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MEDFORD, OHISdON, KATt?lM)A V, A I'NIO 22, HJlii.
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NO. 79.
FINAL ROOSEVELT DEMONSTRATION
FAILS TO UPSET PROGRAM FOR TAFT
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STEAM ROLLER
13 EXCEEDING
SPEED LIMIT
With Clockwork Retjularlty, Progrnm
4s Bolnu Carded Out All Tatt
Contested Delegations Seated and
Temporary Organization Permanent
Taft's Nomination Will Probably Be
Made Tonluht and Convention Ad
journ by Midnight.
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COJ.IHIJUM, CHICAGO.
Jiiiin 22. During tlto ttlHciiit
nlon of tlio Washington dele
gation delegate I'. N, How
nnl of Jnrknou, MInh,, aroint
mill flieuted:
"I rlno In u point of order.
I claim Unit tho steamroller
l CkCCCdlllg tint Speed lllllll."
A wllii cheer went up from
th) Roosevelt mini hut It wnH
mil)' n inllil zephyr to tho nmr
Hint spread over tlio hall
when ItooL ruled:
"Tlio point lit w ink wi.
In Juatlflnttlon, I would ny
Hint tho rennon In tlmt omo
of UN have sumo hope of get
ting homo for Hiiniltiy."
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COMSKtfM, CHICAGO. June 22.
10:-M Clmirtnuii Hoot call oopvon
lloti to onlor ninl Rev. John Wesley
Hill delivered Invocation,
1 ' iTi I a, hi. Credentials committee
n-port mi second Mississippi contest
adopted y viva voce voir.
10:.Vi ii. in. Credentials committee
imijiirity rnorl on Mississippi dele
gate nl largo, adopted by iva voce
ol.
Id:.'i7 ii. in. Credentials committee
rcHirt on I'otirlli Mississippi content
mlopk'il viva voce.
10 :.riH ii. in. Sixth Mississippi ro-
porl mlopti'tl liy vivii voce vote.
1 1 :()'' ii. in. Credentials commit
li'ii report on I'il'lh, hi. xlli ami seventh
Mississippi, fourlb North Carolina,
third Oklahoma iiml second TnnnchKuo
contests adopted,
11:1111 a. in. Minority plan to miIi
stilulc Roosevelt for Tn ft men in lli
Washington state delegation defeated
in a viva voce vote.
11:10 a. iu.--Crcdentiiils commit
tee's ri'iKirt on WiiNliHitoii slate's
delegates adopted.
1:12 p. in. Credentials committee
report on Virginia contests adopted.
2:10 p. in. -Credentials committee's
ii'xr in all Texas delegates mloptcil.
2:11 p. in. Report of credentials
ouuiiuillco completed, In every i i
stance tlio inline of tlio delegates pine
(Continued on 1'uro f)
MINORITY LEAVES
TO
CHICAGO, Juno U2. Decision wuh
reiiehed shortly after noon today by
tlio Roosevelt supporters that tlioy
would not have any minority report
proHontod to tlio convention on the
platform.
Covoruor Uiulloy announced that
the committee had inado a number
of concessions to tlio progressives,
and that tluty would mako no fight
on tho floor to hnvo a minority re
pit adopted,
Iladley mild tho only disappoint
meut to tho Roosavolt Hide wuh tho
defeat In tho couiiulttoo of tho prosl
deutlal preference primary plank
which wuu voted down by a majority
of ouo.
It wuh doflnltoly etatod that tho
LaKollotto followers will mnko ft fight
for a progressive plutform In tho
form of .mluoHty roport,
mm
nm
stum
CHEERS FOR
ROOSEVELT FAIL
TO STAMPEDE
Roosevelt Demonstration Precedes
Reading of Vitriolic Statement
From Leaders In Which They Agree
to Take No Further Part.
Parade In Honor of Teddy by His Ait-hcrents-"We
Want Teddy"' Is
Chanted by Enthusiastic Crowd.
CIIICACO, Juno 22. A Roonovoll
ili'miiiiMtratliin wait toiirhed off In tho
convention Junt he forn 3 o'clock this
afternoon when delicate Henry Allen
of Kansas announced '.hat bo bad a
brief statement from tho former prcnl-
dent which ho dew I red to rend.
Delegates from the KoohovoU Hlatrii
jumped to Ihulr ecatH with tumultous
aiiplauiio and Allen'ti attempt to
read wa drowned out.
Deiiioiinlrntioii Start el
Kvery ufforl wnn mndo by tho
Itoonovell men tu hIiow their iientl
meiit for the colonel mid tho cheer
ItiK wrr louder, and more connected
than when tho Iladley demointtratlon
Htnrtod on Wcdtiegdny.
Hlx inln u tea after tho Mart of the
demotiitratloii tho ltoosovelt men
started n parade tlirougb tho ball
with utatu MtimdnnU. Kiuihuk led tho
proccfculou and ovuryono of thu Iloono
velterii foil Into Hue beblud. There
was a nriifflo at tho llllnoln place
when dome of tho delegated tried to
prevent that Mate utandard boliiK
dranKi'd Into tho fray.
The chant "Wo Want Teddy" wan
iikiiIii broiiRht Into play. In order to
add to the eiitluiHlaHiu tho delegntett
began to plnce IiIr lltliOKraphs of
Colonel KooHovcIl on canes and KCt
Into lino.
A ItooHevelt man tried to Ket tho
Indiana ntandard from Its pimltlou
but Colonel Now hold It fant.
Tho police made no attempt to In
terfere, but kept the cheering crowd
iuovIuk along In order that a daiiKer
otiH Jam in Ik tit not tako place.
Allen lt"oiiuc Ileadln
At II: 15 p. in. the police began ank
lug the dclegatoH to nit down and
they began doing ho, hoiiio with re
luctance. A minute Inter Alton bad
resumed tho Hoonovelt ntatcment and
bin own prepared declaration of tho
phuiH of tho ItooHevelt lenders.
Tho ItooHevelt leaders In n vitrio
lic Htatemont declared that they would
"fight no more and plead no more."
they declared the would not bo hound
by tho action of tho majority and
cbaracterlred all of tho acts of tho
convention as Illegal.
There wiih liUnlng at tho tttart
when Allen read Roosevelt's hopo that
tho delegates liiHtructed for him
would not vote at all, and Humes and
tho other Tuft leaders arose In tholr
seats and motioned to their followers
to keep quiet.
.Negro Interrupts
A negro In tho Toxas delegation
(Continued on l'ngo 5)
COUSIHJM, CIIICACO, Juno 22.
Thero was sllonco when tho Wash
ington HUtto report was rend seating
tho Tuft delegates. TIiIh was, with
tlio exception of tho fourh California,
tho most bitterly fought contoat be
fore the committee, Iloforo tho re
port was read Chairman Hoot asked
that consideration bu given to tho
roadlng olork.
Thoro was no Interruption wlion
tho majority and minority reports on
Washington was read, Tho commit
too hold that thu Taft convention
was regular.
Tlio minority report flatly called
tho attempt to seat tho Perkins dolo
gates a "stoal, pure and simple and
designed to rob tho pooplo of tholr
rights," YItoro primaries woro hold,
THEFT OF WASH NGTON COMPLETED
SOME OF TIE LEADING LIGHTS HT CHICAGO
L" Ik mmw'jt fcJ $&S. B K WOODRUFF
InsTbolts' "1 m l&mk " M" &
FROM CONVENTION ! CWjWB
TO AID ROOSEVELT: P MmA mSxTTJ
CIIICACO. June 22. Declaring
that the governor of the state of Cal
ifornia has refused to sit In tho re
publican national convention and ecu
the laws of his stnte over-run, (Sovcr
uor Hiram Johnson walked out of tho
Coliseum this afternoon and through
Mc)cr (.Issuer of the California dele
gation, Issued tho following state
ment: "I shall not sit In this convention
during tho nonjlnatlon of a president
nor shall I consider myself In nay
manner bound by Its acts. "Not only
was a fraudulent Toll foisted mon
us to defeat tho will of the people but
tho law of the state of California,
solemnly pnssed by the state legisla
ture and actpilcsced by tho president
and every faction In California, has
been nullified. The basic right of
the people to rule and tho fundament
al principle of tho direct prlmnry
have been outraged and denied. As
tho governor of California, sworn to
uphold its laws, I feel that my duty
is plain and that as well as myself
respect demands that I shall no
longer remain In tho convention. All
of tho California delegation are in
thorough accord with mo and desire
to rotlro with me, but I have re
quested them to remain to carry out
tho general plan of the ltoosevett
delegates."
BOOM IS STARTED FOR
, M'CALL OF MASSACHUSETTS
CniC'A(H), jinn. 2'J. AeeordiiiK to
Hurry New, a real liooni is in progress
for (,nii;rrst.uinii Samuel W. .Met'all
of MnKhiioliiihclt for thu vice presi
dency. "We want u western mini," Miid
New. "Hill if we eiuinol not one 1
think McCall would bo n unod miui.
Hut the question is still far from lie
iiur Mittled."
NKW YORK, June tL. Tlio stock
iiiurkel opened today with u generally
lower touu and tho inurket was ex
tremely dull. American Can, lteadiuu
and Utah Copper yielded material
factions hut the market closed weak.
It was said, tho Hoosevelt men do
foa ted tho Taft men eight to ouo,
Tho minority report in tho Wash
ington ciho was read by J. J, Sulli
van of Ohio,
When tho tlmo camo for tho volo,
tlio delegates began singing "John
Ilrown'a llody."
Hugh T, llalbort of Minnesota nr
guod In favor or minority report.
Dolognto Dovoll of Washington took
Issuo with llalbort. Thero was no
domand for a record roll call, nnd
by a viva voco voto tho Taft delegates
from Washington woro seated,
This was tho groatest surprise of
tho session, but It developed that tho
progressives had decided that tlioy
had no hopo of overturning tho ma
jority nnd they decided not to wasto
time,
JUSTIN
M CARTM
,-rAMES
HIGH TARIFF
IS FAVORED IN
tap.
COMSKI.M. CHICAfiO. June 2J.
Tho platform, completed does not
mention the initiative or referendum.
The administration of President Tnlt
was endorsed and the president him
self wns yiven the highest praise. It
regards the "recall of judges as tin
necessary and unwise."
The platform favors pcaco treatis
and the enactment of, supplemental
anti-trust legislation. A federal trade
commission is recommended n.s fol fel fol
eows: "In the enforcement and adminis
tration of federal laws jjovernin in
terstate commerce and enterprises
impressed with u public use cnpicd
therein, there is much that may be
submitted to u federal trade commis
sion, thus placing in thu hands of an
administrative board many of the
functions now necessarily exercised
by the courts. This will promote
promptness in the administration of
the law and avoid delays and techni
calities incident to court procedure."
Tho tariff is handled as. follews:
We aflirin our belief in a protective
tariff. The republican tariff imliivv
has been of the uratest benefit to the
country in dovelopinj; our resource',
diversifying our industries and pro
tectint: our workmen against competi
tion with cheaper labor abroad, thus
establishing for our wago-earners the
iVmorieun standard of living. Tho
protective tariff is so woven into the
I'liOnr' of our industrial and acrieiil
tural life that to substitute for it a
tn riff for revenue only would destroy
many industries and throw millions of
our people out of employment."
Wo hold that tho Import duties
should bo big enough, while yield
ing a sufficient rovonuo to protect
adequately American Industries and
wages, Somo of existing Import dut
ies a to too high and should bo re
duced. Ito-adJuBtment should bo
mado from tlmo to tlmo to confirm to
changing conditions and to reduce ex
cessive rates hut without Injury to
any American Industry. To accom
plish this, correct Information Is In
dispensable This Information can
bo best obtained by an export com
mission, as tho largo volumo of use
ful facts contained In tho rocont re
ports of tho tariff hoard (ins doiuou-
stratod,
(Continued on Page C.)
,,?-frFyjrj-s -ysjp.-
PLATFORM
CONVENTION,
Wltl!AM
A. CRJOPSEY.
TO BE
!E
COLISEUM, rillCAOO, June 22.
It was stated in the Missouri dele
gation that Senator Crane today ask
ed Uovcrnor Mmiloy to accept tbe
vice-presidential nomination with
President Taft. lladluy, it wns satd
refused flatly to consider the offer.
There was another report in the
.Missouri delegation, but it lacked
confirmation, that Crane also sound
ed Iladley out on the question of
whether, in case it should bo deemed
advisable, he (Iladley) will accept
the presidential nomination.
Crane refused to discuss the report
in any way.
The leaders of the Taft forces arc
having difficulty securing u vice
presidential candidate. According to
Congressman Scrcuo Payne, a deter
mined effort was made to have Sena
tor Cummins accept the honor. He
refused point blank. His colleague,
Senator Kenyon, also refused. In
diana delegates were booming former
Vice President Faiibanks and former
Congres&man Jim Watson. .Meanwhile
the Sherman boomers were insisting
thai the I'tica man would eventually
be the choice.
Mrs. La Follctte's Father Dead
MADISON. Wis., June 22. Anson
Knse, of Haraboo, Wis., Mrs. La Toi
lette's father, died today.
DELEGATES KILL
COhlSHCM, CHICAGO, Juno 22.--Wliilo
the reports were being read, a
number of the delegate-, tinned with
trolley conductors' whistles, kept up
an almost continuous "toot." A
Peunsylwinin iiiuii with a megapluuio
sheuted: "I notninato Jim Watson of
Indiana for coroner." Watson grinned
broadly.
Tho Koosovoll delegates started a
demonstration for Hoosovolt, shouting
in unison "We want Teddy! We want
Teddy!" They soon had tho chanting
chorus swinging through tlio hall.
Tho delegates cheered for them
selves and for each other, and a dele
gate in tho Pennsylvania section got a
laugh by showing a miniature feto-un
roller to the crowd. "Dyuutnito Kd"
I Perry and his "Oklahoma bearcats"
If
WANS
NAMED
PRESIDENT
DRAWN BY OUfl" STAFF ARTIST
JELIHU
ROOT.
t-.WARD
PLANS FOR THIRD
PARTY CALL FOR
CHICAGO, Juno 22. Colonel
Roosevelt smiled broadly us usual to
day when he camo to his conference
roQin. A largo crowd had gathered
on tho eleventh floor.
"Stick to 'em, Teddy." shouted n
man.
"Sure, wo'll stick to oni," replied
tho colonel.
A meeting of tho Roosevelt dele
gates who woro not seated In tho
national convention was called In
Colonel Roosevelt's confereuco rooms
In the digress Hotel at 11 o'clock to
day. It was rumored that at this meet
ing a muss meeting of Roosevelt fol
lowers would bo arranged for as soon
as tho convention adjourns.
"Wo aro going to mako thorn noml
nato Taft," said Senator Dixon, as ho
emerged from the Roosevelt confer
ence room today. Tho newspaper
men who pressed him to amplify tho
statement received no furthor state
ment and no satisfactory answers to
their questions.
A pledgo wrltton today and mado
public by Nelson McDowell, a Massa
chusetts supporter of Roosovelt will
bo circulated ovor tho country In an
effort to enlist as much popular sup
port as posslblo for tho national por-
(Continued on Page 6.)
TIME BY SINGING
gave a series of wild "wlioope-c-c-s"
when ho thought thev had plenty of
unexpended lung power. Other dele
gates joined in and a mournful min
ority in the Wisconsin crowd hummed
"Nearer My God to Thee."
"1 move you," shouted Moyor Liss
ner of Los Angeles, "that while wo
are waiting this convention listen to
addresses on party regularity from
Sonator Penrose ami from Senator
Murray Crane."
Root smiled, and tho crowd yelled
and cheered, and Penrose and Crane
scowled.
The Pennsylvania delegation start
ed a variation of thu old chorus,
which went as follews:
"Wo'll hang Roies Penrose to a spur
npjde tree,"
MA
MEETING
COLONEL ASKS
DELEGATES TO
CEASE VOTING
Roosevelt Issues Statement Request
ing Supporters in Fraudulent Con
vention to Refrain From Further
Participation In Proceedings.
"Steamrolled But Still for Roosevelt"
Is New Badge Being Worn by Un
seated Delegates.
CHICAGO, aJiiiio 22. -Following a
meeting with eighty Koo.sevelt "rttenm
rolled" delcpitcs at the Congress
hotel this afternoon, Colonel Roose
velt issued the following statement:
"A clear majority of tho delegates
honestly elected to this convention
j were chosen by the people to nominate
mc lor president. Under the direc
tion and with the encourngement of
.Mr. Taft, the majority of the national
committee by socallcd 'steam-roller"
methods and with disregard of every
principle of elcmentnry honesty and
and decency stolo eighty or ninety
delegntes, putting on tho temporary
roll call a sufficient number of fraud
ulent delegates to defeat the legally
expressed will of the people nnd to
substitute n direct dishonest for an
honest majority.
Xo Republican Convention
"The convention hat? now declined
to purge the roll of those fraudulent
delegates placed thereon by tho de
funct national committee nnd tha ma
jority thus created was made n ma
jority only because it included the
fraudulent delegates who themselves
sat judges on one another's cases.
"If these fraudulent votes hnd not
:hus been cast and counted the con
vention would have been purged of
their presence. This action makes
the convention, in no proper sense,
any longer u republican convention,
representing the real republican
party.
"Therefore I hopo tho men elected
as Roosevelt delegates will now de
cline to vote on any matter before tho
convention. I do not release any dele
gate from his honorable obligation to
vote for me if be votes nt all: but
under the present conditions I UoH
ho will not vote at all.
"Tho convention as now composed
has no claim to represent tho voters
of thu republican party. It represents
nothing but successful fraud in over
riding the will of the rank and file of
the party. Any man nominated by
the convention as now constitute. I
would bo merely a beneficiary of this
(Continued on Pass IS.)
1 STATES
II
COLISFA'M, CHICAGO, Juno 22.
The inujority report of tho committeo
on rules reported for technical
changes in tho rules. Tio sixteen
minority members dissented only on
three important questions reduc
tions of the numbers of dclogutuH
from southern democratic stutes,
granting "slates' right" to elect na
tional committee with restriction on
the temporary roll and prevention nf.
tuuinimotiK nominations. Thu changes
effecting southern representation urn
as follews:
"One delegate from eueh congres
sional district within tho various
states and one additional dclcgrnte
from each of said congressional dis
tricts for every ton thousand repub
lican votes or major fraction thereof,
cast at tho lust preceding presiden
tial election for ropublloau electors
and receiving that vote In each dis
trict, and two delegate each from
the District of Columbia, AImsUh,
Hawaii, PJiilipiuq Island and J'orto
Rice,"
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