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0JSS.. BROWNSVILLE HERALD. jSS.-
^ VOL. XIX. NO. 256. BROWNSVILLE. TEXAS WEDNESDAY JUNE 19 1912. PRICE FIVE CENTS
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Real Eitate Transfers.
The following warratv v deeds
were tiled for record in the county
t jerk's office yesterday:
J l*. Stephenson to Mrs Slnda
Simian lots 1 and 2 in block 7.1 of
the town of Harlingen The con-
sideration was HCmi.
&. S. and H. X. Beakley to A. N1
aad J.-*T. Garrison all of block<
*rd 7 of the Beakley subdivision of
• the La 3eri» Grant. The cousidera-
tion^wa' ?6750. I
Cotton Market.
Associated Press.
New Orleans La June IS—Cot-
ton futures closed steady today with
a decline of 4 to 12 points. Spots
quiet and easy unchanged.
Weather Forecast.
Associated Press.
Washington I). (’. June IS—
Texas generally fair Wednesday.
Thursday rising temperature in the
interior of East Texas.
FIVE HOURS BATTLE WON OY TAFT
RUOT CHUSEN TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN
PANDEMONIUM BREAKS LOOSE WHEN VICTOR ATTEMPTS TO
MAKE A SPEECH. HOOTS YELLS AND CAT CALLS SAL-
UTE SPEAKER. TUMULT CALMED BY FLINN. BOTH
SIDES SEEM CONFIDENT OF FINAL VICTORY.
Temporary Organization.
Chairman — Elihu Root New
York.
Secretary—Lafayette B. (Henson.
New York.
Assistant Secretaries—C. M. Har-
ger Kansas; A. W. White North
Carolina; Oeorge L. Hart. Virginia;
John H. Mc-Nary Oregon; H. C.
Lindsay Nebraska: Horate H. Ban-
croft Illinois; John I Adams Iowa;
Percy E. Stoddard New Hampshire; |
[A. I. Dairyniple New Jersey.
! Sergeant at Arms—William F.
|Stone Maryland.
Assistant Seargeant at Arms
[Edward P. Thayer Indiana.
Chief doorkeepcr-t-John J. Han-
son. Maryland.
Chief usher—William B. Austin
Illinois.
Chief medical Staff — Dr. George
C. Hunt Illinois.
Parlianmen'arian—E. L. Damson.
Ohio.
Official stenographer — M. W.
Blumenberg Washington D. ('.
Chief Clerk—L. C. Heckinger
New Jersey.
Chaplains Rev. James F. Callag-
han Chicago; Dean Walter T. Sum-
ner Illinois; Dr. Joseph Stolz. Illi-
nois Rev. John B. SMaw. Illinois; !
Dr. J. Wesley Hill of New York.
Reading Clerks—William A.
Wait Michigan: Otto Bossard Wis-
consin Thomas Williamson. Illinois.
Tally Clerks—Archibald G. Gra-
ham Indiana; Henry C. Wood ill
Massachusetts.
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Chicago 111. June 18—The
prayer of Father Calaghan was
as follows:
“In the name of the Father ->
and of the Son and of he v
Holy Ghost Amen.
“Oh Almighty Eternal and v
All Wise God direct all our ac- -I*
tions by Thy holy inspiration -v
so that every prayer and every
work of ours may always begin v
from Thee and by Thee be v
happily ended through Jesus
Christ our Lord who taught -I*
us to pray.
“Our Father who art in
Heaven hallowed be Thy -!-
name.. Thy Kingdom come v
Thy will be done on earth as it -!-
is in Heaven. Give us this day
our daily bread and forgive
us our trespasses as we forgive v
those who trespass against us. v
And lead us not into terapta- *!•
tion but* deliver us from evil. -I-
Amen. *•*
“In the Xante of the Father *!•
and of the Son and ofthe Holy *!-
Ghost Amen.” *F
v;.
Chicago 111. June 18—Against
the threats charges and bitter in-
victlve of the Roosevelt supporters
the Taft forces of the republican
national convention today pu'
through their program by electing
Senator lCllhu Root temporary chair-
man of the convention.
In spite of the fact that Victor
Rosewater chairman of the National
committee consistenly ruled out of
srder every motion made by the
Roosevelt forces it required more
than live hours to reach a vote on
the temporary chairmanship.
The calling of the roll was beset
with diffculty from he very first
name on the list of delegates. In
the end when the tumult died away.
Root was found to have won by .">8
to '.02 votes for Mcdovern the gov-
ernor of Wisconsin with fourteen
scattered votes and four not voting.
Tonight both the Taft and Roose-
velt forces are claiming that the
vote indicates that their candidate
is absolutely sure to win.
The advantage however appears
to be with Taft for while he is sure
to lose some of the votes cast for
Root it is claimed he will get if in-
structions are lived up to some of
the votes cast for McGovern.
Those leaders who are urging a
compromise candidate since they ar-
rived in Chicago are pointing tc
another angle in tlie figures and
claim they show it is essential tc
name a “dark horse” to save the daj
for the republican party.
Fight Resumed Today.
While Root was made chairmnt
|and managed to deTver his kevnot.
|speech the fighting will be renewe<
at 11 o'clock tomorrow when the mo
'tion of the Roosevelt leaders to sub
( mit a new list of delega'es for thos
’seated in some of the contested case
heard before the national commit
tee will be taken up as unfinished
i business.
No committees were named to
night and none will be until thi
motion to purge the convention o
ifraudulent delegates is disposed of.
Today it was defeated on a poin
of order but the Roowvelt forces df
clare that parliamentary- proces
| will not be permitted to atanii
1
(their way tomorrow.
As a matter of fact the Roospvelt
as well as the Taft forces carried out
today their program as announced to
the letter.
The Roosevelt people say they are
goingto fight every inch of the way.
“Bolters.”
! There were cries of “bolters"
hurled at the Roosevelt delegates at
|
times during the session but the
contingency of a bolt again tonight
seemed far distant. I
A morion which went over as un-
finished business was .made by Gov-
i •
ernor Hadley of Missouri. It pro-
poses that the convention strike out
the names of 02 of the delegates
seated by the national committee
and substitute the Roosevelt contes-
tants. i
J It is precisely this effort on the
part of the Roosevelt men that
-
jcaused the whole of today to be
spent In a struggle. The prayer of
chaplain was hardly concluded be-
fore Hadley was on his>feet with the
motion. Chairman Rosewater ruled
it out of order. Arguments how-
ever. were permitted and a long
parliamentary struggle followed.
Rosewater Stands Firm.
Rosewater finally repeated his
ruling and he contest for temporary
'charman began. The Roosevelt men
fought stubbornly demanding the
omission of the name of every dele-
gate objected to on the ground that
he was improperly seated. But
the roll call went on unmercifully
| aRd they were defeated ar every
turn. r
The shifting of the vote brought
a dramatic sequence to the motions
'as applause and cheers greeted one;
vote after another. With Oregon's
three for Root and six for McGov-
|ern the net plurality for Root stood
36. Pennsylvania's f>4 for McGov-
ern however threw the balance of
power the other wav and the advan-
tage remained with McGovern until
Tennessee was reached when Root
gained a lead of ten.
From then on the advantage in
Root's favor increased. Washing-
ton's vole brought the necessary .">40
a majority of the convention and
vi< torv.
At leas* in the temporary chair-
manship contest the “rough house"
tactics against which elaborate pre-
cautions were taken were practic-
ally absent.
How States Voted.
The Texas vote of 4ft was divided
between Root and McGovern 21 for
Root .8 for McGovern and one ri >t
voting.
Ohio gave Root 14. McGovern 24
votes.
Pennsylvania voted 04 for Mc-
Govern. 12 for Root.
New York voted 70 for Root 1"»
for McGovern.
Temporary Chairman Root in his
* speech praised the administration of
1 Taft and challenged the judgment
' of the American people on Jhe poli-
■ cies of McKinley Roosevelt and
1 Taft in upholding the doctrines of
s republicanism. lie said “The re-
* publican party' stands now as Mr-
l Kinley stood for the protective tar-
iff.” He promised that the part>
- woould remedy all defects of lu
* present tariff syktem
f j An elastic currency sysferfl will h*
the result of a bill formulated as s
' result of the investigation of th*
-jraonetary commission he declared
s Prosecutions of trad* and combi-
nations in violation A the Sherman
%
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anti-trust law havq proceeded with
extraordinary vigor and success he j
i
assesrted and continuing reviewed
the so-called administration meas-
ures either adopted or pending be- i
fore congress.
Flinn Overruled.
There was at one time a promise
of real trouble during the call of the
roll for the delegate to vote for the
temporary chairmanship when State
Senator Flinn compelled a repitition
of :he call of the Pennsylvania dele-
gates fighting the vote of the alter-
nates. who he said were being called
out of their proper order. The point
was that a man had been called who
voted for Root and was second on
the list while the man first on the
list of delegates would have voted
for McOovern.
“If you steal that vote' shouted
Flinn. “there will be no roll call in
this convention today."
That's all there was to it. The
chairman overruled him and the
grinding voice of Secretary (Reason
went on calling the roll. With few
exceptions the negro delegates from
the South sood fas; to the Taft can-
didate.
When Root began the keynote
speech people in great numbers be-
gan to ieave the hall. He announced
that he would suspend his speech un-
til all who wished to go had left.
While the crowd was leaving
Flinn mounted the platform and
shook hands with Root. When the
la;ter resumed cat calls and jeers
caused another interruption and he
stopped again. The sergeant at
arms sent warning to the Pennsyl-
vania delegation that they must pre-
serve order.
Nothing but the national commit-
tee's recommendations regarding
temporary officers was adopted with-
out dissent.
Taft Men Jubilant.
"\Ve have them whipped" said
Senator Dixon of the Roosevelt cam-
paign committee after the conven-
tion elected Roost as temporary
chairman. "The vote this afternoon
proves if. It demonstrates beyond
a doubt the impossibility of Taft’s
nomination.
Dixon asserted that twenty-votes
which were recorded for Root today
were instructed to vote for Roose-
velt and when the vote is taken on
the presidential nomination Taft
would have four short of the num-
ber necessary for the nomination.”
The Taft bureau countered on the
Roosevelt men tonight in two state-
ments Me Kinley said "President
f #
Taft today demonstrated his abso-
lute control of the convention.
"The Roosevelt men admitted
their own lack of strength by de-
clining to place before the conven-
tion a candidate for temporary
chairman.
"His managers attempted a com-
bination with La Follette but thw
coalition was repudiated. They at-
tempted however to disguise their
own weakness by this action also to
accomplish the overthrow of Root by
a united opposition."
"Root's splendid victory assures
Taft's nomination." said William
Barnes jr.. of New York in the
other statement. He declares the
result of the convention today is
conclusive proof that the conven-
tion' is in no sense a Roosevelt con-
vention; ihat the vote given Me-
lovern did not represent by a large
number the votes of Roosevelt*!
■strength. "As the next few days
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QUIET WORKERS
DO QUIET WORI
RIVAL CANDIDATES BUSY AT
BALTIMORE
Managers for Democratic Candidates
for Presidency Are Trying to Cap-
ture the Uninstructed Delegates
Question of “Dark Horse.”
Associated Press.
j Baltimore. Md.. June i8_\vith
the leaders of all the rival candi-
dates for the presidential nomina-
tion on the democratic ticket here
quiet conferences were hold today
to prepare plans of capturing the
uninstructed delegates to the na-
tional convention.
W. G. McCombe the campaign
leader of Governor Woodrow Wilson
took charge of the New Jersey's exe-
cutive today and announced that
Senator Gore and Representative
Palmer would second the nomination
of Wilson.
J. Hamilton Lewis of Chicago ar-
rived this afternoon with a plan to
swing the nomination for the vice
presidency to an Illinois nyui and a
friend of Governor Burke of North
Dakota asserted if a “dark horse’’
candidte is to he decided Burke will
be the man. “However if the pres-
idential nomination goes Has tor
South Burke should oe a candidate
for the vice presidency.
Foe temporary chairman Alton B.
Parker it is said tonight is likely
to be named.
Senator Ollie James is his strong-
est opponent.
A resolution drawn up by the
equal suffrage league providing for
a suffrage plank has been given to
Senator Raynor for presentation.
PARCELS POST ASSURED
Congress May Pass the Bourne
Measure This Session.
Washington. I). O. June 18 -
Again it seems practically certain
that the present congress will enact
the necessary laws to create a gen-
eral parcels post throughout the
United States and its possessions
with the exception of the Philippine
Islands. It seems likely that the
measure recently introduced by
Senator Bourne chairman of the
committee of post offices atid its
roads will be formulated into a law
The Bourne bill is the most scien-
tific and business-like plan yet con-
sidered. Under it the rate charged
for articles carried in rural route
service and by city carriers is 5c for
the first pound or fraction and 1c
for each additional pound. Six
rones of distance would be establish-
ed. The first would have a radius
of 50 miles from the point of mail-
ing; the second 50 to 200; the
third 200 to 500; fourth. 500 to
1.000: fifth 1.000 to 2000 while
the sixth would include anything In
excess of 2000 miles. The rate for
delivery in the first zone would lie
6c for the first pound and 2c for
each additional. The rates would
increase until the sixth would reach
a maximum of 12c per pound which
is the rate now charged in the in-
ternational parcels post. Pok mas-
ter Genera! Hitchcok stronglj urges
the passage of the Bourne measure.
pass" he concluded “the emptiness
of the third term candidacy will be-
come clearly apparent.”
Colonel No Prophet.
“I’m a better warrior than proph-
et” said Theodore Roosevelt when
asked his opinion of the outcome of
the convention tody. That was all
he would have to say.
Chicago 111 June 18 The con-
vention adjourned at 7:45 p. m.
after hearing a speech from Senator
I COLONEL MAKES
;| POINTED REMARKS
IN HIS SPEECH IN THE AUDI-
TORIUM
Says President Asked Ohio Conven-
tion to Misrepresent Ohio People.
Taft Represents Politicians Who
Misrepresents People.
Associated Press.
Chicago. June 18—In his speech
Monday night Theodore Koosexelt
had the following to say in regard to
the policies of President Taft:
“Let me give you striking illustra-
tion” said the Colonel "of how Mr.
Taft s theory of government of the
people by a ‘representative part’ of
the people actually turns out to be
in practice. In Ohio a primary wss
(held for the district delegates: but
the Taft managers who had control
of the state central committee re-
fused our request that there should
aiso he a primary vote for the dele-
gates at large. At the primary 1
beat Mr. Tr.ft by 4 <000 in a vote
which was about 80 per cent of that
polled at the last election for gov-
ernor. It was au overwhelming re-
pudiation of Mr. Taft by the plain
people by the rank and file of the
republican party in Ohio. But Urn
did not affect the state convention.
Mr. Taft was not above sending an
appeal to his leaders in the state
convention begging them to gi\e
him the vhte anyhow in spite of the
way in which he had been repud-
iated at the polls luthat conven-
tion the county in which the city of
Cleveland stands had some BO dele-
gates. That county had gone
against Mr. Taft by about " to 1;
he had even run behind La Folicite.
His repudiation by the people of the
country had been so complete that
it is to me literally Incomprehensible
how any man with any pretensloua
to honorable feeling could fail to ac-
cept the verdict. Hut Mr. Taft's
lieutenants headed by Senator%Bur-
ton undertook to steal from the peo-
ple their right to deliver what ver-
dict they chose. Their task was not
more reputable than any form of
burglary and was far more damag-
ing to he community than burglary.
They were successful. They suc-
ceeded in getting from the city of
Cleveland which had repudiated Mr
Taft P. to 1 at the polls a delega-
tionof politicians which was to to 1
in his favor. This delegation turned
the scale at the state convention
and earned Mr. Taft’s effusive grat-
itude by stealing for him from the
1
people of Ohio the six delegates a
large. He was not entitled to these
: delegates. The people of Ohio who
.were defrauded in his Interest were
|entitled to them. The people were
{cheated out of their rights because
•they were misrepresented by the
convention. Mr. Taft asked the
Ohio state convention to misrepre-
sent the people and It did misrep-
resent the people.
"Mr. Taft need never again explain
what he means by government of the
people by a ’representative par’ 'of
the people. He has shown in actual
practice that he means government
of the people by politicians who
shall misrepresent them in the sel-
fish interest of some on else.’*
Elihu Root temporary chairman
When Root mounted the platform
the convention was in an uproar
William Flinn demanded attention
from his place in the Pennsylvania
jsectiofi but was disregarded. When
Root started to speak a storm of cat
calls broke out. People began leav-
ing and Flinn mounted the plat- *
form and shook hands with Root
and after about ten minutes Hoot re-
sumed.
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