Omaha daily bee., 1912-06-08
TAFT FORCES WIN
FIRST CONTESTS
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,ororrows session. The Florida cases
cover the six delegates-at-large and two
from ecah of the First, Second ana ih''a
districts.
. p,vistou on Ninth District.
The only dissent In the committee was
in the decision in the Ninth distrlct' III
that case the vote was 3S to To-
The vote on the Ninth district contest
the first real test of the day. showed the
following fifteen votes for the Roosevelt
contestants:
Knight California; Dupont, Delaware
Borah. Idaho; Lowden. Illinois, Duih-
ham. Kentucky; Kellogg, Minnesota
Thilberger. Louisiana; Rosewater' Ne
braska Littauer for Flanagan NeVaoa'
Ward, New York; Capers, South caro-
lima; Loose Utah; Bieber, Distrlct Vi
Columbia; Thorsen, South Dakota; Moh-
day Tennessee. -,
The Taft men conceded the roll call
unon demand OF the Roosevelt adherents'
Chairman Rosewater Of Nebraska ana
Committeeman Lowden Of Illinois voted
for the first time with the anti-Tatt
forces.
The contest for sixteen delegates IN
Arkansas was next taken up, the COM
mittee beginning with the four delegates
at large.
Arkan.as Cases Taken Up.
The Arkansas contests. involving the
seats of sixteen delegates--four delegates
at-large and twelve from congressional
districts, was called as soon as the Ala
bama cases had been disposed Of
A delegation Of fourteen Roosevelt men
appeared, with ]. A. Conner OF Attie
Rock as their spokesman, to present
claims to places on the temporary roll
of the national convention.
| Associated with former Senator DICK
| in presenting the Taft cases were H. L.
Remmel of Little Rock and Waiiace
Townsend, also OF Arkansas.
The Roosevelt men charged that the
! Arkansas republican organization con-
sisted Of "postmasters and other federal
employees, the sole purpose Of which or
SANITATION is for the distribution OF
federal patronage.
They declared fraud, intimidation and
violence" had been threatened by the or
ganlzation against the Roosevelt adher-
ents.
when we appeared at the convention
hall we were met with revolvers and
clubs" declared Mr.. Conner
Two democratic constables were sta
| toned inside the doors with orders to
prevent any Roosevelt delegates from
getting in. At least one of our men was
struck In the head and injured by one ol
these constables."
In the county In which this was al
legged TO have occurred, Mr.. Conner said
that 100 delegates to the county conven'
ton were for Roosevelt and only Is fol
Taft, but the guards kept the Roosevelt
men out
He depi4red the question of regular
ity" could not be raised in Arkansas be
cause there is no republican party II
that state.
THE organization Is a postmasters
monopolistic syndicate he said. ant
it would take shotguns to break up TN
system"
Roosevelt Charges Contradicted.
MIR. Remmel taking up the defens'
for the Taft delegates said that a pro
! testing delegation, much like that be
, fore the national committee had gone Z
Washington several years ago and pro
, tested to President Roosevelt against re
publican conditions in the state.
HE told them to go back to Arkansa
I and nominate ticket, and II they wo
4 he would recognize them as the repuh
o lican party In the state
s He said the faction was defeated 4 to
y In the election.
: II saw President Roosevelt later" sal
}. Mr.. Remmel, and asked him who con