The Sentinel=record., 1912-06-20
DELEGATES BOLT
 COMMITTEE ROOM
COMMITTEE ON CREDENTIALS BREAKS UP IN ROW AND
 ROOSEVELT MEN LEAVE
Later Some of Them Return But Say They Will Leave if They DO
 Not Gain Point.

Chicago, June 19.-In a test oi strength at the organization of the credentials committee immediately after the adjournment of the conven- tion, the Taft forces elected Thomas H. Devine, chairman over the Roose welt candidate, w. T. Lauder of North
 Dakota, by a vote of 30 to- IS, foul members being absent or not voting 1 Massachusetts had no representative on the committee, because of the dead | lock in the state delegation The Taft l forces expected the vote on the major l ity of the contest cases tonight to be 1 33 to 19, passing their prediction on l the attitude of the respective delega- tions on the convention roll calls of the last two days.
 Immediately after the election of MT. Devine. a recess was taken until 1 9:30 o'clock tonight.
 ] Roosevelt members of the creden- 1 tials committee acting under the speci- | fic orders of Colonel Roosevelt broke out of the committee room at 10:30 o'clock tonight after attempting to i beat open the doors and bring all newspaper men into the room. The doors of the committee room were suddenly thrown by ]. J. Sulli- i van of Ohio, who rushed out with the cry All Roosevelt men walked out | He was followed by Hugh TT Halbert of Minnesota. Francis J. Heney of | California, George l.. Record of New ] Jersey and other Roosevelt men. As they pushed open the swinging doors after Sullivan, they cried out to the l newspapermen.
 "All newspapermen come inside anu see what they are trying to do to ms. , Colonel Thayer, assistant sergeant at-arms, shouted to the doorkeeper to admit no one. The Roosevelt forces shouted again for everyone to come in. Mir. Thayer called for policemen who pushed their way through and | kept the crowd from getting in. The Roosevelt men poured out of the room declaring they were acting under the direction of Colonel Roose- welt.
 Everybody go to the Florentine room at the Congress" shouted one man.
 They rushed outside. followed by the crowd and in the street they were overtaken by Secretary William Hay ward.
 "Why did you act that way?" he demanded of Heney. Why didn't you wait until some rules had been pas sed?"
 We are acting under the direct orders of Colonel Roosevelt" retorted | Heney.
 sfWe're obeying a better general than you" shouted George L. Record of New Jersey. He told us to leave that room and we did it." | Hugh T. Halbert declared the break came as the result of the refusal of the majority of the committee to open up all evidence in the cases. MT. Halbert presented resolutions asking that the temporary roll of the con vention be considered only as prima facia evidence of the right of dele gates to sit; and that all evidence, testimony and the like be gone into. l He declared the committee refused ] to do this, and attempted to gag the minority by making rules that would have left the action of the national committee as practically de- cisive in all the contests.
 lNr. Heney later came back to the lobby and urged the Roosevelt con testants to go to the Florentine Room of the Congress, where the Roosevelt headquarters are located and be heard ] CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX.