The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-08

 convention, held March r 1912, at which the Long delegates were reelected" |"
 Mr. Street characterized as refine ment of technieality the correction of the claim that Thempson's faction made that all factions August S1 agreed. Tt was a proposition so absurd" he said, "as to require no answer"
 On closing the arguments the con- test came quickly to q vote amid cheering. A roll call was not opposed It showed the same result, 5S to noth- ing in favor of seating Taft delegates at large. Delegates from the first Ala bama district are D. Parker and Clar- enee W. Allen.
 Taking up the First Alabama dis trict congressional contest Ormsby Me- Harg, attorney for the Roosevelt forces, he would waive the time all lotted him for talking. The reason is," said McHarg, 1t cannot be shown that the so-called Long delegates were legally elected. There is no use of our taking up time to prove what Is all ready established"
 Lawyers for the Taft supporters con- tended their delegates were selected by conventions called by the regular dis triet committees which grew out of the reorganization of the party in the Au- gust 3t, 1911, convention.
 Strong Array of Counsel
 When the Alabama cases were called a strong array of counsel appeared. Ormsby McHarg of New York and Charles Dick of Ohio appeared as chief counsel respectively for Colonel Roose- welt and President Taft
 With former Senator Dick were O. D. Street and S. S. Pleasants members of the Taft delegation at large from Ala bama, and w. s. Reese, J. J. Curtis and A. c. Birch, representing the contested Taft delegates In the congressional dis tricts. MT. MoHarg was assisted in pre- senting the Alabama cases by Oscar of Alabama The Taft claims were substantially: In August, 1911, repub-
 can factions in the state came together n a convention under a suggestion from President Taft to compromise long stand ng differences; that convention selected Pope M Long, state chairman, supersed- ng J. o. Thompson, and selected six dele rates at large to the republican national 
 When the committee met in Washington n 1911 it invalidated the election of any delegates taking place prior to the decision reached March 12, 1911, the Alabama del- egates at large were reelected, This was in conformity with the national com official call. Later, MT. Dick de- clared, MT. Thompson, former chairman. issued another call for a separate conven- tor at which contesting delegates were chosen.
 Charges Repudiation of Agreement
 After Colonel Roosevelt announced his for the presidency" delegate ;aid MT Thompson repudiated his agreement of year ago"
 The degeate said he presented the .ntire proceedings held in August. 1911, were Illegal and void and pretended to call ogether the old state committee, of which ne had been chairman. Three members of he old committee responded to his call put of a total of fl members, according to 
 The Taft delegates at large were se- ected by a state convention called by the new state committee of which Pope M. Long is chairman. There is no ques- ton about the legality of the election, it vas stated.
 In the First congressional district cases he Taft attorneys declared the organiza- jon established by the republican conven- ton in Alabama had been ignored and hat separate convention had been called oy N. L. Steele and J. o. Thompson to elect Roosevelt delegates and who occu- Dy no official relation to either the state pr congressional convention
 In the Second district it was claimed the regular organization was ignored. In the Fifth and Ninth districts Taft ad- herents charged the Roosevelt forces with through trump or bolting com and in the Sixth district it was claimed eight men selected the district delegates at meeting in up the state.
 Takes Up Arkansas
 Associated with Former Senator Dick in presenting the Taft cases in Ark ansas were H. L. Remmell of Little Rock, Ark, and Wallace Townsend of Hope, Ark. The Roosevelt men charged that the Arkansas organization con sisted of postmasters and other federal employees. the sole purpose of which organization was the distribution of fed eral patronage. Fraud, intimidation and violence had been threatened against Roosevelt adherents was 
 At the convention hall they were met with revolvers, Delegate Conner de- clared. Two delegates were stationed inside the doors with orders to pre- vent any Roosevelt delegate getting in. "One of our men was struck on the head by a constable,r he said. In the county in which this was alleged to have happened MT. Conner said 190 delegates were for Roosevelt.
 It is declared the question of '.regu- larity" could not be raised in Arkansas because there is no republican party in the state"
 ''The organization is a postmasters' syndicate" he said, 'and 1t would take shotguns to break up the system'
 MT. Remmel. taking up the defense for the Taft delegates, said that protesting delegation, much like that before the na- tional committee, had gone to Washing ton several years ago and protested to President Roosevelt against republican conditions in the state
 ''He told them to go back to Arkansas and nominate ticket. and if they won he would recognize them as the repub- lican party in the state.''
 Factions Were Defeated
 He said the faction was defeated to in the election.
 T saw President Roosevelt later" said MT Remmel. and asked him who con stituted the republican party in Arkan- sas.
 You do, he said"
 MT. Remmel declared the selection of state and district delegates had been en- tirely regular and proper. In the country, where Mir. Conner alleIed fraud" and had occurred. the Roosevelt forces did not even take their contest to the state committee or before the commit tee on credentials.
 In 2I counties. said MT. Remmel no of- fceholders at all were represented in the so-called regular convention. In other