The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-06-09
EVERY CONTEST
IS IN HIS FAVOR
LIVELY FIGHT CAME UP OVER
THE GEORGIA REPUeLI-
CAN DELEGATION.
The Entire Florida Delegation Given
to the President, as Well as All
orhers-Roosevelt YeIIs "Thieves"
When Told the News.

Chicago, June S.-Arkansas ma
tional republican delegate contests
not settled yesterday we're cleared up
by The national committee today, and
eight more delegates were added to
the Taft column. Contests in the
Third, Fourth, Fifth and Seventh dis
tricts were settled today The four
delegates at large and those from the
First and Second districts went to
Taft yesterday.
In the thirty-two contests so far
heard by the committee, Taft men
have been seated in every instance.
A motion by Committeeman Bur
nam, of Kentucky, a Roosevelt man,
to seat both factions in the Fifth Ar
kansas district-with one-haif vote
each, was defeated, 40 to TO-
The seating of the Taft delegates
was then confirmed by viva voce
vote.
The only serious fight today, cul-
minating in a test vote of forty-two
to zen, was over the contest in the
Fifth district; the majority stood
solid and decided in favor of Taft
Lyon of Texas and Bleber of the
District of Columbia, were Ilsted as
not voting Senator Borah, who has
thus far led the Roosevelt contingent
was not present this morning, even
by proxy.
The case of the six Florida dele
gates at large was decided in favor
of the Taft delegates.
Mr.. Chubb, as national committee
man, demanded roll call.
Il want this committee" he SAID
Ito eternally sit down on such damn
able contests as these"
The motion to seat the "Chubb
delegates was unanimous, A to 0.
The Taft delegates from the First
Flori1a district were seated without
a roll call, although several voices
were heard in the negative. Presi-
dent Taft's delegates in the Second
district were seated unanimously
without roll call.
far the spokesman for the anti-Taft
forces, was not in the committee room
when the roll was called.
J. A. Tawney of Minnesota, was
admitted on a proxy. State Senator
William Finn of Pittsburg, who came
on to assist in the Roosevelt battle,
had not appeared at the Coliseum
this morning.
Fourth Arkansas district delegates
were seated by unanimous vote-4S
to O.
Committeeman Dupont of Delaware,
who has thus far voted with the antlA
Taft people. made the motion.
"a Cold -BIooded Theft
The decision in the Ninth Alabama
district in which the Roosevelt dele
gates lost, promised to arise again
this morning. Senator Dixon's state
ment last night that the theft was
cold -blcoded, premeditated and delib-
crate" had intensified the feeling
between the Taft and Roosevelt ad-
herents.
Several members of the committee
urged before the meeting that mo-
ton be made to reconsider this case,
SO hat another test vote might be
had upon it.
The Fifth Arkansas district contest
was then called
Wallace Townsend, who had ap-
peared in the Arkansas cases yes
terday, again contended for complete
regularity in all proceedings by
which the Taft delegates were chos-
en-.
Mr. Townsend said none of his as
sistants had been able to find out
where the Roosevelt convention was
held, but he had heard it was back
of store or a livery stable.
The Taft delegates were victorious
nv another unanimous vote.
In the next cases, from the F1fth
Arkansas district, the Roosevelt del
egates. headed by w. S. Holt, of Lit
tie Rock, again were the contestants
The Fifth district case involved the
o1leped assaults by policemen upon
Roosevelt adherents. -
Policemen With Guns.
I'VE had 1O9 of the 1872 delegates
IN the Pulaski county convention