Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-06-18
ALL-NIGHT SESSION.
National Committee Action IL
Backed Up.

Chicago, June l7-Atter n contin
uous session OF fourteen hours IN,
credentials committee OF the Ropubl
can national convention completed III
labors az 4;i5 Wednesday morning. No
change was made In temporary roll
call OF delegates and alternates. Full
approval was given TO work of the ma
tlonal committee. which devoted
eight days 10 the question,
The committeeman looked decidedly
different than they did when they on,
tered upon their allnght netting, Many
members had not left the room
throughout the fourteen hours session
and they exhibited marked signs Of
fatigue Mayor Bookwalter OF In.
dlanapols, the member OF tho creden.
tlals committee from Indiana, as he
left the ROOM voiced the protests OF
the men classed aa antl.Taft members
OF the committee, and announced n
minority report would be made 10 the
convention.
"Of the cases submitted by the al.
Hes" said the mayor. those involving
40 seats had merit, but they were
rallroaded out OF the hall without OK.
animation OF evidence In support by
the committee. Arguments were not
listened 20 at all and the Taft men
adopted rules which absolutely ex.
cludcd members of the committee
from participating In the debate"
Prelimlnarles out OF the way the
Alabama contests were called. TWEEN.
ty.two scats were involved. After q
comparatively short time for argu.
mont the committee sustained the
acton taken by the national committee
In this case, A test vote was had,
however, showing n division Tho
TAFT forces supported by 81 votes
against z, AZ no time during the long
nights session was there any other
test of strength, but members OF the
committee favorable TO the "alllcs"
said they were 0utnumborod four 10
one, The action taken In case lnd.
cntod this estimate not far from cor.
rect, Sweeping through contests
from Arkansas, Florida, Georgia. Ken.
lucky, Mississippi. Missouri. Ohio.
Tennessee and Texas the Taft delcga.
tlons wor escatod without n break
Contests from all other states had
been withdrawn,
Before the night was half over II
was plain 10 every one that the al
Hes" had not succeeded In overturnlng
n single decision which had been made
by the national committee.
When the Texas was reached Chair.
man Fulton invited the members OF
the press into the committee room that
they might listen 10 the argument
made by Colonel Cecil A. Lyon, M.
tional committeeman from that state.
and an intimate friend and frequent
host of President Roosevelt, Colonel
Lyon IA not lawyer but In n pic.
turosquc and forceful manner he adyo.
Gated the cause of the Tart dclega.
ton, involving thlrty.slX seats. the
whole state delegation, lie was op.
posed by A. N. Sager of ST. Louis, The |
result was the same ~ In all tho pre-
cedlng cases
After the committee adjourned |
Chairman Fulton and Representative |
Fassett asserted the cases of the "al'
lies" were weak IN every particular
and could not have been decided other.
Wise than as they were, Both these
gentlemen said the charge that the ma.
tlonal committee was preiudlced In
favor OF Secretary Taft had been
rcfutcd and the committee fully win.
ilcatod,
Mr.. Fulton announced he would not
iraw up the report OF the committee
until after he had few hours sleep