Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-06-08
First Division Comes Over Contest
from Ninth District.
VOTE THIRTY.EIGHT TO FIFTEEN
Rosewater and Lowden Vote for
Roosevelt Delegates.
ARKANSAS FOR THE PRESIDENT
Twenty-FOur Delegates Are Added
to Taft's List by National Com
mittee's Action Yesterday
at Chicago.

action of the republican national COM
mittee upon the Roosevelt contests from
those states. All of the contests pre-
sented before the committee today were
decided in Taft's favor, and in all but
two the decision of the committee was
unanimous, although one roll call test
apparently had shown fifteen anti-Taft
votes.
The cases decided today were those of
the six delegates-at-large and the two
each in the First, Second, Fifth, Sixth
and Ninth congressional ditricts in Ala
bama, and the four delegates-at-large and
the two in the First and Second districts
of Alabama.
There remain to be heard of the
Arkansas contests, those In the Third,
Fourth, Fifth and Seventh districts.
Arizona Case Postponed.
The contest over the six delegates-at-
large from Arizona was postponed until
later day on motion of Committeeman
Penrose of Pennsylvania. In view of
the bitter feeling between the Taft and
Roosevelt adherents. them Getting was
surprisingly peaceful, although it opened
with a contest which seemed to forecast
degree of friction.
This contest arose over renewal by
Senator Borah of Idaho, of his motion
Of yesterday, which would permit only
tight members of the committee to Se-
mand a roll call instead ftwenty, as
provided by the existing rules.
Dennis T. Flynn of Oklahoma, holding
at the time the proxy of Committeeman
Flanagan Of Nevada, moved to lay the
Borah motion on the table. Mr.. Borah
wanted to debate the matter, but Chair
man Rosewater declared it unbeatable
as a proposition OF parliamentary law.
4C6 .G-lies:: ?mamovalcs
II don't intend to be choked by gag
It's early in the campaign" said Senator
Borah, with some show Of heat, "and !
will either have my say here, or l will
occupy such a position that this conven-
tion will make no progress
Rules Must Govern.
This committee will conduct its pro-
ceedings under the usual parliamentary
rules" said Mr.. Rosewater, with marked
dignity.
But YOU shall not adopt any rule or
gag by laying motions on the table this
carly in the campaign" retorted the Idaho
senator.
The committee proceeded to table the
Borah motion by a viva voce vote, and
then Mr.. Borah was permitted to con-
tinuc, which he did as follows:
Mr.. Chairman, we will not make any
progress here. Now ] know that you
have d steam roller. I don't even desire
to cushion the steam roller | am per-
fectIv willing that the steam roller shall
operate, but / want to say here and now
that it will be known to the country That
it. does operate, how it operates, who is
operating it. Men who have not the
moral courage to record their vote before
the people of this country are not worthy
to represent the great republican organ
ization of this United States. (Applause).
Men who have not the manhood to
stand up here and state for whom they
are going to vote, how they are going
to vote. are evidently acting as -
The Charman-The gentleman from
Idaho is out of order
Mr.. Bartholdt-There is nothing before
the house.
Senator Borah-I am before the house.
Mr.. Bartholdt-I ask unanimous con-
sent that the gentleman be permitted to
proceed in order that this proceedings be
made parliamentary
Mr.. Penrose-I hope consent will be
given to the senator from Idaho to
continue and | think We should give
unanimous consent now and let him get
his remarks into the record.
Roll Call Allowed.
1t was made plain very soon after this
that even though Mr.. Borah's motion had
been tabled the majority intended to
give the minority a roll call Oh demand,
on any question. Penrose, Crane and
others of the Taft faction repeatedly
ioined Borah and his colleagues in the
minority in asking for roll call, and
they always got it.
The test vote came in the case of the
Ninth Alabama district, in which the
Taft delegates were seated by vote
Of 3s to Is. These fifteen were Knight of
California, Dupont of Delaware, Borah
cf Idaho, Lowden of Illinois, Burnam Of
kentucky, Wight of Louisiana (whose
vote was cast by E. w. Thilderger),
Kellogg of Minnesota, Rosewater of Ne
braska, Flanagan of Nevada (whose proxy
was held at that time by Lucius NJ.
of South Carolina, 'Thorson of South Da-
kota, Monday of Tennessee, Loose of
Utah, and Bieber of the District of Co.
lumbia.
An incident of the day was the rejec-
lion by unanimous vote of the brief of
J. A. Conner of Little Rock in the Arkan-
sas delegates-at-large case, on the ground
hat it contained indirect and insulting
language." Members of the committee
said later that proper regard must be
shown for the dignity Of the court by
which these cases were being heard.
Tomorrow work will begin with the
remaining Arkansas cases and these prob
ably will be followed by the Florida
,ases. The case of the two delegates
from the Fourth district of California,
who are contested by the Taft faction,
will not be heard until Monday, as the
parties cannot reach here in time for
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