La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, June 19, 1912, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextMtWt VOLUME XVI LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 1912. NUMBER 201 ROOSEVELT DEMONSTRATION IMBUE OH TEMPORARY ROLL 10 ITS PROMPT PURGING DEBATE OVER AMEND MENT TO ROLL OF MEM BERSHIP OCCUPIES ENTIRE DAY HADLEY LOOMS AS VICE PRESIDENTIAL TIMBER WITH ROOSEVELT PEOPLE MEN ALL BUT FIGHT OVERISSUES. . . Bulletin, Jane 19. The United Fmi on the best authority, is this evening Id bositlon to announce that Colonel . will uAt nnle&a ih nrnih lican convention unseats the Tan del ' pirates which lie alleges were clven by flair means, a place in tne conven . tlon, by the national committee. Chicago. June 19. The motion te prevent contested deletes to the con vention from voting either in the ere ' denrlals committee or on the floor on citner tneir own or couiesiea cnes bus uteti tabled. .The motion was ' - - l t muiif Iit Governor ueneen oi unnois .' n J IhMimi It VBB tllA APMIIllI Tic. lory IU IWO Qu9 iur UiV.inn iwiw , ' The Coliseum, June 19. Governor Eadlej looms large as a vice preden tin! possibility this afternoon follow ing a. tremendous demonstration r him and Boo je velt, ;"38 Coliseum, June 19. Continuous and maddening demonstrations in re ' spect to. Theodore Roosevelt broke in this afternoon on a long and bitter de bate on the matter of eliminating the 1 aft delegates that were seated from contested states by the national re publican committee. Until far in the afternoon the temporary roll of mem bership was the sole topic of debate, the Roosevelt men wanting a substi tute roll with the 70 odd contested men removed and other, that are for Roosevelt, seated. This Includes the Washington delegation. In many re spects the day was dry especially from a standpoint of actual accomplish ments. Chicago, June 19. Continuation of the fight on "the stolen roll, ' even to thi extent of holding a separate con . vention for Roosevelt, If the roll Is not purged.' was the program ordered by (: Roosevelt for today's session of the ' convention. The final Instructions i' were delivered by Roosevelt at a roundup of the Roosevelt delegates e-irly today. The police guard at the convention iat heavily increased today, both In jure Jld out. Five hundred u.'.iform- 'd policement were on hand and at '-!ii at as mi iy more plain clothe?, "meni The co.Vvm after the dors be- .hg opene' ;t 10 o'clock. filled tip lowly. Root, the .?riprar chairman, was 'enthuslastbVJy greeted by Hi; New Vork delegate, when he ar.-. ed. He trolt up the ff.r.rl r.t 11:1f! an' pound ed on the table, demanding that the isles be c!-rrj. Thi wps ilone. ;"' ' " Hadley Commences Ilelmte. . Oovernir Hadley at 11:38 opened a debate .r- fs motion to amend the temporary -ill call. He criticised the ruling of CI". irmnn Rosowater yester day. He sil.l he"1;ad decided the best may wci o 1 ring the ma:?: ".;: the cnv' :uV.r, again and n.i-er t;:r . 7S Men on the temi.or.fy rJ d! ! r-t belong t'"i -e. He asked th ra'iipj of j the men .U6 for by 14 members of the national committee be put on the roll and he 'inrr.es of the men now on . II Mil ,.llm nn..,J T I. . 1. . . - r l i:.lllliuru. I llfll lit rr1U jM tl.e r.stlfr.ei committee as to I 'and on the contest? before the t,a tlonai comii.'ttee. Hadley nrgM 'd ex tiin'lvet.T irntendlne fint evrn' ron test. rot decM'! .fairly ly t ? n.-.'JcT-.l ::vrji:f' until the right had been passed on by the uncontested delegates, He fcg,erte(j 8B0 that the contested delegates ought not to be allowed to 1 '"It uum iuc euv " on by the credentials committee. W. T. DoveU of Seattle opposed and pre sented lue views of the Taft men. Today's Issues Defined. - Hadle- thus started the big fight of the day. 'His substitute roll will MMim Via urroil In the minority reDort of Senator Borah of Idaho. Roose velt men were prepared when the con vention opened, to Insist that nothing could be done until the contested cas es had teen finally acted on by the convention, minus the challenged votes. It was the Roosevelt opinion to insist that the challenged voters stand aside until their contests have been decided and that thay shall not vote in their own eases. It is expected , ed the crisis would come when the temporary chairman, Ellhu Root, ruled ; agaiwst the Roosevelt men's demand that the challenged voters stand aside and refrain from voting on their own cageg Men Called Liurs. Dovell confined bis remarks to the .Waehlngtonontest.assenlng that the colonel did not carry the state. Henry J Allen of Kansas followed, arguing for the RoMevelt men on the Washington contest-: Former Senator Hemenway, of Indiana, followed, argu ing tor the Taft men, and defending the actions of the national committee in the contests in general. George Record of New Jersey followed, argu ing for the Hadley motion.' Roosevelt and Taft delegates - be came Involved In a bitter debate. Wil liam E. English of Indianapolis cal led William Holton Dye a "liar" when Dye shouted approval of Record's charges. Former Vice President Fair banks ducked as the belligerents shook their fists over his shoulder. It seemed a general figbt was imminent but both men were finally quieted. The debate proceeded for an hour or more finally coming to an abrupt end with a wild demonstration. Had ley started it when be said be waa In favor of transferring the whole, mat ter to the credentials committee with ihe proviso that the members Inter ested could have no voice. Hadiey's Jianie Used. Delegate Coleman mounted the plat form and proposed :hree cheers for Hadley, calling him the "next presi dent of the United States." The cheers were given with a will. Roosevelt's "anie Cheered. Then came the wildest demonstra tion of the present convention. Roose velt's picture was displayed by a wo man In the balcony and It set the crowd wild, for the cheering was con stant and uproaring. At the end of fifty minutes order was finally restored and Hadley continued his discussion of the matter in hand, the urging of the temporary roll call. MANY M1ER9 ENTOMBED ..Trinidad, June 19. It Is believed mat nuners are e.nu.u..ru m feet from tne moutn oi ine luunri u the result of an explosion believed to nave oeen eausea uy a -i..u, which t off a peeket of gas and dut. ' So territic was the blast It is tl!eved ; that the men in the shaft mut have ,been instantly killed or suffocated soon . afterward. George Papas, a oon afterward. George Papas, a Greek, tne only prooaniy laiuny ur- ed and Is unable to tell anything about the aecldeut. CIRCUS DAY IN LA GEANDE. WISCONSIN '5 DELEGATES IN ) LA FOLLETTE ACCUSED OF DICKERING WITH TAFT CROWD. COCHEMS HIWGSS AS WISCO'SSIS DELEGATE La Follette Accused by t'ocbems and . Others of Disregarding Progressive Principles Which Roosevelt Is Tout ed as Being Equally Anxious With Fighting Bob La Follette. Chicago, June 19. Wholesale dis ruption of the Wisconsin delegation, with several desertions already threatened, marked the entrance today of La Follette workers into the con vention. Heni'y F. Cocheins, a mem ber of the Wisconsin delegation who nominated McGovern for temporary chairman, resigned. Cochems, explain ing his action attacked La Follce. He said La Follette and his men were out to beat Roosevelt and said they are utterly disregarding progressive prin ciples for which Roosevelt Is fighting as much aj La Follette. He asserted that Manager Houser had been trafficking with the Taft crowd, defending the rotten steals of the national committee. Walter Hous er, Colonel John J. Pannan, secretary to Senator Walter Rogers, a Wiscon sin national committeeman, united to day In saying the Wisconsin and North Dakota delegations will vote solidly for La Follette's nomination. He-.siiid that Wisconsin's 26 votes will be cast with -the .Taft forces against the purging of the temporary roll. INTERNAL 1 DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION 6 1 BALTIMORE GATHER ING OF UNUSUAL IM PORTANCE. FAVORED SOS S' TOTE TO CHANGE QUICKLY Firt Ballot to Have Half Doien Can. dldates In the Field but Probable that Four Will Lead After Seeond Ballot Black Horse Talk Continues to Be Given Some Credence. Baltimore. Md., June 19. One thou sand and seventy-tour delegates will assemble in the Fifth Regiment arm ory In this city next Tuesday to name a candidate to run as the democratic party's choice for president of the Inlted States. These delegates represent the dem ocratic voters of forty-eight states, the District of Columbia, the District of Alaska and the territorial posses sions of Hawaii, Porto. Rico and the Philippines. The number of delegates exclusive of the territories and insular possessions Is twice the number of United States senators and members of the house of representatives. Each delegate to the national con vention represents a section of the country peopled by approximately 91,972,260 people (according to the census of 1910), of whom at least 27, 000,000 are male adults of the voting age. The 1,074 delegates meet to select a man wl o will represent the .Ideas, of j the democratic voters as to necessary qualifications for president of the United Satea and executive for the four years succeeding March 4, 1913. The delegates will volte these ponciee in a series of resolutions, which, taken together, U populorly called a "plat form." They are also to select a can didate for vice president to serve in case of the death or inability of the president. Theoretically the choice of tne nom inees and the framing of the platform are matters which the delegates take up as quite fresh subjects, and upon which they have various opinions, but practically, and as a result oi wide spread discussion In the tdally press ana eiBewnere, mere are aiways ui late years some well settled Ideas on the subject of candidates and issues, and a certain unanimity on many mat ters from the outset. In the present Instance, however, considerable more doubt surrounds the artions and de cisions of the convention than has been the case for many years, it is generally admitted that the choice of candidates and the framing of the platform will depend in a great meas ure upon the results of the republican convention now in session in Chicago. The democratic convention nomi nates a presidential candidate by a two-thirds vote, therefore the winner in the convention must secure 716 votes. No candidate in the race has anywhere near enough Instructed votes to secure the nomination on first hal lot In the convention next week Their actual strength will not be known, however, until after the first ballot, when about 270 uninstructed delegates and a scattering vote of ninety dele gates for Governor Fobs of Massa chusetts, Baldwin or Connecticut, Mar shall of Indiana, and Burke of North Dakota will be cast. These four fav orite sons are expected to drop out of the contest after ttie first ballot, leav ing the fight to the remaining four candidates, Spenker Clark, Governor Wilson, Governor Harmon and Repre sentative Underwood. While the sec ond ballot will probably disclose the actual strength of these four cantu- dntes it will probably require A num- ber of ballots before the leading can- didate obtains the two-thirds vote nec- essary to nominate. In the event that the convention Is unable to make a choice from among the leading candi dates and a deadlock ensues, one or the other- four candidates ma,y bo named, or, what Is considered even more likely a "dark borne" may cat i)r" the nomination. In connection with the talk or i "dark horse" tV numes of Vli;ia:n .Vr-nings Bryan an I y.uvor (iajnor of NVw Yort arc "wt National chairmen iar.R oi 'lima . prrrtnry Woods'.:! - f Kentmky and th" members of tW coinml tee on ar ningement are In tlieity and tomor row a meeting will be held to com plete the final details of t'ae conven tion arrangements. The orniary in which the convention Is to be held stands in readiness for the gathetins of delegates. Headqiiart' rs of thn 1. 1 tinnnl oinmi!t and of t sevnl tireldfntlni candidates fro runnlm '11 'In' TH.. r.i,;-. 1 -i.-' ;.i gr imi of !.iliin.."e li m:m z t :i t . .. ... . ..() t i ;s .." :. 1 TIFT FORCES WELCOME BOLT AS AN ASSbt ROOSEVELT FLAYS THE "SIXTY CONTESTED ! DELEGATES. , ITRG1XU OF PARTY IS SOW DEEMED NECESSARY BY TEDDY Borah Anxious ,to Fight It Out and Take Medicine While Other . Are Anxious to Preelpltate Trouble Im mediately Rooseuit Scores Condi Uons in Lengthy Statement. Chicago, June 19. That they ex pect and hope that Roosevelt'alnflu ence on his delegate will result la their bolting or attempting the organ isation of a second convention on the coliseum floor was admitted by the uncompromising Taft leaders before the convention doors opened today They said they would welcome a walk out by the Roosevelt field forces be cause they declare positively that ricb a move would purge the party or Poj.ulism, socialism and all other is- sue.1-. They say such an action is no. to e countenanced by the republican rational committee. Roosevelt Ranks Are Torn. Whether it was to be a fight to the finish between the conservatives and progressives or bolt, In the Interest of Roosevelt, was the problem con fronting the republican convention to day. The Roosevelt camp Is divided. ! Men declared they did not care who was nominated, so long as the pro- are.gve nrinciules are adhered to h favored fighting to the end. Borah Wants to Fight'-' Professional politicians who want ed to use Roosevelt's personality to strengthen their own leadership la the states where progresslvlsm Is new and popular, loudly counselled a 'bolt. Other men, notably Senator Borah, In sisted that what should be done was to fight to the bitter end, and If beaten to take their medicine but keep oa fighting. Black Horse Talked. "There was a strong .current setting toward a dark horse when the conven tion opened. This current threaten ed any moment to get beyond the con trol of the leaders. Sixty Votes Condemned by Teildy. "Stick to the leader;," said Roose velt. "Support the Hadley and John son record. They will lead the fight to purge the roll. That fight must be made regardless of any other thing. It is not a question of my nomination. If I could be nominated by the use of that roll I should not accept It. The roll is fraudulent. Root's posi tion as temnorarv chairman was ob- u, d b th use f 6 yoteg on th. - v ....v.... K lull uy uauu. Anythlug done by th use of those CO votes Is tainted with fraud and is not binding. Any con vention controlled by the use of thos4 t i! or more votes Is irregular and li rr t binding on anybody." tr "(iFBatos, it'itri-hliiK clubs, polltl-ri- ! :iiIit and lay vl.slt.ors will be ' "-rtil:: Into the cityly the hun-d'-'i'fs. It will be Baltimore's first ex p r'nre In entertaining a na:ional po UrrV i tin vent ion phue Horace Gree- I Ky s nominated tor president by , t'i:j d-mncrats assembled here an even ars ago. ' , BUtiirbcrs Kill I'ollre man. .". 'and, Ohio., June 19. A riot r 'frl h'imlred patrolmen In the vl erill for fie pollio today assembled c!!!ty oi Superior avenue and 2fith R'tert wl'r one ii"!ieemnn was shot i.i:d several rioters Injured. The 0i-t n! 'i3 rn e heUcxcd to have been i iilroid ynri employes. Ier Pou i.er ib the dead policeman. . Man Killed in Portland. l'.'itiand. Ore.. June 19. W. Tanner, aged .:, was found dead In his room In a downtown hotel today, a bullet 1 wound 'n his bead. The head was ter ribly rutenwlth a blunt Instrument. The wife could not be found today. Tanner and bis wife went to the hotel . . o (ts e;o. T'.e reom was ran i.;.cV ..i crd n'l bpgange was gone. ;