The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1912-06-14
Twelve MORE
FOR PRESIDENT
INDIANA CONTESTS. INVOLVING
COL. NEWS SEAT DECIDED
IN TAFT's FAVOR.
FAIRBANKS GETS SEAT.
Taft Strength on Temporary Roll Of
Convention Now up to 285-eorah
Says Opposition Is
Scared. -


Scared. -
Chicago, June 1.-THE Republican
national committee added IL more
delegates to the catalog of the Taft
strength on the temporary roll or the
national convention.
The. much.discussed Indiana contest
came before the committee. and all
were decided In ,Taft's favor.
With the ~ delegates secured in the
southern contests decided last week
in the Alabama, Arkansas. Florida
and Georgia cases. the new cases
make a total OF 81 delegates added to
the Taft forces by the work of the ma.
tional committee. With the POI in
structed and uncontested delegates
credited to him. this brings his total
on the temporary roll up. to 2S5,- not
other contests likely to be
decided for him.
The cases decided were those OF the
Indiana delegation at large, four in
number headed by Colonel Harry s.
New, chairman Of the convention COM
mittee of arrangements. and includ-
ing former Vice President Charles w.
Fairbanks. and the district delegates
of two each from the. First. Third
and Thirteenth districts. The contest
in the Fourth district was withdrawn.
The real fight Of the day in the COM
mittee came. not on the contest over
the delegates at large, where II had
been expected-the committee was I'M
animous in giving them to Taft-but
over the seating of two Taft delegates
from the Thirteenth, or South Bend.
district. Attempts Of the Roosevelt
attorneys to introduce certain afiida-
Wits collected by them to, have the
signatures of a majority of the dele
gates to the district convention at
South Bend at which the Taft dele
gates. were chosen, precipitated the
only sensational interchange OF the
day, and occasioned a sudden reversal
of the committees vote, which was
not explained to the satisfaction OF
the Roosevelt men.
This was not the first battle of the
day. however. Before the Indiana
cases were taken up. the committee
came near to a turbulent scene OF fac.
tional bitterness. A motion by Sen.
ator Crane of Massachusetts,. to post
pone the case of the Fourth dis.
trict of California, In accordance
with the request of ex-senator. Dick.
the Taft contest leader. met the oppo!
sition OF the Roosevelt forces. The
case already had been called and the
attorneys and contestants were In
their places at the tables, when this
question arose. Mr.. Dick argued that
a similar delay had been granted last
week in the California case at the
request OF the Roosevelt people and
he thought he was entitled to the
courtesy.
During this debate the tabled
steam roller" figured In the discus
sion. Some of the Taft men resent
ed mention of the political jugger-
naut. which they said was a fiction:
whereupon Mr.. Borah later intimated
that the Roosevelt people had no
sensitiveness on the subject; In fact,
rather liked to talk about that ma.
chine. In the roll call on the California
proposition the lineup was 3s to IS.
the personnel on each side being sub.
stantially the same as In the other
divisions of factional lines.
In connection with the putting over
Of the contest In the Fourth Cali
fornia district the committee formal.
ly ordered all uncontested delegates
to be placed on the temporary roll OF
the national convention. This action
was said to be only q matter Of form
as the names would 90 on the roll as
q matter Of course and any name
entered on he roll can be stricken
OF by order Of the committee.
Ia Toilette Men Remain Loyal.
Milwaukee.-So far as the delegates
from Wisconsin are concerned. there
will be no support given to Theodore
Roosevelt or President Taft by men
elected to represent U. 8. Senator
Robert M. La Follettetin the Republi.
can national convention. Efforts also
will be made to hold the delegates
from North Dakota to the same line
Of action. =
At a meeting of the so-called La
Toilette steering committee held In
this city II was decided to support
the La Toilette long hand program.