Arizona republican., 1912-06-20
DETAILS OF THE BREAK.
Subsequent Conference at Roosevelt
 Headquarters.


 CHICAGO, June 19.-The rules which brought on the fight at the meeting of the committee on credentials tonight were presented by James A. Hemenway of Indiana. They povided:
 That no contests shall be considered except those appealed from decisions of the national committee.
 That none shall be taken up where the decision of the national committee had been unanimous.
 That the canses are to be consoli- dated where such action had been talk en previous to the caring.
 That the contestants not seated, should open the arguments. That ten minutes be allowed to state eases and five, distict cases for counsel on each side
 That no evidence shall be considered that was not considered previous to the hearing"
 The last two provisions brought on the fight. Hugh T Halbert of Minne- sota and other Roosevelt men claiming that the committee should open all the evidence in all cases.
 On the roll call for adopting rules. R R. Mccormick of Illinois, Cleny St. Clair, Idaho; w. s. Lauder of North Dakota and John NJ Early of Tennes- see voted No"
 The Roosevelt men, shown by the roll call to be absent were: F. J. Heney, of California; Ralph | Harris of Kansas; Lex. W. Mitchell of Pennsylvania; Jesse Nj. Libby of Maine; Edward G. Darlington Jr, of Maryland; Hugh T. Halbert of Min nesota; H. E. Sackett of Nebraska; C. H. Cowles of North Carolina; J. J. Sul- livan of Ohio; Dan L. Norton of Okla 1 hOma; A. V. Swift, of Oregon and s. x. | Ray of South Dakota.
 | Jesse A. TollertOn, Missouri who was | one of those who was first to rush l through the loor at the first bolt, said he nevcr had intended to leave the
 meeting, but had rushed outside to bring ir the newspaper men. | Missouri is not bOlting' he said "but will vote for Roosevelt in the conven- l tiOn" R. R. Mccormick, when he came l out of Ire room said he was with the Roosevelt men in spirit but perhaps not | to the extent of leaving the hall" 1 After the adjournment Chairman De- l vine said the committee would take up l the contests tomorrow morning and l finish them as rapidly as possible in l the regular order.
 1 Senator Dixon, ROOsevelts campaign 1 manager and Heney joined Mir. Gar l field in the committee ante-roOm. A. | A. D. Rehn, of Minnesota and several | other men in the confidence of the l colonel also were passed through the l wicket into this conference room. No I'definite list of the number of men who 1 left the committee rooms on the first | ballot could be obtained. It is admitted 1 that practically all had returned to go | through the regular fight in the com mittee.
 l Heney was called out by a messenger | in answer to a telephone. He did not
 return to the ante room but left the 1 building hurriedly in a taxicab, declin- l ing to reveal his destination. l The Roosevelt delegates poured into l the Florentine room at the Congress l hotel where it was announced the bolt 1 ing contingent would assemble. l The Roosevelt delegates were split 1 into factions, some urging the com mittee men to go back and participate | in the deliberations and submit a min l Oritv report to the convention. Others | clamored that the bolters stand fast. l At times the meeting was in an uproar.
 When the delegates had been called to order in the F1oentine room, William Finn of Pennsylvania male a speech. I '"The issue has been joined" he said q have just come from a two hours conference with the Pennsylvania dele l gation and we voted unanimously to | walk out of the convention controlled by the Taft forces through theft and l fraud. Our decision carries with us the republican candidate for state treasur- CT and candidate for congress from 1 Pennsylvania. These gentlemen held
 that their personel interests were of 1 relative unimportance compared with the principle at stake and the duty they
 owed the people. We have been pa
 tient but the parting of the way has
 come"
 Delegate King, Nebraska, made a | speech urging the bolters to return to
 the committee room and make a min
 ority report to the convention.
 Then Roosevelt appeared. q am
 going to ask you to take a recss until I can get certain facts and lay them before you," he said q earnestly
 counsel you not to discuss what you are going to do until you have the facts before you
 can tel; you q general outline of
 what we sLa!l do So far as I am
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