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CONTESTS At ONCE
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regard for the sentiment of the ma
jority of the voters in California

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regard for the sentiment of the ma
jority of the voters in California"
Il would so have voted he added
IF it had not been for the gratuitous
insult given the committee by the Cali
fornia delegates l shall now vote my
convictions, not my sentiments.
The American people will not stand
for such actions as you propose" said
w. A. Louder of North Dakota. IF this
convention refuses a seat to the dele
gates elected in Calf ,rnia by majority
of 1900 the American people will de-
feat the nominee Of that party
| Shows Murphy's Power.
| Representative George r. Malby of New
York declared: Charles Murphy of
Tammany Hall has ninety votes in his
pocket at Baltimore as the result of the
unit rule.
He said a precedent that would place
all of a states delegates at the mercy
of the popular state majority would give
New York city practical control of one
tenth of the delegates to the republican
national convention.
II don't want a precedent established
here" he said, that will give to a
single city the control over the entire
state, which In turn exercises a large
control over the republican national con-
vention and its selection of candidate
When l see a man like Charlie Murphy
with ninety democratic delegates to be
delivered to whom he sees fit, | trembie
to think what would happen If any re-
publican had such control over the NOM
inaton in a republican national conven-
ton
The Roosevelt strength on the Califor-
MIA vote gained J. A. Dewitt of Iowa
w. W. Williams of Nevada, l.. ?. sum
mers of Virginia, Samuel II. Cady OF
q II
| Francis J. Heney of California, Ralph
A. Harris Kansas. Z. {. Darlington
of Maryland, r. r Mccormick of I'LL
nois and John J. Sullivan of OHIO. all
Roosevelt adherents, were absent when
the California vote was taken.
Sleep in Railways.
Daylight found the credentials commit
tee room and Railways in the Coliseum
/ annex partly filled with sleeping or nod
ding committee members and contestins
delegates. More than forty Of the fifty
TWO members stuck to the work through
out the night, while the delegations wait
ing to be heard dropped asleep in tht
Railways. ,
The committee worked far into the
morning over the Indiana contests. Be
ginning before midnight Oh the contest
for delegates at large. where former Sen
ators Beveridge and Hemenway were pit
ted against each other. the Indiana con
| tests were not concluded until after
4:15 am.
Senator Beveridge and his associate
Roosevelt contestants were defeated. s.
TO IL The committee seated the ar
delegates at large, Charles w FAIRBANKS
| Harry $. New James H. WATSON diit
Joseph D. Oliver.
/ Bitterness marked the arguments be
| tween former Senator Beveridge. on tn
Roosevelt side and Senator HemenWa.
tt,a To- Oh A
Notwithstanding the fact that the Koose
welt members of the national commute
had voted last week to seat the Tart deie
gates. practically all of the Roosevei
men in the credentials committee tnl'
morning voted against them. In the thir
teenth Indiana case. which was included
in the list Of contests which Col. Roose
Welt said had been unfairly oecidet
against him by the national committee
Senator ,Beveridge again appeared a
counsel. The Taft delegates, Ciemen
StLdebaker and Maurice Fox. were seated
by the credentials committee A motor
| to seat the Roosevelt delegates was de
feated, p to IL.
made to stop the limitlesS argument tina
had characterized the Alabama an'
Arizona contests. Roosevelt members Oh
jected to the shortening Of the time limit
but agreed to help in enforcing the exist
ing rules In this way it was hoped {
| report could be completed by the creden
tials committee in time for presentation
to the national convention this afternoon
Halbert Starts Trouble.
An observation by Mr.. HalbeSt o.
Minnesota at 4 o'clock in the morning
that facts do not go in this committee.
precipitated a bitter interchange OF re
marks.
! manded that Mr. Halbert apologize for 9
reflection on the honesty or the mem
bers Of the committee.
! ..The votes speak for themselves. sale
! YES. on both Sides retorted Lanstrun
of Montana.
chairman Devine called on Mr.. Halbert
i to observe order and added:
| 1.-THE gentleman from Minnesota is just
| &C likely to be wrong in the way ne votes
as are the other members OF this com
mittce.
Kentucky Contests.
| In the seventh Kentucky district the
Taft delegates We're seated, 81 to S.
| The committee voted to seat the TAT,
delegates from the eighth Kentucky dis
trict. % to Z. The vote was on substi
tute for motion giving the Roosevelt
| delegates title to the contested seats.
The eleventh Kentucky district. which
was next called, presented mixed sit
uation. The national committee had di-
yided the delegation, seating d. c. Ed
ward, Taft delegate. and O. II. Wad
die. a Roosevelt adherent Representa-
tives of each faction appearing before the
committee sought to win back the seal
given to the other
By vote of 70 to Is the committee
confirmed the action of the national com
mittee The vote was on substitute
motion by Committeeman Mondell OF
Wyoming to seat both Roosevelt dele
gates.
Take UP Louisiana.
Louisiana contests were then taken III
and by agreement only the fourth ane
fifth districts were considered. Argu
ment was limited by unanimous consent
to ten minutes to side in each case.
In the fourth district the national com
mittee was sustained by viva Noce vote
without noes but in the fifth dlstr1c
I case a roll call was demanded. 1t re
suited in the placing of the Taft dele
gates on the permanent roll. 81 to 1 4.
, Francis J. Heney of California made hi:
temperance in the committee room II
time to vote with the Roosevelt factor
} against sustaining the national commit
tee