The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-06-20

iiltei uptioilS III one sue icdu to IN
terruptiins from the other. Those
demonstrations are entirely out Of
order" said the chair.
The ruling of the chair seemed 10
please both sides and Allen contin-
ued with his a~"lysis of the Wash
ington case.
When he took up the King county
cases, SAVING that Roosevelt receiy-
ed more than COCO votes there.
former Congressman Herbert Par
IONS of New York arose and de.
manded:
How many votes are there in
King county / think about
5o,oO0,' was the reply. The other
sepaker said loo goo, which is
right"
He may be- was the reply.
Allen then declared that the state
committee packed the roll of the reg
utar state convention and issued
tickets only TO Taft men.
They We're afraid that the men
who believe in right would stampede
the convention for Roosevelt" said
Allen and so they would not let the
delegates in. l have a picture hero
FN'' " ''ito no iIiC Apot III .lnb IOlA ell
tion hall with its guard of prize
fighters who keep the regular elect
ed delegates out of the hail.
Former Senator James Hcmen-
way of Indiana spoke for the Taft
delegates and defended the national
committee. Finn of PENNSYLVANIA
interrupted so much that Chairman
Root called him down and stopped
the proceedings until Finn had sub
sided.
HemenWaN for Taft.
When former Senator James Hem
cnway of Indiana was announced as
the next speaker. a voice from the In
diana reservation yelled, Hes "a
contested delegate
~iIemenway state at the outset
that he was not concerned with The
fight between Roosevelt and Taft at
this time but whether the temper
AIRY roll was properly made up. He
reviewed the action of the national
committee and argued that its action
WAS both proper and legal and in
strict accord with the rules OF the
republican party.
~Iiemenway Defends Committee.
men dS IICIl tldL w dcSdl@ lIc
national committee for its decisions
Was unjust.
There were thirteen members and
Il proxy OF the national committee
who signed this protest and there
were thirty-nine members who did
not Who are they" demanded
Finn.
I'm tell YOU" answered Hemen-
way, You say mat the majority of
the committee have been re|puliated
by theis own constituents. Let me
call YOU attention 10 the fact that
all but two of the men VINO sisGed
this protest have not been returned.
Tell us who they are" again
shouted Finn.
Let me tell You men in the Penn
sylvania d~elegation,N said Eemenway
that You don't want to listen 20 an
argument, you want TO appeal TO pas
sion. You won't hear anything that
tells the truth about yourselves. Now
| don't say Senator Borah and Frank
kellogg We're repudiated because they
were not returned. They did no.
want to be returned. Neither did
Harry New, and I'm not anxious tc
accept the statement of r. Colmat
DUPONT of the powder trust rs 10 who
should 90 on the grill. I would rather
take the word OF Harry New and men
like him
Hemenway then took up tn,
charges OF fraud made in the indiana
case. He declared that the seating
of the Indiana Observation-Disclosures wa.
by an unanimous vote, in which Bor
All joined, Shame on such contests
He continued, They were paper con
tests anyhow
~liemenway turned the laugh on til,
Roosevelt forces by repeating Col
Roaseyelt's statement thyt despite
The number of contests filed from
Aiabama he expected to win onl.
one. The others were paper con
tests" he said.
Cecil Lyon Attacked.
He shouted These contests wer,
to give certain people a chance tt
Yell fraud. Where there was no fraud
licmenway then assaulted Cecil Lyo,
for, he said, driving away tive-sixth
of the republicans of Texas.
What he wants" ~Hemenway de
clared, lit to reduce the republica
party in Texas only to o~tice-holder
so that he can perpetuate his Owl
control"
iIemenway insisted that I.yo
voted counties in his state in whic.
there was not ii single republica.
vote.
Lyon cannot longer work hi
frauds on a republican national con
'vention," declared IIemenway.
In conclusion HemenWay held tina
the contests had been decided by tn
national committee and he defende
the members.
Finn shouted: "How about Pei
rose?"
II will answer YOU" shouted Hen
enway.
You ask about Penrose, well l.
tell you straight. | put Hemenwa
above Finn at every time"
This declaration started anoth,
storm. The New York delegate
joined with Indiana in cheering Her
enway. while Finn was on his fe
shouting his defense and his deleg
ton was cheering him loudly. Ro,
came to the front and rebuked Film
eff the gentlemen from pannc\