The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1912-06-15
MACHINE CRUNcHES ITS WAY
AND ADDS FOURTEEN MORE
TO HIS COLUMN.
HENEY IS VERY ACTIVE
San Francisco Attorney Labels Ninth
Tennessee Case a "Ciean Steal'-
Strong Fights Today on Texas and
Washington--Committee May Con.
eluds All Contests by Tonight.


received today six delegates at the
hands of the republican national
committee in contests with the forces
of Roosevelt. TO that number the
committee added eight by the local
fights between Taft rival delegates.
Opposed to the days gain of IA by
President Taft was another empty
sheet for Roosevelt.
When the committee adjourned at
1850 o'clock this afternoon the Texas.
Virginia and Washington contests re-
maincd as the struggles in which the
Roosevelt leaders are to center their
strength tomorrow.
In the three districts where Roose-
welt contestants appeared today. the
colonefs partisans on the committee
voted against seating the Taft dele
gates. but the only strong comment
was on the decision of the Ninth Ten
nessee case, which Francis J. Heney
said was "clean steal"
The. contest from Alaska was dis
posed Of without argument. just be-
fore adjournment. Credentials from
n contesting delegation elected at
Valdez May 20 had been received by
Secretary Hayward. but the commit
tee declined to consider them.
Taft Men Want Time.
The early termination of the days
proceedings resulted from the desire
of President Tafts attorneys for more
time to prepare the cases involving
the 80 contested delegates from Texas
thn
mitteeman, said the Roosevelt forces
were prepared and desired to continue.
but former Senator Dick asked u con-
tinuance until tomorrow.
An attempt to take up the Virginia
and Washington cases met similar op-
position from the other side. Ormsby
McHarg, the Roosevelt contest leader,
said his side was prepared to present
the Texas cases but would not argue
the others.
BY an agreement to consolidate the
Virginia contests and to attempt a
consolidation Of the Washington cases.
1t may be possible to present all the
remaining contests tomorrow.
The remaining contests include
those Of Texas. Virginia, Washington,
the District OF Columbia and the
Third district of North Carolina.
In the Virginia the chief issue is
whether the conventions electing Taft
delegates were held In districts or
buildings from which the negroes were
excluded. The Washington contests
renter about the control of the state
convention.
The contested delegates in Texas
number 80; Virginia, 30: Washington.
IA; In the District of Columia, q and
In North Carolina. 2.
or the contests confronting the
committee when 1t met today, those
from North Carolina, South Carolina
and Oklahoma were expected to take
but little time. In the remaining
North Carolina district, the Fourth,
the contest involved local issues and
no question existed as to Colonel
Roosevelts title to the two delegates.
In the First South Carolina district.
the Taft forces claimed that the
Roosevelt men bolted, while the OPP
posing delegation claimed to have
been regularly and legally elected.
In the Third Oklahoma district, the
Roosevelt forces declared the Taft
delegates were outnumbered and re-
fused to go to the hall where the con-
vention was called to meet, holding
their convention elsewhere. The Taft
delegates on the other hand claimed
they controlled and organized tho
Third district convention and tho
Roosevelt wing bolted.
In the Tennessee contests. embrace
ing the First. Second, Ninth and
Tenth districts, bitter local fights
were involved. The delegations from
the Memphis. or Tenth district. were
both for Taft, or at least neither was
claimed by the Roosevelt forces. In
the First and Second districts local
political differences are said to have
resulted In the organization of sep.
crate conventions.
The Texas caseo probably involve
the hardest fight the committee will
meet The Roosevelt delegates from
that state all are championed by Ma
tional Committeeman Cecil Lyon. one
Of Colonel Roosevelt's most ardent
supporters In the south. The Taft
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