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RENEW FIGHT ON
"STOLEN VOTES”
NT CHICAGO
Hadley, for T. R.. Starts De
bate of Three Hours on Re
versing Contests.
Continued From Pape One.
Senate: Borah, one of the men who had
signed the statement Borah's name
was cheered.
Next Hadley spoke of Erank B. Kel
logg. who also signed the statement
He was cheered when he suggested that
he would pass over to other names on
the list. There were shouts of "Go on.”
When the name of Ward, of New
York, was reached ft brought forth
cheers.
"Ward." said Hadley, "does not certi
fy a list of delegates simply on the
ground of the candidates they have
agreed to support.
"The different cases will he presented
by representatives of the different
states, but 1 will tell you how in Cali
fornia, where the delegates were elect
ed by 77.0011 plurality, two delegates
were turned out because in one district
It could not be determined how many
rotes the Roosevelt mon had."
“No Judge Shall Sit
In His Own Case "
H. referred briefly to Texas and
other states.
“Then will come the question of who
shall vote on this motion It Is our
contention that only those not involved
in the contests should he allowed to
vote on the motion."
Hadley then referred again to the
precedents of the former conventions.
He asserted that these precedents were
against the contested delegates voting
In concluding, he said
•‘lt is written in the law of England
that no man shall sit as a judge in his
own case. We contend that no dele
gate is entitled to vote whether he shall
benefit in the frauds that it is alleged
were perpetrated."
The men who signed the report were
William E. Borah, of Idaho; Frank R.
Kellogg, of Minnesota; George A.
Knight, of California; T Coleman Du
pont. of Delaware; A. R. Burnam. of
Kentucky*; Pearl Wight, of IjOulslana;
John G. Capers, of South Carolina; M.
C. Monday, of Tennessee; Sidney Bie
ber. of the District of Columbia; Cecil
Lyon. of Texas; Thomas Thorson, of
South Dakota; William L Ward, of
New York, and C. E. Loose, of Utah.
James Watson yielded ten minutes
of his time to W. T. Dovell. of Wash
ington. He said:
“On the day of our state convention
in Washington a presidential candi
date charged that an attempt was made
to steal the delegates from him. Let
me tell you of the facts so you will see
how reckless that statement was."
He gave a brief history of the Wash
ington sttae convention, defending the
state delegation.
"A minority of those in our conven
tion went to another place in the city
and held a mass meeting and elected
the men who appeared and demanded
seats here.
"It may be possible we can nol hold
our seats, but so long as we do it must
be done under the rules. Understand,
me have no primary law in Washing
ton. It is utterly false that Roosevelt
ever carried the state in a primary
Groans and Hisses for
Washington Taft Man.
"A man named Murphy for Roose
velt packed one convention with 150
men who had no seats there and called
that a primary. Every man who par
ticipated in that primary was a vio
lator of our law and because of that
the Taft men did not vote. They east
but from 3.000 to fi.OOO when there
n ere over 100,000 votes. In the face of
that the gentleman at Oyster Hay de
clared he carried Seattle bv 8 to 1.
"Our committee passed upon our
contests and declared our men regular
Every time a delegation was elected
in our state for Mr. Taft they present
ed a delegation for the purpose of con
testing our men and now they ask that
this sort of a delegation vote on the
temporary organization here"
Dovell tried to go or, but groans and
hisses greeted him
"Gentlemen of the convention. I come
here with my hand on my heart and
tell you that what 1 have said is God’s
truth."
Again a great groan rolling ovei the
building drowned Dovi ll's vdec and he
stepped back.
William B. Hackcnback. a dniegate
at-large. started Dovell's troubles when
he insisted upon knowing hoxx many
votes President Roost volt ro.-. ivei; and
how many of his men w. r. named by
the King county coininltte* f Wash
ington. Fred S. Lewi-, another dele
gate on the floor, also shouted ques
tions. It was the effort of these men
which turned the crowd against Dovell.
Dovell appeared before the national
committee in the Washington cases -
against Senator Poindexter of that
state for Roosevelt. Four of the dele
gates contested by Roosevelt wi s*;<:.
rd for Taft by the st earn roller
P - weedings were halted while the
list of delegates contested and the
names to be inserted were r. ad.
The doors of th* Coliseum ut this
’i*n< were closed by the tire depart
ment.
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twenty minutes of Governor Hadley's
1 time. Allen began by quoting from
the speech of Chairman Root last night.
"We will keep the covenant of our fa-
1 there.”
"That covenant Is between the weak
and the strong." he said.
"I am here to represent the state of
Washington because the tegularly
elected delegation, headed by Senator
Poindexter, was ruled out of this con
vention.
"The gentleman who preceded me
said about 3,000 votes were cast in
Kings county, Washington. The exact
facts are that Roosevelt got 6,200 votes
and Taft got 500. and that was about
the proportion to which he was enti
tled."
Allen charged that the national com
mittee had refused to examine the rec
ords. They had agreed to, he said, but
Senator Poindexter was met at the
bottom of the steps as ho left the com
mittee room to allow the examination
and told that he had boon unseated.
"Who made those records?" shouted
a delegate.
"The people of Washington wrote
them." Allen replied.
Allen then told of the convention of
Chilian county. He asserted that the
credentials committee in that county
had ruled out the Roosevelt men.
He then went on with the various
phases ,of the Washington contest.
"Are you going to abide by the de
cision of this convention?” demanded
Fernandano Hartford, of Now Hamp
shire.
The convention broke into an up
roar.
"I will abide by the decision of this
convention," bellowed Allen. “I will
support the nominee of the convention,
but only on one condition —that the
nomination shall not be brought about
by fraud."
■ “Fair Play For Both
Sides," Root Rules.
The interruption and confusion con
■tinued •
.Josiah T. Newcomb, of New York
city, a delegate, made a point of order
■that delegates should not Interrupt
'with questions. Senator Root ruled
the point well taken.
"Fair play upon both sides." shouted
the chairman, and Allen then went on
with the details of the counties.
Ho asserted that twelve committer
men in King county had made it im
post ible to abide by the decision of the
primary.
Herbert Parsons, of New York. a r ose
to ask:
"How many voters in King county?”
Allen answered that there were
about 50,000.
"The gentleman who preceded you
said there were 100,000." Parsons as
serted.
"Dovell crossed his heart on the
100,000. I guess he is right," Allen an
swered.
Allen was applauded as he finished.
Former Senator James A Heinen
way. of Indiana, then spoke against
the motion.
"He’s a. contested delegate." shouted
some one in the Maryland delegation.
"1 am not here for any delegate,
whether Taft or Roosevelt." said Hem
enway.
“Under the rules of the national
committee it makes up the temporary
roll of the convention. The committee
heard for two weeks the evidence in
those contests.
“Dupont no Better
Than Harry New.”
"There are fourteen members of the
body who now come here and ask you
to reverse the national committee wlth-
I opt hearing the evidence.
"There arc 39 members who do not
sign this protest. I am not saying.
i gentlemen, that the mon not re-elected
■ "U the committee were repudiated.
Kellogg was not. and New was not
' They did not want to go back. Who
■ are these other men" I am not par
ticularly proud of T. U. Dupont, of the
power trust. He’s no better than Har-
i ry New. ami 1 would not believe him
any sooner than 1 would the other man.
i You can not hear the evidence now.
Following the rules of order, the evi-
- deme has been heard and arguments
- heard.
"What next? The committee on ere-
A I Initials will give these men another
< hance Their eases will bo decided
I over again and that committee can cor-
- root IPX mistake. That is what wr
t propose. It is not fair that Governor
Hadley has a better Idea of who should
get -• ;>:s here than your own commit
t. <m , icdentials has Governor Had
lex only <an pi ■ sent irguments from
'lids platform."
Heimnway then went into detail on
s the Indiana contests, in which contests
. lie was given his scat as delegate. Hr
declared that the Roosevelt side
i charged fraud and repeating in the
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George W. Perkins in two characteristic poses. Senator Dixon.
Indianapolis primary, but could not
name one repeater.
■'Shame on such, contests," be cried.
"Kellogg and Borah and their own
committeemen voted to seat these In
diana men against whom contests were
started."
He took up Texas, where 30 dele
gates went to Taft.
"We- had 160,000 voters down there,
and then we turned it over to Colonel
Lyon, and what happened? In twelve
years he reduced the Republican vote
to 26,000. which it is now.
"We still have voters down there. In
some counties we won by a ratio of 9
to I. but Cecil Lyon comes with a lot
of votes from counties where there are
no Republican votes, but he is able to
elect delegates. That kind of fraud
has got to cease.
"We seated in that committee dele
gates backed up by Republican votes
and not by an army of fixed-up dele
gates.
Penrose and Flynn's
Names Bring Uproar.
"Penrose above Flynn ever; time."
shouted Hemenway at one point, with
the result that a great cheer arose and
rolled through the building.' William
Barnes, of New York, shook his head
at Heinenway when ho attacked Lyon.
A delegate In the Pennsylvania seats
insisted upon questioning theyspeaker.
Root advanced on the platform ami
shouted:
"The delegates from Pennsylvania
will suffer in their cause if they refuse
to hear a decent argument We will
have order in this convention or the
people who are responsible will suffer
for it in the estimation of the Amer
ican people."
William Flynn demanded recogni
tion. He raised the point of order that
, Hemenway whs out of order He said
that the reference In Hemenway s
. speech to Penrose and •Fix nn was ir
relevant.
Root ruled the point was not well
taken.
• Hemenway finally got under way
once more.
i "We must proceed as wo alway s have
■ proceeded, and no one can say that
is not fair.
"1 appeal to you to be orderly, la fair
> and submit II to the committee on cre
dentials.
"Sit down." was cried.
"I thank you." said Hemenway. and
1 he sat down in the midst of groans.
Frank Record, of New Jersey, then
' spoke in support of Governor Hadley s
r motion He said he had been assigned
1 to Arizoner” and "Indlanei" cases. and
' he called them.
He assorted they wore documents of
1 human interest. He declared the \ri
z.ona convention resolved itself into
1 two separate bodies, resulting in two
s delegations being sent. He charged the
• Taft delegates with being th' bolt
» ers.
Record's talk was dull ami there was
a great deal of confusion. His voice
did not carry far. Dries for order re
sulted,ln a' few bangs of the gavel. The
speaker had trouble in being heard, but
persisted.
McGovern Moves
To Adjourn.
Chairman Root warned the delegates
to make less noise, and when a dele
l gate protested his colleagues' innocence
the agllories were admonished. Quiet
was destored and Record went on. but
was interrupted by Governor McGov
ern, of Wisconsin, who moved an ad
journment until 3 p. nt. He was ruled
out of order on a point raised by Dele
gate Watson, of Indiana.
The conclusion was renewed in spite
of <'hairman Root.
• Record’s voice could scarcely be
heard beyond the first row of chairs.
Root ordered the sergeant-at-arms
to see that those In the aisles left the
room or took seats. There was a pause
while the sergeants-at-arms endeavor
ed to enforce the rules.
"The officers will see that the gen
tlemen take their seats," directed
Root.
Colonel Edwin Thayer, sergeant-al
arms, went to the front of tbe plat
form a dnsucceeded in having the or
ders carried out.
Phillip .1. Barber, delegate from
Pennsylvania, endeavered to make the
point of order that if delegates left the
hall while the confusion continued they
would not be in a position to vote on
the contests. Root held that this was
not a. point of order. Walter S. Dick
ey. delegate from Missouri, complained
that the conversation hi teh galleries
made it imposislde for the delegates to
heat. Root appealed to the galleries
to be quiet
Record told the delegate some of
the alleged facts in lite Indiana cases.
He declared automobile loads of ne
groes were used in the Indianapolis
primaries.
Indiana Delegation
Thrown Into Confusion.
William E. English, of Indianapolis.
Interrupted to ask:
"Wasn't the decision of the com
mittee unanimous
Herbert Parsons, of New York, asked
regarding affidavits that were tiled
with the national committee. Record
cited some of the facts in tile affidavits
that were filed but not read by the
committee The Indiana delegation
was thrown into confusion a moment
later. Hemenway rose to ask a ques
tion Record refused to answer- Eng
lish injected himself into the pro
dings main, saying there were no
contests in Indianapolis.
Delegate William Holton Dye. of No
blesville. Ind., jumped to his feet.
There were hundreds of people who
knew there were contests in Indiana."
he cried.
English jumped to his feet and fol a.
moment it looked as though English
and five would clash. They were sep
arated by their friends.
Record proceeded. His remark? con
eetning the Indianapolis primary be
came so hot that Mayor Samuel Lewis
Shank, of Indianapolis, considered It a
personal affront.
Mayor Shank
Wants to Fight.
“No one can call me a liar." he cried,
and jumped from his seat irt the front
tow. He started toward the platform.
"No man can say that I was improp
erly elected and not have a fight on his
hands,” cried the infuriated potato
king mayor.
Other delegates seized his fluttering
coat tails and dragged him back to his
chair
The remark to which Shank objected
was an insinuation that the Indianap
olis primaries were notoriously unfair.
Shank was nominated in a city pri
mary.
When this outbreak occurred another
effort was made to restore order.
Root was unable to get order, and
John M Harlan boomed out the an
nouncement that ticket holders In the
galleries would not be permitted to re
turn again if they left their seats.
"There will be a pause of five min
utes in the hope that every one will
make up his or her mind as what they
wish to do." he said.
Tin- announcement of a five-minute
pause respite din great confusion, all
of those op the main floor arising and
walking about. Hundreds availed them
selves of the opportunity to leave the
hall during the pause, which ran over
five minutes
During.the recess the band played
"Dixie.” which, of course, aroused
cheers and applause.
At the end of ten minutes Chair
man Root again called for order. He
banged Ins gavel continually and the
noise slowly died out.
Another order was issued to the offi
cers in the galleries to seat every one.
Manx of those standing In the galleries
had no seat ' hecks and had to leave
the hall.
Record again attacked his subject
with little difficult;.. because the noisy
people had xtuieted.
•'! press home the charge that when
a man I- indicated on a charge of fraud
and crookedness that man should not
be perjnitted to sit in judgment on that
eha g- ." shouted Record
The conscience of the American
people will revolt if we pack this ball
ami nominate a man under those cir
cumstanc s. and rhe great Republican
pint? will be injured thereby."
FOR ADDITIONAL NEWS OF
THE CONVENTION SEE PAGE
FOUR.
AIR SURCHARGED WITH
FIGHT AT CHICAGO, SAYS
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES
By JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES.
CHICAGO. June 19.—Two hundred
and fifty policemen massed around the
platform.
’ A thousand deputies scattered
throughout the convention hall.
One hundred and fifty Pinkerton men
distributed at equal distances over the
Coliseum.
And these—God save the mark!
are the conditions under which the once
historic Grand Old Party of law and
order fronted its twenty-ninth and las'
convention, in this year of grace 19.12.
Behold how good and glorious a thing
it is t.o be a Democrat, and to meet in
Baltimore!
This morning as. I came down the
elevator of my hotel into the lobby a
stalwart Westerner snatched a Taft but
ton from the lapel of a stalwart South
erner’s coat, with the remark, "To
with that!” In answer the Taft stal
wart shot his fist straight into the face
of the first man, with the remark. "To
—— with you!" Taft men and Roose
velt men plunged into the melee, and
were only separated by force.
Today I called at Colonel Roosevelt's
headquarters, packed and swarming io
its last limit with men from every sec
tion. Twenty citizens presented their
cards at the door.
Only Bat Masterson Got In.
The only one of us admitted to the
strenuous one's presence was—Ba!
Masterson!
The whole air is charged with feeling
and apprehension.
There is scarcely a man of either
side or of any status or class who does
not confidently anticipate an opening of
the convention today in storm and pro
test. which may culminate in riot and
bloodshed.
The Roosevelt men are resolute, de
termined, sprinkled thiefi with gun
fighters and strong-arm men. with
stern Westerners and fiery Southern
ers. They are keyed to a high tension
by a sense of committee injustice and
outrage, and fired to desperate deter
mination by the spirit and record of
the rough-riding leader for whom they
fight.
The Peril of Pen Wielders.
To these men are opposed the cooler
but- equally resolute battalions of the
president, reinforced by police and de
tectives. Incidentally, the press l seats
lie in that dangerous angle between
the fire of the platform and the fury of
and accident insurance is sell
ing at a premium among the thousand
scribes, who must demonstrate in this
rapt and ravenous emergency that the
Platform Against
Judicial Recall
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CHICAGO. June 19. —Here in sub
stance is the tentative draft of the
platform of the Republican party as it
has been outlined by the leaders who
have been working for the last four
days on that momentous document;
“The Republican party declares its
unchanging faith in government of the"
people and for the people. It reaffirms
its devotion to the fundamental prin
ciples of constitutional government es
tablished by the fathers; those princi
ples which make provision for orderly
and effective expression of the popular
xvill, for tire protection of civil liber
ties and the essential rights of man and
for the interpretation of the law by an
independent and untrammeled judici
ary.
"It will take no part in either the
changing or the overturning of the
American form of government.
"The Republican par ty Is a party of
progress and It is prepared to go for
ward with the solution of those new
problems which social, economic and
political developments have brought
into the forefront of the nation's in
terest.
Child Labor Opposed.
"It will strive to enact necessary
legislation to safeguard the public
health, to limit effectively the labor of
children who should be at school, to
protect wage earners iri dangerous oc
cupations. to substitute the principh
of working men's compensation for
suits at law to recovet damages in case
of injury, to retain public ownership
and control of those natural resources
that are still the public property and
to satisfy the just demands for the
study and solution of complex and
constantly ( hanging problems of social
welfare.
"In dealing with these questions it
is vitally important that the rights of
every individual to the freest possible
development of his own' powers and
resources and to the control of his own
Justly acquired property shall not he
interfered with or destroyed.
"The Republican party reaffirms its
intention to uphold at all times tiie au
thority and integrity of the courts both
state and Federal and it will ever in
sist that their power to enforce their
processes and to protect )lfe, liberty
and property should be preserved in
violate
Against Judicial Recall.
"The Republican party is opposed to
what is known as the recall of judges,
or 'to the iecai| of judicial decisions.
Questions of law can nut he wisely set
tled by popular vote. The public is
better represented and better protect
ed by the < areful selection of .the Ju
diciary than by the recall of judges
under tiie pressure of disappointment’,
clamor or revenge.
"Together with peaceful and order
ly development at home, the Republi
pen, which is reputed to be mightier
than the .-word, must also be as puis
sant as the mailed fist or the steel
plated revolver.
Meanwhile the normal situation
rests exactly as I stated it on yester
day. The fate of the convention and
of the party is held in the balance,
either of 60 negro delegates or of any
20 disreputable and unjailed politicians
who may be bought or bullied on to
either side.
Colored Men Realize Power.
What I wrote about the balance of
power in the hands of the 68 negroes
has created a sensation and started a
contparatlve revolution among the ne
gro delegates and the enthusiastic ne
groes in Chicago, Delegations of tltem
have waited upon me today and have
informed me that these paragraphs
have quicketjed them to a comprehen
sion of a magnificent duty of respon
sibility which rests upon them as a
race. They feel that they are fronting,
in this convention, an epochal incident
In negro history. They have been nom
inating presidents for the Republican
party for a quarter of a century; but
they have been doing so without credit
and without reward
Now for the first time, they hold
the balance of power clearly in their
hands, under the eye and expecta
tion of tiie country, and by united and
coherent action they can name the Re
publican nominee, and be credited with
the naming of him.
Chance For Negro Idealists.
Therefore, the best of them —th»
leaders who have ideals —have, been
inspired by these xvords. ind have held
a great mass meeting al the institu
tional church of Chicago, at which a
manifesto denouncing every negro who
sells his vote, pledging themselves t"
expose any negro who shames bis race
with a bribe, and appealing to every
n«gro delegate of the 68 to count tills
opportunity and responsibility abovt
all material consideration and party in
structions as a supreme opportunity to
vindicate the integrity of tiie race anti
to justify their citizenship by voting
without prejudice and xvithqu.l money
for the best interests of.tbe eountry a*
they see it in the issues and character
of.the two great candidates before th'*
convention.
And xvith the blazon and approval
of this notably fine and high racial
action they* appeal to the millions of
their fellow citizens, through the Hears*
newspapers, which they regard as
among the highest and most consistent
friends and helpers of the negro race,
can party earnestly favors all meas
ures tor the establishment and protec
tion of the peace of-thewjrorld and for
rite development of closer,relations be
tween tiie various nations of tiie world.
It believes most earnestly in the peace
ful settlement in all international dis
putes and in the reference of ail jus
tifiable controversies between nations
to an international court of justice.
"Tiie Republican party, is opposed to
special privilege and to monopoly.. It
placed upon the. statute books the anti
trust act of 1890. and it has consistent
ly and successfully enforced the pro
visions of that law. It will take no
backward step to permit the .re-estab
lishment in any degree of conditions
whft’h xvere intolerable.
For Trust Legislation.
"The Republican party favors the
enactment of legislation supplementary
to the existing anti-trust act. which
shall define as criminal offenses th*’
specific acts which uniformly mark at
tempts to restrain and monopolize
trade to tim end that those xvho hon
estly intend to obey the law may have
a guide for their actions and that those
who aim to violate the law may be the
more surely punished.
"The Republican party , will support
the prompt scientific inquiry into the
causes which are operative both in the
United States and elsewhere to in
crease the cost of living, and. when th<
exact facts are known, to take the nec
essary steps to remove any abuses that
may be found to exist in order that
the cost of the fond, clothing and shel
ter of the people may In no 'way bt
unduly or artificially increased."
“We Have the Bui) By*
The Horns.’’—McKinley.
Just before the convention opened
Congressman McKinley, Taft's mana
ger. issued a brief statement. He said:
"We have the bull by the horn.’
Their is no doubt as to President Taft's
victory, as yesterday's poll gives th*
only true indication of the’ situation.
"Os course, it is to be expected that
efforts to belittle Hie seating of Elihu
Root as temporary chairman are being
mail* by the opposition. N.> matter
what way they figure. Roosevelt i’s
without a chance. He has dropped be
hind over 70 votes. This cun not b’
overcome.
"We are in favor of giving the dele
gates for Roosevelt or any other candi
date full time to argue all the debat
able points on the floor. Such oppor
tunity can only strengthen the poll of
votes for Taft.
"I can not conceive that a bolt will
be made by the Roosevelt delegates.
The events of yesterday served to ’in
pha’-lze the weakness of Roosvelt. He
did not dare to come out in the open,
but chose to hide behind the skirts of
some other man.
•'There is no doubt hut what Hie plan
to sld<-track Boiah and put McGovern
in bis place was all cut and dried before
the opening of the convention.”
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