The Sentinel=record., 1912-06-08
COMMITTEE IS UNANIMOUS
Roosevelt Once Told H. L. Remmsi He Was the Republican Party of Arkanaas--Arksnsans Indulge in a Heated Debate and Wordy War Be fore the Committee.

fore the Committee.
 Chicago, June Twenty four dele- gates from Alabama and Arkansas were added today to the Taft column by the action of the Republican na- ! tional committed on the so-called Roosevelt contests from those states All contests presented before the committee teddy were decided in Taft's favor and in all but two the decision of the committee was unan- imous. One roll call test apparently had shown Is anti-Taft votes
 The cases decided today were those of the six delegates at large and tho two each in the first, second, fifth sixth and ninth congressional districts in Alabama, and the four delegates at large and the two each in the first and second districts of Arkansas.
 There remain to be heard of the Arkansas contests, those in the third fourth fifth and seventh districts.
 The contest over the six delegates at large from Arizona was postponed until later day on motion of Com mitteeman Penrose of Pennsylvania.
 In view of the bitter feeling be- tween the Taft and Roosevelt adher- ents the meeting was surprisingly paceful, although it opened with a contest which seemed to forecast a degree of friction. This, however, fail ed to materialize.
 The opening contest arose over a renewal by Senator Borah Of Idaho . of his motion of yesterday, which would permit only eight members oi the committee to demand a roll call instead of 20, as provided by the ex- istng rules.
 Dennis T. Flynn of Oklahoma, hold ing at the time the proxy of Com mitteeman f'lanigan of Nevada, moved to lay the Borah motion on the table Mir. Borah wanted to debate the mo- tion, but Chairman Kosewater de clared it undebatable. as a proposition of parliamentary law
 T don't intend to be choked of by gag this early in the campaign, said Senator Borah, with some show of heat, "and 1 will either have my say here or l will occupy such DO. sition that this convention will mako no progress.
 "This committee will conduct it's proceedings under the usual parlia- mentary rules, said Mir. Rosewatel with marked dignity.
 But you shall not adopt any rule or gag by laying motions on the ta- ble this early in the campaign re- torted the Idaho senator.
 The committee proceeded to table the Borah motion by viva voce vote and then Mir. Borah was permittet to continue which he did as follows
 MT. Chairman, we will not make any progress here. Now, I know tna you have a steamroller. I don't ever desire to cushion the steamroller I'm perfectly willing that the steam roller shall operate, but ! want tC say here and now, that it will be known to the country that it does operate, how it operates, who is op' erating it.
 Men who have not the moral cour age to record their vote before the peo pie of this country are not worthy tC represent the great Republican organ ization of these United States. tAp' plause)
 Men who have not the manhood to stand up here and state for whom they are going to vote, how they ar' going to vote, are evidently actin: as
 The chairman "The gentleman from Idaho is out of order"
 Mir. Rartholdt-"There is nothing before the house.
 Senator Borah-"I am before th' house"
 Mir. Bartholdt-'I ask unanimou consent that the gentleman be per mitted to proceed in order that thi meeting be made parliamentary
 Mir. Penrose-"I hope consent VII be given to the senator from ldah' to continue and | think we shoul' give unanimous consent now and le him get his remarks into the record
 It was made plain very soon afte this that even though MT. Borah motion had been tabled. the ma1orlt intended to give the minority a rol call on demand on any question Pen rose. Crane and others of the Tai faction repeatedly joined Borah an his colleagues in the minority in ask ing for a roll call and they alway got it.
 The test vote came in the case C 4 the ninth Alabama district, in whic the Taft delegates were seated ny vote of SS to IS. These 15 were Knight of California; Dupont, Dels ware: Borah, Idaho; Lowden, Ill nois; Burnam, Kentucky; Wrigh q louisiana, whose vote was cast b E. w. Thilberger; Kellogg, Mime