The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-11

marks They demanded that he restrict himself 10 argument of the case
 He is not out of order shouted Sen ator Borah.
 He ise retorted Chairman Rosewa- ter
 Senator Borah said that If MT. Hensy were not allowed to proceed some high roller of the committee would do the necessary talking
 AS I understand it." said MT. Henev again. arising. If I eonfne myself to arguments that do not offend any mem bers of the committee I am in order.
 Chairman Rosewater's gavel rapped loudly for order.
 "The gentleman should not be allowed to come in here and insult the committee ol the strength of something he has seen in the newspapers" declared Thomas H Devine of Colorado.
 All the honesty Is not on that aisle" he added, shaking bis fist at Senator Borah.
 Well, all the honesty is not in your aisle" retorted Senator Borah.
 Chairman Rosewater asked Sergeant-ats Arms Stone to escort the Roosevelt and Taft contestants outside while the com mittee decided. On roll call demanded by Senator Broah, Senator crane's mo-
 
 Wednesday was carried B to 13 The con test against the four Taft delegates at large from Indiana was then called up.
 Colby Argues Indiana Cases
 Bainbridge Colby of New York. attor- ney for the Roosevelt delegates, charged that the attempt to organize the creden- tials committee of the Indiana sate con. vention on the night before the conven- tion had been unauthorized by the state committees official call. Mr Colby de- clared that a rule of procedure had been adopted by the credentials committee which gave five Taft members of the committee the opportunity to choose mem bers from the Third, Sixth and Thirteenth districts so as to give them control of the full committee. The Taft forces had 64S delegates and the Roosevelt side 667. he declared
 The Taft forces had obtained control of the convention through the medium of contested delegates and the night before they got control of the credentials com mittee by shutting out committee mem bers whom they claim to be contested.
 Horace c. Stillwell continued the argu- ment for the Roosevelt contestants and in the midst of it's reading from a man uscript, he threw out remarks that aroused again the Ire of the Taft forces
 T ask you to stop the process of your steam roller and give this case a chance for fair consideration, he said.
 He referred to the southern delegates, adding Your already weakened candi- character"
 Objects to Insults
 The gavel dropped with resounding thud. ''The counsel will confine himself to argument" said the chairman.
 ba int Mir vine" he said, .iof Colorad'-
 q object to the insulting of the com mittee by the term steam roller" replied the chairman.
 "Why object to steam roller: it comes from that side, too?" asked Mr Borah.
 You have not heard any of us refer to it." replied an opposition member.
 You or some of the others have been systematically peddling It to the papers that there is steamer of some sort, said MT Borah.
 We don't need to peddle it." said Still we'll; mo one recognizes 1t quicker than men,"
 Moores Begins Taft Argument
 Merrill Moores of Indianapolis began the arguing in behalf of the Taft delegation at large He denied there had been fraud in the Indianapolis primaries as had been alleged. He presented affidavits from public men and city officials to the effect that the primaries had been properly con ducted without suspicion
 Mir Moores presented figures to show the figures in the Indianapolis primaries had been over 5000 for Taft and over 400 for Roosevelt. MT. Moores presented an affidavit to prove that the Roosevelt del- egates, headed by ex-Senator Beveridse. had been in attendance at trump conven- ton.
 James Yeminway. former United States senator. took up the Taft delegates ar guments. He said all Taft delegates were selected directly by wards.
 How any one can talk about road roll ing when our majority is more than six to one is more than I can see." said wit ness.
 The committee debated the question of admitting affidayits bearing on alleged primary frauds. The Taft attorneys and several members of the committee raised the objection that affidavits had not been filed in time. |
 Senator Borah was permitted to read from the affidavits. Mir. chubb of Flori- da made this reflections
 "All southern contestants have become highly respectable compared to this"
 ''We agre." said Mr. Borah, 'and we want to see if they were legally sd- justed.'
 Borah Reads Affldavit
 MT Borah read that one of the wards in the Fortieth district had been isolated for the purpose of preventing voters from voting. Colonel New and MT. Hemenway said the vote In the ward was the largest cast in years. Conversation reached sinsery point. Senator Borah asked per mission to make a statement T don't want my vote to approve the credentials committees aetion. he said.
 The victory was apparently for Taft. he said. The vote resulted 52 to o. The First Indiana ease was then called.
 Recess was next taken for 20 minutes.
 After the recess P. C. Could of Evans vile took up the first Indiana contests for the Roosevelt delegates
 He asserted that the convention which selected the Taft delegates was entirely controlled by men who refused to allow any Roosevelt delegates on the creden- tials committee. At the convention. said Mir. Gould "a motion was carried to throw all correspondence as to the Roose- welt contests in Posey county into the waste basket.
 Tn three other counties in the district the Roosevelt contests were likewise ig- nored' he said.
 Mir Hemenway, arguing for the Taft delegates, said that If the statements made by the Roosevelt attorneys were true there would not be any dispute. But they are not true," said MT. Hemenway. 'grhe Roosevelt contests were so flimsy they could not stand up
 The Taft delegates in the First dis triet were seated by unanimous vote no roll call being asked for.
 The case of the Third district delegates was called immediately. Here 1t was al legged for Taft there was bolting con- vention which had only S4 or B dele