The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-18
RoSeWater Refuses
 Roosevelt Motion
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 where's Aldrich"
 This is a proposition of order or
 chaos,,' he said. "How about the tar- if Bill? some one demanded, and jeers and yells interrupted the speak CT.
 Payne then went into an extensive review of party procedure, holding that the history of the Republican party had been uniform and that al- ways the committee roll had been ac- cepted.
 Payne was jeered and interrupted throughout but he stuck to his ground and insisted the temporary roll as
 prepared by the national committee was the only. roll that was properly
 before the convention.
 There is no other way conven- ton like this can organize "Oh, yes. there is,'' yelled Penn sylvania delegate and wild yell went up. Payne was plainly disconnected { as he gave way to Congressman James Watson of Indiana e{ Watson got bowling hat waving welcome from the raft men and stood for a few seconds smiling as the Roosevelt men chimed in with oppos- ing misses.
 Watson then outlined his point He said that, as there were neither bus- mess. presiding officer nor anyone to whom an appeal could be made, there- fore. no business was in order until an organization had been perfected. "Our friends tell us that principles and not precedents are involved and then they proceed to precedents. "Governor Hadley's first citation is unsound because he referred to time
 when there was no Republican na- tionaa committee More applause and cheers here in- terrupted Watson who shouted:
 Don't cheer or applaud I want to appeal to you for action not prejudice.
 The precedent of 1880 cited proves, our
 case. The decision of Senator Hoar came only after he had been chosen chairman, not before D,
 Watson then declared that in the
 convention of 1892, Governor Fort
 made a motion that the temporary
 roll of the convention be made the previous question to cut off debate. This citation of Forts change of att
 titude was applauded.
 somebody must say who constitutes the temporary roll otherwise chaos
 must result,'' said watson. That is why this committee has acted The national chairman. simply has called
 this convention to order. That is all
 he can do.y Then he can ask you to elect your chairman. All he can say is:s T nominate the Honorable. Elihu
 Root for the temporary chair.',.' A wild yell went up from the Taft men at the mention of Taft's name
 and Hadleyn and Fort called sHTime" on Watson,s buta Chairman. Rosewater shook his head.
 eff you proceed as the opposition
 asks you to- said Watson. "then you
 must settle. every contest before the | convention actually meets. If the Hadley motion is carried, there will
 be no need for committee on creden- tials'' f,
 Here Watson moved to lay the ap- peal of Governor Hadley on the table. There has been no appeal,'' said Hadley, and Rosewater nodded assent to the statement.
 It took several seconds to restore or- der and finally Rosewater was able to- make himself heard. He said that
 he had the question under advisement several days and then directed the reading clerk to read a statement bearing on the Hadley motion This statement was very lengthy and reviewed the action of the .vari- ous Republican conventions from that of 1864 onward. In the main it reiterated the argu- ments of Payne and Watson. holding to make up the temporary convention roll It was held; that up to the. for l nation of a temporary organization, gathering such as the present was not a convention but a mass meeting. At the end of the reading of the statement, Chairman ROsewater ruled
 that all proceedings were out of or der. excepting the reading of the tenn porary roll. Hadley at once appeal ed from the decision. of the chair. Watson moved to table the motion Rosewater ruled both motions out of order and Rosewater then said. that all that he could do was to present the name of Honorable Elihu Root as temporary chairman Cochems, of Milwaukee, took the platform and in a loud voice he de- clared that he was an individual dele- gate from wisconsin and progress sive who wanted to place in nomina- tion a man whose "Republicanism was unquestioned, whose face was to- ward the light"
 CT present the name Of the brilliant, impartial and fearless Governor of my State, Francis B. McGovern.'' There was general stir throughout the room and then Job B. Hedges, of New York, was recognized to second the Root nomination, contained in Rosewater's statement. While he was climbing on the platform a delegate shouted a second for McGovern from a rear seat.
 Hedges, easily the most brilliant speaker in the New York delegation. caught the crowd with few humor- n