The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-15

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 tion in the opera house contrary to the of- ficial call" declared Mir Gill This meet ing had no temporary roll of delegates prepared by the congressional committee and had no credentials from the several courties'
 Francis J. Heney, holding a proxy, asked MT. Gill whether it was the custom to designate the place at which the con vertion was to take place. MT. Gill said in this instance Taft adherents had not so designated a place.
 Roosevelt attorneys contended a place for holding the convention had been fixed.
 Question of Veracity
 '"This seems to be a question of yerac- ity." said Senator Borah. Have you any documents on either side to prove your statements?'
 Ormsby McHarg. Roosevelt contest at- torney, started to declare what he thought was the best evidence of veracity when a delegate, A. M. Stevenson of Denver, holding the proxy of Committeeman Bark CT of Alabama. objected Ito a speech by the counsel after his time has expired" The committee enjoyed a minutes lively interchange. Senator Borah said McHarg was answering the plea McHarg as- serted his right to present evidence of the veracity of his witnesses Chairman Rosewater declared he should have done so during the time for argument Mr McHarg, however, proceeded to make a statement to the commitS<e.
 The two Taft delegates, Joseph A. Gill of Vinita and J. w. Gililand of Holden vile, were then seated by viva voce vote
 The Roosevelt men voted no after a motion to seat the Roosevelt delegates had been defeated. Senator Borah aslxed for roll call on the Roosevelt motion but 1t was not granted.
 Objection to the presence of Grant vic- tor. United States marshal for the East ern district of Oklahoma, as a member of the committee was made just before the Oklahoma vote by Francis J. Heney T present a protest from the Oklahoma people" he said, against Mir Victor vot- ing on the ground he organized the bolt, and that he is a United States marshal and a partisan in this case"
 No Action on Protest
 The committee took no action on the protest The First South Carolina dis trict presented another one-sided contest. Both factions were credited to Taft. Committeeman Capers of South Carolina said the contest resulted from an alleged trump convention.
 The committee seated Thomas L. Grant of Charleston and Aaron Priolau of Flu tawville.
 Mir. Capers moved the seating of both the Taft delegations contesting. but this was lost The Fourth North Carolina con test. where Colonel Roosevelt's right to delegates was not questioned. but where a factional fight occurred, was passed temporarily. Two contesting Taft dele gations appeared again when the First Tennessee district contest was called. Congressman Samuel R. Sells and R. E. Donnelly appeared as the first Taft dele gation's lawyer, while c. c. McHender- son and E. Alexander contested. No Roosevelt delegates were concerned. Former Congressman z- D. Massey rep resented the contestants. He declared the Sells forces had been outnumbered in the county and district conventions. Samuel J. Elder of Boston, represent ing Congressman Sells and his associate. said they were selected by the only reg ularly authorized conventions. An at