The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-13
TAFT GAINS y.
Fourteen Delegates From Lou
isiana Added to His Column
Six From Arizona and Two
From Fourth California.

Chicago. June 13.-By crediting to
r,eft siY delegates at large and eight
delegates from four districts In LOUIS
iana. six from Arizona, and two from
california, the national committee yes
terday added to the Taft roll ~ dele
gates oo,,-
s.deration contests in the Third, Fourth
and Fifth Louisiana districts.
THE Louisiana case centered ABOUT
tho attempted party reorganlzation
made last February by subcommittee
- +ta F2enublican national committee
rrbero were two Republican committees
in Louisiana both claiming to pe
regular" One of these was the VIII
liams or Lilly White" committee, tne
o+t,er the s'Kuntz' or 'Black and Tan.
WiIIiam Hayward, secretary of the
ra+ional committee, related now ne,
RaInh williams of Oregon ana T. y.
Duncan of Louisiana, had brought the
warning factions together at New Or
leans February IA, 1912, and all mad
rtened an agreement under which
new state central committee headed by
Victor I.oisel was organized The dele
eStior. elected under the call OF this
Committee appeared today as the reg
,,1or Taft'' delegation, while National
Committeeman Pearl Wight headed
what was claimed to be the regular
Roosevelt delegation. The convention
that chose both so called regular dele
cations" was held at Alexandra, La
Nav 2 1872 Secretary Hayward de-
c1orad the consolidated Loisel commit
tee had been made up of those mem
hers of the state committee VINO mao
been endorsed at regular primaries.
He said the national committee did
its work in Louisiana FEBRUARY IL pe-
fore Roosevelt was known as canol-
date for the presidency.
Mr.. Wight insisted that the COM
rnitteemen knew that Roosevelt would
be candidate.
Each of three Louisiana delegations
that anpeared today represented part
of the factions brought together IN
Louisiana February IS. The report or
the subcommittee of the national COM
n1fttee which brought the factions to-
eether at that time was received ana
the subcommittee dismissed.
Former Senator Dick for the Taft
faction headed by Victor Loisel of New
Orleans offered to consolidate the con-
test over delegates at large with all the
district contests except that of the
Third district but the opposition de-
clined to agree.
l. H Pugh, Napoleonville, La, argu-
ed for the Roosevelt delegation, head
ell by f. F. Williams. He said as a re-
suit of the subcommittee visit in
stead of two sets of delegates, there
were three seeking recognition. F. B.
Williams, former state chairman of
louisiana said he had not authorized
any one to represent him personally n
the conferences that We're held when an
agreement was made between the fac
tions Secretary Hayward said Hugh
s. Sutton, head of the Roosevelt dele
CATION and former candidate for COVER
nor of Louisiana had appeared as the
representative of Mr.. Williams. Sem
ator Borah after an hour of argument
declared he was unable to disentangla
the three cornered fight.
Negro Question i'm Fight.
Members of both Taft delegations
declared the negro question had been
injected into the fight. E. T. Miller
of the Williams-Taft faction said it 4
has been reported throughout Louisi-
ana that policemen had been instruct
ed to keep all negroes out of the con-
vention of the Loisel faction May 2. |
This was denied by Loisel-Taft dele
gates Hugh S. Sutton, heading the
Wight Roosevelt delegation, called at
tention to the fact that the 1908 Re-
publican convention had seated both
of the fractional delegations that then
appeared; the Williams and Kuntz fac |
lions. That convention authorized the |
subcommittee to try to bring the fac |
tions together.
Mr.. Wight asked to have the com
mittee sent down last September" he
said. when it did come in February, |
however, our primary election Of jan
state committee and settled all the |
questions this national committee was
authorized TO settle. liner VIZ no fac |
lions TIM |
He charged that when the subcom- |
mittee of the national committee !
reached Louisiana, it exceeded it's au-
thority and tried to settle local politi- |
cal affairs.
Questioned by Secretary Hayward |
Mr.. Sutton denied he had violated any |
agreement made with members of the |
national subcommittee by refusing to /
recognize the state committee it en- |
dorsed.
All Factions Agreed.
c. 8. Hebert, one of the so-called |
regular delegation, declared all fac |
lions had agreed to support the agree |
ment reached before the subcommittee |
in February. He declared both Pearl /
Wight and F. w. Williams, the for |
mre state chairman, had accepted that
committees findings.
]. NJ. Vane, a negro lawyer elected |
as one of the regular Taft delegates
in the First Louisiana district, showed
J. B. Williams, the former state chair
man, had circulated, calling for
meeting to organize a Republican
party to be dominated by white
voters"
From 1900 to 1912, the Republican
party in Louisiana has vanished under
the White regime declared Vance
He said efforts had been consistently
made to disfranchise the negroes.
"Can this Republican party go to
the country this year carrying the
my people in the great states of the
north ?' the negro attorney demanded
in a plea for their cause.