Omaha daily bee., 1912-06-24
PRAYER WAS WELL TIMED
Divine Assistance Against Restless.
ness and Revolution Invoked.
CONVENTION MAKES NEW MARX
Never Another Like 1t In All the
History of Such Gatherings
Expressions of Nebraskans
ON Outcome.
BY EDGAR G. SNYDER.

CHICAGO June 23-(Special Telegram J
Save us from restlessness and revolu-
tion," prayed Rev. John Wesley Hill Of
New York yesterday at the beginning
of the last days session Of the national
republican convention.
And well he might invoke divine assist
ance, for "restlessness'' was always pres
ent throughout the entire proceedings and
revolution" threatened many times to
engulf the convention and turn an orderly
body into an American commune.
There has never been any conventioi,
Of any party since the foundation Of the
government just Ike the convention
which ended tonight with nearly $50 dele
gates refusing to vote on ths platform
submitted BY the majority as a protest
against the seating Of seventy-eight dele.
gates by the convention.
Never was a Noisier One.
There has never been a noisier conven-
tion than the one just passed into his
tory, for many times bedlam was sug-
gested and the delegates acted like
maniacs in their frenzy over the action
of the Tafters who were closely In con-
troll and who relentlessly followed out
the program adopted early in the week
by the leaders of the president to beat
Roosevelt. Inexorably the process went
on, suggesting those lines of Longfellow:
Turn, turn my Wheel too soon. too soon
The noon will be the afternoon,
Tomorrow be today.
Behind US in our paths We cast
The broken potsberds of the past,
And all are ground to dust at last
And trodden into clay.
strauss for Third Party.
II look upon this day as crisis In the
history of the republican party" said
ex-Secretary Strauss Of Commerce and
Labor to me as we rode down town In
Wabash avenue car. What a pity that
there could not have been some COM
promise that would have saved the faces
of both Taft and Roosevelt. Both have
made mistakes in this campaign. Roose-
velt has talked too much"
"But what about November" / asked.
'If a reactionary is nominated at Balti-
more, and there Is no third party, 1t will
be the prettiest fight we have ever seen.
But If they should nominate Bryan or
.Gaynor then Taft Is hopelessly beaten,
in my judgment. However, am for
Roosevelt and third party, for there
must be new deal all around"
Others More Hopeful.
That is the Judgment Of one who was
n. hiv,at
On the other hand, you can hear scores
of men saying that three months will
bring a wondrous change in political con-
ditions, and Taft is bound to grow as
the American people begin to know of
the things he has accomplished.
Be that as 1t may, one fact remains.
that intense bitterness reigned at the
close of the convention, and friendships
of years have been sundered because OF
the two rival campsTaft and Roosevelt.
When j. J. Mccarthy rose to answer
as chairman of the delegation to the call
of his state and snapped out Nebraska
refuses to vote,' hs was only emphaslz-
ing what California had done, Governor
Hiram johnson having left the convention
an hour or two before for good and all.
And yet much can happen In five
months, when the people discover that
Taft has been good president, and that
really the colonel has not suggested any
Improvement They will find out that
he stands for nothing good that Taft
does not stand for, and mayhay when
the Baltimore convention has spoken, re-
publicans will once more rally round the
standard.
Norris in the Parade.
During the demonstration caused by the |
mention OF Roosevelt's name by Henry |
Allen OF Kansas, who made a vitrioiic |
statement of the position of the pro- |
gressives, and the everlasting parade of |
delegates around the hall, Congressman |
George w. Norris Of the Fifth Nebraska |
district was seen with the Nebraska dele |
CATION. marching with all the military |
aplonIb Of a captain general He was |
right behind Mccarthy. who held aloft !
the standard Of Nebraska and seemed 10 |
be having the time of his life.
Norris Declines to Talk.
Later Judge Norris said he had come !
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