New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-27
INDIANA FOR TAFT;
ROOSEVELT MEN BOLT
State Convention InstruCts Dele
gates.at.Lar for President
by 105 Majority.
CONTEST MAY GO TO CHICAGO
Roosevelt Men Hold Convention
of Their Own and Choose Four
Observation-Disclosures
Reigns in Hall.


Reigns in Hall.
INDIANAPOLIS, March 26.-Controllng. the
Indiana Republican convention by ma
iority Of 1O5 Of the 1889 delegates sup
portars Of President Taft to-day elected
their four candidates for delegates -at-large
70 the national convention and Instructed
them to vote for the denomination OF the
President The vote was ~ 10 6S7
Advocates OF the nomination of Colonel
Roosevelt, charging that they had ma
iolity of the delegates, which had been
made Ineffective because of the road
roller" methods Of tho Taft organization.
held an Independent convention while the
crowd was leaving the hall and elected four
delegates at large instructed for the eX-
President. The contest will he carried to
the Chicago convention, the Roosevelt man
ayers said.
Fourteen members or tho Indiana dele
CATION Of thirty to the national conven-
tion have been instructed TO vote for the
denomination Of Taft and the Roosevelt
forces have two Seven district conventions
are rot to be held and a roilcall Of the
delegations to-day indicated that Roosevelt
would carry five and Taft two, making the
final division Of the Indiana representation
eighteen for Taft and twelve for Roose-
Welt
The TAFT delegates large arc National
Committeeman Harry s. New. eX-Nice-
President Charles w. Fairbanks. ex-Con-
gressman James +. Watson and Joseph d.
oliver
The Roosevelt delegstes-at-large arc ex-
Senator Albert J. Beverdge Frederick
Campbell
Resolutions Denounce Roosevelt Policies.
Tho instruction Of the four deegates-at-
large 10 vote for President Taft was
coupled with an attack on the political
policies approved by Colonel Roosevelt In
the majority report Of the committee on
resolutions II says In part:
The initiative. referendum and recall
would weaken end, destroy the strength and
perpctuity Of our system OF representative
government, with tho executive. legislative
ard judicial departments diScharging their
respective duties and forming harmonious
and stable government OF laws, admins
tered by wise just and experienced men,
and We look with serious alarm upon any
proposition 10 undermine the status or the
courts. so That IL under their oath they
make decisions not I'm accord with the ma
joritv for the moment, they can be recalled
from the bench aud their judgments re-
verscd by special elections for such pur-
poses.
THE unbroken custom OF limiting the
Presidential tenure 10 a period of two
terms" is held to have the potency Of a
constitutional limitation" President Taft's
administration IS praised and II Is asserted
81, I-
YeIs for Taft and Teddy"
storm If shouts of Taft A." and
Teddy" broke out "hen state Senator
william r Wood OF Lafayette, who called
the convention 10 order, said he did not be-
lieve the people Of this country would
condemn their Just President, William
Howard Taft" Supporters Of the Presi-
dent and Colonel Roosevelt on the crowded
floor and in the galleries, bubblng over
with enthusiasm, stood on their chairs and
yelled for their tavorites.
Mr.. Wood was permitted to say onlS a
few words, when his voice was drowned ny
shouts Of Roosevelt" and Keep still
Wood (" Mfr. Wood is leader OF the TAFT
forces
Derisivc calls or Harmony" greeted
John y. Cockrum when he rose to read the
ma Ioritv report Of the committee on ere
dentials.
This IL not a mob" he retortod. IT will
read this report n I stay here till August"
Tho report recommended seating IL
Taft delegates whose seats were contested
by Roosevelt men
\ minority report was presented CON
demning all the findings OF the majority
and approving the claims Of the Roosevelt
delegates 70 seats. The report cha rged tho
Taft organization in this county with fraud
Announcement Of the Taft mems control
Of tho convention by a majority Of los was
received by the Roosevelt delegates with
shouts Of protest, but they did not demand
O rocall when the majority report 81 the
committee on organization was declared
adopted on an ave and no vote.
Little resistance 10 the adoption NJ the
Taft resolutions and the election OF the
Taft dAlegs ties was made by the Roosevelt
men after the strength Of the Taft forces
was shown on the adoption Of the majority
report Of The credentials committee.
On adjournment Alva o. Reser Of Lafay-
cite, standing on chair shouted a call
for a convention Of the Roosevelt delegates
and they elected their delegates-st-large in
the midst Of the iostling and cheering crowd
pushing its way out Of the hall
I'VE had a majority of eighty-seven
votes" said Edwin IT. Lee, manager of the
Roosevelt can1pa gn. after the convention,
but it was made ineffective by the road
roller methods Of the Taft-controlled or
ganization Of the convention. The four
delegates at-large We elected at our indie
pendent convention of legally chosen dele
gates from all the districts will appeal 10
the Republican National Convention for
justice, and we confidently expect the pre-.
vailing Roosevelt sentiment in Indiana will
be recognize in seating these delegates-at-
large