New-York tribune., 1912-06-11


question Of the admission of fifteen am
davits filed since the date on which all
such papers must he placed on file. ano
which the Taft delegates from INDIANA
had not been permitted 10 see. IL was
argued that II this practice were con-
doned by the national committee there
would be no end to it; that those against
whose cases such affldavts were used
would naturally ask time to secure others
IN rebuttal. and so on.
The motion to admit this evidence was
defeated by a vote Of 80 TO 20 but after
going on record as opposed to the method
the committee. on motion OF captain
Harry New, agreed unanimously to ad-
nit the evidence in this instance, ana
when this was done it was proved 'ha'
five of those making the afiidavits, which
concerned events In the convention had
not even attended the convention.
Evidence presented showed that the
Taft men originally had majority OF
four and a half votes and that suose-
uuently two Taft men were induced 10
give proxies to Roosevelt men, leaving
the Taft men q ma jorlty of only onc-hah
vote BY this majority the chairman
was elected and seated. but when the
names of the two Taft delegates were
put in nomination the Roosevelt follow
ers raised such disturbance that II was
impossible TO secure a rolcall For fif-
teen minutes the chairman pleaded with
Them TO restore order and put their own
candidates in nomination, but they re-
fused TO heed him The chairman then
put the question and declared the Taft
delegates elected by a viva vocc vote.
lie again sought repeatedly to secure d
rollear and was prevented by the
Roosevelt men. and, finally. the conyen-
ton. having elected the Taft delegates,
adjourned
After this. the evidence showed. the
Roosevelt faction held a rurnp convention
ard elected chairman. but no secre-
t;rs. There were 14o delegates in the
regular convention. and only th'rty-hve
attended ,hc rump affair. but il named
the cont"stirs delegates whose case was
cse Of Ss 10 Il
Attitude Of the COMMITTEES.
General Powell clayton. national COM
mitteenlnn from Arkansas, who has filled
that oficc fol- fort, years, said this
evening:
We voted against admitting the belated
sTdaVits IN tha case of the 18th Indiana
because We wished to go on record as op-
posed "a tho practice. although probably
many Of those Who so voted Intended. as
did !. II admit them in this case a little
later. There IL no good reason, however,
Why contestants should not file their afil-
dsVits within the time prescribed by the
national committee, and unless they DO
SC the committee will find itself wholly
unable 10 complete it's work within the
Fortunately in this instance there was
10 necessity for giving the other side time
90 secure aff1davits in rebuttal. because
mos. who presented the af1davits them
had never attended the convention, and
with such an admission there was a pre-
Ronderspee Of evidence IN favor Of the the
3crity which they enjoyed In the conven-
ton
Although the Taft members of the ma
tional committee decided it vas not
worth while to pay any attention to the
deDunciatory statement issued by Colonel
Roosevelt OH Saturday, Alfred T. Rogers,
rational committeeman from Wisconsin
and an ardent supporter of La Toilette,
deeply resented the colonel's charges and
decided to- day to speak for himself He
said
am no match for the colonel when 1t
comes TO picturesque abuse. but as for the
substance Of his remarks. il is all a
matter of hot air / voted TO seat the
TAFT delegates from the 9Th Ala bama. and
my judgment, the committee has rem
dered decision in accordance with the
merits of the case
Some of the California delegates have
been impatient because that state was
passed over instead Of its delegates being
added TO the temporary roll in the regu-
lar order. Accordingly Colonel Cecil
Lyon moved to-day that twenty four
delegates from that state--being all ex-
cept two from the 4th District, where
there is a contest--should be placed on
the roll, and this carried without di-
vision.
The election of the Roosevelt dele
gates from the 4th California District is
Contested by the Taft managers, al
though they have never claimed the Taft
men in any of their estimates. The Taft
delegates received more votes In this
district than did the Roosevelt candi-
dates. Further. they contend that, al
though the national committee provides
that the laws OF the states may be recog-
nized in preference to the rules laid down
by the committee. the primary law OF
California does not provide for the elimi-
nation Of district lines as It does, for
instance. In Maryland. and that such
provision had no higher authority than
the California state committee.
Remained Outside Committee Room.
Secretary Nagei spent considerable
fine at the Coliseum to-day. although ne
did not take the seat he is entitled to
as National Committeeman from Mis-
souri, and for which Representative Bar
tholdt has his proxy Mr.. Nagel re-
manned outside the committee room and
chatted with the delegates. but took no
other part in the proceedings.
Ex-Secretary James r. Garfield was
at the Coliseum for a time but did not
enter the committee room. spending
most of his time talking with a few
Roosevelt delegates.
As II becomes more and more obvious
that the only possible chance Mr.. Roose-
velt will have 70 secure the nomination