Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-12
ROOSEVELT MEN
AGAIN IN DEFEAT
Taft Delegates From Fourth
California District Are
Seated by 81 to Is.
F. J. HENEY ARRAIGNS
NATIONAL COMMITTEE
In Turn Is Denounced by Commit
teeman Shackleford.
RESULT BITTERLY ATTACKED
Most Acrimonious Hearing Yet Held
on the Contests for Seats in
the Chicago Convention.
In Turn Is Denounced by Commit
teeman Shackleford.


tiondi committee today voted to seat the
two Taft delegates in the national con-
vention from the fourth California dis
trlct the only contest from that state.
This action followed running fire open
ed on the committee by Francis j. Heney
and bitter statement from Gov. Hiram
W. Johnson, in the interest of Roose-
velt
Mr.. Heney, seated in the national COM
mittee with proxy. assailed members
of the committee. emphasizing particular
ly Senator Murray Crane of Massachu-
setts, whom he addressed as a man who
had mo respectability to lose
While Chairman Rosewater was ad-
monishing the San Franciscan to address
the committee properly, Gov Johnson
arrived at the coliseum. He declined to
appear before the committee, and issued
written statement, which Mr.. Heney
later read to the committee. In this
Gov. Johnson declared he declined to
submit Ito "a trial to the title of prop
erty by the thief who steals it
After the committee had voted the
Roosevelt faction down, James A.
Tawney declared that any action by the
committee, which would recognize the
states instead of the district would estab-
iish precedent which would overthrow
republican principles and Senator
Dorah, in vigorous speech, declared
the committee was making it impos-
sible for a republican to preside over
the nation for the next four years
Heney Bitterly Attacked.
During the roll call a bitter attack
on Mr.. Heney was made by Committee
man Shackleford Of Alaska, who voted
for the Taft delegates. He declared
that Alaska had been robbed" by the
"Noyes machine of Minnesota and
that Francis J. Heney was it's chief
counsel"
This gentleman" Mr.. Shackleford
continued. "came into this committee
on proxy and his first yell was about
graft rule in San Francisco. came
here as a referee and impartial judge.
/ have seen the attempt of certain
members to drive this committee to
do what they want it to do. !, for one,
refuse to be intimidated or driven
from doing what l think is right
Decisions by the Committee.
The six Arizona Taft delegates at
large were seated by a viva voce vote.
The delegates are J. L. Hubbell. ]. T.
Williams. jr.. r. H. Prudential. Robert
7. Morrison. F. L. Wright and ]. c.
Adams.
Senator Borah's motion to seat the
Roosevelt delegation was defeated
after roll call had been refused.
The Taft delegates from the fourth
California district were then seated
by vote of 81 to Is. The delegates
are E. III. TryOn and Morris Meyer
field. jr.. of San Francisco. replacing
Roosevelt Delegates Charles S. Wheeler
and Philip Bancroft.
The members of the committee who
voted against seating the Taft delegates
In this district were:
knight, California. du Pont, Delaware
Borah, Idaho; Burnam. Kentucky; Wight,
Louisiana; Jackson, Maryland; Kellogg
Minnesota: Flanagan. Nevada; Ward,
New York CARERS, South Carolina: Thor
son, South Dakota: Monday, Tennessee:
Lyon, Texas: Loose Utah; Rogers, Wis
consin, and Bieber. District of Columbia.
Following decision of the fourth Cali
fornia contest the committee took up the
contest for six delegates at large from
Louisiana.
Prepared for Two Long Sessions.
To dispose of the Arizona and Cali
fornia cases, set for today. and the Lou
isiana cases. next on the list Of states,
the republican national committee set It's
meeting for o'clock today, with the
prospect of an all-day and long night
session. The California case in view OF
the statements made Monday by former
Senator Dick. the Taft contest attorney.
promised to bring the title to the whole
state delegation into question. owing to
an alleged conflict between the Califor-
MIA state primary law and the official call
of the republican national committee is
December ms hal1
in Washington.
The national committees call speci-
fled that the voters of each congress
! sional district should have the privilege
of choosing two delegates to represent
them in the republican national conven-
/ tion. Under the California primary law,
although the first returns showed that
the Taft delegates in the fourth con-
gressional district were elected over the
| Roosevelt delegates. the secretary of
state acted under the state primary Law
and gave all delegates to Col. Roosevelt
because of his large majority In the
state.
Later. however. the secretary of state
| determined that the boundaries between
the fourth and fifth districts were mo-
clearly enough defined to make possible
an accurate count of the Taft or Roose
| Welt votes In the fourth district. Thi.
| change further complicated the case as i
was presented to the committee today.
Regularity" In Louisiana.
In the Louisiana cases, which the com
mittee expected to reach late today. tn,
| regularity of the state organization Il
| directly at issue. Three delegations ap
| pear from the state at large, one in
structed for Roosevelt and headed b.
National Committeeman Pearl Wight, an,
/ two for Taft. only one of which the ma
tional committee recognizes as regular.
| In an attempt to heal the Louisiana spill
| after the last republican national conven
| ton of 1905 the national committee direct
| ed a subcomm ttee TO go TO the state I
bring the warning factions together. Mem
bers of this committee. which consisted o
| T.. c. Duncan of North Carolina. Ralp
| Williams of Oregon and Secretary vii
, liam Hayward of New York, prepared Z
go into the Louisiana case in the commit
| tee today and testify as to the compro
mise made in the state last February.
| is claimed that the factions were brough
| together then, and signed an agreemen
| under which Victor Loisel became stat
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