The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-15

on the other, occurred outside the rooms of the republican national committee just
 after the hearing in the Third Oklahoma district was finished.
 Scores of politicians and spectators who had gathered at the entrance of the com mittee room to await results of decisions
 witnessed the conflict, and number or men aided detectives in separating the combatants.
 In the committee room Francis J.
 Heney, after the argument insthe Third district contest had closed, had asked that Grant Victor, holding the proxy | of T. A. Marlow of Montana, be ex- cludedi from voting in the case be-
 cause of his personal interest in it. The
 suggestion was not put to a vote.f Victor retired with former Senator Charles Dick, however, and other Taft lawyers Loud remarks were made about the Oklahoma cases, Disney and ! Dore upholding the claims of the ! Roosevelt faction. Ii was then, ac- cording to Disney, that Victor aimed a blow at him. Dore rushed into the fracas By this time detectives on duty in the committee room sided with the marshal and by the aid of MT. Dick and other spectators soon separ- ated the men after he was seen to be waging a sanguinary struggle. There
 were no arrests made.
 There was an influx of Iowa lead CTS early today and this made activity around the headquarters of Senator Cummins accentuated and more lively. Senator Brewer a delegate at large
 from Iowa and instructed for Taft said the 16 delegates are instructed for Cummins will stand by the President through the senator.
 Senator Miles Poindexter, delegate at large from Washington, whose seat is contested arrived early and joined the Roosevelt forces. T suppose I'll be flattened out by the steam roller" said the senator.
 New Tack by Taft It was said Taft leaders had aban- doned the idea of asking the conven- tion to pass @ resolution compelling delegates to obey instructions until re- leased by the candidates. Many of the Taft people thought this plan, which Is said to have been suggested by Gen Powell Clayton of Arkansas, would ef- fectually bring their delegates from southern states into line
 Today, however the Taft leacers from northern states objected to the plan and insisted that Taft was the second choice of a number of delegates instructed for Roosevelt who would be willing to change their vote. Idft managers 1HclSl lntiI will be in as good a position at the first stroke on the floor as Roosevelt. providing there was no choice on the
 first roll call ending.
 William Barnes, Jr.. of New York in calculations personally announced that President Taft would have 534 votes on the temporary roll call. Then the sit uation affecting the possible winning of Taft delegates to the Roosevelt side was discussed, however Taft leaders insisted even heroic efforts to certain ends would be futile in the face of the Presidents strength on paper esti- mates They pointed out that from their figures Roosevelt would have only 458 votes and it would be necessary to capture 36 southern delegations in or der to gain control of the convention and that then it would be necessary to get 46 delegates more than the num- Der instructed for LaFollette and Cum mins in order to nominate Colonel Roosevelt
 Many of the Roosevelt leaders con- cede the improbability of the nomina- tion of Colonel Roosevelt on the first ballot, but at the same time say that President Taft cannot muster enough votes to adopt the report of the com mittee on credentials.
 Here is made a point where the claim is made the Taft ship will meet the Gibraltar. The credentials commit tee It's is admitted by many, will be similar to the national organizations Of previous years.
 Dixon Jubilant
 Senator Dixon was. apparently tubi- lant over the contest results of yes terday and resumed his attack on Taft leaders. T have just heard from an absolutely reliable source," he said. "of another case of attempted bribery in the committee. A certain southern man has said his brother -in-law would be made postmaster in southern city if he rides consistently on the steam roller. 1 will not mention his name So far he has voted with the stealers1 consistently but I want to give him another chance to reform"
 Senator Dixon declared he was ab- soIutely certain of enough delegates to nominate Roosevelt but that no actual vote could be predicted at this time. T have special reasons for my belief that Colonel Roosevelt will be nom mated he said, but regardless of when or where the colonel is nom-