Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-06-12
D, C. Edwards Of Eleventh Ken
lucky District Given Seat in
Convention by Committee
Favors Rough Rider,
B0RAH AND HENEY
REGISTER PROTESTS
California Lawyer Refers Many
Times to Alleged Frauds as
Resembling Those Under Abe
Ruef,

nv Morning journal Special Leased wire.)
Chicago, June 11.-One delegate for
Colonel Roosevelt, the first awarded
him since the national committee be-
gan the contest cases last Friday, and
seventeen for President Taft. were
the net results of todays session of
the republican national committee.
In all 1O1 delegates have accorded
the president since the committee
began its hearings. The one placed in
the Roosevelt column today was ID.
c. Edwards from the Eleventh dis
trict of Kentucky. The Taft forces on
the committee refused by vote OF
33 to 10 to seat both the Roosevelt
delegates whose places were contested
but agreed to split which gave Colonel
Roosevelt and President Taft each
one delegate from the district.
The half victory for Colonel Roose-
welt came at the end of day in
which all of the other contests from
Kentucky had been decided in Presi-
dent Taft's favor In some of these the
Roosevelt men had acquiesced; In
others they had mustered vote rang
ing from IL to IL against the Tart
decisions.
Senator Borah, the most active
Roosevelt figure in the committee
protested against the splitting of the
Eleventh. district delegation.
There is no justification for II,
he declared. "If one is given, both
should be-
Arthur I. Vorys, of Ohio. had made
Tho motion to seat the divided delega-
ton.
John G.. Capers, Senator Borah and
Francis ]. Heney led an effort to
adopt a substitute to seat both Roose-
yelt men but they could muster only
nineteen votes. The split delegation
was then accepted. President Tafts
four contested delegates at large from
Kentucky, headed by Senator w. y.
Bradley, we're seated with only eleven
votes in the negative.
He was given the six from tne
First Second and Tenth, unanimously
the contest against the two IN the
Fourth district was Withdrawn anu
the five from the Seventh, Eighth and
Eleventh districts were won against
the votes of the Roosevelt forces.
Sharp interchanges between frah-
els ]. Heney. of San Francisco, ana
Taft members of the committee char-
acterized the long session.
Mr.. Heney who will appear tomor-
row in the hearing of the California
contests, repeatedly referred 10 irauus
in Kentucky elections and compareu
conditions there to those that exist
ed in California under Ruef.
When the Eleventh district contes,
of Kentucky, was called before the re-
publican naionai committee TO-DAY ,"e
Taft delegates appeared as the con
testants. f. p. Morrow declared the
Taft forces had fourteen majority OF
the contested delegates while there
were 131 contested delegates.
The Roosevelt forces elected teih-
porary chairman with the AID Oh con
tested delegates, he said. and theh
broke the established party law py
having the chairman appoint ere
dentials committee of five instead OF
letting the convention select com
mittee of one from each of the nine
teen counties.
Mr.. Morrow said the Roosevelt
forces had seized the credentials COM
mittee and that a fair hearing OF ,ne
contests would have given Iait con-
troll. The district convention split
Judge f. c. O'Rear said the Roose-
Welt delegates in the Eleventh district
we're regular and that the Tart men
had bolted.
A motion to seat one Taft delegate
and one Roosevelt delegate from the
Eleventh district was made.
Mr.. Capers, of South Carolina, OF
Tered as a substitute a motion to seat
the two Roosevelt delegates. caper
motion was defeated. 33 to ls. The
motion to sat ID. G. Edwards,
Roosevelt delegate. and o. II. Waddie'
a Taft delegate, was then carrieu
without roll call.
Those whose votes were cast ior
the Roosevelt delegates included
Knight. of California; Cavender. oil
colorado; Borah. of Idaho; Flannl-
gan, of Nevada: Thorson. of South
dakota; Lyon. of Texas. and Loose. OF
Utah.
The California. Arizona and Louisi-
ana contests will be taken UP tomor-
row.
ROOSEVELT RACES AGAINST IL