East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-06-12
Wins in Contest Over District Giving Roosevelt
$4,000 Majority in Primary
MASS MEETING CALLED TO .DENOUNCE PRESIDENT
Pennsylvania and West Virginia Republicans Will Accept
Taft As Nominee Under no Circumstances Declare
Leaders Of the Progressives.

Chicago, Illinois, June 12-The
national committee today seated
two Taft delegates trom the fourth
district of California. Francis ]. He
ney was bitter in his denunciation of
the committeeman for their action.
Heney said:
81 am before the national commit
tee to tell President Taft through his
committee, that if he accepts the two
delegates from the fourth California
district, he is the receiver of stolen
goods"
This statement resulted in bitter
debate in which the California attor-
ney bitterly assailed the motives of
Senator Crane of Massachusetts, and
Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania.
Other Roosevelt men made open
charges that Taft committeeman had
robbed Roosevelt of two fairly elected
delegates.
The national committees vote on
the contest of the fourth California
district was 81 for seating Taft men
to 16 against. The two Roosevelt del
egates were elected by a majority of
more than $4,000 in the state wide
primary, and the two Taft men who
were seated in their stead had local
majority of $50 votes.
F. C. Bryan, a law partner of Cen
eral Charles Dick, Taft's contest man
ager, argued for TAFT. Heney spoke
for the Roosevelt delegates. After
Bryan was through with his argu-
ment, Senator Penrose of Pensvlva-
mia. asked il he knew the California
legislature had "flagrantly and deib-
erately violated the law by forcing
through the California primary law
under the lash of Governor Johnson"
Heney was on his feet instantly. Il
object" he said, 'to my state being
insulted by Senator Penrose or any
one else. l won't silently permit any
one to libel Governor Johnson"
Frances ]. Heney, the graft prose-
cutor today attacked members of the
national committee. He said:
"The committees handling of the
contest is disgraceful. 1t is the most
scandalous farce l ever saw enacted
and l have watched the methods OF
the toughest politicians in the world
those of San Francisco. l sent Ruef
to the penitentiary for doing the same
things. but there are no laws to take
care of the situation in the national
committees case"
Roosevelt men declare the action OF
the national committee in seating the
two Taft delegates from the fourth
district of California, is part of plan
TO lay a foundation for an attack on
the whole delegation from California
and other states where delegates were
elected from the stat at larg. This
attack thy say will DE made on Gre
dentials.
In connection with the California
contest, Heney read a letter from
Governor Johnson.
1t said:
'I decline to appear before a COM
mittee and will not submit to a trial
for title of property by thief who
steals again. 1t would be an insult
to the people of California for me to
appear before a committee which OBJ
sequiously receives Patrick Calhoun's s
man, Hogue, or even listens to a con-
test by Calhoun, designed to override
a majority of 1900 California repub-
licans which prejudiced the contest"
The national committee today seat
ed the Taft delegates at large from
Arizona. This is the most serious
blow Roosevelt has yet received at
the hands of the national committee,
Ormsby McHarg, Roosevelt repre-
sentative in the contests. contended
the election of the Taft delegates