their protest
to eIoquence. The two votes for Root
were the only encroachment in that state
upon the vote cast for McGoyern.
There is prospect, however, OF another
even more bitter struggle when, as Fun
finished business" the convention will
take up a motion of Gov. Hadley, Of
Missouri, to strike from the temporary
roll of the convention as prepared by
the national committee the names OF
ninety-two delegates seated by the ma
tional committee in contested election
cases and substitute those of the Roose-
welt contestants.
~ was :" Pio.s -" Lot w.
whole day was spent in struggle.
Inc chaplain "'I n"iui
il'o''''o" - liz "a
on his feet Directing to the personnel
of the convention itself. This led to
lons anu '''i''"'e "0
nie"'' u.s.,
NoH Wia"N b, - - tho "a.
C''1'' ".' ,no, ,rboso sbonlders
~ n' 5Tn,ariIn rorfnrotorv
. ,nr1;~,, +hn oonynrtion 10 order
-antiaT mo rooom mopdotions of
tLa nn,it4aa fo,. tom ororv officers Of
tbo oanrontfon found himself with an
SLI. Lo5;a5 hb' 81 nros;dirg over what
Sa.n,oJ rl,oI5, ~ no , turbulent and pas.
sionoto ,rar If f~,ctions He was not
IN oood voioe and what he said was
ho roIv oudibIa ot the front of the plat.
rorn, hui trr,r mo .voiced clerks with
Ala all the necessary an.
,o,,rcononts including the chairman's
i.it;aI .,,Ena non +bo Hadlev objection.
This r,lina was 10 the effect that
,ntn +bo nof;opa1 committee had pre-
santa1 tbo tomnorarv roll. made I'D from
tho orodon+;o1s from the individual states
J;,tr;a.s oud i+s iudgment upon con.
taats thoro wos M convention; the gath.
wos q mere mass meeting; nothing
,o,,Id ho done until a preliminary organ
Ito had boon effected b3 the selec-
tion nf a nros;dino officer. lie held that
hsornto,v No business was in order save
~ ohoioo ~ such an officer.
m IN watohod prs.thlessly.
IN pe"naro,+ nan made no further
NJ, live and the roll call
opposl',or " ~ Tbe name of eye:y
IS, 800. ,r,s BALLAD and il
consumed three more hours; 31' e'U