The Washington times., 1912-06-12
ARIZONA DELEGATES
CONCEDED TO TAFT
BY THE COMMITTEE
Contests Taken Up Today
Cause Lengthy Debates
on Both Sides.
By UNITED PRESS.

BY UNITED PRESS.
CHICAGO, June 12.--The Arizona con-
tests were taken up for consideration
When the committee resumed it's ses-
sions today. After considerable debate
the Taft delegates-at-large were seated
The proposition to begin the night ses-
sions tomorrow night will be pressed, as
the Taft members Of the committee
were today accusing the Roosevelt men
or adopting df1atory tactics in hope
that some of the big contests would not
De disposed Of prior to the opening of
the convention session. The Taft men
on the committee asserted that they
would sit all night, beginning tomorrow,
In order to dispose of the contests out
standing.
A bitter attack on Colonel Roosevelt
Tor his declaration that the Taft men,
In seating the Taft delegates from In
diana. committed treason, was made to-
day by A. NJ. Stevenson, the Colorado
TAFT leader, who Is sitting in the COM
mlttee under the proxy of Committee
man Barker, of Alabama.
Stevenson Cries Treason"
IF the trainers of the Constitution
of the United States," said Stevenson,
had ever conceived it possible that a
President Of the United States could
have been assailed in the language that
has been directed by former President
Roosevelt against his successor in Of
nee. President Taft. I am sure that
sS tionS WGold of the have consdttSn sdHptsd
would have designated as treason
able any such utterances as Colonel
Roosevelt has used in assalling Mr.
Taft, because the latter has refused to
get out of the way Of the Roosevelt
ambitions.
why; Aaron Burr was called a
traitor because of his assaults on JET.
ferson,s Administration. and he never
uttered any word as treusonable az
have have been the mildest of Hoosevelt's
intend voting on every case called in
tcllisently and. according to the evi.
to call attention to the fact that there
are other things to be considered than
mere expediency."
Both Sides Displeased.
The Kentucky case aroused the ire OF
both, the Roosevelt and Taft men.
When the committee met today, for
NOR Senator Dick, for the Taft men
addressed the committee as follows:
81 would like 20 be Informed how
can appeal from the actpn of thi.
romriittce. consider its acton |,
splitting this. district representation en-
tirely irregular.
And also want TO protest. chimet
In Ormsby McHars. for the Roosevelt
forces. Il can't see how this commit
tee could have seated cne delegate from
each sida. Ut looks irregular to me-"
"Y"m gentlemen ere both out OF
order" declared Rose'vater. "It is JUS
rs we'll that you should know right
t,:"w that the action Of this committee
80 far rs The temporary roll Is con-
Both lawyers subsided. In demandIrs
the seating of the delegates from ArI
zona, McHarg and his associates &c
clared that the contest hinged on
Cingle county. Maricopa.
Situation In Arizona.
"The county committee. there" the.
said. under the call Of the State com
mittee, had the option Of selecting dele
gates to the State convention or OF call
ing primaries At the meeting Of tn
committee thu Roosevelt men ha'
twenty-five men present and the Tai
men nineteen. The credentials commit
tee threw cut all proxies offered by botl
sides. and held down the meeting t
those committeeman actually prescn
who by vote of % to 10, ordered prt
maries. In this action two Taft dele
gates Joined. Even If the proxies ha
would have still controlled. Tnereupo
the nineteen Taft men held rum
meeting and elected delegates to tn
State convention. At the primaries tn
vote of $50 for Roosevelt to IL for Taft
1.-The State committee in making u
the roll for the State convention Ignore
the Roosevelt delegates elected at tn
primaries. and accepted the delegate
selected by the nineteen county com
mitteemel, and thus attempted to thro'
the control of the State convention int
the hands of the Taft people. Th
this action, and tho State corvento
split. each faction holding its own con
vention and elect!ng its own nationa
delegates.
Taft Convention Illegal.
THE Tart convention is. therefort
clearly illegal, as the Roosevelt Marico
IN delegates were clearly entitled to b
seated. Even If 1t is claimed that tn
convention should have allowed proxie
the only result of their action, even i
a technical error, was to order publ
primaries, and thereby to give the peo
pie an opportunity to exercise Presiden
tial preference. The Roosevelt peopl
Taft people fought to prevent them"
Speaking for the six Taft delegates al
large, Samuel J. Elder, of Boston, an
Robert e. Morrlson, arsueu' lot tnel
regularity, maintaining that the Tai
men had been elected by the regula
State convention.
There were ninety-six delegates in tn
State convention. According to Eide
and Morrison the Taft followers nun
bared sixty eight. These sixty-eigh
they said, proceeded to elect Taft dele
gates-at-large after the Roosevelt 70
lowing had withdrawn to hold conver
tion of their own.
In only two of the fourteen countie
of the State were delegates to the Stat
convention elected by direct primaries
In the other twelve counties the dele
gates were chosen by the county execr
tive committees.
Senator Borah closely questioned MOI
Iison relatives to the State conVentio
delegates. Morrison admitted that Q
the temporary roll OF the State CONVEX
ton there were only twenty-five Roost
Nelt men. while the balance were fo
Taft.