The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-06-13
COMMITTEE IS GRINDING
OUT more Taft A DELEGATES
EIGHT FROM MISSISSIPPI ARE
ADDED TO PRESIDENTS LIST IN
FIRST FoRTY.FlVE MINUTES OIL
MORNING lesson - 5HENRY's
PROXY ON GROUND THAT He ISL
A DEMOCRAT.
tDy United Press.l

9NSt'oEbh, NIliIhoOf lii', June 10
The Republican National committee
after considering the Mississippi dis
trlct finally seated the Taft delegates
from the Second. Fourth, Six and Sew
enth Mississippi district adding eight
delegates TO the TAFT role during tn,
first forty.lye minutes work, A mo
tion has been made by Committeeman
Stgrgis that the proxy OF ;. ]. Henry
hc rejected by the National committee
or the ground that he Is a Democrat
Henry has taken the floor to deny
that he is a Democrat.
The Roosevelt contestants demand
ed when considering the Mississippi
district that the TAFT delegates be un,
seated because the conventions which
olocted them was irregular and In VIC
iation of party usages! 1t was claimed
by the Taft men that the district com
mittee In each district appointed the
credentials committee 10 name such
committee and because OF this II was
charged as irregular aud the Roose
velt delegates were refused seats In
the convention. Attorney Rymer In
arguing for the Roosevelt people de
cared In the Seventh district In or
der to prevent the Roosevelt men In
getting control OF the convention. I,
WIS called 10 meet In Lincoln county
in.:hn; county alcrc he said there
lave been 1870 indictments for lynch
ES OF negroes in u period Of a yea,
arG Dscassc OF this the Roosevelt ne
gro delegates could not attend.
President Taft gained forty more
votes in the National committee yes
terday through the settlement Jf cou
tests blythe National committee. =
1t was a day of Taft Victories ex
cluslyely. In the cases, Of the Cali
fornIa, Arizona and Michigan Contests
the Roosevelt forces made fight
land voted their ll&stre6gth asainst
THE Taft delegates; In the California
case they secured roll call. losins
1G 10 81: In the. Arizona contest they
failed TO get a roll call and In the
Michigan cases none was asked, al
though they voted against seating
the TAFT delegatesat.large. q
The contests settled yesterday In ia
vor Of President Taft. were:
Arizona delesates.at.larse, G: Call
fGrnia. Fourth district, 2; Louisiana
delegatcs.at-large, 6: First. Second
Third. Fourth. Fifth. Sixth. Seyentl,
districts, II; Michigan deiegates.at
large, 6; Mississippi Z delegates-at
large. 4; First district, 2. Total. 40.s,
Head OF Recognition.
PcarlSWlght. National Committee
man from Louisiana, and the Roose
welt leader there. lost In his fighttt
scat the Roosevelt. delegation from
that State. An effort was made By
Committeeman Harry S. New, to enc
the long differences among the Louis
lana Republicans by officially recog
l:alhg the Loisel. faction. now con
trolling the state Republican organI
zation there. but,,Mr. Wight headed
on such action. E0 a. h
Governor Chase S, Osborn, OF Mich
isan and his Roosevelt delegatesa,
large were unseated by the ,decisIo,
OF the Michigan delegates for Taft
The contest over the Fourth Call
lornIa district decided for 'Presiden
Taft furnished the most bittertex
changes OF the day, Francis j. Heney
leading the Roosevelt forces and In
sistIng upon. recognition for th
Roosevelt delegates there.
t12 Contests Pending.
The National committee had be
fore Il when II adjourned last nigh
l19 contested seats still to pass upon
Chairman Victor Rosewater In a state
ment at the end OF the session said III
committee was not keeping pace WITT
the work OF the last convention. Ii
1908 but 81 contests remained TO b
decided on the Wednesday nigh, pre-
ceding the convention. Members .
the convention fear that The contest
Will run well over into the openlni
day OF the National convention.
The remainder of the Mississippi
contests and those from the State
OF Missouri. North caroiina, Okla
bona, South Carolina aud Tcnnesse,
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