The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-06-15
STEAM ROLLER
GIVES TAFT THE
TEXAS DELEGATES
Roosevelt'S Men BOWED Out
Without Even the Form.
Atty Of a Roll Call.
T. r. MEN DENOUNCED.
Accused by the Presidents
Supporters of All Sorts Of
Political 'Brgandage-"
T. r. MEN DENOUNCED.

CHICAGO. June y.-whsn The r.
publican Nsuonsi Committss net u
aB A. N. to-day Il ignored the demand
Of the Roosevelt men that the rszas
contest b taken up at eoo& II ssgAa
the day by oonsidsring &hs oentsst -
volvins the virginia dslsGatss-At-larg~
The contests remaining 70 bs heard
whom the proceedings opsnsd were:
Texas. %; virginia. ~; washAnsson. II;
District Of Columbia. .; North Carol.
pA. l.
Tho issuss In the three big casss wsss
c1sAr cut a. between adhsrsnts Of ~
President and Col. Roosevelt. In the
Texas contests. Cecil Lyon. National
Committeeman Of the stats. claimed
regularity for HE Roossvsit organ.
sation. but no more strongly than did
II. +. Ascoregor. feeder Of The Taft a..
sanisAtton IN the Lone Star state. TIE
latter claimed that the Lyon men pee.
cesded kregularly In their election q
district delegates TO the STATE Couvsa.
uons md also IN the county delegates
TO some OF the district oonvsutSoaa
In virginia the Issue, - rasssd b,
Roosevelt contestants, was that he
Taft delegates were elected In Nam
where negroes were not allowed ana
that many local Republican Leaders were
thus virtually d,sfrsnchissd.
Washington's question was whs.hsr
the TAN people % manipulated the
STATE Committee ~ to obtain control
OF the convsstion which sent the dele.
gstss-st.isrgs 70 Chicago. Similar cues.
lions were involved In the District con.
tests from the Puget Sound state
rnoUOlG o. THE oAv OEoiNo
OVER rgxAe oGlgoATGt.
The contest Of the TEXAS dsisGatss-st-
large was the nrst called. Col Lyon an.
nounosd that he believed that tsshni SALLY
eaers wss no contest aoAinst the Nones.
welt dslsgatss-at.iarg& He said 10
printed brief Tor the Taft delegates had
been Med within the prescribed twenty
days before the National Committss
met that In consequence the rules Of the
committee had not been ebssrvsA and no
formal contest existed for the place Of
Me sisAt dslesatss. at-lsrgs.
Secretary Hayward said he had 1.-TWO
sets Of credentials from Tsxas."
THE chairman can only 90 on the I'D
vice Of the secretary" said Chairman
Rosswater. "He says contest exists
and II must b Called
A crisis was precipitated when Mr..
Mulvane of Kansas moved to pass
Texas and take up virginia. bsoAuss
Texas apparently was mot ready"
Il protest against such action" said
Lyon. I'VE are ready"
But you decline to 20 on with the
nrst contest" said Mulvans.
I'VE don't recognise that q contest
exists a. 10 these deisgatas-at-iArvs."
rstorted Lyon.
AGAINST ths protest Of Committeeman
CApers OF South Carolina. that 'you
naittee voted to take up the virgan,a
contests and to pass the Tszas osntsvt
temporarily.
CONVENTION VOTES TO TAKE
UP VIRGINIA FtoHT.
II was understood that Col. Lyon and
the Roosevelt members Of the committee
would raise against virtually all Of the
Texas contests the Same point made In
the case Of the delsGatss- at-largs, name.
ly. that no contests existed because the
TAFT delegates had not compiacd with
the committee rules.
When the virginia contests were called
another difhcuity aross. Only the TAR
deleSates-at-larSe appeared. The ser.
geant.at.Arms could not ma the Rooss.
welt delegates. Committeeman Ksilo9v
announced that Roosevelt delegates had
understood they were 10 be heard after
the Texas cases.
Lets taks up washin ston." said Sen.
ator Borah.
Thu Virginia DELEGATIONS f,ied out Of
the room. and q call wAs sent for the
Washington Contestants.
II was announced that the Roosevelt
side was not ready. On motion Of Com.
mitteeman kellogg the committee voted
again to call the Texas cases. The call
went out once more for the Texas dele.
cations, and tho committee began con.
siderstion OF the contest over the e.ga,
delegates-at-iarge from that state
As the records Of the secretary showed
that tie Roosevelt delegation, headed
by Cecil Lyon. had frst filsd Its oreden-
tals, the TAFT delegates. headed by II.
+. Mc0regor appeared a. the contest.
ants.
Colonel Lyon again declared the Tai
delegation had not made q legal con.
test, because It's briefs and argument,
had not been hled until yesterday.
Il again insist that no contest exists,
he said.
The chairman ovsrruied the point ant
Frederick G. Bryan. ono OF the con
test attorneys. began the argument.
Col. Lyon IL the Republican part,
In Texas" declared Mr. Bryan. III,
II the Repu oiioan COMMITTEES and run,
things absolutely. Under the systen
maintained by Col. Lyon each count,
Is given one vote In tho State conysn
! ton and an additional vote for eacl
800 voters In the county. As resul
i30 Western counties. which cas-
about three thousand votes, have
voice In the convention wholly dispro
, portionate to that Of Dallas, whicl
. alone casts that many votes"
The real sentiment In Texas, de
clared Mr., Bryan. was for Taft. Their
would have been large majority i
the State Convention but for Co
, Lyons political briga ndage" an
steam roller" methods. by while
Republican voters were disfrau
chlsed."
1. one county carried nv PresIdent Tai