Duchesne Record | 1912-06-28 | Page 6 | Declare the President's Strength is Growing and That He Will be Nominated

I Declare the Presidents President's Strength is Growing and That He Will Willbe W ll be Nominated Chicago The The convention was called called called call call- ed to order on Friday the fourth day of the session at 1225 by Chairman Root prayer being offered by Rev John Balcom Shaw The committee on credentials not having fini finished hed their work a partial report of or their recommendations was presented It upheld the action of the national committee In seating the Taft delegates A partial minority report favoring favorin the seating of the Roosevelt delegates was read The first test of strength of the I day came on a motion to prevent the contested delegates from voting until the cases were settled The Tho TaU Taft men won by a vote of to ten not voting The second was on the seating of the Roosevelt delegates of the Ninth Alabama district The Taft Tart forces won by a vote 0 of f. f to nine not voting Tho third was on the Anzona Arizona Arizona Ari Ari- zona contest case Taft won by a vote of to seventeen not vot vot- ing The Tho majority report on the Arkansas Arkan Arkan- sas contests was adopted by a viva vote The fourth was on a motion to substitute the minority report ol ot the credentials committee on the California Call Cali- fornia case It was lost to seven not voting The majority report on all the Georgia Georgia Geor Geor- gia contests on Indiana at large and the Thirteenth Indiana district on the Eleventh Kentucky distri district t on the Fifth Louisiana and on Michigan at large was adopted by a viva voice vote The convention adjourned at p. p m. m until 10 o'clock Saturday morn morn- ing The The resolutions committee adjourned adjourn adjourn- ed at 11 a. a m. m to allow the members to attend the convention The platform platform plat plat- form was virtually ready then The platform is more concise than many of those of the past After a continuous session of thirty- thirty eight hours the credentials committee I adjourned to meet at 9 o'clocK Saturday Satur Satu- day morning The committee had finished all of the contests with the exception of Texas Th The score with the he exception of Texas is For Taft Taft for br Roosevelt 15 In Texas the national committee gave Taft 26 and Roosevelt 4 The National Progressive Republican can party was organized by Roosevelt Roosevelt Roosevelt Roose Roose- velt leaders Its convention will be beheld beheld held In Denver in August and Roosevelt Roose loose velt will be nominated as its candidate candi canth- date for president Chicago Five Five minutes was the entire entire en en- tire Ure duration of the two sessions of the he Republican national convention Thursday r with a recess of four hours between I The first session convened at noon lasted asted four minutes the second one minute The feature of the noon session was the prayer of the Very Rev Valler Waler Walter Wal- Wal ter ler er T. T Sumner Dean Sumner dealt directly with the sensational factional conflict present In the minds of every person in the enormous audience e In lu whose behalf he spoke and prayed that hat there should be granted to the members of the convention self re cool judgment and all wisdom wisdom wis- wis dom om that their deliberations may Insure Inure In In- sure ure to the nation civic righteousness righteous righteous- ness industrial peace ace and social jus- jus Lice Ice The entire gathering both on the he floor and and in the gal gal- erles stood during Dean Sumner's Invocation in in- I vocation and as he closed broke Into quite general I The Tho The afternoon session Vas was remark remark- GOVERNOR GLASSCOCK c W. W E. E Glasscock governor of West Virginia io 10 Isone one of the Interested and Int Interesting figures among the convention convention conven conven- tion crowds at Chicago A VICE-PRESIDENTIAL VICE POSSIBILITY J if 1 ir l- l l t f 4 r 4 J P i 4 i 1 r r VI I y I 4 y i J i l iw Judge B. B B. B Lindsey of Denver Colo Cob the well known Jurist who has been prominently mentioned for second place on the Republican national ticket should Roosevelt be nominated able not sn so 7 rt r t t 0 v- v lasted a bit less than one minute as asfor asfor asfor for th the extraordinary conditions which ensued upon ItS us adjournment Almost with the fall of Chairman Roots Root's gavel there broke out a pandemonium pande pande- of cheering which lasted almost almost almost al al- al- al most as s long as that of Wednesday It had scarcely a a. definite cause though its immediate occasion was the effort of a man In the west gallery to swing the tho great gathering into unison with the cry We want Teddy It started all right but almost immediately the theLa theLa theLa La Follette Hadley and Cummins enthusiasts enthusiasts en en- began an opposition turmoil I I 2 w WILLIAM SPRY Governor of nf Utah A member of the Utah delegation at the national convention He is a member of the credentials committee and and andone one of the busiest members of the delegation I I with the result thai that within less than thana a minute there thero was simply one meaningless meanIngless meaningless mean mean- ingless chaos of noise Presently tt h group of ot men In the south gallery back of the platform brought four or five megaphones Into play with We want Taft TaftA A smashing rainstorm was In progress progress progress ress outside so the people simply stood where they thoy were and shouted each to his taste 1 The rhe only welcoming applause at the morning session was for William Jennings Jennings Jennings Jen Jen- Bryan who Is reporting the convention con con- for a number of newspapers As Mr Bryan moved to his s seat t In ir Inthe the press section of the platform several sev sev- eral persons in the gallery cried Speech speech After Afler tho the convention adjourned Mr Bryan Dryan held an reception over the rail all of the p press ess section Thursday was the day on which tho thu nomination for president should have been made mad the made tho third day of the convention con con- However the tho nomination seemed as far away as ever It seems to bo ho a case ease of marking time until the stage stag Is thoroughly set when the tho business of tho 0 convention will ivill be bo completed with a rush The Tho convention was waiting for the committee on credentials to conclude Its consideration contested del de'- de' The Tho committee planned to work throughout tho the night so as to report to the convention when it met Friday morning While the air Is full fun of or rumors o 0 compromise compromiso candidates a bolt holt of the Roosevelt followers and a convention of or the supporters of the colonel the tiie Taft leaders are grimly clinging to lo I n i ri n. n and nd nd insisting that the president will be nominated on the first and and that the ballot ballot bal bal- lot will be betaken taken whenever they are ready perhaps Friday or Saturday or some sonie time next week weel Colonel Roosevelt on Thursday night indicated that under certain conditions he might withdraw from the Republican party to take the lead leadIn leadIn In the formation of a anew new party If the p people ople want a progressive party part Ill I'll be bo in it he said Neither the Utah nor the Idaho delegations delegations delegations del del- will participate in the bolt boIt announced T by y the Roosevelt leaders I I Colonel Loose of the Utah delegation I is an avowed Roosevelt supporter but buthe buthe buthe he will not follow the former president president president dent out of the convention He said that he probably would vote for Taft Tafton on the first ballot and for Lincoln of oI Illinois on the succeeding ballots In Incase incase incase case Roosevelt bolted Chicago The The Roosevelt forces met their second defeat in the Republican I national nation l convention on Wednesday in a session which had flau for br its outstanding outstanding ing feature a remarkable demonstration tion of nearly an hours hour's duration In honor of Governor Herbert S. S Hadle Hadley of Missouri All of the Roosevelt delegates joined I in this demonstration while some of ot the tho Taft states lent a voice The ovation ovation ova ova- tion to the Missouri executive was quickly Interpreted by many of the delegates as th the possible forerunner of a boom for Hadley for president pres One enthusiastic Pennsylvanian jumped jump jump- ed to the stage stag and shouted Three cheers for Hadley the next president of the United States Governor Hadley led the fight on the convention floor Wednesday tt to tt oust two ninety-two contested Taft delegates delegates delegates dele dele- gates and to seat soot two ninety-two Roosevelt Roosevelt loosevelt Roose loose velt men in their places The convention convention convention conven conven- tion finally refused to entertain the motion by a vote of to This transferred the fight to tim committee on credentials appointed just lust before the convention adjourned I until Thursday Y The convention was called to order at 1230 by Chairman Root Governor Hadley began the debate on the mo mo- motion motion tion of Watson Vatson that convention proceed to the appointment of regular committees and the substitute motion of Governor Hadley that the Roosevelt Roosevelt Roose loose loosevelt velt list of delegates be substituted for the temporary roll It It was when Governor Hadley advanced to the stage that the demonstration occurred tion occurred After the question had been debated by W. W T T. T Dorell of Washington Henry J. J Allen AlIen of Kansas former Senator Hathaway of Indiana George L. L Record lee Rec ord lord of New Jersey Robert B. B Morns Morris i of or Arizona Thomas Thomas' ThomasH H H. Devine of Colorado Colorado Colorado Col Col- orado M. M J. J L. L Galvin of Kentucky an and M. M L. L Galvin of Kentucky the vote ote was taken talen the Taft forces being victorIous victorious vic vie by a vote of to lao io Senator Root then put the tile motion j of Mr Watson made Tuesday that tha tho the standing committees be apPoInt appointed b. b It was ted adopted without objection The j i jnames names already sent in ill by the state stat caucuses were not objected to and the committees were announced After the convention committees committeE's had been bee l announced and meeting to foi tOl each scheduled d the convention adjourned ad I ned joui-ned at until noon Thursday