The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-06-12
TAFT STEAM ROLLER.
FIRST CONTEST HEARD ASSURE
PRESIDENT OF TWENTY
FOUR CONVENTION
VOTES.
BOrah Files Protest Against Steam
RO.lcr-ldaho Senator Says He
Will show People How Political
Juggernaut WOrks-COmmittcc Al
lows Him To Speak Then Goes
About Business.

eSates from Alabama and Arkansas
were added today TO the Taft column
by the action OF the Republican ma
uonal committee on the so-called
Roosevelt contests from those States.
All contests presented before the COM
mittee today were decided in Taft's
favor and i'm all but two the decision
OF the committee was unanimous.
ON roll call test. apparent. had
shown Il 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 dis
tricts in Alabama. and the four dele
gates at large and the two each i'm
the First and Second districts Of Ar
kansas
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
until a later day, on motion of Com
mitteeman Penrose Of PENNSYLVANIA.
In view of the hitter hght between
the Tart and Roosevelt advocates. the
meeting was surprisingly peaceful. al
| though IL opened with a contest which
| seemed To forecast q degree of fric-
tion. This, however failed to ma
terialize. The opening contest arose
over renewal by Senator Borah OF
| Idaho of his motion Of Yesterday.
which would permit only eight mem
bers of the committee to demand a
roll call instead of 20. as provided by
the existing rules.
| Dennis I. Flynn Of Oklahoma. hold
ing at the time the proxy of Col.
Man flanagan OF Nevada, moved to
lay the Borah motion on the table.
MIR. Borah wanted to debate the mo-
ton, but chairman Rosewater de-
clared 1t unbeatable as a proposition
of parliamentary law.
II don't intend To be choked off by
| a gag thus early in the campaign"
said Senator Borah. and will have
my say or | will occupy such posi-
ton that this convention will make
no progress"
This committee will conduct its
proceedings under the usual parlia-
mentary rules" said Mr.. Rosewater,
with marked dignity.
But YOU shall not adopt any rule
or gag by laying motions on the table
thus early in the campaign" retorted
the Idaho senator.
The committee proceeded 10 table
the motion by a viva voce vote. and
then Mr.. Borah was permitted to
continue, which he did, as follows:
MIR. 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. |
am perfectly willing that the steam
roller shall operate, but | want to say
here and now that ii will he known To-
the country that il does operate, how
1t operates, who is operating it.
Men who have not the moral cour-
age To record their vote before the
people of this country are not worthy
To represent the great Republican or
ganization of these United States.
(ApplauseJ
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 evidently acting
as"
The chairman: The gentleman
from Idaho is out of order"
Mr.. i'artholdt. There is nothing
before the house"
Senator Boroh: II am before the
house"
MIR. Hrtholdt: II ask unanimous
consent that the gentleman hc permit
ted to proceed in order that this pro
c"cding Ice made parliamentary"
Mr. P'nrosc. II hope consent
viii Ice given to the senator from Ida
IA" To- continue and think We should
give unanimous consent now ana let
him get his remarks into the record"
II was mad" plain very soon after
this that even though Mr. Gorah's mn-
ti"n had hccn tabled the majority in
tended I" gtvc the minority Il roll can
ON demand ON any question.
MosSrS. Pcnrpsc and Crane ana
others of the Tart faction repeatedly
joined H"rah and his colleagues i'm
the minority I'm asking for a roll can.
and they always got II.