Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-06-22

Oregon, which had split about even
on earlier contests, voted solidly for
the Roosevelt forces, a gain of five
votes Washington's vote of IA for
the Taft delegates called out groans
and misses.
The California contestants lost by
Sag to 529 the announcement being
greeted with q great cheer by the Taft
people. Hawaiias six votes were cast
for the Roosevelt men
The Georgia Case.
The next report dealt with the Geor-
ga case, being in favor of seating the
delegations ilarge. II did not take long
to dispose Of Georgia. There was no
minority report and not a dissenting
voice when the Taft delegates We're
seated ON a viva voce vote. Both ma
jcrity ana minority reports We're sub
mitted in the Indiana case, the dele
gates -at-large being first considered.
The ma Jority favored the sitting of
Taft delegates, Former Vice President
Fairbanks. Harry S. New, James II.
Watson, the Taft floor leader, and Jos.
ID. Oliver. The Taft delegates were
seated without a roll call.
Kentucky and Louisiana.
The 18th Kentucky District followed.
! This is the district where one Taft and
one Roosevelt delegate We're seated by
the National. committee. The creden-
| tails committee sustained the latter.
| The convention confirmed it by a viva
y9ce vote.
The gallery applauded the swift move
ment of business after SO much conflict
When, after the Kentucky case was set
tied. Secretary Gleason announced an in
PERMISSION while the credentials commit
tee caught up. a big-voieed man in the
gallery shouted: "Roll the steam roller
some more
During the intermission the I'VE want
Teddy" started again, but was stopped
by the gavel, with announcement of fur
Their credentials report on the 9TH Ken
lucky District contest.
The Taft delegates in this district were
seated by a viva voee vote.
The Sth Kentucky District delegates
We're seated for Taft. The Taft delegates
in the 4th Louisiana District were also
seated.
The convention was in an uproarious
humor.
It seemed that the floor was voting
AYE" and the galleries no" The mo"
was continued into a roar which Chair
man Root interrupted with the gavel and
the remark
Evidently there are delegates who do
not wish to go home for Sunday"
Both minority and majority repre-
sentatiyes from the credentials com
mittee We're ordering the reading
clerks to skip much that was con-
tanned in their reports in the contest
ed cases where the issue was not
sharply drawn. In the 4th Louisiana,
for instance. the minority report said:
skip all you can, except the
names."
There was a long delay waiting for
the committee to report the next con-
tested cases.
The 5th Louisiana contest brought a
unanimous report in favor of Taft
delegates. Despite this fact the Choir
us of Noes" was loud as ever. 1t
was coupled with laughter.
The case of the Michigan delegates
at-large came next. the Taft dele
gates again being favored by the gre
dentials committee.
"choo, Choo"-"Toot, loot"
As soon as the majority report had
been read the crowd began to "Choo,
choo'
foot, foot. look out for the steam
roller" yelled a delegate.
The minority report favoring the
Roosevelt delegates having been read,
Calvin A. Palmer, a Roosevelt dele
gate. was given unanimous consent
to make a 5-minute speech. He made
ringing appeal for the contesting
delegates. He referred to the fact that
Gov. Osborne was one of these.
"And he would be here, today, but
for a broken Leg" he added.
This seemed TO strike the conven-
ton as humorous and there was a
wave of laughter.
YES" said Palmer. after quiet had
been restored, "and if you keep up your
present tactics the Republican party in
November will have broken back"
Palmer stirred the Roosevelt delegates
to enthusiasm by declaring that Michi-
gan, the mother of the Republican party.
might soon give birth to a new Progress
sive party
John d. Mackay of Detroit attempted
to reply to Palmer, but was interrupted
by the delegates and the galleries.
1.-THE ayes have it," yelled one voice.
"All aboard, toot. toot.' said another.
The Taft delegates were declared seat
ed on viva voce vote.
Two men in the galleries were put out
by the police, their election calling out
Kisses.
Yrbic Incident was followed nv another
outburst of I'VE want Teddy" 1t didn't
last long, and at 7.3S, with utter con-
fusion reigning. adjournment was taken
until 10 A. NJ, tomorrow.
CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE