The Washington herald., 1912-06-13
TAFTERS CHARGE
7. R. MANAGERS
WITH BRIBERY
Continued from Page One.

gives some idea Of the weII-flIed treas.
| Ure chest which the Roosevelt man.
ayers have at their disposal
| Latest Available Figures.
The Taft management will also have
headquarters, but II will be both less
snowy and expensive.
| The latest figures Of Presidential
strength give Taft 5ss votes, while the
Roosevelt managers say that they have
| $40 pledged, with many ready and wait
ing to mop over TO them when the word
/ is given.
While Roosevelts most strenuous
| fighters to-day hurled obstacles in the
way of the Republican National Com
mittee's steam-rolleT, the machine.
driven carefully forward under the
| guiding hand OF Chairman Victor Rose
water, crunched them painstakingly in
| the macRdam, and tonight a string of
| Taft victories marked the progress II
had made. Almost from the minute
\ the pOnderous machine started there
was trouble. The strong voice OF
Francis J. Heney. of San Francisco.
majority. At times II was raised TO
such a pitch and his protests delivered
with such energy that persons waiting
| outside in the big room adjoining the
committee room could hear his denun-
Citations. Senator william Z. Borah.
who has been the floor leader OF the
coloners forces. added his share. Gov.
Herbert S. Hadley. OF Missouri. took a
hand now and again. and Frank E.
Kellogg, former trust buster, and one
| OF ROOsevelts supporters in the COM
mittee. cut in with biting sarcasm. But
It did no good as far as the colonel was
concerned.
The Final Score.
When the committee finally ad-
journed tonight the score stood:
For Taft. 14I.
For Roosevelt. l.
It was 7:l5 p m. when the committee
men finally filed out OF the rooms at the
Coliseum annex. They had been in ses-
zion since a m. Without recess the
hearings proceeded, messenger boys be-
ing occasionally dispatched for coffee and
sandwiches, which furnished the only re-
freshment the committeeman enjoyed.
The fireworks started with the very
opening Of the session. The Taft men,
having observed their previously perfect
score, grew restive when they remem-
bered that Roosevelt had put one over
at the very last minute the night before.
Former Senator Charles Dick, Of Ohio,
! served formal notice Of appeal in the
Eleventh kentucky District, where the
committee had seated q Taft and a
Roosevelt man. OTmsby McHarg for
once was in perfect accord with the Ohio
man. He also asserted he desired to ap-
peal the case, remarking that there was
no reason why II Cne Roosevelt delegate
was regular the other should not be.
Victor Rosewater. chairman, informed
both attorneys that they could only open
the case by unanimous consent. There
both sides agreed to bring the case be-
fore the committee on credentials.
Arizona Goes to Taft.
Then the second surprise was sprung.
The Arizona case was called up. It had
been expected that Arizona would go
TO the very bottom Of the list Instead
It was called at once. and both sides
fought desperately to have their claims
allowed
Two conventions were held in Arizona
and both sides told the story. The Taft
men held that they were regular and
that the State convention with the dele
gate roll made up by the executive COM
mittee Of the State committee, under
party law must stand. When the Roose-
welt men asserted that they had not even
f!ed their contests in Arizona because
they knew they would not get a square
deal, the committee decided with the
Taft men. Six deIegates-at-large, the en-
tire Arizona representation, were at
stake. The Taft men were seated. Two
attempts were made to get a roll call.
Both were lost, although the Roosevelt
men summoned eighteen Of the necessary
twenty to their aid. Then came the big
gest fight Of the day and of the con-
tests. The Taft men called up the con-
test in the Fourth California district
and when the smoke cleared away, the
names Of two Taft delegates had been
added to the temporary roll.
Taft Gets Two More.
Gov. Hiram W. johnson, original
Roosevelt Governor, who had been sum-
moned post-haste from California be-
cause Of the threatened fight, at the last
minute refused absolutely to 20 before
the committee. He thought he would not
contest to a trial over the title Of stolen
property before the thief. His protest
was written out and sent in to Heney
who read II into the record. while Rose
water hammered violently to gaveI him
down and the other members Of the COM
mittee asserted he was insulting them
and that he was ''out Of order.T
The contest in the California district
was brought on a technicality. The call
Of the Republican National Committee
provides that delegates from districts
must De eleCl6Q Dy Lne voters OF the
district. In California, which Roosevelt
carried by 1900 plurality, the delegates
were elected from the State-at-large un-
der the provisions OF the primary law.
The two Taft men in the Fourth Dis
trict-a part Of San FranciscoEwere elect
ed on the face Of the returns from the
district itself-one by 81 votes. the other
by votes. On the ground that the
voters Of the district had elected these
men and that under the rules Of the,
committee the fact that heir adversary
had been seated by vote OF 1900 in
the State at large should be disregarded
Johnson asserted that the fight was in
stigated by Pat Calhoun. street car mag
nate and victim Of the graft proseeu-
tions, who had been indicted for frauds
and prosecuted by johnson and Heney.
Calhoun and johnson are bitter political
enemies.
II was after Johnson had heard the
fun facts from the Roosevelt men that