Arizona republican., 1912-06-11
All the Indiana Contests Involving Twelve Dele gates Were Decided by the National Committee in Presidents Favor
ROOSEVELT MEN
 OBJECT STRONGLY
Turbulent Scene When the Committee Decided to Continue California Con
 test Until Tomorrow Remarks by F. J. Heney
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h in the republican national committee added twelve more delegates to Taft's strength on the temporary roll of the national convention.
 The Indiana contests came before the committee which decided them all in favor of Taft
 With Seventy-tWO delegates con- prised in the southern contests decided last week, today's gains make a to- tai of cighty-four delegates added 70 the Taft forces by the work of the na- tiOnal committee. With POI instructed and unmstructed delegates credited him they bring his total on the tenn porary roll to 285, not counting the other contests that may be decided for him.
 A large proportion of the contested seats among the ITO cases still to be passed or is represented by delegates instructed for Taft.
 The real fight of the day in the com mittee came not in the contest over the delegates at large but over the seating of two Taft delegates from the thir teenth district of Indiana. Attempts by the Roosevelt attorneys to introduce certain affidavits declared by them to bear the signature of a majority of the delegates to district conventions at which the Taft delegates Were chosen, precipitat ed the only sensational inter- change oi the day, and occasionally a sudden reversal of the committees vote was not explained to the satisfaction of the Roosevelt men. The reversal Of the ;o,l IL laration that it was not to be regarded as a precedent.
 Before the Indiana cases were taken up the committee came near turbu- lent scene of factional bitterness. The Roosevelt forces fought proposition to postpone until Wednesday the case of the fourth district of California The roll call on the California postpone ment showed 3S to 13 the personnel at each side being substantially the same as in other divisions on factiOnal lines.
 In connection with putting over the contest in the fourth district of Cali foria the committee ordered all uncon- tested delegates placed on the tempo rary roll of the convention. This ac- tion was d matter of form. Any name
 
 the committee.
 PoStpOnement of hearing the con test of the fourth California district today brought high intensity and a heated conflict between the Taft and Roosevelt factions in the committee The vote was 38 to 13, by which the ostponement was effected on motion of Senator Crane of Massachusetts. It drew, beyond d possible doubt the lines between the factions in the Ari- zOna contest over six delegates at large, which was set over by the com mittee until Wednesday to enable the Arizona attorneys to prepare their case A proposal to put on the foot of the calendar all cases passed over was met with an objection from Com mitteeman George A. Knight of Cali fornia, who demanded that the Cali forna case, passed over on Saturday, be taken up today. The committee then agreed to take up the contest of the two delegates from the fourth California district
 We believe that the California pri- mary law, in it's statewide primary requirements, does not conform to the principles under which the na- tional committee acts" said former Senator Dick, Taft attorney He said that the California law. by bind- ing all district delegates to abide by the statewide preference vote, raised d grave issue We of the Taft com mittee would like to have Governor Johnson himself before the commit tee" said Fred HOgue of San Fran cisco, and have him explain what he said about the primary law when it was under consideration"
 Francis J. Heney, d Roosevelt man, said: There is a movement on foot to disfranchse all the delegates from the sovereign state of California These votes are needed" "The gentleman will not be allowed to come in here and insult the com mttee on the strength of something he has seen in the newspapers" de- clared Thomas Devine of Colorado Chairman RoseWater asked Sergeant and Taft contestants outside while l the committee decided the Indiana 1 contest. These cases have beer looked upon as the first real test ot strength. With former Vice Presi- dent Fairbanks heading the Taft dele gates at large and former Senator Beveridge leader of the Roosevelt delegation, the fight is looked or