Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-06-20
Followers Of Oyster Bay
Candidate are Not Ex-
pected to Walk From Hall
4 If Not Successful.
MAY CONVENE A
CONVENTION IN HALL
Taft Men Were Happy Last
Night Over the Success Of
the First Day Of Nhe I'm
portant Convention.
IBY J. K. DOUGHERTY.]

[BY J. X. DOUGHERTY.]
Chicago, June 19.-Increasing
evidences Of a tenseness OF feeling
were seen as the session pro-
qressed. Several times during
the course of speeches there
were angry shouts and how's
from the delegates seats that
showed the temper Of the crowd.
"Boss" Finn Of Pennsylvania,
howIed himself once trying to be
heard, and then grabbed a mega
rhone and continued his shouts.
He was finally dragged back in
his seat and shortly after the
tension was relieved by short
recess and band program.
Chicago June 19.-At the hour OF
The opening of the convention, there
vas feeling that crisis was ap-
croaching. There had been overnight
conferences of the leaders at which
complete programs for the days
events had been made. The first
event that can precipitate q crisis to-
(ay is the motion again placed before
The house which seeks to substitute the
/ oosevelt roll Of delegates for the men
slated by the national convention.
Whether the Roosevelt men would &C.
rent defeat on this measure is the
r,Iestion on which the probability OF
iolt hinged today.
In the matter Of bolt, however, 1t
s. believed that the Roosevelt men
q, i'll never walk from the hall, but
III! attempt to convene a convention
IA the coliseum if they see that they
are defeated. Illinois and other states
spporting Roosevelt, excepting Penn
sylvania would not follow Roosevelt
lsolt from the hall The Iowa Cum
Minis delegates caucused on this ques.
lion and have decided that they will
not be party to bolt
Taftites Happy; Get First Blood.
There was happiness in the Taft
,amn last night when the convention
adjourned for the day with the presi-
jent credited with first. blood.
helm Of Wisconsin, North Dakota and
nart of Iowa's delegation. How can
they beat us when Wisconsin, North
Dakota and Iowa will be solidly
against them?" This is the question
he Taft men ask. The answer by
The Roosevelt leaders is that Root
drew a bigger New York vote and a
Tiger vote from some of the south
Tof
This may be true, but the result OF
the first convention test vote shows
that Roosevelt has yeoman task
ahead of him. 1t also indicates that
the Roosevelt sentiment SO industri-
ously manufactured since the rough
riders arrival Saturday. was wasted
largely among the convention onlook-
Frs and the home crowds, leaving the
delegates who have the votes to cast,
still firm in the conviction to vote as
they had planned to vote all the time.
No Hint Of Roosevelt Stampede.
The most striking feature Of the
opening day of the big convention was
the absolute failure OF even the slight
est hint Of Roosevelt stampede to
materialize. Four years ago there
was an anxious moment when Henry
Cabot Lodge in making the keynote
speech mentioned Roosevelt's name
and started a demonstration which
Taft men feared would percipitate a
Roosevelt stampede Yesterday Job
Hedges of New York, who by the way
made the most effective speech Of the
day, in seconding the nomination OF
Elihu Root for temporary chairman,
grilled Roosevelt numerically for
praising Root two years ago as the
greatest American of this or any
other time, and then turning around
this year and fighting Root. He
bruited Roosevelts name about the
hall seemingly in challenge to the
crowd, and there was only a feeble
response. It was disappointing to the
crowds who had been led to expect a
display of pyrotechnics right from the
start
Roosevelt Coup Failed.
Perhaps the Roosevelt men remain.
ed silent because they were planning
coup that they expected would land
them the temporary chairmanship,
which would give them the oppor-
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