El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-06-12

while the Taft convention was going
on at the other. For 20 minutes. he
said. it was impossible to hear any
thing
ROOseveIt's Case.
The part PLAYED BY former governor
Kibby was fully explained by George
l. Record Of Phoenix, who defended
the Roosevelt delegation
I'VE claim we had clear majority
Of the legal delegates IN that nan,
he said When the cOnveQtiOn met
governor Kibby took the floor and
protested On our behalf against the
adoption OF q temporary roll, which
we did not believe legal From that
time on. there were two conventions
and the question is, which was the le-
gal One2
The Roosevelt men had not pre-
scented their contests to the state ex-
ecutive committee because they knew
they would have been thrown out.
IF you say a body Of men calling
themselves the state executive com
mittee can determine upon the legality
OF cOntesting delegates" said Mr..
Record. You are establishing g self
perpetuGting oligarchy that can absO-
lutely dominate political affairs
ROOseveIt's Majority Great.
In explaining the method Of select
Record said where primaries were not
desired delegates were chosen by the
county committees In Maricopa coun-
", the Roosevelt forces controlled the
committee p 10 19 and ordered pri-
mary. after which the Taft minority
met and picked out a delegation TO
the state convention At the primary,
he said, only eleven out Of $50 votes
were pOlled for Taft. Mr. Record de-
clared that had "technicaliues' been
waived and the results of the primary
in MaricOpa county considered the
Roosevelt men would have had "a OF
90 delegates in the Arizona conven-
ton whose regularity could not be
questioned
A motion Of senator Borah to seat
the Roosevelt delegates from Arizona
was defeated and the Taft delegation
was seated after the refusal Of a roll
call. A roll call also was asked on
the motion to seat the Taft delegates
and this also was refused
Roosevelt Accorded One Contest.
One delegate for Col Roosevelt, the
first awarded him since the national
committee began the contest cases
last Friday and II for president Tart
were the results Of yesterdays session
of the Republican national convention
One hundred and one delegates have
been accorded the president since the
committee began its hearings. Inc
one placed in the Roosevelt column
yesterday was D. c. Edwards, from
the 18th district OF Kentucky The
by a vote OF 80 to 10 to seat both the
Roosevelt delegates whose places were
contested, but agreed to split Whlch
gave Roosevelt and president Tart
each one delegate from the district The
half victory for Col. Roosevelt came al
the end of a day in which all of the
other contests from Kentucky had
been decided in president Taft's favor
In some Of these the Roosevelt mon
had acQuiesced. in others they had
mustered a vote ranging from II to II
against the Taft decisions.
Senator Bordh, the most active
Roosevelt figure in the committee, pro-
tested against the splitting OF the 18th
district delegation.
There is no justification for it," he
declared. IF one is given, both should
be-"
Roosevelt Mass Meeting Friday.
Roosevelt leaders tonight announced
details Of mass meeting for Friday
afternoon which viii be staged at
Chicag o's largest theater as a spec
tacular preliminary 10 the opening Of