The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1912-06-12
STEAM ROLLER WORKS ON
AND PRESENTS DELEGATES
FROM KENTUCKY TO TAFT
National Com mittee
Begins to See the Err.
ror Of Its Ways and
Gives to Roosevelt a
Member From the
Eleventh District.

Chicago. June il.-One delegate for
Colonel Roosevelt, the first awarded
him since the national committee be-
gan the contest cases last Friday and
II for Taft were the net results of
today's session of the republican ma
tional committee. In all. l0l delegates
have been accorded the president since
the committee began Its hearings. The
one placed today In the Roosevelt col
umn was ID. G. Edwards from the
Eleventh district of Kentucky.
The Taft forces on the committee
refused. 80 to ~. To seat both the
Roosevelt delegates, whose places were
contested, but agreed To split which
gave Colonel Roosevelt and President
TAFT one each.
The half victory for Roosevelt
came at the end of a day In which
all OF the other contestants from Ken
tucky had been decided In President
Tafts favor. In some of these the
Roosevelt men had acauicsced, In
others they had mustered n vote rang
Ing from II to II against the Taft de-
cisions
Senator Boralh, the most active
Roosevelt figure IN the committee. pro-
tested against the splitting OF the
Eleventh district delegation
There is no justification for IT," he
declared. IF one is given, both should
be given
Arthur l. Norys of ohio had made
the motion To seat the divided dele
cation,
John q. Capers, Senator Borah and
Francis J. Heney led an effort to adopt
a substitute To seat both Roosevelt
men. but they could muster only 10
votes. The split delegation then was
seated unanimously
President Tafts four contested dele
gates at large from Kentucky, headed
by Senator W. -. Bradley, were seated
with only III votes In the negative. lie
was given unanimously the six from
the First. Second and Tenth. the CON
test against the two In the Fourth
district was withdrawn and the five
from the Seventh, Eight and Eleventh
districts were won against the votes
of the Roosevelt forces.
Sharp intorchanges between Francis
j. Ilcney of san Francisco and TAFT
members of the committee character
ized the long session Mr.. Iieney who
| VIII appear tomorrow In the hearing Of
the California contests, repeatedly re-
ferred Ia frauds in kentucky elections
and compared conditions there 10 those
that existed In California under Ruef.
entation of the Indiana contests
before tho national committee yes
ferday made II question this
| morning whether more than the
Kentucky contests could be fin-
| ished.
The IL contested delegates from
Kentucky held the right of way when
the committee began today's work
Four delegates at large and two eacl,
from the First. Second, Fourth, Sew
enth. Eighth, Tenth and Eleventh dis
trlcts We're concerned In the contests
| which were To be heard at today's ses-
sion. The Taft delegation at large
was headed by Senator w o. Bradley
To present the cases to the nation
al committee the TAFT forces had
drawn into the arguments w -
Cochran, ~ T. Morrow and r. e. Stall
all of Kentucky. The Roosevelt fac
ton was represented by ~ &. ORenr
former justice of the supreme court
Leslie eoombs and II +. Duncan.
Roosevelt members of the committc,
declined to make an advance com.