The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-06-15

FORMER PRESIDENT GETS HIS
FIRST DELEGATE FROM COM.
MITTEE ON CONTEST.
Gains Made Yesterday Give President
iO1 Delegates Awarded by Commit
zee since Session Began-Day Saw
Sharp Interchanges Between Roose.
welt Supporters and Taft Members.

Chicago, June 11.-One delegate
Tor Col. Roosevelt, the first awarded
him since the national committee
began the hearing Of contest cases
last Friday, and II for President Taft
were the net results of todays ses-
sion Of the Republican national COM
mittee. In all 1O1 delegates have
been accorded President Taft since
the committee commenced it's hear
ings. The one placed in the Roose-
Welt column was d. c. Edwards from
the Eleventh district Of Kentucky.
The Taft forces on the committee re-
fused by vote of 33 to 10 to seat
both Of the Roosevelt delegates whose
places were contested. but agreed to
to a split which gave Col. Roose-
welt and President Taft each one del
egate from the district.
The half victory for Col. Roosevelt
came at the end Of day in which all
of the other much discussed contests
from Kentucky had been decided in
President Tafts favor. In some Of
these the Roosevelt men had ac-
quiesced; In others they mustered a
vote Of from IL to II against the Taft
decisions.
Senator Borah. the most active
Roosevelt adherent in the committee.
protested against the division Of the
Eleventh district delegates:
There is no justice in it," he de-
cared, If one is given both should
be-"
Arthur ]. Vorys of Ohio had made
the motion to seat the divided delega-
tion. John G. Capers. Senator Borah
and Francis j. Heney led an effort
to adopt a substitute to seat both
Roosevelt men. but they could mus
ter only r9 votes. The split delega-
ton was then unanimously seated.
President Taftsffrrr contested del
egates at large from Kentucky, head
ed by Senator w. o. Bradley, were
seated with only II votes in the ne
gative. He was given the six
from the First. Second and Tenth
districts unanimously.
The contest against the two in the
Fourth district was withdrawn and
the five from the Seventh, Eighth and
Eleventh districts We're won against
the votes of the Roosevelt forces.
Sharp interchanges between Fran
els j. Heney Of San Francisco and
Taft members Of the committee char
acterized the long days session over
the Kentucky contests. Mr.. Heney
who will appear tomorrow in the
hearing Of the California contest. re-
peatedly referred to frauds in Ken
tucky elections and compared condi-
tions to those that existed in Califor-
MIA under Abe Ruef. Early objections
to his remarks We're followed late in
the afternoon by sarcastic replies Of
Thanks" from Taft members Of the
committee when he criticised their
decisions.
Gov. Hadley of Missouri who is to
come before the committee this week
as a Roosevelt contestant from Mis-
sour', was also in the committee dur
ing the day on the proxy of another
member
Restrictions upon the time Of argu-
ment were abandoned in the Ken
tucky cases today, and all evidence
was heard at length. AS result the
committee tomorrow will begin it's
session at o'clock with the prospect
Of night sessions for the remainder
of the week.
The committee adjourned at 1856
after nine and half hours of con-
tinuOus work.
The California, Arizona and Louis
lana contests will then be taken up.