The Cairo bulletin., 1912-06-11
STEAM ROLLER
ADDS dozen TO
TAFT COLUMN
Indiana Cases Settled by Practic-
ally Same Division as
Others
SURE FOR TAFT ARE 2S7
Committee is Yet to Pass Upon 10
Cases, Most Of Whom Have
Had Taft Instructions
SURE FOR TAFT ARE 2S7

IHlCaE0, june w quay Hoi n
of the Republican National Commit
tee added IL delegates to the cata-
logue OF Taft on the temporary roll
of the Republican national conven-
tion. The much discussed Indiana
contest came before the committee
and was decided in Taft's favor,
with the 7g delegates decided last
week, today's gains make total of
81 added to the Taft forces by the
work of the Nationa1 Committee.
With the POI instructed and uncon-
tested accredited to him they bring
his total on the temporary roll up to
1856, not counting other contests
that may be decided for him.
A large proportion of the con-
tested seats among the 10 cases,
still to be passed, represented dele
gates instructed for Taft. The pre-
else number is the subject of dis
pute, nor can it be stated how many
of these contests Taft will win.
The cases dee:sees Were those of
the Indiana gates-at-larg four
in number, headed by Col. Harry
New and including former Vice
President Fairbanks and the district
delegations of each from the first,
third and thirteenth districts. The
contest in the fourth district was
withdrawn and the committee con-
firmed the two sitting (Taft) dele
gates. .' ".... 9"
fhe real fight of the day came not
on the contest over the delegates-at-
large, where, as it had been ex-
pected-the committee was unani-
nous in giving the INTO Taft-but
over the seating of the two Taft
delegates from the thirteenth or
South Bend district.
Attempts of the Roosevelt attor-
neys to introduce certain affidavits
declared by them to bear the sigma
lures of a majority of the delegates
to the district convention at South
Bend, at which Taft delegates were
chosen, precipitated the only sensa-
tional interchange of the day, and
occasioned a sudden reversal of the
committees vote, which was not ex-
planned to the satisfaction of the
welt men.
Senator Borah taunted the Taft
men about it, telling them they
changed front because they were
scared. ....
The Committee heard the affida.
Wits With verbal testimony in con.
Itravention of their allegations and
then voted to seat the Taft dele
gates.
This was not the first battle O
the day, however. Before the In
diana eases were taken up the com
| mittee came near turbulent scene
Of factional bitterness. A motion
by Senator Crane of Massachusett!
to postpone until Wednesday thu
case Of the fourth district of Cali
fornia, met the, opposition OF tn
Roosevelt force.
4 The case already had been called
and the attorneys and contestant
were in their places at the table
when this question arose.
| Ex-senator Dix, Taft contes
leader, argued that similar della,
had been granted last week in tn
California case at the request of tn
Roosevelt people and he thought h
was entitled to the courtesy.
During this debate the fable
steam roller figured In the discus
sion Some of the Taft men resente,
mention Of the political iuggernau
(which, they said. was fiction, where
upon Borah later intimated that tn
Roosevelt people had no sentiment
on the subject, in fact rather like
to talk about that metaphorical ma
chine.
| In the roll call on the California
postponement, the lineup was 3s t
| 13, the personnel on each side bgin
substantially the same as In othe
divisions on factional fights.