The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 29, 1920, Page 3

SATURDAY, MAY 29, 1920 IN CENTER OF The “Steam-Roller” Convention of 1912 THE STORY OF THE ROOSEVELT BOLT REET R ED ' The Chicago convention of 1912) is te one convention in history, most likely to. serve as .an example of what may happen at Chicago between June 8 and June 18, 1920. : This was the convention ~ which staged the spectacular struggle . be tween, ex-president ‘ Roosevelt and President Taft, the former seeking the republican nomination, the lat- ter seeking to be nominated for a second term. It was the gonvention which nominated Taft and “steam- rollered” Roosevelt, resultilng in the latter’s’ bolt and the formation of the progressive party, which, in the fol- lowing election, polled 4,119,507 vote for Roosevelt, as against 2,484\95¢ for Taft and 6,293,019 for Wilson. The convention of 1912 was fixec for Taft. The republican nationa committee and the little group ir control of the party machinery were for Taft. They were known as the “old guard”. The delegates, chose: by presidential primaries, which were tried out for the first time in this sontest, were for Roosevelt. According .to a poll made by the New York Tribune, a Taft organ, Roosevelt had, when the convention met (instructed and pledged), 469 1-2 votes. Taft had, similarly committed. 454 12 votes. The ‘total number oi delegates was 1078. Necessary to a choice, 340, Roosevelt’ had' about 30 votes to spare. ue =a Commercial, Club Secretary Be lieves Pavement Would be Preserved by This Method Parking of automobiles in the cen; ter, of Bismarck’s downtown streets where. there are no car. tracks was suggested today by George N. Kenis- ton, «secretary of the Commercial club. The custom of parking automobiles next to the curb ‘thas been abandoned in many cities, according to Mr. Ken- iston, Fargo is among the cities in which the center of the street plan is ‘being. used, Fargo automobiles are allowed to stop at the curb only long enough to allow people to get in or ¢ hi out. ee “If cars were parked! in the center of the street, there would not only be more space allowed for traffic, but the traffic would be distributed along the curb in such a manner as to improve the Dbitulithic pavement, “The ‘bitulithic pavement must be ironéd’ out’ by traffic ‘to insure its permanence and. beauty. A heavy car. standing along the curb, especially. on warm day, will leave, the im- print of the tires in the paving, and soon the‘ paving becomes rough. The the selection of temporary chairman (Elihu Root), and this put the Taft strength at 558 to »01 for Roosevelt. From the moment the contested delegates were allowed to vote on the’ organization of the convention it was decided in Roosevelt’s mind that he would bolt.. All else was a matter of ways and means. , The’ writer’ was in Chicago watch- ing events for Roosevelt. After the first. sessions of the national com- mittee for hearing contests, he wired Oyster Bay: “They intend, to count you out. If you ‘hope to save the situation you had better come to Chicago.” Roosevelt train. : ‘After various conferences “it wa3 decided that the Roosevelt delegates should refuse to vote or take any part in the convention. started .on the next received 561; Roosevelt, 107; La Fol- lette, 41; Cummins, 17; Hughes. 2, while those present and not voting were 349. Within 48 hours another convention was held at Music ‘hall, where steps vere taken to organize the “bolt” into a new party. In the republican convention of 1912 the machine control is represent- 2d by the candidacies of Wood, Low- den, Harding and the rest, with Gena- tor Hiram Johnson, ex-progressive, ‘he favorite of the primaries, and al- most threatening the same kind of [{BABY LION IS Thus it han-|* pened that on the final roll-call Tatt# But the national committee, acting through Boies Penrose, W. Murray Crane, William Barnes, Victor Rose- water, Archie Stevenson and others, announced contests on several hun- dred delegates and threw out all the Roosevelt_delegates except six. Taft ;was given 233 of the contest dele- ates. | 4 ~ There was no pretense of judg- ing the contests on their merits. The hearings were behind closed doors, and. the results were: pre-determined. Dave Mulvane of the national com: mittee, a friend of Taft, was asked: “What do you fellows intend to do? You know you surely can't elect Taft.” To which Mulvane responded: “We can't elect Tat, but we are going to hold on to the organization. and, when we get back four years from now, we will have it and not those d—n insurgents.” : In his history of presidential nom- inations and’ elections, Joseph 'B, Bish- op says of this convention: “Until the convention of 1912, pru- dent regard for popular opinion led them (the party bosses) to exercise their power as unostentatiously as possible, but the republican bosses at Chicago, in 1912, threw off all at- tempt at concealment or disguise an‘ assumed openly that the convention had ‘been called together for the pur- pose merely of registering their wiit and not the will of the people who had. chosen the delegates. - “The perfection to which years -of expert manipulation had brought the convention machinery made it easy for them to accomplish their’ purposes and cite party law and precedent for every arrogant and arbitrary act, as they could also be cited against every such act. Whatever they did, they were able to make a plausible claim to_ strict. ‘regularity.’ ” The 74 delegates whose seats were contested were permitted to vote ov DramonpT action taken in 1912 by Roosevelt. FLEET CATCHER SAN ANTONIO—The Bronchos have a fleet-footed catcher in Gibson His theft amounts to eight bases al- ready. Few base runners can steal on him, though. Improve Highway Interest in road and traffic matters is gfowing, according to reports _re- ceived by Mr. Keniston. A few days ago he was informed by. Fred Turner, president, of the Nation! Parks high- way association, that Stark and Bil- lings county authorities has repaired and planed the road from New Salem to Beach, meeting a like maintenance process by the Montana road officials to Miles City, with the result that the National Parks highway is now in condition to take a considerable rain- fall without injury. Dunn Center, a candidate for the permanent county seat of Dunn coun- ty. has organized a local automobile club, with a view of promoting good road’ construction in that county. The men behind the club sought informa- tion in Bismarck before beginning the organization. | f Marie Prodhom, who has been ap‘ pointed director of the Bank of Geneva, Switzerland, is only 28 years of age. Rm ~6=6 Goodyear Service Station COLORADO LEAGUE PUBBLO—Colorado gets back into organized baseball. It is the San Luis Vallev Veague, made up of six clubs. A -schedule of 150 games will played. be Observing a passage of Exodus ‘ which refers to the discovery of Moses in the ‘bullrushes in an ark “daubed with slime and with pitch,” Standard Oil. engineers went to Egypt on a little trip of exploration and made discoveries as the result of which there will soon be. extensive oil operations. here. Corwin Motor Co. 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