Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-06-13
President Given Two Call
fornia Delegatesnnd Four
From Arizona After Hot
Words are Passed.
HENEY CRIES FRAUD;
ALASKA HITS BACK
Gov. johnson Enlivens Pro-
ceedings by Refusing to
Sit at Hearing When
Thief on Trial is Judge.

Chicago, June 12.-The republican
national committee today voted 70
seat the six delegates at large from
Arizona and the two Toft delegates IN
the national convention from the fourth
California district, the only contest
from that state. This action followed
q running fire opened on the commit
tee by Francis j. Heney and singing
statement from Governor Hiram John
son in the interest of Roosevelt.
Mr.. Heney seated in the national
committee with proxy, assailed men,
bers OF the committee, emphasizing
particularly Senator Murray Crane OF
Massachusetts, whom he addressed as
man who had mo respectability to
lose" While Chairman Rosewater was
admonishing the San Franciscan to
address the committee properly, Gov
ernor johnson arrived at the coliseum.
He declined to appear before the COM
mittee and issued written statement
which Mr.. Heney later read to the
committee. In this Governor Johnson
declared he declined to submit ito a
trial Of property by the thief VINO
steals IT,"
After the committee had voted the
Roosevelt faction down, Senator
Borah in q vigorous speech declared
the committee was making it impos-
sible for republican to preside over
the nation for the next four years" :"
During the roll call bitter attack
on Mr.. Heney was made by Commit
teeman Shackleford of Alaska. who
voted for the Taft delegates. He de-
clared that Alaska had been robbed
by the "Noyes machine of Minnesota"
and that Francis ]. Heney was its
chief counsel.
"This gentleman" Mr. shackleford
continued, came into this committee
on proxy and his first yell was
about graft rule in San Francisco. I
came here as referee and an i'm
partial judge l have seen the attempt
OF certain members to drive this COM
mittee to do what they want 1t to do.
I. for one. refuse to be intimidated or
driven from doing what I think is
right"
Jafes A. Tawney declared that any
action by the committee which would
recognize the states instead OF the
district would establish precedent
which would overthrow republican
principles.
Session Begins Early Today.
To dispose of the Arizona and Cali
fornia cases set for today and the
Louisiana cases, next on the list Of
states, the republican national COM
mittee set it's meeting for 9 o'clock to-
day with the prospect Of an all day
and long night session.
The California case, In view of the
statements made Monday by former
Senator Dick, the Taft contest attor-
ney. promised to bring the title to the
whole state delegation into question,
owing to an alleged conflict between
the California state primary law and
the official call Of the republican na-
tional committee issued last Decem-
Der at the meeting held in Washing
ton.
The national committees call speci-
fled that the voters of each congress
sfonal district should have the privil-
ege o! choosing two delegates to repre-
sent them in the republican national
convention. Under the California pri-
mary law. although the first returns
showed that the Taft delegates in the
fourth congressional district we're
elected over the Roosevelt delegates
the secretary of state acted under the
state primary law and gave all dele
gates to Col Roosevelt because of his
large majority in the state.
Later however. the secretary of
ytate determined that the boundaries
between the fourth and fifth districts
were not clearly enough defined to
make possible an accurate count Of the
Taft or Roosevelt votes in the fourth
district. This change further compli-
Gated the case as 1t was presented to
the committee today.
Tangled Situation In Louisiana.
I'm the Louisiana cases which the
committee expected to reach late to-
day, the regularity of the state organi-
cation Is directly at issue. Three dele
cations appear from the state at large,
one instructed for Roosevelt and head
ed by National Committeeman Pearl
Wight; and two for Taft, only one of
which the national committee recog
nizes as regular"
In an attempt to heal the Louisiana
split after the republican national con-
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