The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-06-27
ROOT Is ELECTED
over INC GOVERN
teiiowmg fltuperative Speeches, Taft
Forces Succeed in Defeating
Colonies Choice for Tenn
porary Chairmanship.

t1tt(@AtrO, 1LLe, special
Following n number of secondine
speeches ON the question OF tenn
bornry chairman. senator Root.
ulc choice OF the Taft following.
was elected temporary chairman.
This was a great Taft victory.
1t assures his control of the or
ganization OF the convention and
IS taken to mean his nomination
almost beyond the shadow OF "a
doubt.
The seconding speeches were
the occasion of stormy scenes and
bitter and vituperatiVe remarks.
Waiter h. BouSer, OF Wisconsin,
senator Ia FoIiettc's campaign
- manager, threw cold water on
the Roosevelt candidate, Mc(iOV-
e1n, saying 60 the convention:
Il arm mere TO say that any one
who claims TO represent Mr.. la
Toilette has not that authority
ana does not represent him. Re
fuSing year ago down TO the
present to. enter any compact
with any set of men, he ROW re-
fuses TO be forced into am alli-
ance. The Wisconsin delegation,
In accord with his Judgment and
wishes, decided not 10 present
candidate for temporary chair
man OF this convention"
Governor MCGOVcrn is a Wis
consin delegate. Roosevelt lead
erS seized on him i'm an effort to
win over the La Toilette follow
ing.
THE SECONDING TALKS.
One of the best Root speeches
was by Delegate Hedges. of New
This seems to be dat for citing
presidents" said Hedges.l Then he
referred to Root as a for mer chair
man.
Il am going back only fbur years -
he said, for precedent WA zen quote
II oil nc Fol1
Then Hedges read the words Of the
former President, saying RIOT was the
ablest man in the Cover pment ser
He's found him out sidce," shout
ed a delegate. There was laughter.
and there were cat-calls.
The temper of the delegates has
shown itself throughout the dav. IT
showed Itself as the ladghter died
Hedges was good naA,red He
again mentioned the. name of Roose-
Nelt. The delegates 'cheered wildly.
You don't need to be ashamed to
cheer Roosevelt in my presence" said
Hedges. p cheered him for seven
years Lam just trying TO take a day
Il leave the name of Root with
YOU he was good enough for Roose-
welt. He is good enough for me-"
Hedges stopped, and Hadley came
TO the front of the stage He was
greeted by the greatest cheers of the
Gay. He launched into speech sec
ending McGovern.
California For Roosevelt.
Hiram Johnson followed He sec
onded McGovern johnson said.
From the free State of California I
second the nomination of Governor
McSovern- California, on the roll
call viii cast twenty-six vtes for
Roosevelt. Here and now I serve no
tice on behalf OF my State that there
viii be roll call on every question
that comes before us"
The gentleman who preceded
me said that he took no chances with
Root The great rank and file of the
party takes no chances with Governor
McGovern, of Wisconsin. If you be-
iseve in a presiding officer who will
deal out fairness and squareness, elect
tne man we have placed in nominal
uon- we deny the right of any com
mitteeman selecting our chairman for
us. we deny the right of any set of
men 20 MeNicanize the Republicans
party and 1 therefore second the nom
nation Of Governor McGovern."
Hadley said: Following the exam
pie Of a witty speaker who preceded
me (Hedges), 1 wish also TO cite au-
monty. -Four years ago the man he
has nominated here believed the man
represent here today was the greatest
hVing American Of the day.
appear before you as one In
structed by the voice OF the peonIe
for Theodore Roosevelt, and I second
the nomination of McGovern."
J. e. Wood, colored delegate from
Kentucky. then seconded the nomina
ton OF Senator Root While Wood
was talking the house was thrown
INTO confusion. Little attention was
paid to his remarks
Finn Had to Sit Down.
Nllllam t1lnn, known by both sides
as Boss Bill" rose to second Nc
Governs nomination.
Finn spoke of the results in Penn
,sylvania. The result was due to new
political methods in Pennsylvania"
There was a general laugh, with
the New York delegation lead
ing. Finn explained that the metz
DDS referred to the primary.
Pennsylvania Is q progressive State
ana II VIII be with the nominee of
TINS convention, who ever he Jaa,, be.
unless you get 545 votes obtained by
fraud, he shouted, only to be stop
dep by cries and cat calls
A motion to ballot came from the
floor.
Cries of vote, vote. and Root. Root.
Kept Finn from being heard.
Boss Bill, persisted and finally
OF the convention on how the roll is
20 be made up.
Gentlemen, this is a serious mat
ter he again started
Sit down." came the cry. The noise
grew worse and Finn quit
D. Lawrence Groner, delegate
from Virginia, then took the platform
90 second the nomination of Root.
William Seymour Edwards. of West
virginia, came next.
In behalf OF West Virginia, the
only Republican State in Dixie" he
cried, Il second the nomination of
Robert z. McGovern."
~ The fact that he used the first
NAME of la Toilette by mistake
cause pSa laugh
Fff~y Heney Came Next
Francis n Heney, of California, then
took the s.and, he said:
This nation ii confronting one of
the most serious umes> In its history.
The question is not limited to what
gentleman is to preside over this con-
Vention 1T is question ~3lch goes
60 the very foundation of Republican
principles A national convention has
elected TO name temporary roll tHat
shall bind you. 1t goes further than
that II means, as I personally know,
that sixty or more OF the men named
have no right to be here"