The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-19

name of every individual delegate was heard with the keenest interest.
 The Roosevelt men did the best they could. They demanded the omission of the name of every one of the dele gates objected to on the ground that he had been Improperly seated by the | nAtional committee as set forth in the sidetracked motion of Governor Had l ley, but the roll call went on fnerci- lessly, sometimes amid deafening con- | fusion.
 Dramatic Sequence of Emotion
 The shifting of the vote brought dra- natic sequence Of emotions as ap- I plause and cheers greeted one vote after another. With Oregons three for Taft and six for McGovern the net plu- rality for Root stood at 36 Pennsyl- vanias 64, however. for McGovern | threw the balance the other way and the advantage remained with McGovern until Tennessee was reached. when the | Root advantage reappeared with net l plurality of 10. From then on the mar 1 gin in Roots favor increased and with the vote of Patrick Halloran in the Washington delegation cast for Root at 5:42 D. m. amid storm of cheering from the Taft followers, the total vote for the New York senator reached the necessary 540 and the Taft victory at least in the matter of the temporary l chairmanship was assured
 Aside from the practical absence of I the rough house" leaders, who had | been so elaborately prepared for by the heavy police guard and the extra ordinary pains of the national commit . tee officers to guard against outbreaks of any kind, there were several re- markable things about the convention. IL was desperately serious business from beginning to end. There was ab , solutely none of that long continued uproar, extending into long minutes, leven hours. which have lately become a feature of political conventions. on the contrary. there was a marked tense- ness and an atmosphere surcharged with watchfulness.
 Leaders Unnoticed 1 Well known leaders came into the hall unnoticed: there was entire absence of tributes of applause by state delegations | to favorite sons The crowd gathered l someM hat slowly, save for the music of the band there was nothing but the under tone of conversation. After Roots elec- 1 tion. when he came upon the platform, 1 the welcome to him lasted perhaps thirty | seconds and when he began his speech | Pennsylvania, showed it's bitterness to him with jeers and caustic remarks which went far to discount the cordiality of liis reception.
 l There was one promise of real trouble, when State Senator Finn compelled the repetition of the call of the Pennsylvania delegates, fighting the vote of one of the alternates who, he said, was being called out of proper order, the point was that the man called and who voted was the second on the list for Root whereas the man first on the list of alternates from that district would have voted for Me I Govern
 If you steal that vote" shouted Film. there win be no roll called in convention l today"
 That was all there was to it. The chair man oyerruled him, and the grinding voice of Secretary Gleason went on roll ing ont the vote. With few exceptions the negro delegates from the south. about whose stcadfastness there has been so much speculation, stood fast for the Taft candidate. Early in the vote, Will. aln Barnes. Jr., who with Watson of Indiana. l watched out for the Taft interests on the floor. said they would have 561 votes. They got two less than that
 Interrupt Root
 When Senator Root began his ',eeynote speech people in great number began tc leave the nall He announced then that 1 ne would suspend until all those wht wished to go had retired. Thousands tn. n 1 iefti but nearly all the deiegates re- mained. and listened to the speech Evel those who had most bitterly ioufht has election, heard him to the end. | When Senator Root finished, amid long continued applause pursuant to an agree rent between leaders of the factions, the whole business of appointing committees $ md other proceedings naturally belong xina to todays work went over until tonlor- loN
 Cnly the national committee and rec concentrations for temporary officers of the convention was adopted without dis sert- Mir Watson moved the usual pro- cedure for tine appointment of committees; Governor Hadley presented as a resolu- ton for the substitution of g delegates from the Roosevelt list and the whole -->--~~-
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