Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-06-07

The first vote was viva voce, Senate
although evidently there were no nel
and confirmed the unanimous decision.
Other Cases Taken Up.
The Roosevelt members of the COM
mittee without exception voted to seat
the so-called Long delegates who are
Taft men, and who were chosen in the
State convention of August 81, 1911, and
reelected in new convention March q,
1872
Having thus given Taft the six Ala
bama delegates-at-large, the committee
took up the other Alabama cases, In
evolving two delegates from each, the
First, Second Fifth, Sixth and Ninth
districts Fifteen minutes per side was
allowed by the committee for the district
contests.
The committee seated the Taft dele.
cntes in the first and second Alabama
districts. but gave the Roosevelt dele
gates i'm the second the right to go before
the convention The vote was unanimous
in both cases.
The prospect that Colonel Roosevelt
may come to Chicago next week person
ally To direct his campaign for the nom
ination held political attention when the
day opened to the exclusion OF Republican
national committee affairs.
With the demand for publicity epn-
ceded by the committee yesterday Tart
and Roosevelt leaders faced their f-rst
definite test of strength in taking up the
alabama contest cases. The part VIII
lam Finn. of Pennsylvania will take
In the presentation OF Colonel Roose-
velt's contests will not be known until
Mr.. Finn arrives iate tonight with news
of his Oyster Bay conference.
Lines we're sharply drawn for the
opening of the fight for contested dele
gates to the Republican national con-
yention. With publicity assured for the
whole presentation of the 2SS or more
contests the Republican national ooin.
mittee was prepared to take up the
cases today with all possible expedition
Ten newspaper men, representing the
Ave press associations recognized on
the floor of congress, had been au-
thorized to sit throughout the commit
tee hearing.
Alabama Cases Ready.
The Alabama contest cases were ready
TO be taken up by the committee wneh
II convened at 10 o'clock Both sioes
we're prepared with evidence and contest
ing delegates, to uphold their claims to
the legality of their respective deiega-
tions.
The Alabama cases were declared by
the Taft attorneys to rest upon the regu-
lnritv of the State Republican organiza-
tion presided over by Pope NJ. Long,
state chairman. Six delegates-at-large
and two district delegates each IN the
First. Second, Fifth, Sixth and Ninth
congressional districts, sixteen in ALL Oh
Alabama's twenty-four delegates, were
involved in the contests
May Group Contests.
Under the contest rules adopted oy
the national committee when 1t organ
ized yesterday attorneys on each slue
were given thirty minutes to present
evidence and arguments in the case IN
volying the delegates-at-large, and nj
teen minutes to each district case. IL
was expected that several of the district
contests would be grouped together 10
shorten the hearings.
OSCAR r.. Iundey. of Birmingham,
was present to assist ormsby McHarg
and BalnDTluSs Rolpy III a. oNi-o -
rights of the Roosevelt delegates,
Former Senator Charles Dick, OF ohio'
and Major f. c. Bryan, the Taft attor-
news. were aided by many members OF
the Alabama Taft delegation
Contest right Really Opens.
When the Alabama cases were called
strong array of counsel appeared on eacn
side to open the fight for delegations
unon the outcome of which the Republi-
con nresidential nomination is supposed
to depend. McHarg and Dick appeared
,sc chief counsel, respectively, for Colo
mol roosevelt and President Taft
with former Senator Dick wero Fred
.r,ck G. Bryan, of Washington, as his
associate counsel; o. l.. Street and S. S.
SAINTS. members of the Taft delega-
tion.at-large from Alabama, and W. 8.
Reese. i. j. Curtis and a. c. Birch, repre-
senting the contested Tart delegates IN
the congressional districts.
Mr.. McHarg was assisted In presenting
fbe Alabama cases by Oscar X. Hundley,
Of Birmingham, one OF the Roosevelt
+, delegates-at.large, and the Roosevelt
leader in the state. Associated with the
pooseyelt attorney was cambridge Col
by. of New York, who is aiding In the
contest fights
Taft Claims Presented.
The Taft claims to the Alabama dele
pates-at-large, six. in number. as pre-
sented to the coniSnittee by the Presi-
dents representatives. were substan-
TALLY as follows:
In August. 1911, Republican factions
in Alabama game together in conven-
/ tion under a suggestion from President
Taft to compromise ng-standing diff
ferences. That convention, it was
claimed. selected Pope M. Long. State
chairman, superseding j. Q. Thompson.
and selected six delegatesat-large 10
the Republican national convention.
When the Republican national COM
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