The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-06-15

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: CONTESTS, PRESIDENT HAS
EouRTEEh ADDEpsTo HIS LIST.
s CHICAGO, June 15s-- President TAFT
today reeeIsed six ,delcsates lat the
hands Of the Republican national com.
mittee m contests With the, forces OF
Colonel FRoosevelt. To that number
The committee aided eight by the set
Element, Of local fights between TAFT
rival delegations, Opposed to tho
days gain Of "A by President Taft was
another empty sheet for Colonel
Roosevelt
: When Fthc COMMITTEES adjourned, at
$3.50 O'Clock this afternoon the Tex.
as, Virginia and Washington contests
remained as the struggles In which
the Roosevelt leaders arc to center
their strength tomorrow. b
None Of the contests today brought
out 1.-The strong partisan feeling that
has characterized many Of the argu.
ments and decisions In the commit.
toe room. In the three districts where
Roosevelt contests appeared. the
Coloners partlsans on the committee
voted against the seating OF the Taft
delegates but the only strong COM
mcnt was on the decision Of the Ninth
Tennessee case, which Francis ]. He.
ney asserted was clean steal"
Alaska Case Decided.
A contest from Alaska that had not
figured In the committee list was dis.
posed of without argument just be.
fore adjournment. Credentials from, a
Sontesting delegation elected at Val.
dez, May 20. had been received by Sec
rotary Hayward, but the committee
declined TO consider them. ia, -
The, sudden and early termination
OF the days proceedings resulted from
the desire Of presidents attorneys for
more ,timcito prepare The cases llnyoly'
ing the 30 contesting delegates from
Texas. Colonel Cecil Lyon, the Texas
committeeman, declared the Roosevelt
forces were prepared and desired to
continue, but former cSnator Dick
asked and MAS granted continuance
until tomorrow morning. An attempt
10 take up the Virginia and Washing
ton cases met similar opposition from
the, other side. ormsby Meilars, the
Roosevelt contest attorney. said his
side was prepared 10 present the
Texas, cases, but would not argue the
others, giS ST. ti,ts,,;
May Finish Work Today. !" -
By an agreement 10 consolidate thS
Virginia contests and to attempt. a
consolidation of the Washington cases
| II was made possiBIe TO present l.tlie
remaining contests tomorrow, 1t Is be
lteyed. 5Sp5t7 =
The remaining contests include
th6ae- Of ktre1ts. NIrEiniay Washington
the5D District Of, Colombia and the third
district Of North Carolina. slnftht
fourth. North Carolina district both del
egatIons are{ understood TO be fol
Roosevelt. 4 .,,3 a.. Ill .;gf.jEl'iS
Virginia, the chief issue Is wheth
| or OF. not the conventions cleeting Taft
delegates were held in districts OF
buildings from which thencsroes wore
excluded. The Washington contests
center about the control Of tho Wash
| ington state convention. ''
The contested delegates in Tcxas
4 number 80: in Virginia 20; In Wash
Iington ii; In the District OF Columbia
| and In North Carolha2. "
| 4 Contests Decided Friday.
sWhen the committee met. Friday
| morning the first contest fight brought
| up was that from the Third district Of
Oklahoma. Two conventions had beer
contested the choice OF delegates madt
held at Tulsa and the Roosevelt mer
by the Taft convention, but the com
| mlttec recognized the Taft delegates
and seated them. Ormsby 0'Harg, fol
tho Roosevelt faction engaged In a
lively worly war with Mr.. Stevenson
OF Colorado.
The second contest was from Souui
Carolina and involved controversy
between two Taft factions. A motion
10 seat both factions lost and 7. l.
Grant, OF Charleston. and A. b. PRO
leau, OF Eutawville. were stated.
Two contestipS Taft delegates were
| also involved in the contest from The
First Tennessee district. and the Con
gresham Sells delegation won out.
The Second Tennessee district con
! test, taken up next, involved both
TaftRoosevelt struggle. and a faction
al Tennessee fight. The st~o: Roose
welt delegates, John C; Houk and b
Lindsay, represented the Tale.Monday
faction, whileltho Tattydelegates, 7. A.
Wright and John J. Jennings, Jr. re
presented the faction led by Congress
man n. W. Austin, 'hTe TAFT men
were seated. - q d
In the Ninth Tennessee district an
other TaCt-Roosevelt contest was rep
resented. hTe Taft delegates vert
y n r..ts.