Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-06-13
All Roosevelt Contests Presented
to National Committee De-
cided Same Way.
PRACTICALLY UNANIMOUS, TOO
One Roll Call Test Shows ID
Members against the Presi-
dent-Meeting Srrpris-
ingly Peaceful.

Chicago, June 7.--Twentyfour dele
gates from Alabam and Arkansas
were added day to the Taft column
by the action Of the republican national
committee on the so-called Roosevelt
contests from those states. All the con-
tests presented before the committee
to-day were decided in Tafts favor.
and in all but two the decision of the
committee was unanimous. although
one roll call test apparently had
shown Is anti-Taft votes.
The cases decided to-day were those
of the six delegates-at-large and the
two each in the first. second. fifth,
sixth and ninth congressional districts
in Alabama, and the four delegates-at-
large and the two each in the first
and second districts of Arkansas There
remain TO be heard of the Arkansa s
contests those In the third. fourth,
fifth and seventh districts
The contest over the six delegates-at-
large from Arizona was postponed until
later In the day on motion of Commit
teeman Penrose of Pennsylvania
In view of the bitter feeling between the
Taft and Roosevelt adherents. the meet
Ing was surprisingly peaceful. although
forecast a degree of friction, which. how
| ever. failed to materialize
BORAH WARM UNDER COLLAR
This contest arose over renewal by
Senator Borah of Idaho OF lis motion of
yesterday which would permit only eight
members of the committee to demand a
| roll call instead OF 10 as provided by the
| existing rules,
Dennis T. Clynn Of oklahoma, holding
at the time the proxy Of Committeeman
I Flanagan Of Nevada. moved to lay the
| Borah motion on the table. Mr.. Borah
| wanted to debate the motion, but Chair
man Rosewater declared II undebata bic
as a proposition Of parliamentary law.
II don't intend to be choked off BY
a gag this early in the campaign" said
Senator Borah with some show of heat
"and will either have my say here. or
l Will occupy such position that this
convention will make no progress
This committee will conduc; 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
early In the campaign, retorted the
Idaho senator
The committee proceeded 10 table the
Borah motion by viva voce vote and
| then Mr. Borah was p-iinitted to con-
tinue. which he did as follows:
| RECOGNIZES STEAM ROLLER.
Mr.. Chairman we will not make any
progress here Now l know that VOL
| have a steam roller. I don't even desire
to cushion the steam roller. | am per
fectly willing that the steam roller shall
operate, but I want to say here an,
now that it will be known TO the coun
try that it does operate, how it operates
and who is operating IT,
Men who have not the moral cour
age to record their vote before tn,
people OF this country are not worth,
to represent the great republican or
gan!zation OF these United states
Applause).
Men who have not the manhood +,
stand up here and state for whom tn
are going to vote how th,y are goini
to vote are evidently acing as -.
The Chairman-"Tae gentlemal
from Idaho Is out Of order"
Mr.. Barthol1t--"There is rpthin
before the House"
Senator Borah--"I am before III
House"
Mr.. Bartholdt--"I ask unanimou
consent that the gentleman he per
mitted TO proceed in order that thi
proceeding he made parliamentary"
Mr.. Penrosa--"I nope consent will h
given to the senator from I1aho Z
continue and think we should Civ
unanimous consent now AMI let hin
get his remarks into the record
ROLL. CALLS on DEMAND.
II was made plain very soon after thi
that even though Mr.. Rorah's motion ha
been tabled the ma jority intended to civ
! the minority roll call on demand, Of
. any question. Penrose, crane ana other
of the Taft faction repeatedly jolne
Rorah and his colleagues in the minorit
in asking for roll call, and they Away
got It.
The test vote came in the case OF tn
: ninth Alabama diArlce in winch IN
Taft delegates We're seated by vote q
as TO H. The Is We're knight of California
DUPONT of Delaware. Borah OF Idaho
Lowden OF Illinois. Burnam of Kentucky
Wight of Louisiana (whose vote was cas-
by T. w ThtberGerl. Kellogg
Minnesota. Rosewater OF Nebraska
Flanagan OF Nevada Cwhose proxy wa
held at that time by Lucius ~ Littauer)
Ward Of New York Capers OF Sout
Carolina. Thorson OF South Dakota Mon
day OF Tennessee, Loose of Utah ant
Bieber of the District OF Columbia.
; An incident Of the day was the rejection
by unanimous vote of the brief OF j.
Conner of Little Rock In the Arkansa
delegate s- large case on the ground tina
II contained Indecent and insulting
language"
MEAD ON COMMITTEE.