Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-06-07
Alabama's Delegates Favor
able to Reformation Of
President Seated With sCsnt
Opposition by Committee.
ACTION ON ARIZONA
DISPUTE POSTPONED
Warren c. Harding of Ohio
Selected to Place Name Of
President Taft Before Re-
publican Convention.


my tvenlnm rleraia 4. r. Leaaea wirrl
Chicggo. June President Taft
Won the first of the contests for seats
in the Republican national oonven-
ton. heard by the Republican nation
al COMMITTEES. When a vote OF 5S TO
nothlng-a unanimous decision-the
contest over the Alabama delegates
at-large. six IN number, was decided
In favor OF the LIONS" CTafD dele
cation.
Tie first vote was viva voce, Sena-
tor BOrah, askina iur yea and nay
vote though evidcntly there We're no
negatives His request WAS complied
with and conirmed the unanimous
decision.
The Alabama contest cases were
taken up by the committee when II
met at 10 o'clock.
The Alaoama cases we're declared
by the Taft attorncys 10 rest upon
the regularity of the state Kepubli-
can organization presided over by
Pops NJ. Long, state chairman. Six
delegates-at-iaFge and two district
delegates in the first, second, fifth,
sixth and ninth congressional districts,
sixteen In all OF Aidbamn's twenty
four delegates we've involved la the
contests.
che Taft claims To- the Alabama
deiegates-at~iarRe SIX IN number, as
presented % the committee By the
Presidents representatives. were sub
aiantiallV as follows ia August, 1911,
Rpnbiicnn favtllnt 10 Alabama came
together Ia a convention under sug-
gestlon from President TAFT 10 come
promise LOng-Standing differences.
That convention it Was claimed. Sc
lccted Pope M Long, state chairman,
supersedinR j. q Thompson and se-
lected six delegates-at-nrge 70 the
Republican national convention.
When the Republican national COM
mlttee met IN Washington Decem-
her, 1911, Il inytiidnsed any election
of Delegates that had token place
prior 90 its meeting. state Chairman
Long called another convention Ia
Birmingham March Z, 1919 and the
delegntes-Rt-lay We're re-elccted In
conformity with the national commit
tees official call.
Later Senator Dick claimed,
Thompson tho former chairman, Is
sued a call FOR a sepHrate convention
az which the cDniosting deicgates-at-
large we're chosen,
After Colonel Roosevelt announced
his candidacy for tao presidency" he
said. mir. Thompson repudiated the
written agreement he had entered in-
10 year ago. pretended that the en-
tirc proceedings OF the convention
held In August. 1911, werr illegal and
void, aud pretended to call together
the old state committee of which he
had been chairman. Three members
Of the old committee ont Of total of
: I responded 60 his call.
"The TAFT deloguteE-at-la large were
all Nr4na ia
called by the new state committee OF
which Pope 81 long Is cnairman.
'fhere can be no question about the
legality OF their election!
In the nrst congressional district
cases the TAFT attorneys declared the
organization estnblishsd hy the ie-
publican convention iu Alabama had
been snorcd and that a separate con-
Ncntlon % elect Rooseyeit delegates
had been called by J. q. Thompson
and N. T.. Steele. who occupy no Of
liciai relation 10 either the state or
congressional committees"
ln tnc second district t was claimed
the regniar organization also was ig-
nOred ana the TAFT forces further
charged that the RooseYelt conveu-
ton had been held outside the bouno
dafies of The second congressional dis
irict without lhe ssusng Of notices az
tire holding of county conventions.
Ia fhe nth and ninth districts the
Fart adherents charged she Roosevelt
forces with working through Rump"
on boiling committees, and IN tho
sixth district n was claimed eight
men mad selected the district dele
gates az Blrminghnm.
kriofs for tho Roosevelt side were
made available for the press only 80
the cases were called up by the com-
mlttee.
Another attempt Was made IA the
beginning of the sesslon hy the Roose-
Welt forces 90 procure committee
roll eail by the request ol eight meme
hers senator liarth renewed the
/ IRht io strife out the requirement
uf twenty votes Tor a roll call
senator hOruh's melton was tabled
hy a viva vote vote This result cry-
sialised the impression thai the thir-
{, nine 90 thirteen vote of yesterday
really represents the relative Tafl and
Hnii-Taii strength in the committee
The members from south Dakota and
/ Wisconsin, generally are accredited 20
the Lnfolieile lnieerat
The Alahamn confess over the dele
Katiun at large was urtt taken % by
the Republican national committee.
ON motion ef senator Pcnrnse tho
CnFe gf Arl1oun NHs passed over So
the Republican national committee
until a later day
in the first Aluhama district case.
the Roosevelt side waived argument
as FUTILE after the decision on the
Cconunuod on Pose 3. Column i.)