The daily sentinel., 1912-06-12
Associated Press.

Associated Press.
Chicago, June 12.-To dispose Of
the Arizona and California contest
cases, which had been set for today,
and the Louisiana cases, which come
next on the list, the republican ma
tional committee met at 9:2O o'clock
this morning.
At the time of the meeting the
California cases promised to bring
the whole state delegation into ques-
tion, owing to the alleged conflict be-
tween the California primary law
and the official call of the republican
national committee.
The call specified that the voters
of each congressional district should
choose two delegates. Under the pri-
mary law, although the first returns
showed that the Taft delegates were
elected in the fourth district, the sec
retary of state treated the state as
unit and gave all the delegates to
Roosevelt because of his statewide
majority.
Later on the secretary of state de-
--eided that the boundaries between
the fourth and fifth districts were
too badly defined to make the segre-
cation of their votes possible.
In the Louisiana cases three dele
cations at large appear-one instruct
ed for Roosevelt, headed by National
Committeeman Pearl Wright, and
two for Taft.
An agreement was made last Feb
ruary, upon the intervention of the
national committee, under which
Victor Loisel became the state chair
man. The Loisel faction has sent
recognized Taft delegation. while
Wright claims equal regularity for
his delegates.
There are two sets of delegates
from Arizona-one for Taft and the
contestants for Roosevelt. In this
state two conventions were held in
the same hall after split over the
organization OF the convention.
Before the national committee met
this morning it was declared that the
claim of the Roosevelt delegation
from Louisiana would be that the
subcommittee OF the national COM
mittee exceeded its powers when 1t
went to Louisiana and consolidated
the warning factions, it's alleged pur-
pose being to get an early conyen-
tion and shut out the possibility of
a Roosevelt delegation.
After hearing the California con-
test arguments, the two Taft dele
gates tHt III Sdliloi
trict were awarded the seats in the
convention by a vote of 81 to 16. The
motion to seat them was made by Es-
tabrook of New Hampshire and was
followed by motion by Senator Bo-
rah to seat the Roosevelt delegates.
A roll call was refused on the Borah
motion, and the Borah motion was
lost on viva voce vote. The Esta-
brook motion was then carried.
The Arizona contests were decided
in favor of Taft, the six delegates
from that state being awarded to
Taft by a viva voce vote.
The committee then took up the
contests of the six delegates at large
from Louisiana. In all twenty dele
gateships are contested from this
state.
At 2:30 pm. the six delegates at
large from Louisiana, headed by Loi-
sci, were credited to Taft by vote
of AS to 2.
Taft delegates were then seated
from the first, the second, the sixth
and the seventh congressional dis
tricts of Louisiana.
Thus. so far today, President Taft
has won % delegates. Up till today
he had been awarded 102 delegates
in the contests decided by the COM
mittee, making a total gain of 124
up to this time.
Roosevelt was awarded one dele
gate from Kentucky yesterday after
noon late.