Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-06-08
.LITTLE FRICTON is SHOWN
IN ALL But TWO CASES THE
VOTE ON CONTESTS WAS
UNANIMOUS.
Fifteen IBTITAFT Votes
BOrah Charged thnt the Committee
Was Using Steam Roller Tactics
On the Contests.

| CHICAGO, June 7.-Twenty-four
delegates from Alabama and Arkansas
We're added to the Taft column by the
action Of the republican national COM
mittee on the so-called Roosevelt con-
tests from those states. All contests
presented before the committee today
were decided In Tafts favor and in
all but two the decision of the com
mittee was unanimous. one roll call
test apparently had shown fifteen anti
Taft votes.
The cases decided today were those
Of the six delegates at large and the
| two each in the First, Second, Fifth,
Sixth and Ninth congressional districts
in Alabama and the four delegates at
large and two each In the First and
Second Districts of Arkansas.
There remain to be heard of the Ar
kansas contests, those In the Third.
Fourth, Fifth and Seventh districts.
The contest over the six delegates at
large from Arizona was postponed un-
til later day on motion Of Commit
teeman Penrose Of Pennsylvania.
Meeting Was Peaceful.
The meeting between Taft and
Roosevelt adherents was surprisingly
peaceful, although II opened with a
contest, which seemed to forecast Il
degree of friction. This, however,
failed to materialize.
! The opening contest came over a
removal by Senator Borah of Idaho
of his motion Of yesterday which
would permit only eight members OF
the committee to demand "A roll call,
instead of twenty as provided by the
existing rules.
Dennis II. Flynn Of oklahoma, hold
| ing at the time the proxy of Commit
teeman Cade of oklahoma, moved to
| lay the Borah motion on the table.
Mr. Borah wanted to debate the mo-
ton, but Chairman Rosewater declar.
ed it unbeatable, as proposition of
parliamentary law.
II don't intend to be choked off by
a gag this early in the campaign,
said Senator Borah, with some show
| Of heat, "and | will either have my
say here or l will occupy such po-
sition that this convention will make
no progress"
Borah Got Obstreperous.
This committee will conduct its
proceedings under the usual parlia-
mentary rules" said Mr.. Rosewater,
with marked dignity.
But you shall not adopt any rulc
or gag by laying motions on the table
this early in the campaign" retorted
the Idaho senator.
The committee proceeded to table
the Borah motion by viva voce vote
and then Mr.. Borah was permitted to
continue, which he did as follows:
Mr.. Chairman, we will not make
any progress here. Now, ] know that
you have a steam roller. | don't even
desire to cushion the steam roller. l
am perfectly willing that the steam
roller shall operate, but | want to say
here and now, that it will be known
to the country that It does operate,
how 1t operates, who is operating 1t,
Men who have not the moral
courage to record their vote before
the people of this country are not
worthy to represent the great repub-
lican organization OF these United
States. (Applause). Men who have
not the manhood to stand up here ana
state for whom they are going to vote,
how they are going to vote, are evil
dently acting as -
Gave Borah His Chance.
The Chalrman-"The gentleman
from Idaho Is out of order
Mr.. Bartholdt-"There is nothing
before the house
Senator Borah-"I am before the
house"
Mr.. Bartholdt-"I ask unanimous
consent that the gentleman be per-
mitted to proceed In order that this
meeting be made parliamentary.
Mr.. Penrose-"I hope consent will
be given to the senator from Idaho
to continue, and | think We should
give unanimous consent now and let
him make his remarks into the rec
ord"
1t was made plain very soon after
this that even though Mr. Borahs
motion had been tabled the majority
intended to give the minority roll
call on demand, on any question. Pen
rose. Crane and others of the Taft
faction repeatedly joined Borah and
his colleagues in the minority asking
for a roll call, and they always got
ii.
The Test Vote.
The test vote came in the case of
the Ninth Alabama district, In which |
the Taft delegates were seated by a
vote Of 3s to Is. These fifteen were (
Knight of California; Dupont OF
Delaware: Borah of Idaho: Lowden Of
Illinois; Burnham of Kentucky; Wight
of Louisiana (whose vote was cast by
r. w. Thllberger); Kellogg Of Mime
sofa; Rosewater of Nebraska; Flani- |
gan of Nevada. (whose proxy was held
at that time by Lucius N. Littauer); |
Ward of New York; Capers of South |
Carolina Thorsen OF South Dakota;
Monday of Tennessee; Loose of Utah