Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-06-14
TAFT MAKES
FURTHER GAINS
Contest After Contest Is De.
cided in His Favor by
Committee
TEXAS FIGHT IS INTERESTING
Domination of Notorious Cecil
Lyons as Boss of Party
Is at Stake.


porters of President Taft were declar-
, ed entitled to seats in the Republican
national convention today as the net
results of its hearings of contests
prior TO 1880 m. Four of these
two each from the third district of Ok
! lahoma, and the second district of
i Tennessee were victorious over con-
testing Roosevelt delegations.
Contests from the first South Caro-
lima and first Tennessee districts in
! volved factional fights between Taft
| adherents no Roosevelt men appear
| ing as claimants for the seats. The
two contests involving issues between
Taft and Roosevelt supporters were
decided by viva voce votes, the Roose-
welt members of the committee being
unable to obtain roll call. In both
cases the question at issue involved
the regularity of rival conventions,
Walter l.. Houser, campaign mana
ger for Senator LaFollette, held a seat
| in the national committees meeting
today representing Committeeman AL
fred T. Rogers of Wisconsin.
Acrimonious Argument.
Chicago IL, June 14.-Nearly two
hours of acrimonious argument at the
forenoon session Of the Republican
national committee today, had as it's
net result the transfer Of the two del
egates from a single Oklahoma dis
trict the third, from the contested
to the Taft column. The issue hinged
upon the regularity of rival conven-
tions held at Tulsa, the Roosevelt del
egates appearing IS contestants.
South carolina.
| Following this action, the commit
tee quickly disposed of the first South
Carolina District, case in which the
Irregular and contesting delegates were
both composed of Taft supporters,
The contestants were seated.
Tennessee.
The national committee then seat
/
gates in the first Tennessee district.
No Roosevelt contestant was involved.
The two Taft delegates contest from
the second Tennessee district was
settled by the national committee
without roll call, Roosevelt men vot-
/ ing no" A motion to seat the Roos-
evelt delegates was defeated.
Texas Contests Postponed
Under provisional agreement
= reached by the Republican national
committee members, the hearings or
the Texas contests were put over un-
til tomorrow. 1t is expected to argue
the Washington contests late today,
, if they can be reached.
The postponement of the Texas
hearings was requested by the Taft at
torneys, who asked for further time
. in which to prepare their case.
, Many Contests Decided.
| Chicago, H., June 14.-Of the con
itests confronting the committee Whel
II met today, those from North Caro-
: lima, South Carolina and Oklahoma
were expected to take but little time
In the remaining North Carolina dis
| trict, the fourth, the contest involved
local issues and no question existed
, as to Colonel Roosevelt's title to the
two delegates.
In the first South Carolina. the Tai
forces claimed that the Roosevelt
men bolted; while the opposing dele
cation claimed to have been regularl.
and legally elected. In the third Ok
llahoma district, the Roosevelt force'
declare the Taft delegates were out
numbered and refused 10 go to the hal
where the convention was called t
meet, holding their convention else
where. The Taft delegates, on tn
other hand, claimed they controlle'
and organized the third district con
: yention and that the Roosevelt win
then bolted.
e In the Tennessee contests embrat
ing the first, second, ninth and tent
districts, bitter local fights were ir
volved. The delegations from tn
:. Memphis, or tenth, were both for Tai
or at least neither was claimed by tn
o Roosevelt forces.
In the first and second districts, IL
cal political differences are said
have resulted in the organization c
> separate conventions.
d Lyons Scalp in Danger.
). The Texas cases involve probabl
e the hardest fight the committee wi
@ meet The Roosevelt delegations frol
that state are all cflampioned by Gee
=. Lyon. national committeeman, and or
q CT Colonel Roosevelt's most arde1
n supporters in the south. The Ia
delegations represented, on the otht
+, hand, the organization perfected
a II. F. McGregor, of Houston, to unse;
= Colonel Lyon and end his power in tt
state.
Rival state conventions and riv
county conventions were held in TIE
as, and their actions form the bas
u for the contests before the nation
VI committee The Taft forces claim
III have proceeded regularly to hold di
u trict conventions after the state co
yention under Colonel Lyons domin
le ton had refused to call such conve
n ton.
er The Lyon-Roosevelt forces, on Il