The Washington herald., 1912-06-12

| ny in the ointment Is the fear that tn
\ men who have already contributed enor
nous sums to Roosevelt's campaign vii
not hesitate at additional expenditure Il
order to achieve victory. The fear ma,
| be groundless. but the persistent rumori
/ OF the use Of money have ydisquietinI
eject. Advices have already been re
ceived here to the effect that Taft dele
/ eates in the South have been visitet
by Roosevelt agents, although up TO thu
present time no defections have beer
| reported.
Break I'm Taft Strength.
Throughout the Kentucky contests
that took up the entire days hearing
the Taft steam-roller worked with pre-
cision. When adjournment was taken
! tonight the score stood:
Seated for Taft, 101.
Seated for Roosevelt, /.
The contest, that OF the Eleventh
Kentucky district, Is the first OF those
filed by Taft that the committee so far
has heard. D. c. Edward and B. J.
Bethlehem were the Roosevelt men
The evidence filed by their attorneys
showed that they belonged to the reg
ular Republican organization. The Taft
contestants were o. H. Waddell and H.
H. Asher.
The vote for the first time broke the
Taft solid front. His showing was re-
duced from IS to 80. while 19 men voted
against seating the Taft man and one
member of the committee, Chairman
ROsewater, did not vote.
The one move that is focusing all at
tention Is the coming OF Roosevelt That
he will be In Chicago, perhaps Thurs
day and almost certainly before the end
OF the week is firmly believed in both
the Roosevelt and the Taft camps. Films
vigilantes, who have been paying most
Of their attention to incoming delegates
tonight shifted ground and at a long
secret session planned the reception for
the colonel that will rival any enthusias-
tic display ever rendered any man.
Plan Big Reception.
That was the hint dropped from the
committee room itself. There will be
fireworks. verbal and real, IL the colonel
lands in the evening. and there will be
a demonstration that can point the most
Wavering delegate the way the band
wagon is to trundle.
Meanwhile the Republican National
Committee. seated in its room in the Coli
scum annex, hammered Roosevelt dele
gates with the neatness and dispatch Of g
pneumatic riveter on the fourteenth story
Of an ONCE building skeleton. The work
was not performed without howls Of pain
from the Roosevelt men. All in all, the
fighting before the committee to-day was
the most strenuous that has yet been seen.
The Roosevelt men. REINFORCED by Francis
J. Heney, who accepted a proxy from John
G. Capers, Of South Carolina. and Herbert
S. Hadley. an original Roosevelt governor
from Missouri. contested strenuously
against the committees action.
The steam rolleT-ths same old vehicle
that made its record there four years ago,
was driven forward in the same careless
joy-riding spirit for a little while to-day,
for the first time since the session started.
The burst Of speed came in the contest
over the Kentucky delegates-at-large, the
first matter that came before the COM
mittee. The evidence for the delegates
at-large contest and in the First, Second.
and Fourth districts was punched and was
heard at the same time.
Steam Roller In Action.
The committee session started shortly
after 10 o'clock, and it was almost !
o'clock before a Vote in the case had
been reached. Before it came the Taft
men on the committee permitted the
Roosevelt men to file a bale Of affidavits-
After they were filed they refused TO
take time to read them, or permit them
10 be read, and with Borsh, Heney, and
others protesting, forced a vote. The
usual Taft majority obtained, although
three members Of the Roosevelt minority
refused to vote, saying the committees
acting in forcing a vote under the cir
was outrageous.
The contest was based on allegations
of interference by Federal ofhceholders
md Of gavel methods by their chairmen.
The Roosevelt men claimed an over
rhaN Fv,rr ..rNe. To- EA
serted that they were counted out, and
hat in the conventions in thirteen or
fourteen counties in which they had the |
most delegates they were gaveled down.
I'VE couldn't get our delegates elect |
ID" said Ed c. O'Rear, who presented |
he cases for the Roosevelt men. AL |
-hOugh the we had the votes, we couldn I |
get them counted"
Bradley Sends Telegram.
The session opened with a squabble |
when a telegram from Senator W. o. /
was received. Bradley is a Taft |
He protested against |
he contests on the ground that they had |
lot been filed in time to be considered |
lnder the rules Of the committee. The |
statement brought Thomas H. Devine. |
iolding Of the Colorado proxy, into the |
leart Of the proceedings. Devtne has
)een picked 10 nOlQ Ine 1dII CnAlrndn-
hip Of the credentials committee II the
President controls the convention He
demanded an investigation. Hot pro-
ests from Heney and Borah were lodg-
d. The records OF the committee
howed the contests had been fled in
ime, and the hearing was taken up.
1t was at the end OF the delegates-at-
arge hearing that the affidavits were
lied, disregarded, and the vote taken
yer the protest OF the Roosevelt men.
The next contest voted on was the
first district. The Taft men were VIC
orious. The Roosevelt men withdrew
he Fourth district contest, the Taft men
eing seated.
Allow Double Delegation.
In the Fifth District, where all Taft
1en had been elected, the committee
ook its first stand on the matter of
ouble delegations. -Four Taft men had
cen elected to cast the two votes of
he district. The committee had ruled
hat such districts would be considered
To-day they voted to seat
wo delegates and two alternates, allow
lg the eight men named at the con-
ention to choose who would take the
laces.
The Seventh District presented another
tin fight. After the evidence had been
card and the vote called for, the Roose-
cit lineup remained intact. the vote
eing 80 to Is And 50 It went through
ne Eighth and Tenth Districts.
The Taft delegate mill will put on q
light shift On motion Of A. NJ. Steven
On, Of Alabama, II was decided to hold
light sessions, beginning tomorrow. The
ommittee made slow progress to-day.