The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-13

| c1fculaf WnlCn ne Sdlu J. D. Wlli1dHlS, the former state chairman, had circu- lated, calling for meeting to organize republican party to be dominated by white voters"
 Party Has Vanished l From 1900 to 1912 the republican party | In Louisiana has vanished under the white regime declared Vance The committee by a vote of 4s to voted to seat the six Louisiana Taft dei- egates at large. Mr. Wight then with drew contests in the First, Second. Sixth and Seventh districts and the committee took up the Louisiana contests in the Third, Fourth and Fifth districts. In the Third district both delegati tions were for Taft, the contest again being one of local politics. E. T. Miller, for the Williams faction asked delay until certain papers arrived. The delay was refused. The case involved split over control of the district convention and the delegations appearing represented the Rodrigue and Loisel factions.
 After voting to seat the "Rodrigue" delegates in the Third Louisiana district the committee argued briefly the Fourth Louisiana district contest in which there were again three factions, two delega- tions for Taft and one delegation for Roosevelt.
 Cecil Lyon moved that the two con testing Roosevelt delegates be seated. This was defeated without a roll call and the Loisel-Taft delegates seated.
 The contest from the Fifth Louisiana district again involving three factions was then taken up. Arguments were briefly submitted by J. l. Rogers for the Roosevelt delegation and c. s. Hebert for the Losel or "black and tan" Taft faction.
 The Fifth Louisiana district went like the others,t completing the contests of , the state. In this district w. T. Insley, one of the delegates. was chosen by both the Loisel and Kuntz factions. The Will Hams faction withdrew their contests. F. B. Kellogg moved to seat J. w. Green. the eontesting Kuntz faction delegate. This was defeated F. H. Cook, the other Loisel faction delegate. was then seated, giving President Taft the two delegates.
 Attempt to Settle Muddle
 An attempt to settle the Louisiana mud dle by officially recognizing the Louis lana state committee headed by Victor Loisel with it's subordinate district com mittee was made by Harry S. New of Indiana Pearl Wight of Louisiana ob- jected to action on the motion and 1t was withdrawn.
 The Michigan contest, involving the six delegates at large from that state was taken up by the committee. The list of contesting Roosevelt delegates from Michigan was headed by Governor Chase S. Osborne, who was not present at the hearing because of an injury recently suffered.
 George l.. Record for Roosevelt said there had been two conventions in Bay City and that the state committee had taken upon itself the decision as to what county delegates should go on the tenn porary roll of the state convention.
 More than 100 regularly elected dele gates were forcibly kept out of the hail." he said.
 William D. Gordon, one of the Roose- welt contestng delegates. declared the Taft people in Michigan had tried to roll steel roller not a steam roller over us."
 He said Michigan counties had sent majority of Roosevelt delegates to the state convention at Bay City but the internal machine organized there by the Taft men" had thrown out 112 uncontested Roosevelt delegates without letting them into the hall.