The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-06-09

| constables werr at the door Of the ron =
| vention hall and kept he ROOSEVELT T'eople
away. and insisted that II was an Office
holding convention only.
II developed that the Roosevelt steam
roller of four wears ago had hattened out
the contestants then who are now the
Roosevelt contestants. and Gen Clayton
made II plain TO the members of the com
mittee that the Taf, delegates from the
Firth district of Arkansas represent the
same Republican organiaat ion which was
recognized by the national convention
four wears ago. This contest took up
more time than any Diner during the day.
and finally \. r. Burnam of Kentucky
moved that each delegation be seated
urged also by Frank Il. Kellogg and Lucius
\. Litiauer of New York. but a roll call
showed only ton votes in favor OF split
ing the delegation. and the Taft delegates
w.ra then admitted.
When the Seventh Arkansas district
contest was reached Mr.. Conner declared
that the Taft delegates in this as well as
IN tho other districts had been chosen over
the will and wishes of the people and that
the officeholders controlled the chairmen
of the township. county and State com
fnittees
t'"n. Clayton angrily inquired if Mr..
Conner would refuse to permit the office
holders to participate in the public life
| of the South. and followed this with a
| motion that the Taft delegates be seated.
which was carried by a viva voce vote.
M'HARG SEES A LIGHT
! Ormsby McHarg did not participate
i'll tho deliberations Of the committee
to-day until the Florida contests were
| reached. tie put on edge all Of the South =
|. .crn representatives, in the committee
| when he declared that there was no Re-
publican party or organizati ion in exist =
ence in Florida. and that the principal
political industry down South was the
distribution Of Offices.
hen did you frs, discover that no
Republican party existed in Florida"
Inquired eX-Represcntative Tawney of
minnesota. and all OF the commit teeinen
had good laugh when they recalled Mr.
McHarg's efforts in the South four years
ago. when he had different story to
tell upon his return North.
i discovered that fact -four wears
| ago" promptly retorted Mr.. McHar9
ana | went on record then. az ! wan
TO go on record now, in declaring that not
Il single Southern State Is entitled to
more, than nominal representation in 4
Republican national convention.
You don't include North Carolina in
that" cried r. c. Duncan, national CON-
mitteeman for that State;
Nor Tennessee roared NJ. e. Monday
rational committeeman for that state.
| .>ci wary I6Iu, luhisteu Nliil4tu 7
| jackson. who represents tina State on
|! the national committee
Be ore Mr. McHar, could cply Col
Barker. o Alabama asked:s How about
| Texa,.-
made .s nsgaSosn snas PATTI Z. nGs Tss.' h. has
Lyon retorted Mr.. McHarg.
| 1T there is no Republican party in
Florida for us inquired Joseph +. Lee
OF Jacksonville. one of the Taft dele
gates at large. how can there he Re-
publican party for the Roosevelt dele
gates to represent The Roosevelt peo-
pie not only sent up one set Of delegates
hut two sets OF delegates at large and |
can truthfullv say that all thes Roose-
welt people are after iS the offices because
| I ev We're unsuccessful under tine Taft
Administration
MOVE 10 ExCLrDE BOTH
National { mmitteeman Thomas Thor
son of South Dakota then moved that
| both sets Of delegates I've excluded from
TN" convention. Thorson is a Roosevelt
| man. Upon motion of 4. NJ. Stevenson.
who holds the proxy for Nathan Bay Scott
OF West Virginia. his motion that the Tan
delegates be seated was substituted for
| the Thorson motion and unanimously
adopted
The contests in the First, Second and,
| Third Florida districts We're then con-
! sid.red in detail. The general content ion
OF the Roosevelt attorneys vas that none
but persons chosen by the -officeholders'
trust" was permitted to ont ter the Taft
| conventions. Mr. Mcliarg insisting that
the doors TO the Taft conventions were
| guarded by armed men and that force
and coercion We're used in many instances
and when he finished talking the com
mittee promptly and by viva voce vote
unanimously seated all the Taft delegates
! The contest i'll the State of Georgia
included the four delegates az large and
| the delegates from eacn oi the twelve
! Congress districts. or twentv-eight in all,
! II va, at this point that th" incident men
toned above happened when Mr. Mctiarg
asked that all but the contests in the
Eleventh and Twelfth Congress districts
ba consolidated and heard a. one Mr.
McFarg was aided in presenting the
Roosevelt contests tor this State by Dean
f.. Ryman of At lanta and th'r ba>"i their
point against the Taft delegates upon the
fact that no legal registration i-i 81 voters
existed in Georgia when tn" Iait State
convent ion delegates were cno-nn.
Henry Lincoln johnson u pro,rt.tinC
the Taft side OF the arg 'ii'ni ie--lt-d
| what he termed the 'eIolat oli. CAPT uie
and seizure Of the Souther, delegates
| simply by virtue Of their geographical
situat ION.
FINISHED THE Jo8.
AZ this point National Committeeman
| Frank Il. Kellogg suggested that az il
was Saturday the committee had been in
session long enough and h. moved for
adjournment until Monday morning. II
was then nearly > O'Clock. but the Taft
committeeman protested that the con-
mittee should continue their labois at
least unit contests in the $, ate of Georgia
were completed, Within the next hour
all Of the Georgia contests were decided
in President Taft'- favor, the only pr.-
simptiva contest being in the Eleven, h
. and IUnlff IA dist " IVA "a. n a y,,a 4
that the notices for the Taft conventions
wcr" not properly published
During tn" discussion of the Georgia
contests many afiiIavit- we're presented
from both sides uTDn the same question
and issues and many ot tho nat iona
comm itteemen were Wonder ring how they
could differ So vastly in their statements
of facts and be sworn to-
"Oh, that il easily explained" said Col.
johnson, the coloIpd Taft orator from
Atlanta. They know there il no law in
Georgia to punish false swearing