Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-13
FORTY MORE FOR TAFT.
Roosevelt Scores Another Goose Egg
 in Contest Awards.

Chicago, June 12-President Taft gained forty more votes in the re- publican national convention today through the settlement of contest cases by the national committee. Roosevelt Forces Made a Fight.
 It was a day of Taft victories ex- clusively. In the cases of the Califor- mia, Arizona, and Michigan contests, the Roosevelt forces made a fight and voted their full strength against the Taft delegates. In the California case they secured a roll call. losing Is to 37; in the Arizona contest they failed to get roll call; and in the Michigan voted against seating the Taft dele gates at large.
 Gain of 40 For Taft The contests settled today in favor of President Taft were:
 Arizona delegates at large, six; Cali | fornia, fourth district ?; Louisiana delegates at large s; first, second, | third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh dis tricts IA; Michigan, delegates at large 1 g; Mississippi delegates at large 4; first district, 2. Total 40.
 News Plan checknated.
 Pearl Wight. national committeeman from Louisiana, and the Roosevelt leader there. lost in his fight to seat the Roosevelt delegates from the state. An effort was made by Committeeman Harry s. New to end the long stand ing differences among Louisiana re- publicans by officially recognizing the Loisel faction now controlling the state republican organization there, l NF f-1. ,ff
 California Fight Was Bitter.
 Governor Chase s. Osborn of Mich igan, and his Roosevelt delegates at large were unseated by the decision of the Michigan case for Taft. The con- test over the fourth California district, decided for President Taft, furnished the most bitter exchange of the day, Francis J. Heney leading the Roose- welt forces and insisting upon recog- milton for the Roosevelt delegates there.
 112 More Contests To Consider.
 The national committee had before it when it adjourned tonight 112 con- tested seats still to pass upon. Chair man Victor Rosewater, in a statement at the end of the session, said the committee was not keeping pace with the work of the last convention. h 1908 but eighty eight contests remain ed to be decided on the Wednesday night preceding the convention. Mem- bers of the committee fear that the contests will run well over into the opening day of the national conven- tion.
 Todsys Programme.
 The remainder of the Mississipp contests and those fro mthe states oi Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma South Sarolina and Tennessee, will, fl is believed, be disposed of tomorrow.
 The California Fight.
 The California contest, involving tw, delegates from the Fourth district , was called, and Heney took a place a: the table as attorney for the Rooee welt delegates.
 Frederick c. Bryan opened the cas- for the Taft delegates. He declare, the Taft delegates had received tn majority of votes in the Fourth dis trict. Under the California law, how ever. the right of district representa- tion had been denied, and the uni | rule" applied to the whole Californi delegation.
 State Law Provides for Unit Rule. MT. Bryan stated that two Taft del z egates because they claimed to hay about 250 majority in the Fourth dis s trict declined to be bound by tn Roosevelt vote In the state at large. ''The law provides, does it not, asked Mir. Kellogg. that all delegate shall be bound by the majority in tn state at larger"
 Yes; it does"
 i What was the Roosevelt majorit 2 in the state?" asked Kellogg. = Seventy seven thousand" inter 1 rupted MT. Heney.
 MT. Kellogg called attention to tn e fact that the committee had alread seated all the other California dele gates.
 "But in this ono case" said M :. | Bryan, the Taft delegates received = majority"
 s State Law Conflicts with Party Lsv
 Governor Hadley of Missouri. hold n ing proxy for Mir. Bieber of tho bistrit . of Columbia, asked MP. Bryan If | - thought the call of the republIea % rational convention was superior to s state law,
 3 When the state law interferes wit . the party law, the national eenami- n toes ruling is supreme" said N
 Bryan,
 Senator Penrese asked Mir Bfya
 if he knew anything abaut the dslit . crate attempt in California to yieiai