Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-06-18

! ~ XaS -. -. 90
| virginia ...... ~ 49,
| Washington ..... ~. II
District of Columbia -.
| North Carolina -. -. 0 z
| IOtal ...... ....... o. 81. :
Previously settled -. 173 IL
Final total 80. ....235 IL
Chicago, June 17.-Its closing hours
attended by exhibitions of tense par
tisan and personal feeling among its
members, the republican national
committee concluded Saturday night
the hearing of the contests involving
the 254 seats in the national conven-
ton which is to assemble Tuesday
The sum of it's work Is:
| Ia1t .......... ........ ....''' 900
| Roosevelt ..... .......... ...... l9
President Taft received sixty-two
delegates; Col. Roosevelt 6.
| All of Washington's fourteen went
to the president, against the protests
of Senator Poindexter that the "coun.
try would Judge the case" Out OF
Texas he secured twenty.six Of the
contested thirty over the PROSTATE
form of COL Cecil A. Lyon, who de-
clared you may depose me now, but
I will be back four years from now
when many of you will not ~
In Virginia, where the issue was
drawn between the cOlored voters and
the regular state organization, the
president received the entire contested
delegation Of twenty. In the district
of Columbia he won two. Committee
man Sidney Bieber going to defeat
with the Roosevelt delegation.
Virginia Almost Unanimous.
The Virginia contests, involving the
teeman Alvah H. Martin and delegates
from the first, second, third, fourth,
fifth, sixth, eighth and tenth districts
were consolidated.
A straight issue between the lilly
| white and BLACK and tam factions
was presented, the negroes claiming
| they had been "disfranchised" through
their not having been permitted to par
ticipate in conventions.
L. P. Summers, appearing for the
Taft delegates, denied this.
II don't know where the negro dele
gates got money enough to come here
to Chicago and make this contest he
shouted.
Instantly members Of the negro dele
ed they were better able to pay their
/, way rtan was Mr.. Summers. They con-
tinued to shout protests. while Chair
man Rosewater gaveled for order.
Il think they are justified in their
actions" shouted Mr.. Heney above the
din. ..e...
Eyes, according to your standards"
| flung back Committeeman Chubb.
1t was long time before order was
obtained. .-...
D. L. Groner of Norfolk asserted it
was not until weeks and months after
our conventions, and after Mr.. Roose-
welt had begun his campaign. that
! these Roosevelt delegates were elected
at after thought conventions
| When the contests were voted on
there was only one audible no against
| the seating Of the Taft delegates.
Opposing Council Fought Hard.
| The trouble over the Washington
contests at the outset did not tend to
create good feeling when the cases were
heard. -...
Senator Miles Poindexter of Wash
ington and former Senator Dick of Ohio
were at the opposing counsel tables,
with the rival delegates from the state,
ana fought every inch of the road.
For the Roosevelt contestants, Loren
Grenstead of Seattle said the primaries
and conventions had shown the state
to be pro- Roosevelt.
The state convention held at Aber-
deem on May Is, at which the Roosevelt
delegates were elected, he declared was
attended by 264 Roosevelt delegates, 100
Taft delegates and 304 contested dele
gates, representing thirty-eigh coun-
ties. The day before the convention he
said, the Taft members met and agreed
to vote for the Taft delegates in all the
contests. ....
when the convention was called the
uncontested Roosevelt delegates were
not given an opportunity to obtain
tickets Mr.. Grenstead declared. The
unheard of practice of keeping our del
egates from the convention brought
ridcule upon the party. The Roosevelt
faction decided to hold its own conven-
ton after it discovered it was not going
to get square deal"
"TriaI Before People,"
Senator POindeXter declared the con-
test will be tried before the people Of
the country, whichever way it Is de-
cided here"
1T will be tried again." he said. Il
deny to the jurisdiction of this commit
tee to settle any of the contests. This
committee has assumed the power
which it now exercises, but it does not
represent the republican party.
mo one can say that Senator Pen
rose represents the republican sentl-
ment of Pennsylvania, in the light Of
recent events. No one can say that
Senator Crane represents the repub-
licans of Massa chusetts. The same can
be said of many members of the COM
mittee. Mr.. Perkins OF Washington
does not represent the republican vot-
ers of Washington"
The senator exhibited considerable
feeling because he had not been able to
get tickets to the convention for him
self and a few, friends. He said both
Colonel New and Mr.. Perkins had met
his requests with polite refusals. al
though in the morning Mr.. Perkins had
agreed to get him ticket ....
Attacks State Committee.
In his argument Mr.. Poinlexter said
the Washington state committee had