Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-06-15
fractional Committee Turns
Down Cecil Lyon without
FOrmality Of Roll Call and
Roosevelt Loses 90 Delegates
STEAM ROLLER WORK
NEARING COMPLETION
FOrty-eight Contests Remain
to be Decided With Proba-
bilities That Colonel Will
Win None Of Them.

thy Evening Herald A. y. Leased Wlrel
Chicago, June 49, Declaring 20
Taft delegates from Texas entitled to
seats IN the Republican national CON
ycn,ion claimed by an oaual number
OF Roosevelt supporters the Repub-
lic8n national comnittoe in its first
session today increased TO 193, the
total OF contests lecided 20 date in
favor Of the president
Two votes were put in the Rocke-
Welt column, increasing his total from
contests 20 fifteen. The summary
follows.
Total contests az outset. asa.
Decided 10 date 20s
TAFT delegates seated i93.
Roosevelt delegates seated, Is.
Contests yet % be decided, 4G.
| The national COMMITTEES first took
iup the contest involving the eight
delegates at large From Texas FOR
the Tatt sele8ates ns opposed TO the
Roosevelt eight. headed by National
Committeeman Cecil Al lyon
| The vote seating the CONTESTANTS
was viva Voce and a substitute mo-
ton declaring the Roosevelt dele
gates entitled 60 seat. was voted
down in the same manrnr Eighteen
mr,.lbers--two teEs tlsa.f the required
lumber, joined lu demand for a
roll call
rhc First, sceond Fourth ana
seventh districts 81 Texas also were
decided In favor ut ne Taft forces.
the Roosevelt delegntos appearing as
the contestants. The votes on them
were unanimous.
The Third district delegates were
given tp Reoseyelt by unanimous
vote. The Fourth district Delegates
were given 10 Taft
over the dramatic protests 81 Cecil
Lyon national committeeman aud
Roosevelt leader. the national com
mlttee today voted The eight Texas
delegates az large INTO the Taft
cuiumn.
The vote followei "a lively debat,
IN which TAFT representatives from
the Lone Star state accusad Lyon OF
boosting Texas Republicans through
methods that recalled the "rOtteT
borough system of England und II
which Lyon accused members OF III,
eontesting Taft delegation OF havlnf
run for office on Democratic tickets
ana OF having bolted the Republican
A motion 10 seat the Roosevelt
delegates at large WAS defeated, de
mands for "a roll call being refused
The Texas decision was followed b,
scene Of disorder outside tha com
nittee room where the wild cheering
OF several hundred TAFT adherent
mingled with the hooting and groan
~ the Roosevelt supporters.
fho contest of the Texas delegate
az large was the first called.
colonel Lyon said be- believed tech
, nlcally there WAS no contest aFaina
the Roosevelt delegates az large. h'
, HHiu ne was nf tine belief that az
printed brief FOR the TAFT delegate
: hau been filed within the pfeserihe'
twenty days before the national com
mittee met; that, in consequence tn
rules Of the committee had not heel
observed and 20 formal contest ex
isted
Secretary Hayward said n e ha,
two sets of credentials from FexRs
. fhe chairman can only go on IN
, hdFice ~ the secretary' said Chair
man koeeWateg "Uc SAYS Is contes
exists and Il must be- called"
Colonel Lyon dcciarou that in III
Alaska case and ln other cases. con
tests had been excluded because the
had not been filed within the stipu
i lated time, flc and cummittcoma
= Capers uf south Carolina insistn
that no Texas contest existed
} a crisis was precipfated when NJ
= MulNanc Of Kansas. moved 90 pas
Texas and take up Virginia, bccnur
4 TeSas apparently was not ready.
It ~ protest against ouch action.
4 said Lyon. I'VE are ready"
\ But you decline 60 20 on with m
/, first contest said Mulvane.
Z We don't recognlze that contes
!. exists as 90 these delegates az large.
I. retortcd Lyon,
As the Roosevelt delegation ha
7. first filed its credentials, the Tat
delegates. headed by a. ~ McdrcgO
were heard as the contestants.
Colonel Lyon again declared "a
Taft delegation had not made % lcgi
? contest because iis briefs hnd fOrma
< arguments had not poen filed unt
yesterday.
= "t again insist that no contest "a
y i1ts" he said
The chairman overruled ihe pqiI
= and Frederick g. Bryan horeu Oh
: argument for the Taft delegation.
= Colonel Lyon is the itepuhiica
y party in Texas. declared Air hrynl
q I''He Us the Republican committee an
runs things absolutely, the fight
Texas has been largely ilNht again
Colonel Lyon and ho promises 90 2
+. both the beginning ana the Cud
~ party in the state % De ~ allowed
"a sent hls delegation"
10 Mr. Hrssn nkened Colonel Lyon
A control in Texas t9 the old EnEiis
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