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TAFT VICTOR
ROOT IS NAMED BY
56
BOTH SIDES CONFIDENT OF SUCCESS
ROOSEVELT MEN DECLARE THEY
HAVE WON AND WILL FIGHT
TO LAST "DARK HORSE"
ARGUMENT IS MADE
CHICAGO .June 18. The Taft sup
porters in the Republican National
convention put through today the first
portion of their program by electing
Senator Root, of New York, tempor
ary chairman.
In spite of the fact that Victor Rose
water, chairman of the National com
mittee, consistently ruled out of order
every motion made by the Roosevelt
forces, it required more than 5 hours
to reach a vote on the chairmanship,
The calling of the roll was beset
with difficulties from the first name
of the list of delegates, but in the end,
when the tumult had died away. Sen
ator Root was found to have won by
a vote of 558 to 502 for Governor Me
Govern ,of Wisconsin, with 14 scat
tering votes and four not voting.
Tonight both the Taft and Roosevelt
forces are asserting that this vote in
dicates that their candidate is abso
lutely sure to win.
The advantage appears to be with
the President, however, for while he
is sure to lose some of the votes that
were cast for Senator Root, it is said
that he will gain, if instructions are
lived up to, some of the votes inde
pendently cast for McGovern.
Those leaders who have been urg
ing a compromise candidate ever
since they arrived in Chicago are
pointing to another angle in the fig
ures and say they show that it is es
sential to name a so-called "dark
horse" to save the day for the Repub
lican party.
While Mr. Root was made chairman
and managed to deliver his "keynote"
speech ,the fighting is to be renewed
at 11 o'clock tomorrow, morning, when
the motion of the Roosevelt leaders
to substitute a new list of delegates
for those seated in some of the con
tested cases heard before the Nation-
MAJORITY
THE C0USEUM, CHICAGO, SCENE OF THE REPUBLICAN NA
TIONAL CONVENTION.'
al committee is to be taken up as the
unfinished business. No committees
were named tonight and none will be
until this motion to "purge" the con
vention of "fradulent delegates" is
disposed of. Today it was defeated
on a point of order, but the Roosevelt
forces assert that parliamentary prac
tice will not be permitted to stand in
their way tomorrow.
The Roosevelt people and the Taft
people carried out almost to the let
ter their programs as announced in
advance. The Roosevelt people say
tonight they are going to fight every
inch of the way.
The roll call for temporary chair
man resulted:
Alabama Root 22, McGovern 2.
Arizona Root 6, McGovern 0.
Arkansas Root 17, McGovern 1.
California Root 2, McGovern 24.
Colorado Root 12, McGovern 0.
Connecticut Root 14, McGovern 0.
Delaware Root 6, McGovern 0.
Florida Root 12, McGovern 0.
Idaho Root 0, McGovern 8.
Georgia Root 22, McGovern 6.
Illinois Root 9, McGovern 49.
Indiana Root 20, McGovern 10.
Iowa Root 16, McGovern 10.
Kansas Root 2, McGovern 18.
Kentucky Root 23, McGovern 3.
Louisiana Root 20, McGovern 8.
Maryland Root 8, McGovern 8.
Maine Root 0, McGovern 12.
IN FIRST
' Massachusetts Root 18, McGovern
18. -
Michigan Root 19, McGovern 10,
absent 1.
Minnesota Root 0, McGovern 24.
Mississippi Root 16, McGovern 4.
Missouri Root 16, McGovern 20.
Montana Root 8, McGovern 0.
Nebraska Rooth 0, McGovern 16.
Nevada Root 6, McGovern 0.
New Hampshire Root 8, McGov
ern 0.
New Jersey Root 0, McGovern 28.
New Mexico Root 6, McGovern 2.
New York Root 76, McGovern 13,
not voting 1.
North Carolina Root 3, McGovern
21.
North Dakota Walter Houser 1,
McGovern 5.
Oregon Root 3, McGovern 6, not
voting 1.
Ohio Root 14, McGovern 34.
Oklahoma Root 4, McGovern 16.
Pennsylvania Root 12, McGovern
64.
Flinn immediately challegend the
vote of Pennsylvania, a second time.
Rhode Island Root 10, McGovern
0.
South Carolina Root 11, McGovern
7.
South Dakota Root 0, McGovern
10.
Tennessee Root 23; McGovern 1.
Texas Root 31, McGovern 8, not
voting 1.
Utah Root 7, McGovern 1.
Vermont Root 6, McGovern 2.
Virginia Root 22, McGovern 2.
Washington Root 14, McGovern 0.
West Virginia Root 0, McGovern
16.
Wisconsin 13, Houser 2, Gronna 1,
Lauder S, not voting 1.
Wyoming Root 6, McGovern 0.
Alaska Root 2, McGovern 0.
District of Columbia Root 2, Mc
Govern 0.
Philippines Root 2, McGovern 0.
Porto Rico Root 2, McGovern 0.
Chicago, June 18.
Final vote on chairmanship:
Root, 558.
McGovern, 502.
Houser, 3.
Gronna 1.
Lauder, 9.
Not voting, 5.
Rev. Father Callaghan of St Ma
lachi's church of Chicago was cheer
ed as ha stepped forward and deliver
ed a very brief invocation that con
cluded with the Lord's Prayer, in
which a minority of the delegates
joined. It was 12:21 when the open
ing invocation ended, and Secretary
Hayward read the call for the con
vention. Hayward concluded the reading of
the call at 12:25 ,and immediately
Governor Hadley of Missouri, was re
cognized. He stood on his chair a
minute and then pressed forward
through the press enclosure to the
platform, while the Pennsylvania and
other delegates cheered him. Rose
water and Hayward shook hands with
Hadley, and he started to read a type
written document. As. he did so, Wilr
liam Barnes, Jr., got to his feet and
shouted:'
"Mr. Chairman! I rise to a point
of order."
Rosewater paid no attention to
Barnes, and Hadley proceeded, say
ing: "Mr. Chairman, I rise to a question
of order. I desire to know whether
the temporary roll has been properly
framed."
Here James Watson of Indiana, the
Taft parliamentarian, broke In with
a point of order that there could be
nothing properly put before the con
vention until it had been formally or
ganized. Rosewater ruled the point
of order well taken, but said that he
was willing to listen to arguments on
the question.
Hadley continued: "I rose to a
question of information, and there was
nothing before the house at the time.
I move that the list of delegates pre
pared by the national committe,
known as the temporary roll , be
amended In the following particulars,
by substituting the following list of
delegates, and that the list known as
No. 2, be known as the list of tempo-
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rarj delegates for this convention."
Watson renewed his point of order
that Hadley's motion was out of order
until a proper organization of the con
vention had been effected.
Rosewater declared that the motion
appeared to the chair to be well tak
en, but said that he was willing that
each side should have 20 minutes in
which to debate the question.
Governor Hadley started the debate
for the Roosevelt forces.
"I have presented for the -consideration
of the chairman of the conven
tion and this convention a motion to
amend the temporary roll which has
been placed before the convention.
The chair has stated that in his opin
ion, the point Is well taken, but, in
the same spirit of that illustrious
leader, William McKinley, has adopt
ed the fair plan of permitting debate."
"Our chairman has asked that a
brief statement be made by those sup
porting and opposing it. I offer this
to your determination in the last an
alysis. I question if the national com
mittee has the absolute power to con
trol the list of delegates.
"If it is in the power of 27 men to
say what shall be considered a ma
jority of a convention .then we have
ceased to have representative govern
ment in our party."
This declaration was loudly cheer
ed. "We know but one government in
this country, and that is government
by political parties," he added "and
if control of the parties can be main
tained by those who make up the tem
porary roll then ,we have a political
oligarchy.
"It is the question now whether the
delegates shall or shall not pass up
on their own qualifications when their
right to sit is protested. In 1884, a
similar situation arose. The conven
tion then decided that the committee
was the servant and not the master of
the republican party or of the con
vention. This question must, in its
final analysis be decided either that
the committee has a power not sub
ject to change later, or that the con
vention may later change it."
Hadley continued citing his conten
tion, reading from a parliamentary
point raised by Roscoe Conkling in
1864, which he claimed was his con
tention. "So I offer to you today the prece
dent of 1864 that nominated for the
second time Abraham Lincoln," said
Hadley. "I offer the statement of
Senator Hoar that the motion to
amend the temporary roll is in order.
"But this question is more a ques
tion of principle than of precedent
It is said that no fraudulent names
are on, this foil. As long as we don't
act and fairly face this question, any
man who goes out from this conven
tion with a nomination, goes out with
a tainted nomination and can neither
expect nor receive the votes of the
American people. . . -
"You cannot settle a question of
fundamental honesty by disregarding
it You cannot settle questions affect
ing the people by raising points of or
der, but I say that just as certain as
you decline to answer my question
the people will decide that you don't
want to settle this question On the
facts alone. You must either purge
your rolls or admit that you want to
confer a fraudulent nomination."
Former Governor Fort of New Jer
sey follewed Governor Hadley for the
Roosevelt forces.
"There has never come before a na
tional convention in this wonderful
party of ours so vital a question," he
said. "In 1880 the question arose as
to whether It was in the power of a
convention to determine questions of
joll before a vote could be taken, Sen-
' ator Hoar of Massachusetts said that
; in the absence of any rule, the deci
, sion of any question rested with the
. chair but subject to the rule of . the
convention.
I "The convention, not the . chair,
' must determine whether the roll pre
sented in such as this convention can
! accept"
! Fort then referred to numerous
I committee decisions which, he said,
gave the delegates the right to say
I who should be seated, and asked:
"Shall we have in this, convention
such a scene as has been going on
before the national committee?"
Here the speaker was drowned out
with a chorus of "Noes" from the
Roosevelt men and a similar shout
of "Yeas" from the Taft men.
Fort's time being up, former Con
gressman Watson .then yielded 10
minutes of his time to Congressman
Sereno Payne of New York. The auth
or the tariff bill was both cheered and
Ljeered, the Pennsylvania delegation
demanding "Where's Aldrich?"
"This is a proposition of order or
chaos," he said. "How about the tar-
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"1 nominate the Honorable Elihu
Root as your temporary chairman.' "
said Watson. .
A wild yell went up from the Taft
men at the mention of Root's name
and Hadley and Fort called "Time"
on Watson, but Chairman Rosewater
shook his head.
"If you proceed as the opposition
asks you to," said Watson, "then you
must settle every' contest before the
convention actually meets. If the
Hadley motion is carried there will be
no need for a committee on creden
tiols." Here Watson moved to lay the ap
peal of Governor Hadley on the table.
"There has been no appeal," said
Hadley, and Rosewater nodded assent
to the Missouri governor's statement.
Then Rosewater rapped for order,
shouting: "The convention will be in
order."
"I now invite other nominations,"
said Rosewater, who recognized Hen
ry F. Cochems of Wisconsin, who
shouted:
"I present the name of the brilliant
impartial and fearless governor of
my state Francis E. McGovern."
There was a general stir through
out the room, and then Job Hedges of
New York, was recognized to second
the Root nomination, contained in
Rosewater's statement."
Someone yelled: "Three cheers for
Roosevelt!"
" Hedges came right back at them:
"You needn't hesitate to cheer Roose
velt in my presence. I cheered him
for seven years. And I am only tak
ing a day- off today that's all."
As Hedges concluded, Governor Had
ley went to the front and his fighting
attitude was greeted with a rousing
demonstration from the Roosevelt
men. -
"I also wish to cite you some emi
nent authority," began Hadley. "Four
and eight years ago the man to whom
the New York delegate has just re
ferred declared that the man in whose
behalf I am working today was the
greatest living American. Mr. Root
praised his statesmanship and his
ability. Now, believing that questions
that are to be settled here are of vit
al interest to your people I appear be
fore you in behalf of Theodore Roose
velt to second the nomination of Gov
ernor McGovern."
Former Senator Flinn got the plat
form, to the accompaniment of rous
ing cheers, but he stood aside while
Governor Hiram W. Johnson, of Cali
fornia, was received.
The fighting governor of California
got a greeting as he began:
"From the state of California I sec
ond the nomination of Governor Mc
Govern," Johnson said. "I want to
say to you that on the roll call Cali
fornia will cast 26 votes for McGov
ern and here and now I serve notice
that on any question that concerns
that state we will cast 26 votes from
our state."'
Wild howls of "No, No," and jeers
and hisses came from the Taft dele
gates, but Johnson continued:
"The New York gentleman who pre
ceded me declared that he took no
chance with his candidate in the
chair. If you want a square deal and
want the Republicans of the nation
to get a square deal, vote for Govern
or McGovern for chairman. I deny
the right, and the Republicans of the
nation deny the right of any set of
men, repudiated by their party, to se
lect a chairman for us, and we will
not tolerate it. To every man in this
convention. who believes in the square
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SMAYED
TO FIGHT TO LAST
"I'M A BETTER WARRIOR THAN
A PROPHET," SAYS FIGHT
ING COLONEL
ROOSEVELT DIRECTS OWN BATTLE
Candidate With Telephone To Ear
Stays In Room And Hears
Result Friends Say He
Will Win
CHICAGO, June 18. "I'm a better
warrior than a prophet," said Colonel
Roosevelt when he was asked his
opinion of the outcome of the conven
tion. This was all he would say to
night .
' Mr. Roosevelt directed his own bat
tle in the convention hall over a tele
phone wire. Hidden away in a room
in his hotel, he spent most of the time
listening to reports of his lieutenants
and issuing orders in person. He was
seen only once or twice during the
day ,as he hurried through the corrid
ors.
When the convention had adjourn
ed the Roosevelt leaders began a ser
ies of conferences with their chief,
which extended late into the night
Colonel Roosevelt's associates predict
ed confidently that the fight would
be won .although they guarded careful
ly the plans for tomorrow which were
framed at tonights conferences.
At 9 o'clock tonight the corridors
and lobby of the hotel where are the
Roosevelt headquarters were filled
with a solid, struggling mass of men
and women. Police reserves were
rushed to the place, but they could do
little to move the crowd.
In the hall of the Roosevelt com
mittee the crowd was kept in lively
spirits with a band concert, impromp
tu orators who prophesied victory
without a doubt and a quartet which
sang amid great cheers a song enti
tled "Setam Roller Bill."
When the crush became so great as
to be perilous, the hall was cleared,
and then began a secret caucus of the
Roosevelt delegates and alternates.
Colonel Roosevelt fought his, way
through the struggling, cheering
throng as though he enjoyed the tus
sle and finally escaped through a door
way into the council "chamber, in
which Senator Dixon, Governor Had
ley, Governor Stubbs, Senator Borah
and others of his leaders were await
ing him.
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TO OUST TEACHER
Acording to J. A. Randolph, one of
the directors of the district, a fight
will be made to oust Thomas B. Love
lace teacher of the Viola school. At
a meeting of the voters of the district
Mr. Randolph was reelected a direct
or to serve for three years. Loren
Kenny was reelected clerk. Mr. Ran
dolph informed the Morning Enter
prise that a six mill tax levy was auth
orized by the voters to pay the costs
of a suit against Lovelace for malic
ious slander. The teacher and one
of the directors had a personal en
counter over the condition in which
the building was kept. Superintend
ent of County Schools Gary held that
the evidence was not sufficient on
which to dismiss the teacher. State
Superintendent Alderman sustained
the decision of Mr. Gary.
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Dimick's Assertion That Financial
Condition Of City Is Not Known
Vigorously Denied By j
Officials
The heat Tuesday created a brain
storm at the weekly luncheon of the
Live Wires, and several of the Wires
nearly ran amuck among the cups and
saucers and cigars. But while speech
flowed freely, it was all serious and
was devoted entirely to two proposi
tions the financial condition of Ore
gon City and the establishment of a
swimming pooL
William Sheahan, J. E. Hedges,
John W. Loder, T. W. Sullivan, A. A,
Price, F. J .Tooze and Ti J iG&ry dis
cussed the best method of providing"
for the construction and maintenance
of public baths, and the consensua of
opinion seemed to be in favor of plac
ing the baths on a strictly business
basis. Mr. Hedges, a member of the
Water Board, said the baths would re
quire $7 worth of water per day.' Mr.
Loder argued that the basis was not
all business, and said that Oregon
City would have no library, churches
nor similar institutions if only the
business side was considered. Mr.
Price looked at the matter from the
standpoint of a humanitarian, and
Mr. Sullivan and W. S. U'Ren insist
ed that the city should take care of
the baths. Mr. Tooze said supervis
ion might become irksome, but it was
necessary and Mr. Hedges pointed out
that usually enthusiasm waned and
he warned the Wires that in the end
the city would nave to taite care oi
the expense of maintenance. The dis
cussion was closed by Mr. Gary, who
asked very pointedly why the city
could not supervise a public swim
ming pool, when -it provided super-
iHdnn onil T-ocriilntlnn fnr IK i n at i til-
tions, meaning saloons.
City Recorder Stipp opened up a
new line of discussion, when he call
ed attention to an article in a weekly
paper in which it was stated that
Councilman Tooze had made a mis
statement and that the city had not
reached its limit of bonding under the
present charter.
lu . AVUCIS VSI. ....... . ..
from me," declared Mr. Stipp, "and
the information is absolutely correct
that the city is bonded for $50,000 and
it has gone the limit under the pres
ent charter. The article says a prom
inent man had contradicted this as
sertion of Mr. Tooze, and we would
all like to know who this prominent
man is, because his statement is un
true." Mr. Stipp was informed that the
information came indirectly from
William Sheahan, who was not the
prominent man referred to, and Mr.
Sheahan explained that what he had
said was that the city could issue
warrants to carry its indebtedness.
"There is not an officer in the city,"
declared Mayor Dimick, "who can tell
the amount of the outstanding war
rants. There is no report to show it,
and not a man living can get the in
formation from the exisiting data.
There has been transfers from one
fund to another until it would take an
expert to get at the figures."
Mr. U'Ren asked if the fault was
with the officials or with the system.
"Probably the fault of the system,"
replied the Mayor. "It is not possible
to get a Recorder for $25 a month
nor a treasurer for $40 a month to
do this work."
City Treasurer Latourette explain-
(Continued on page 2)