The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-06-27


Roosevelt delegation.
The Florida cases were then called
Again no Roosevelt delegates or attor
neys appeared.
The national committee unanimous
~ seated the IL contested Taft dele
gates from Florida.
The Georgia contest, involving 2{
Taft delegates who were seated by q
vote of % to 4, by the national com
m1ttee were next called.
Chairman Devine insisted on taking
up each contest that the national com
mittee had passed on.
The Georgia contest case was based
on the contention that the Taft dele
gates were. elected before there was
legalized registration lists in the state.
Taft Again Wins.
| The Taft delegates-at-large from
Georgia, four in number were seated
on the motion Of Henry Shaw, of West
Virginia, a Roosevelt adherent. The
vote was unanimous. The case of the
"a Georgia district delegates was put
over
Senator Senator Albert ]. Beveridse
appeared as counsel for the Roosevelt
delegates for the Thirteenth Indiana
district, the contests next called.
Under the orders of the credentials
committee all of the Indiana cases
We're reopened, although the two dele.
| gates from the Thirteenth district
were the only ones involved in the
Hadley Roosevelt charges of unfair
| action on the part of the national
committee. The Roosevelt members
on the national committee had voted
for the Taft delegates-at-large from
Indiana.
The contested Indiana delegates in.
cluded four delegates-at-large and two
each from the First, Third, Fourth
and Thirteenth districts
Senator Beverage was one Of the
Roosevelt delegates-at-large who loss
In the contest before the national COM
mittee. He objected at first to the ap.
pearance of former Senator Hemens
way of Indiana member of the creden-
tials committee as counsel for the Taf1
delegates. He withdrew his objection
when informed that Senator Hemen-
way had temporarily withdrawn fror:
membership on the committee during
the hearing of the Indiana cases. Con.
troll Of the Indiana state convention,
said Senator Beveridge, depended on
the seating of the delegation select.
ed at the indianapolis primaries.
Charges Of Fraud Made.
Taft men carried these primaries,
but Senator Beveridge charged that
discrimination had been shown against
Roosevelt voters.
Senator Beveridge declared that
"the grossest and most outrageous re-
peating'' was done in the indianapolis
primaries. He presented atfidavits to
show that truck loads of negroes had
been taken from one ward to another
to vote in EACH Various charges of
fraud in the primaries were made by
Senator Beveridge. He referrd to the
Lorimer case in the United States SEN
ate and said that ANY proof of fraud
poisons the whole fabric of the elec-
ton"
Chicago, Illinois. Perpetuation of
the steam roller" so far as the ma
tional committee of the Republican
party is concerned, and recognition
of the direct primary plan of elect
ing members of the committee, We're
the two radical and apparently contra
dictory changes made in the rules
governing the national committee by
the rules committee of the conven-
ton. The Roosevelt members of the
committee did not oppose either
They will, however, introduce a min
GRITTY report to the convention, insist
ing on a reduction of southern rep
resentation in the convention and up
on the right of the various states to
dictate the method and manner under
which their representatives on the
national committee shall be elected
In other respects the rules that gov
erned the Republican convention of
four years ago were adopted % to G.
The steam roller amendment says
that when any member of the COM
mittee bolts or refuses to support the
nominee of the Republican party, he
shall be- summarily deposed.
The committee then is empowered |
to name his successor. In the past |
the successorship was dictated by the |
state central committee of the state
affected.
The rules committee, however, held !
that this would give to a state the |
opportunity to name to the vacancy a |
man holding precisely the same views
as the member deposed. Therefore it
was decided that the power of appoint
ment should be delegated solely to the |
itself. Recognition Of the |
primary system of election of men,
bers of the committee was contained |
in an amendment saying that when
state laws are passed for the election
Of national committeeman, such cleo. |
lion shall be considered a nomination
to be carried into effect by the dele
cation from said state"
Under this change a state electing