Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-06-11
KENTUCKY FIGHT
UP IN COMMITTEE
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into night sessions to dispose of the
many contests before the convention
meets. a week from today.
That the national committee should
seal the Taftsdelegates from Indiana
and that the vote should be unani-
nous on the delegates-at-large, the
contest involving the result of the
Marion Coupty-Indianapolis primary
which Roosevelt himself had charac-
teriZed as the croolsedest ever held in
this country, was considered today
a crushing blow to the hopes of the
Oyster Bay candidate so far as his
delegate contests go. Also ii was
predicted that the committee would
settle every contest for Taft with
the possible exception of the Califor-
MIA case.
Almost every contest brought forth
a clash in the committee. The trouble
started when the effort to secure the
hearing of the California case was
brought up. Heney had been adj
mitted to the committee room to
argue the case.
Senator Borah, of Idaho; Heney
and Thomas H.. Devine, who holds a
proxy from the Colorado committee
man, figured In the initial fray.
| Heney asserted he understood there
was a move afoot to "disfranchise
the delegates from the sovereign
| State of California"
He's out of order" shouted a half
dozen committeeman. Chairman Rose
waters gavel fell with a smash.
That was Senator Borahs cue.
Hes not out of order" shouted the
Idaho Senator.
Again the gavel emphasized the
chairs ruling. Then Borah asserted
that unless Heney was allowed to
proceed members of the committee
would speak in his stead. But Heney
wasn't silenced.
LAS 1 understand It," he fired at
Rosewater. "if 1 confine myself to
something that does not offend the
committee i am in order"
Devine then took a hand In the
| ARRAY. 1.-THE gentleman should not
be allowed to come in here and insult
the committee on the strength of
newspaper gossip he said.
Turning to Borah he shouted: "All
the honesty is not on that side"
Dick Preferred Delay.
BY thai time quiet was restored and
Heney continued his remarks. argu-
ing thai the case be heard at once
Chairman New, of the subcommittee
on arrangements, and Senator Crane,
Taft's closest political adviser, were
willing to allow the ase to be heard,
but former Senator Dick preferred a
delay. He said important papers in
the case had not been received.A AL
though Heney was willing to admit
the statements made in these papers,
as they were outlined, the move to
take up the case was refused by "a
vote of 80 to 10
The California contest was based on
the fact that the Fourth district was
carried by Taft by "A slight vote.
The voters of the entire State. how
ever, voted on all the delegates and by
this showing the Roosevelt men in the
Fourth were elected by several thou
sand. The Taft men held hat the
committees call providing that the
electors of each district should name
their district delegates had been VIC
lated. On this ground, Roosevelt
men charged. they wanted to throw
out the entire California delegation.
inasmuch as Roosevelt carried every
other district, however, by a heavy
vote, the contention, the Taft men
assert, held good in one district only
and for that reaso a contest was
filed only in one district.
AIlege Fraud at Primary.
After the other uncontested dele
gates had been seated the COMMITTEE
took up the ease of the Indiana dele
gates-at-large. The contest centred
on charges of irregularity in the
Marion County primary, where 1t way
alleged gross fraud was used in NAM
ing the Taft delegates to the State
convention that chose the delegates
at-large. Gavel rule of the onven
ton also was charged.
The Roosevelt men asserted that
fraud, vote buying, baHot-box stuff
ing and the voting of ~repeaters
formed part of the Marion County
methods of the Taft men. They as
Z Z AiilN AuV it6io0Og iOaato Oii
auto trucks, were hauled from one
polling place to another. The pri-
mary was an optional one, held UNI
der the rules of the county commit
tee, of which Harry Wallace is chair
man.
A long affidavit by Wallace deny
ing u%nfairness in making the ar
rangements for the primary was a
part of the Taft defense. 1t also was
shown in a brief submitted by the
Taft side that a contest committee
vas appointed Immediately after the
primary and that all charges of
fraud were thoroughly investigated
before the delegates were given their
credentials. Martin Hugg, law part
ner of Joseph b. Healing, n of the
chief Taft contest men, was chair
man of this committee.
Vote with Taft Men.
Former United States Senator
James A. Hemenway addressed the
committee briefly on the delegates-at-
large situation and Merrill Moores, of
indianapolis. who has frequently rep
resented the Republican State COM
mittee in legal affairs. presented the
evidence and made an argument.
Then came the real surprise of the
meeting. When a roll-call was or
dered the Roosevelt members voted
with the Taft to seat the