The Daily Missoulian., 1912-06-15

Oklahoma vote by Francis J. Heney
The committee took no action OF
the objection.
The First South Carolina distric
next was called. presented another
one-sided contest. both factions beinl
credited to President Taft. Commit.
teeman Capers OF South Carolina sale
lie understood the sentiment In the
district convention was for Taft, the
contest resulting from an alleged
bolt"
The committee seated the contest
Ing delegates. Thomas l.. Grant ol
Charleston and Aaron Prioleay oi
Eutawville, both Taft men. Nc
Roosevelt contest was involved. The
] Fourth North Carolina district con-
test where Colonel Rqosevelts clasn
Ito delegates ID conceded, but where
local fights produced a contest for
delegates seats. was passed over tenn
porarily.
| Two contestlng TAFT delegations ap-
peared again when the First Ten
nessee district contest was called.
Congressman Sam II. Sells and II. r.
Donnally appeared AZ the first Taft
, delegation while q. McHenderson ana
y. G. Alexander contested their right
to place on the temporary roll. No
Roosevelt delegates were concerned
In this contest.
Former Congressman Y. d. Massey.
who filled out the unexpired term of
the late w. p, Brownlow. represented
the contestants. He declared the Sells
forces had been outnumbered in the
county and district conventions.
Samuel J. Elder of Boston, represent
ing Congressman Sells and his asso-
ciates, said they were selected by the
only regularly authorized convention
An attempt had been made 10 defeat
Congressman Sells, he declared, by
IAN illegal reorganization OF the
congressional committee"
The Sells delegation was seated by
the national committee.
The Second Tennessee district, TAX
en- up next, involved both a Taft
Roosevelt struggle and a factional
Tennessee fight.
The two Roosevelt delegates. John
c. Houch and II. h. Lindsay repre-
sented the Hale Monday faction. while
the Taft delegation, r. A. Wright and
John J. Jennings. Jr, represented the
faction represented BY Congressman
II. w. Austin.
The two Taft delegates from the
Second Tennessee district were seated
by the committee without a roll call.
Roosevelt men voting mo" A motion
to seat the Roosevelt delegates was
defeated.
Tarrant and Brown. the Taft dele
gates from the Ninth Tennessee dis
trict. were seated by the committee
without roll call. the Roosevelt mem
bers shouting no"
A roll call was refused on a SUBJ
stitute motion to seat the Roosevelt
delegates. This Is n case of plain
stealing." shouted Mr.. Heney when
the Ninth district was decided.
Members of the committee shouted
"sit down." "order!"
plain stealing. plain stealing!"
shouted Heney again.
1--WE can't be scared by the hooting
of an OWL" shouted one member.
'Teil us about Abe Ruef." called
another.
Heney continued to shout plain
stealing" and was answered with oat
calls and derisive laughter.
MFR. Heney's remarks were made
when he said he wanted to explain
his vote" against seating the Taft
delegates In the Ninth Tennessee case.
ABE Ruef would be ashamed to
do what you're doing here Mr. He-
ncy replied to a remark by Commit
teeman Chubb of Florida.
Give us some more.'' called one
''f1l give you another whenever
have the chance" declared Hcney.
While the Tenth Tennessee district
was pending. postponement of the
Texas cases until tomorrow was form
ally asked by Senator Dick. the Taft
contest manager Cecil Lyon, the
Texas committeeman. objected to the
delay.
Our contests were prepared In Tex
rs. not in Chicago" said Lyon.
The committee continued until to- .
morrow the Texas. Virginia and
contests. The contest at
torneys agreed to consolidate the vir-
ginia contests into one case and the |
contests into another.
Under thi1 plan II Is expected all
cases can be disposed of to-
The national committee seated True
and Church. Taft delegates In the
Tenth Tennessee district. No Roose-
vclt contest was involved. Creden-
fials from mass convention In the |
Eighth Alabama district. received by
secretary Ward yesterday. naming
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