The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-06-13
500 VOTES FOR TAFT ON
TEMPORARY ROLL CALL
National Committee Completed
Hearing Of All Contests
Late Yesterday
(By Associated Press.)


Chicago. June Contests between
Oklahoma delegations TO the republir
can national convention were short
lived in the committee hearing here
yesterday The Taft men won out all
along the line.
r The final contests scheduled for the
hearing before the committee We're
those for delegates-at-large and in
the Third, Fourth and Fifth districts
Of Oklahoma The committee decided
chat the provisions u the national
call had not been complied with in the
Fourth district and consequently
there could be no proper contest. The
TAFT delegates were allowed, there
fore, 10 retain their seats.
The contests for delegates-at-arge
and in the two remaining districts were
called, but before the arguments began
Major r. G. Bryan, general counsel for
the antiTaft delegations, announced
that in his opinion he did not possess
a good case and he wished, there
fore to withdraw the contests in the
Ihird and Fifth districts. A round
Of cheers greeted this announcement
from Major Bryan, and he remarked
with a laugh that It was the first ap.
plause he had gained from the com.
mittee since the hearing of contests
began.
Late yesterday afternoon the ma
tional committee completed the hear
ing Of all contests submitted and turn.
ed its attention to other matters. II
has been in session for seven days
of actual work. and has decided con
tests involving 2lg seats on the tenn
porary roll call These contests have
been decided as follows:
For Taft-Alabama, 22, Arkansas
/ 2: Florida, S: Georgia, l6; Kentucky
Is; Louisiana, IS; Mississippi, l6: Mis-
souri, 6 North Carolina, IS; Ohio
/ z; Oklahoma, 10, Pennsylvania, 4;
South Carolina, s; Tennessee. 49, Tex
as, 36 Virginia, IS; Alaska, 2; Arizo
ma, 2-Total, PIG.
For Virginia, 2; Ohio, l.
Total, g.
Taft Now Has 6os Votes.
AS att Had SS. Instituted dele
gates before the Ia;ional COMMITTEES
began hearing the contests, he vii
/ now have total OF sos delegates on
the temporary roll call without taking
into consideration any thai have eiihel
endorsed him or declared for him ii
aay rth,r n3nper.
The only complete defeat sustained
by the Taft delegates in the contests
was In the Fifth Virginia district
where a Foraker delegation vas seat
ed before a man was allowed to act as
secretary of the district convention
who had issued a cali for a conyen
zion IN his own copaty for white men
only II was believed by the mem
bers of the committee that if thel
( SLOWED the delegates from the conven
tion at which this man had acted a
secretary to be seated in the nationa
conyeation Il woasc place the party Il
the light OF approving a call issued tC
! a portion OF the voters. For this rea
son 4 was decided to seat the contest
ing Foraker delegates.
In Louisiana, Ohio and Tennessee
split delegations were seated, the en-
tire delegation from Louisiana beinl
considered as one contest The actor
of the committee in dividing the Louis
lana delegation made no difference {,
iha Taft strength. inasmuch as botl
factions are fer Taft.
1he Tennessee division was mad'
] HNA AN.h NHl-ANA NAN" tAhN NA jos NNAANN w NAA
gent appeals ol rsatonal Committee
man Brownlow Of that state, who ash
ed that 10 be done for the purpose o
lelecting a republican representative
Y1he delegation from the Sixth Obi
ldlsirlct was divided ca the evidencl
submitted
The contest from Alaska resulte,
In a defeat for the delegation eman
Eating from the faction which hereto
fore has been recognized as regular.
There We're three sets OF delegates. al
lof them for Taft They We're chosei
before it had been announced that tn
Territory should only have two dele
lemes Ia the convention. The c.ntes
llqf trpgnition was fsRlly a lisht 81
" aysis Hilln -n the orsanisalian. ~ srtfil
4segTtprai f4ea0i0F Charles :Vssr3fylltpn
3hhNhns ihH 'C'aIlfQfhias pqsSy2 omtanl
lilat an lhree delegations be seate,
lwith one-third of a vote for each dele
gate. Arthur r. Statter. holding thl
proxy tor Alaska. moved as substi
tute that the faction headed by Johi
49, Held the present committeeman
from Alaska. be seated. This was los
bS a vote Oi ~ 20 ll Chairman New
then moved that the Hoggett dele
leates. I. p Shackeif0rd of Juneau
and George Shea oi Nome, be seated
Senator Fulton withdrew his motion
aud the hoggeit delegates We're seated
The result of this contest Terminates
ior the time q sharp fight which hal
been Waged between Hcggott and Hex
for the conuol Of the territory. y