The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-05
NO SEATS FOR .,. COM4ITTEKMEN
 NEWLY CHOSEN
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 The procedures for tonaorrowa's meet ing of the .cohmittee were practically completed today. The committee will meet at o'clock Thursday afternoon. Conventions Hall. The onenins meet ing will be secret. First will come the calling of tthes roll of the mem bers andF this vas pScfed1 -tod&y, to precipita ts the initial contest through ly elected commit teemen to have their names substituted for the sit- ting men's There will probably be- a lengthy wrangle on this subject but the. outcome seemed certain today. to hes that thes committee would flat. ly reject the contentious of the new men.
 The latter may % into court to se- cure mandatee to ret their seats but this will not be; known positively un- hers have alrSAdy coInDlled dozens of decisions, hich they, claim. prove the the supresas judge of ths qnaiifica- U tions and which win be read inscase
 Then vii coins tn. slecttoa of 2 the> committee to surceed J the late Governorf Hill of Maine Unless the commi4tes members whc.hay not yet plan, vfuK6r Rosewkter. ivfcs chair man Of the rommitteef and member from Nebraska, will be chosen. The committee will 4thens consider the re- port of the spetial coinmitteer appoint Brookefg Of Connecticut, h. chairman, and which has revised the rules of the committee The natup0 sof this re- port Is not known but II NaP believed: today, 1t Ncu clear hse disputed points in to1Mection with the term of the mem befs of the committee. pro- cedure in hGpdling contests and oth-i CT matters about which. there has been dispute
 All of ton1urrow's sessions of the committees were expected to be sex> ecutive. but when the hearing of the actual -contestsf is1 begun. which will not be until Eriqaxz # 1reeent planA are adhered to, the -preaa will be per mitted to be- present at the hearings. While the. fhearings in, the contests on them in private. It is expected that as soon as a contest haG been presented sss ey a tas 9RR9sigg RE ss ssup.si the .ss.,9o gos 8e ts. stsl SS4 a4 ssa;SSst'Ss g thrown open and the result announc- cd e4Fifteen minutes will be allowed each. sid6 in5 district contAEta with the the committee Agreetngs where con- tests are consolidated to. allow the consolidated time ons the basis of 15 minutes to each contest.
 It was believed d.. that whare con- teats are aimuAr, a0 in most of the southern states. this will be done Out of the mass of claims and conn # n's was s possibIs. p today, o sst sA . Tine inc on the action of the .committee. It aeeaned certain that, the Taft dele- gates would be seated in nearly ev- cry case. the only states where ex- captions were expectsd being in Tex briefs of the southern contests indi- cate for the most part that the Taft deleGatea are elected at regular cons ventions officered by regular officials and members of the committees pri- could not be expected to 90 behind the face of-the returns in deciding the mo0ted questions. tes5 ss
 Sensational allegations were prom. ised in the southern cases, Lily to be argued out before the commit tee Tn zLouisiana. Virginia and Ar kansas. McHarg. for the Rooseyelt forces. will allege the blacks were re- fused permission to y2te at the pri-
 
 making up of the delegates to the con- venHon. Dick admitted that there might possibly have been some pre- cincts where the negroes did mot care to vote but he stated if the matter of negro rebresenfation m the southern states he might be able to give it some light on manfpula ton by l the Roosevelt forces that would be interesting.
 tablished his headquarters', here he l sent for Ormsby McHarg. Bainbridge | Colby. Colonel Cecil Lyon and Will lisAn l.. Ward and an extended con ference was begun. Daxon declared !wousd control the convention was -hy-I fraud and that, he said, would pevef 1 be tolerated~ by the Republicans aef' the nation.
 Despite all of the claim. cf the Roosevelt win be nominated 4on the first ballot ''eFT .t.'
 Tn statement. given out shortiy1 after his arrival he%said: s--.s-i aser II .The victory in South Dakota for1 Colonel Roosevelt was another proof | of the Republican voters throughout + the nation. South Dakota issthe 12ths state that has indicated it's choice for candidate through the popular ver- Q1cC. Ihere l9 g. me OI uHuTOh6H + Roosevelt victories wherever the reo- pie have spoken directly Roosevelt has won overwhelmingly in the open1 states of the north nlxwest where the Republican party must look for its collateral votes. z The sentiment has been 3 for Roosevelt to l for MT. Taft.
 "some Taft managers in despera- ton have thrown out broad intfma- tons that a majority of the Republi- can national committee would, in some mysterious way apply sfeight of hand methods and strong arm tactics in an attempt to. reverse the verdict1 of the Republican voters. | have no fear In resting our case in the mat ter of contested delegates to their de- cision. knowing the various members of the committee and believing fully in the spirit of fairness will guide them. We believe they will decide each contest on it's merit.
 That is alt the Roosevelt managers ask of the national committee and all they have any. right to, expect. No contests have been filed by the ,Roose- Felt. aational scommittee. that we do not believe rest on solid foundatl6n rz- |