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f - Taft Men Elect 1 lool Temporary Ghairmas of the Convention The All The flews All The Time The Bee gives its readers a dally panorama of tie happenings of tho whole world. THE WEATHER. - Fair; Warmer VOL.' XLII- NO. 1. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 19, . 1912.-SIXT 'SINGLE COPY TWO SCENTS. HADLEY MOVES TAFT CONTROLS CONVENTION ON FIRST ROLL CALL CHAIRMAN ROOT MAKES PLEA FOR PARTY TO UNITE Notables Snapped Arnold. Crowds in Chicago Omaha Bmim '--- TO AMEND THE TEMPORARY ROLL Motion of Governor of Missouri on Behalf of Roosevelt is De clared Out of Order. it' FORTY MINUTES FOR DEBATE Governor JIadley Opens and is Fol lowed by Governor Fort, AGAIN BULED ' OUT OF ORDER Chairman Holds that His First De cision is Correct. ROSEWATER NOMINATES ROOT 'Roosevelt Men Present Name of Mo Govern for Place. , MANY, SECONDING SPEECHES At 3 O'clock Convention is Begrla nlng to Tire of Oratory Heaer Has Floor and Says He Will Talk Till He Finishes. BULLETIN. CONVENTION HALL, CHICAGO, June 18. The convention adjourned at 7:DO tonight. j '"" ' "' BULLETIN. '; ; CHICAGO, June 18.-The republican, na tional convention In full-swing of oratory and factional enthusiasm at-2 o'clock this afternoon had not yet organised. United States Senator Ellhu Hoot of Kew ' York and Governor Francis Mc Govern of Wisconsin by the Taft and a ntl-Taft forces respectively had been placed In nomination for temporary chair man, but a vote had not been reached. Roosevelt people attempted to amend the temporary roll, but Chairman Rose-water-of the national ' committee refused to entertain any - business but nomina tions for temporary chairman. This brought the test -t squarely . upon that Issue..' - . ,-.'.. CHICAGO, June li.'-At t30 o'clock the sM8Wtenip6rary chairman seemed still distant A bitter speech .by. Prances J. Heney, attacking by name national com mitteemen who helped make up the tem porary roll, had precipitated a scene of confusion, cheers, hisses and catcalls which stopped the proceedings for many minutes. . ....... . v Heney stood waiting. "I've as much Ume as you, You're going to hear me If It takes ill summer.'', CONVENTION HALL, Chicago, June 18. Chairman Victor Rosewater of the republican 'national committee appeared on tho stage at 11:15." ' '. - Mr. Rosewater called the convention to order at exactly 12:02. Soon . after 11 o'clock delegates were coming Into the hall in large numbers. The 'body of delegate seats was really filling. Up to tills time there had been little applause, most of it for the band, and no cheering. , A big mahogany gavel and a sounding board of the same material were placed for Chairman liosewater, to be resigned presently to Senator Root, or Senator Borah, or whomever else the convention might choose as temporary chairman. Chairman ..New of the convention ar rangements committee and Sergeant-at-Arms Stone bent their heads In confer ence for a moment over the table, Colonel Stone toying with the gavel as though he would rap the convention to order and tlart the day's momentous happenings. Senator Borah announced .an hour be fore the convention assembled that Governor- McGovern of Wisconsin, and not himself, would be the Roosevelt, candidate for temporary chairman. This decision was reached at a conference which Col onel Roosevelt had with his leaders be fore they left for the Coliseum. The Wisconsin delegation at the con clusion of a caucus that lasted until 11:30 o'clock decided by a vote of fifteen to eleven that it would not present a candi date for temporary chairman. As soon as the caucus adjourned a rush was made for the convention hall. That Wiscon sin would support Governor McGovern for temporary chairman was announced by H. F. Cochems. Cochems places Sena tor La Follette in nomination four years ago. . J :. ' V First Applaave for Fairbanks. The first real applause came at 11:30 o'clock for' former Vice President Fair banks, who entered with former Senator Jlemenway and former Representative James E. Watson of Indiana. Watson v.-as chosen - last night as Taf floor leader. - He' entered the place for the Indiana delegation, stopping to shake bands with Senator Guggenheim of Col orado. The cheering followed all the w ay to the last seat 1n the Indiana sec tion; Watson and others made him take the front. . Colonel New and Mr? : Fairbanks im mediately got together In conference on the floor. ; . -,' ' . California came In at 11:32. The two women in the delegation were roundly cheered. " ': " ' :. '' ' ' The banner of the. California delegation caught in some of the section number signs overhead. Then all banners were ordered excluded. 4 Governor Johnson headed the delegation. - 1 . . When California arrived the twenty-st Roosevelt men took the seats and the two Taft delegates seated by the national committee were not In-evidence. Gover nor Johnson said he- did not know where the Taft hien were and that California (Continued on Fifth Page.) Test Comes on Vote for Temporary Chairman After Long Series of Nominating Speeches, ' CONVENTION HALL, CHICAGO, June 18. The roll call for tempor ary chairman was proceeded with. Secretary Hayward calling the names of individual delegates. Instead of by states, against the protest of the Roosevelt leaders. The - nominees were Senator Ellhu Root, presented by the national committee, and Gov ernor Frances E. McGovern of Wis consin by the Roosevelt forces. The roll call showed: State. Root.McGov. Alabama 23 2 Alaska 2 Arizona 6 . . Arkansas 17 California 2 Colorado 12 Connecticut '. 14 Delaware 6 District of Columbia. . . 2 i 24 Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho . .. Illinois Indiana 12 22 i. . 6 , 6 8 49 10 10 18 3 12 8 18 10 24 4 20 16 9 20 16 2 23 ............ , . Iowa . ....... i Kansas . Kentucky Louisiana 20 Maine . , .". Maryland ............ 8 Massachusetts 18 Michigan 19 Minnesota Mississippi Missouri . Montana . Nebraska Nevada ... 16 16 8 8 6 76 3 14 4 3 12 g 2 10 11 23 81 7 6 22 14 .....' New Harupshire r . . 1 . TOew Jersey . .m 28 2 13 New Mexico. .......... New v North Carolina. . . . . 81 North Dakota 9 Ohio 34 Oklahoma 16 6 at Oregon . . Pennsylvania 64 Philippines Porto Rico ,. . . Rhode Island . South Carolina 7 10 South Dakota Tennessee 1 Texas 8 utA ... 1 Vermont . Virginia Washington 2 2 16 13 West Virginia . Wisconsin . ..... . Wyoming . Totals ...558 502 Cuban Insurgents ; Protest Against the Cruelty of Troops SANTIAGO, Cuba,- June 18.-Ross K Holaday, United States consul here, re ceived a letter today from General Es tenoz, the rebel leader, protesting in the name of humanity against the conduct of the government troops. He says that at Ramon de Las Yaguas, a. suburb. of El Caney, four miles to the northeast of Santiago, the government troops burriel 130 houses belonging to negroes who wer totally unconcerned In the revolution. A the same place they killed a father and his two children, both under 10, and mal treated a number of young girls. He declares that If the atrocities of the government troops continue he wilt be compelled,, much against his will, to start a real race war, although he originally had no such Intention. : -. The conviction Is becoming general here that only Intervention can .secure the peace of the country, especially in th province of OTtente, where the negroes enormously outnumber the whites. Roosevelt's Double Has Much Trouble : CHICAGO. July 18.-J. M.' Keyes, dele gate from Massachusetts, Is a double for Colonel Roosevelt and the fact was the cause tor considerable excitement last night In a Michigan avenue, cafe. The delegate was enjoying ;iis cinner when there' was a stampede toward him by persons who thought ' they were gazing on the ex-president. .It. was necessary to get a detail of police to check the crowds who were about to rush the "candidate." Mr. Keyes wears on a lapel a button photograph of himself, labelled.."! am Roosevelt's double, can you beat It" He says he does not always enjoy the button as It Is oftentimes the cause of considerable annoyance, especially iu crowds. L'v i -v tt - 111 Urii. Msxsjid&EJZevell o&Qieir 'way ro. church SCENES WITHIN GOUSEUH Election" of Temporaiy- Chairman Precipitates Fight. MANY ALTERNATES IN EVIDENCE - ..'. x V ' ...-' .. Deeide that In Selection of Tem- , rnrjfcaa'tase 1 TXvA Call ol ueiesates inateaa ax ...... 1BSI ' w mux CONVENTION . HALL, Chicago, June 18. At ' 10:15 ' a.' m." the band : in the Coliseum began to play "My Country .'Tig of Thee," and the people began to stream into the Coliseum...: . "t : ; . , The band was In Its place by 9:30, far up. In Us aerie above the gallery at the north end of the hall opposite the plat form. The first notes of its music echoed among the steel girders In the great hall. By the. time the doors were opened at 10 o'clock, two. hours before the conven tion was to. come to order, the crowd out side had become pretty dense, but the police .kept the people, moving. ; No kind of eloquence, no argument, no plausible story of Imperative business on that side of the street was. of any avail. Every policeman, had to be "shown" a ticket, the right . kind of a ticket at the right door. There were Chicago politicians who bad not been able to get tickets, but who thought they had a "pull." No sort of pull no sort of local pull, at any rate was of any use. Foltrenien t Every Corner, Policemen at every corner, at every door and In every aisle were the distin guishing features of the scene at the Coliseum In the early 'hours before th doors were opened to ticket holders. The nervous tension due to general ex pectation of tumultuous scenes "from the drop of the hat" at the opening of the republican rational convention wa very apparent on al! sides. The police woim as nervous, as anybody else.. It'wai diffi cult even for' people with proper tickets, Including .newspaper men, to get inU the hall. Assistant sergeants-at-arms, door keepers, ' ushers .'and 'other subordinate officials were so keenly alive to the 'pos sibilities that their hands trembljd as they took tickets and ushers showed people to their" seats with furtive glances about them, as if there were something explosive just under their feet. Along the front rows between tin body of delegates' seats. and, .the. plat.form..a solid row of uniformed police, as early at 9:30 a. m. sat waiting for nobody knows what, v . , t , ; '.. " "'" Last touches by the carpenters, mingled with an . obligate of ..hammer, and a buzz of conversation, forerunners of tliu heav ier hammering , promised when the con vention began. St for Fourteen Thousand. It hardly seemed possible that the iai'. huge as It looked, -could hold, nearly 14. iW) people. Yet that Is-only a few more than the total other published' figures to the contrary notwithstanding that, the Col' seum will hold as arranged for this co.i ventton. Seats, platforms,' press benches. aisles, runways, etc., are figured to hold a total of 13.770 persons. This total in cludes for' 11,270 In the body of the hall, 1,9P0 on the platform, 150 sergeants-at-arms, 600 policemen and 400 messei'j m i, ushers and pages. ' . Five minutes later a thin procession of men in plain clothes came in at one of the enterances. Assistant sergeants at arms they were, but the police pounced on them as if they were a hostile army. Colone .' F. Stone, 'sergeant at arms of the convention, who was on tip toe all morning with solicitude fur the mainten ance of peace and smooth fulfillment of orders, had his assistants quickly ordered out of the allies and seats. The soft click of the. "secret sounders" of the newspaper telegraph operators be gan to be audible near the platform about 10 o'clock; the pres section with Its up wards of too seats was filling up; the convention hall "story" of the republican (Continued on Sixth Page.) ;-r.i'j , , " ! I.- l;v-r-?:?:,I, vnnnnssamnnnnnwaMnnssanBaw'. w flawHaBaMBBaIHM - 5 -SV X'V if ... . . 1 . II "KsmL f . I I V S r t III fsJ s-xi II . r k ! '- I, W "ST 1 1 I J I Chairman Makes a New Record Never Before Was the Head of the Republican National Cora ; . mittee So Long in Charge of the Proceedings of a National Convention. ' ' . , By VICTOR ROSEWATER. . .! ., Editor . of The Bee and Chairman of the Republican ; National Convention. . CHICAGO. June 18.-(Speclal Telegram.) After six hours of the really strenuous life in th.e chair of the big republican rational convention, I have Just handed the '-gavel over-to Senator Root, and 1 heed hardly add that It is much to my relief. I am too tired to tell The Bee readers much about It, except that I feel that I got through the ordeal- ttflerabiy well, taking; Into consideration. the unique experiences, and the volatile condition of the assemblage. Incited by alP sorts of threats and Inflammatory oratory. One Chicago paper this morning predicted that 1 would never get farther than to utter the word "gentlemen," but the fact U that never In all the history of our na tional conventions was tho national com mittee chairman performing the merely ministerial duty of calling the meeting to Njrder, and turning It over to Its own temporary" officers, kept orT the Job as long as I was. Several old warhorses ylw are thoroughly versed In the party history informed me that never before was a chairman confronted with such a difficult situation, unless It was In 18SI, when D. M. f-'abln Bounded the gavel, and then it unravelled rmieli faster and much easier. The whole, problem turned up at my Hundred and Fifty ; Thousand Visitors Are in Chicago CHICAGO, June 18. The number of visitors to Chicago . for the . republican national convention ' was estimated last night to be well above '150,000. ' Every hotel In rhe downtown district was crowded to Its capacity and late crowds were directed to outlying hotels. Early today with not more than ten exceptions, the full list of delegates and alternates had been accounted for.. .The various state delegations and accompany ing friends crowded the hotel corridors and street corners until after midnight Everywhere there was an air of ex citement and expectancy over the first day's proceedings and the general opin ion prevailed that the stage was set for the most interesting convention of . the kind within the memory of most of those who had come to attend Iu I .rT 'IK--'- . .lit 1 IB r jo iyMfok cjAt. first ruling, declaring , It out . of , order to question the temporary roll before the temporary chairman was In charge. We had been, working on this point for sev eral days and I was convinced that W ruling was the only one possible. That was the point of several conferences. I had with Governor Hadley as repreHenta tlve of the Roosevelt people, and I finally agreed with' him this morning thut I would let him present his reasons for asking a different, ruling to the conven tion after the reading of the call.' 1 am convinced that that move saved the day, and gavo us peaceable proceedings In stead of a rough house. The other strategical move" was to order the roll called by Individual names, which, although oonsuming much more time, avoided the clashes and disputes over an nouncements of votes-by the chairman of the various delegations. As It was,' w had several unpleasant episodes as to which alternate should vote In the absence of his principal. ' Those, however.' were little troubles. From now on, I may view the convention as a spectator. There are some bigger fights ahead. - I should not be surprised to see the ' convention protracted over the usual, time. , , , Ten Mississippi V ; Votes for Eoosevelt ' GCLFPORT, Miss., June 17.-Ten of Mississippi's delegates to the republican convention at Chicago ' will cast their votes for Colonel Roosevelt, according to a statement made here today by J. A. Burns, a negro lawyer and a delegate to the Mississippi state convention. "It was agreed to before "they left for Chicago," said Burns, "as It was the opinion that the only hope for the presi dential election lay in the nomination,' of the colonel." , ' ' MURDERERS ELECTROCUTED 3 IN AUBURN PRISON AUBURN, N. T.,' June , 18. The second double electrocution In the history of Auburn prison took place this morning when Ralph Friedman and Jacob Kuhn the Rochester burglars, who inurderod r George A. Schuchart. a grocer, paid the extreme penalty. Both men went to the nhalv 4minu41 , BanBaBnwssmsaannwpBsssnnnnh&fi EARLY SCENES! COLISEUM Forty Firemen Are Called to Keep Eiits Cleared. ; STOLEN TICKETS ARE TAKEN UP loHiar qt inrdn. Taken train t tonal Committee Headquarter ) HjJW'VJi ' .... ..,VkVv COLISEUM", CHICAGO, Juhi' isi-f wo hours before th convention opened tha firemen weie -'called; upon to tako, nr? feetlo measures to enforce strictly the fire Uepartmerit regulations.' Forty firemen Under charge of Inspector J. C. McDon ald had , been distributed thrcugli" the Coliseum Jo keep the exits open. The early arrival of hundreds of people including .spectators and employes soon filled up some of-the aisles leading to the exits,, the open places which trip firemen were required to keep clear. A little con jfuslon also was caused by the inability of many to locate the entrances at which their tickets entitled them to admission. The firemen, however, took no excuses for blocking up the aisles and those who were unable promptly to get out of the way were urged on.1 ' ' ' ' All the preparations made by' the hos pital corps for taking care of people who might' be overcome by the heat at the flrit Inrush of the crowds Were not taken advantage of In vldw of the Cool Weather, Nevertheless the ' nurses and physicians' were early on duty. ; A "first aid" emergency hospital had been provided In the south end of the Coliseum, about 200 foot to the rear of the paltform In the Auditorium. All the aisles leading frorn..thq.hospltaT to the main halt, were, kept open so. that, any patient might quickly bo relieved. Twenty-five physicians and twenty-five nurses, frith! assistants, under Dr. George j C. Hunt, were on . hand . wtlb - bundles of bandage and 'liniments, '.j . ,r. t ', ' .. , Molen Tick''' Taken tp. h'l i Among the .first- tickets taken, tip were some of the unaligned ones recently stolen from the national committee head quarters." The tickets were taken' aVsy from their holders and their possessors refused admittance. ... - , '. . ,, "A few counterfeit tickets also were held by early arrivals. These, too, were confiscated. The police said the spurious tickets were poorly made. ' ,Not a ticket .was offered for sale1 out sldo the Coliseum. :At other conventions tho dealers have been numerous outside the big hall. f ' ; . . , i , ; ... , ! Several ,early arrivals secreted them selves In the alley behind the Coliseum, hoping to effect an entrance through one df the rear doors,, but they wcre,doome4 to disappointment. The rear doors were as carefully guarded as the front ones, ticket boxes being at each door. " ' i I'evuUWni'H I'lrtunv Abxeuf. For the first time in the, history of re publican national conventions no picture of the president hangs in the . Coliseum, where today 1,078 delegates from the states and ' territories of ' the United States met to name a candidate for presi dent and vice president and to formulate a parly platform. .:' ; . -. . ' . . . Rough iron work, arching overhead, Is hidden beneath red, white and blue bunt ing, and ' the galleries are marked by Hues of mountain laurel draped about trl colored tihlelds and more flugs, except over the main entrance, where, a velvet rug of royal purple marks' the box of Chairman Frederick Upham of the local committee, on arrangements and his Clil caxo aides. . ' . The chairman's table, bearing a brass plate Inscribed .to inform all that the ta ble was used by the chairman four years ago, when , William; Howard Taft was nominated, stands about a third of the way from the south end of the rectangu lar hall, on a dais. Back of It are the et Of the republican national commit tee and the space for the "workers" and (Continued on Second Page.) . Willinpiess of Memben to Subordi nate Own Desires Marks Effi ciency of Organization. IS INTERIIUPTED BY APPLAUSE i Flinn Goes to Platform and Confers v ' with the Senator. i LONG STUUGGLE TO BE ENDED I i Appeal to People Must Depend on; Sound Principles. , , COHERENCE TEST OF FITNESS) Personal Disappointment Must Be j Thrust Aside by All. OTHERWISE PARTY UNWORTHY ' lapreme Connell of Party In Session' . According to Rale I.ons; Since Established and Pound ' ; "'-. Good. CONVENTION HALL, CHICAGO, Juna 18.-Chairman , Root's speech frequently was Interrupted by applause )lttle of It,' however, coming from delegations oppos ing his election. On final announcement of Root's selection the band began playing and there was a pronounced demonstration as he stepped to the chairman's desk. During an uproar of people leaving Fllnh went to the platform, shook hands with Senator Root and conferred with . him. After about ten minutes interrup-r tlon Root resumed. - J Chairman's Speech. ... , Mr. Root spoko as follows: , "Gentlemen ' of the convention: I be lieve that I appreciate' this expression 'of confidence. I wish I were more competent for the servlco 0U rcciulro of me. "The strugg!c Cy leadership! in the re- , publican '' party whiu'i has so long engrossed the aUfctlon and excited the feelings f. itS'W3mpirp.a4b;rJ to ibe determined by,'lhe"'eleetlon of a candi date. The varying t-lalms of opinion for recognition jn He political creed of the party are about to be settled by the idoptlon of , a platfortn. ! , ! . "The. gupremc! council of the party in this great national convention,' represent ing evry state and territory in due pro portion, according to rules long since established, Is about to appeal to the American people. for a continuance of the power ,of , government which the party has exercised with but brief interruptions for more than half a century and that appeal is to be based upon the soundness of the principles approved and the qual ities of the candidates selected by the convent!' 1. ' . . ! ; , i 'in the performaneo-ot. this, duty by the convention and In the acceptance of its conclusions by. republicans is to bo be applied the 'ever-recurring test of a party's fitness to govern, its coherence and Its formation and power of organi-, -zatlon. . ! Mast Act In Unison. '( I "And these depend on the willingness of the members of the party to subordi- . nate their varying Individual opinions and postpone the matters Of differences be tween them in order that they may act In unison upon the. great , questions ! wherein they -agree; upon their willing ness and capacity to thrust aside- the disappointment which some of them must always feel In failing to secure success for the candidates of their preference; upon the loyalty of party members to the " party Itself; to the ' great organisation - whose agency, in government they believe to.be for tho.. best Interests ' of the nation, , and - for whose continuance In power their love of country constrains them to labor. ' . " "Without these things there can be no party worthy of the name. Without them party association is a rope, of sand, party . organization is on ineffective form, party responsibility disappears and with It disappears the . right to public, con- i fldence. 1 " , Drsta nlat-d 1'urttea Nrcessary. ' V Without organised parties ' having L these ualitles of cohesion and loyalty, I tree popular government becomes a con-' Business h o u s e s want their employes to save money, and are anxious ; to ( assist and promote the man ! "and woman ' who "can wisely K manage, ;thefr ?! ln- - comes.; ' No' paper In Omaha has such a high standard of news value as The , Bee, and this same , hews standard makes the, standard of ad vertising worth while. Em- ; ployes and business, houses in fact every person who . persistently reads and - uses ; The ' Bee's classified columns is do ing something . impor tant and profitable on -his own account. Tyler 1000 n