The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-13
A LOT Of CROOKS, JOY RIDING
ON STEAM Roller SAYS DIXON

the credentials committees instead Of
permitting the conventions to name
such committees. Because Of this, it
was claimed, the conventions were ir-
regular and Roosevelt delegates we're
refused seats In the conventions.
Attorney Ryan in arguing for the
Roosevelt people declared that in the
seventh district, in order to prevent
the Roosevelt men getting control OF
the convention, it was called 70 meet
in Lincoln county.
Poor Place for Negroes.
I'm that county alone,' he said,
there have been 1856 indictments for
lynching negroes in one year and
there has been wholesale maltreat-
ment of negroes by white cappers in
that section for many years. Because
Of this, the Roosevelt negro dele
gates could not attend and the Taft
men captured the convention"
Attorney F. " Brown, for the Taft
people, defended the regularity of
thiC = oAt SOuF CAIAOA6 W Wl4OA AO colnJ
were conducted in strict conformity to
the party law. The Roosevelt con-
ventions, he said, were held in the
back part of stores and generally at
tended by democrats"
| The committee finally seated the
| Taft delegates from the second,
| fourth, sixth and seventh Mississippi
districts, adding eight delegates to
the Taft roll during the first forty-five
minutes work.
/ The Roosevelt men claimed that
they were prevented by armed guards
from entering the hall where the con-
vention was being held in the fifth
Mississippi Idistrite and. therefore,
they we're forced to hold convention
| of their own. The Taft people enter
ed a general denial OF the charge
1 Heney kept in the limelight during
/ the hearing of the contest from the fifth
| Mississippi district and he was ably
aided by Governor stubbs. j. H
4 Buckley OF Enterprise, Miss, a very
4 black negro. had declared that the
tcharges by the Roosevelt men thai
I the police kept them out Of the hal
! we're untrue. Heney cross examined
him as did Stubbs and the pair made
4 their questions searching and soor
4 had Buckley confused.
4 Committeeman Chubb objected to
i tho line of questioning and he ano
Heney clashed. Rosewater called
Heney to order and demanded that
i he address his remarks to the chair.
4 All Ready to Fight.
i II will address the chair" said the
i San Francisco man, But will also
see that no man insults me. car
I take care OF myself. Don't forget
that"
| This declaration caused decided
stir among the committeeman.
Something of furry was created
by the presence in the anteroom o.
: two Chicago plain clothes men and Il
: was reported that they were there be
cause it was reported that the hear
: ing of the Missouri case might result
in serious trouble Sergeant-at-arms
Stone denied, however, that they were
!, there to keep order but said they
were there on regular duty in accord
ance with the previous arrangements
and precedent of four years ago.
When the motion to seat the Taf
, men in the fifth Mississippi distric
: was made, Borah tried to have the
! delegation split with one vote tt
each side. He tried to get roll-cal
, but failed and his amendment was de
!, feated while the Taft motion was car
| ried.
Heney again broke loose by sarcas
tically appealing to the Taft men.
, Get up men," he snarled, "and give
J Murray Crane Of Massachusetts,, 6
!. chance to go on record on this steal
"The gentleman is out Of order
declared Rosewater, rapping the tabl,
: with his gavel and then the commit
tee proceeded to the eighth Mississip
pi district.