Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-22

He denounced what he termed an attempt to rob the people of Cali fornia of their right representatives.
 Pennsylvania Delegate Objects.
 Heney reviewed the political history | of California, saying that two years l ago the people emancipated themselves | from the corrupt rule of a corrupt machine, controlled by the railroads. He compared California in the past with machine controlled Pennsylva mia and Colorado"
 1 A delegate from Pennsylvania arose | and made a point of order that the speaker should confine himself to the 1 issue.
 "The speaker is not yet over the line where he should be called to order remarked Root with an emphasis on the yet" which the crowd appreciated and cheered.
 Dared Not Sit With State Delegation.
 Heney said the two Taft delegates seated by the national committee. Messrs. Tryon and Meyerfield, had not dared to sit with the remainder of the California delegation, but had taken a refuge 'in the vest pocket of somebody on this platform"
 Before these two men were able to run under the primary law, he said, Doth they and the man they were to represent were forced to pledge them
 selves to abide by the preferential vote
 of the state. President Taft did that
 and if he now accepts the vote of these
 men in this convention, he will guilty
 of high treason.
 Impossible to Decide District Votes.
 Heney declared that it was absolute
 ly impossible under the returns of the
 election to decide what the vote was in
 an individual district.
 ''No. one but the 3S members of the
 national committee who voted to seat
 these men and the other men whose
 seats have likewise been stolen would
 attempt to discover that vote" Heney concluded with the state ment that Tryon secured less than 14 other Taft delegates in California whc failed of election.
 Cheers and Hoots For Payne. Congressman Sereno F. Payne o New York author of the Payne tariff
 bill, was greeted with mingled cheers and hoots as he appeared to take uI the argument for the Taft delegates. Where's Aldrich?" yelled a man ii
 the gallery.
 MT. Payne asked for a patient hear ing. He said the two Taft delegates
 did not sit with the California dele
 gation because the chairman of tha
 delegation would not give them thu
 seats to which they were entitled. Hi!
 declaration that the Taft delegates haC been seated by the supreme law O national republicanism was greeted
 with 8 prolonged chorus of misses groans and boos.
 The demonstration grew until Sena ] f<,~- r1I- !, %y1s t-Tt ing: No cause in a republican ma
 tional convention was ever won b,
 drowning speech on either side" Payne Determined to Be Heard. MT. Payne said he proposed to b. i heard, If it took four hours" MT Payne reviewed party precedent iron l the time of Lincoln in an effort t [ show that the national convention had always assumed the right to dis ) sect the manner of selecting delegates ' He declared the California state wide primary law was forced througl 5 the California legislature because of fear of the Roosevelt people tha
 Taft would get several of the congress
 sional districts under the method o
 selecting delegates by districts. ''Wh, . don't you elect your presidential cleo . tors that way?" asked 8 member o l the CaIl1ornla QelegdUl0n
 Because we have no control ove . that" retorted Payne.
 |; Robbing People Of Congressional Dis
 trict.
 Floor Leader Watson took up tn l Taft argument when MT. Payne hal f concluded. He, too, asserted that tn 1: California law would have the effec t of enforcing the unit rule and de g clared that such a rule would neve
 prevail in a national convention.
 Unit rule by primary is no bette
 than unit rule by decree of conven l tion." said Watson.
 Tt is robhng the people of a con . gressionaI district of the right to sa Q who their delegates shall be. Shal ' the ma iority in Los Angeles deere ' and determine who shall he he dele 1 gates from San Francisco7' I No, no" said some delegates. Q "The state is not sovereign over congressional district" Watson con 3 cluded.
 "Roll the Steam Roller Some More. Q Both majority and minority report :. were submitted in the Indiana cas' n the delegates at large being first con
 sidered. The majority favored tn
 sitting Taft delegates, former Vic = President Fairbanks, Harry New t James k. Watson, the floor leader, an \, Joseph D. Oliver. The Taft delegate / were seated without rOllcall.
 The 11th Kentucky district followed 5 This is the district where one Tai ~ and one Roosevelt delegate were seate e by the national committee. The ere / dentials committee sustained the lat ter. The convention confirmed it by z viva voCe vote.
 n The gallery applauded the swil ' movement of business after so muc
 conflict. When, after the Kentuclt case was settled, Secretary Gleaso d announced an intermission while th a credentials committee caught up, a bi : voiced man in the gallery shouted s Roll the steam roller some more"
 During the intermission the "W
 want Teddy" started again, but wa !, stopped by the gavel with announce a Inent of another credentials report O
 the seventh Kentucky contest IT Galleries Take Part in Voting. u The Taft delegates in this distri,
 We're seated by q viva vece vote Ti Ia eighth Kentucky district delegate
 were seated for Taft.
 The Taft delegates in the feurt Ii Louisiana district were also seated. e The convention was in an uproariol
 humer
 e It seemed that the feer was vetin r. aye" and the galleries no" n The no was continued into a ro; IS which Chairman Root interrupted wit Y the gaTel and the remark Evident