The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-17

| mittee's report was adopted. As soon as the decision to hear the contests was announced by the committed. the counsel representing Cannon, Fair banks, Hughes and Foraker submit ted statement showing that they ] purpose to submit cases involving l10 | seats as follows.
 Alabama, at large and all Congress sional districts, twenty-two delegates; Arkansas. Fifth District. two dele gates; Georgia, First and Third Dis tricts, four delegates: Kentucky, First. Fifth, Sixth and Eleventh Districts. eight delegates; Mississippi, delegation at large and Third, Fifth and Eighth Districts, ten delegates: Missouri. Tenth. Eleventh and Twelfth Districts, six delegates; Ohio. Thirteenth Dis trict, two delegates: Tennessee, dele- gation at large and Second. Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth. Seventh. Eighth | and Tenth Districts. twenty deieEates; Texas. delegation at large and sixteen districts. thirty-six delegates. Protest Is Filed.
 The protests conclude with the fol- | lowing:
 Please be advised that. the under signed, representing the contestants in. the above cases, do not assume to ex- | clude any other contestants who may | see fit to present their contests to your body. As to the contestants represent ed by us, however, we desire In view of the grave importance of the sub- | ject matter. to suggest that sufficient time be permitted us to properly pre- sent these cases to your committee. We also request that we be accorded that right which is given to complain ants before courts and judicial bodies l everywhere to open and close the arr guments in these cases to the end that | the merits of the same may be prop | arlx fad fnF Vn d The statement Is signed by Major | Fred F. Bryan, who served as general l counsel for the allies" in the hearings | before the National Committee: George T. Buckinghamh for the Cannon in terests: Senator-elect W. o. Bradley | of Kentucky for Fairbanks and A. N. l Sager for Hughes.
 | When the subcommittee met, 1t was | proposed by MT. Daugherty of Ohio to | adopt the report of the National Com mittee without hearing the contests. | His plan was supported by Mir. Elder | of Massachusetts, but 1t was opposed | strenuously by Messrs. Fitzpatrick of Kansas, Rinker of Nebraska, and Fas- 1 sett of New York. These men are not unfriendly to MT. Taft. but they | thought it unwise to adopt any plan which would appear to stifie fair hear ings. F. l The case of Alabama. involving the | l tricts. was called at $50 o'clock, and 1 the proceedings were opened. Under the rules adopted, giving ten minutes to each side in State contests 1 and eight minutes to each side in Dls- l trict cases. more than fourteen hours will be required to dispose of the hear l ings unless some of the cases are con | solidated. The contests of one State can be joined by consent of both sides but not otherwise.
 Alabama is for Taft.
 The Alabama contest involving the entire delegation of twenty-two mem bers, was decided by the committee 1 within two minutes after the close Sf l the arguments in the case. The ver- l dict which was by rising vote. was l 3S to in favor of the Taft delegates headed by Joseph O. Thompson.
 The decision of the committee sus- tained the action of the National Com | made by the anti-Taft people to bring about roll call. but 1t failed. only six teen members favoring It. This was four short of the necessary number.
 The Fifth Arkansas District went to Taft by default and the contest in Georgia was then called.
 In other States.
 The work of the Committee was greatly shortened by the action of the contesting factions in Louisiana. These held conference immediately after the adjournment of the convention was decided to withdraw the contest and allow the decisions of the Nation al Committee to stand.
 This gives each faction a full num- Der of delegates each with one-haf of a vote. It has not yet been decided whether the State will name any Com mitteemen. At present Pearl Wight
 the Louisiana member of the National Committee is the only representative of the State on any of the working bodies of the convention.
 The Taft delegates were seated in the first and third Georgia district. the only contests in that State The con- testants in the Third District were not allowed to present their case because they had not appeared in person be- fore the National Committee.
 The Taft delegates, in all four of the contested districts of Kentucky. were seated by the Committee. Much bit factions in tho First District. the con- testants applying epithets to each oth- or with much energy.
 The Taft delegates in the Florida contests-two at large and three. from
 districts-were elected entitled to their places on the permanent roll, with on-
 ly one vote in opposition.
 The Missouri contests were passed
 for the moment, as when the cases
 were reached the delegations could not
 be found
 In the Third Ohio District the Bieser-
 Allaman delegates were seated. the de- cision of the National Committee be. ing sustained.
 Both the delegations in this district were instructed for Taft but the dele : gation seated is understood to have } the sympathies of the Taft people.