The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-06-21
TEST VOTE SHOWS TAFT
SUPPORTERS IN CONTROL
Ninth Alabama Case Decided
Against the Colonel bya
Vote Of "a to IA.

Chicago, June 21.-Despite the fact
that they said they had left the COM
mittee for good" Roosevelt members
OF the credentials committee, acting
under the suggestion of Colonel Roose-
welt, Unexpectedly returned to the
meeting of the committee when it
opened.
There was trouble Immediately after
the committee assembled, Hugh I.
Halbert of Minnesota insisting on
nothing being done until the arrival
of several Roosevelt men who were
absent.
There was a stormy passage at arms
and then Mr.. Halbert's request was
refused and he was ordered to resume
his seat with the threat that the SER
geant.at-arms would compel him to
do so unless he obeyed.
Under the revised rules the Roose-
welt men claimed they had won their
chief points, namely: To secure the
introduction of new evidence and to
secure greater time for debate.
Long Time on First Case.
More than an hour and a quarter
was occupied by the Roosevelt attor-
neys in presenting the Roosevelt side
of the first case called, that of the
Ninth Alabama district.
Members of the committee expressed
doubt as to the possibility of conclud-
ing the seventy-two contest hearings
In time to make report to the ma
tional convention as scheduled.
Roosevelt members of the creden.
tials committee then agreed to push
only the Arizona, California, Texas
and Washington contest cases, forty
eight delegates in all. They declared
these were the most important cases.
The agreement was made in the hope
of shortening the committees ses-
sions.
The total number of contests In
volved in the Hadley resolution was
seventy-two, including also twenty
two delegates from Arkansas, Indiana,
Kentucky, Michigan and Tennessee.
The prospect of holding the nation
al convention idle for several days
while these were considered induced
the Roosevelt men to agree to aban-
don the last group and center their
fight on the others.
Says Taft Men Were Boilers.
The Ninth Alabama contest involved
| the control of the district committee.
| Roosevelt men claimed the Taft forces
had bolted; while the latter claimed
they had actual control of the COM
mittee and the Roosevelt men had
used an unauthorized resignation of a
Taft member in order to fill his place.
Under the rules admitting new evil
dence the Roosevelt attorneys sue
| ceeded in introducing an affidavit from
| the Taft secretary of the district COM
mittee to show the Taft men had been
"bolters"
A motion to seat the two Roosevelt
| delegates from the Ninth Alabama dis
| trict was defeated "a to Ia. G. st.
Clair of Idaho, known as Roosevelt
man, and 8. III. Cady OF Wisconsin
voted against the Roosevelt delegates.
Those voting for the Roosevelt dele
gates were:
Illinois, r. r. Mccormick; Kansas,
Ralph Harris; Maine, Jesse M. Lib
bey; Minnesota, Hugh T. Halbert;
| Nebraska, H. 4. Sacket; New Jersey,
J. Boyd Avis; Missouri, Jesse Toller-
ton; North Carolina. c. H. Cowles;
North Dakota, w. s. Lauder; Ohio.
John ]. Sullivan; Oklahoma, Daniel
Norton; Oregon, A. v. Swift; Pennsyl-
vania. Lex N. Mitchell; West Virginia.
| Harry Shaw.