The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-02
CONTESTS DEPEND
Upon ROOSEVELT
Virginia Black and Ians May Be
Seated if He Controls
Convention.

All Virginia Republicans feel that
Tho determination Of the so called CON
tests for seats from this State IN me
national convention In Chicago de-
pehus chtrely on the element In con-
tfol thcro. Questions OF fact and of
evidence, II Is understood. viii not
enter INTO the decision OF the Commit
tco on Credentials. II Taft has the
committee. tho Slrup- Martin delegates
VIII be seated II Roosevelt, unutiviA
the piark-and tan VIII bc the alcrud-
1tcd delegates from Virginia.
Nominal contests hayv been etartcu
from the state at laryc. involving four
ueieSate" ana from .nt rlrSt SECOND
Third. ruth. Sixth. Eighth and Tenth
Districts. y state convention OF tho
ulack tni- tan element WAS neld IN
lIchnIond. electing delegates at-larg.
TO Chicago. while district conventions
We're pulled OFF In parts OF TN. Suite
These were engineered mainly by col
or cd men who felt they were deprived
OF poiI,lcai rights by tho lily whit a
tendencies OF Representative e. b.
Silemp and OF National committeeman
Alvah II. Martin. OF course. the Taft
people say that .he money for the
propaganda anJ Tor tho organization
was furnished from the Roosevelt cam
paign fund. Vt all events. 1t Is tnot-
oushiy understood. iat If the black
ahd-tan delegation is Gated NIrrI.
nf
the twenty-fou votes will be cast for
The Strenuous One
Would ENpcrt Dcfrnt
so II Is that the party leaders. who
ant Mr.. TAFT rcnominatcd bec,u.a
they indorscd him before the ,,oloncTs
nat was in the ring. fully expect Il, b,.
thrown out Of the convention sbo,,II
Mr. Roosevelt control .hc temporary
organization and the credentials com
mittec.
There Is another contes, fro,, this
slate, which had i;s genesis before
roosevelt was Regarded as a .erIot,s
factor IN the determination Of the
party nominee. THIS comes from tho
Third or Richmond District. wh,,.
rival conventions were held. iva sc,s
OF district delegates being elected TO
chicago The faction OF EichmonJ
republicans headed Ly Internal
Revenue Commissioner ROYAL Eub,uk
eaoc!l, Postmaster Edgnr Allan. Jr
ana former Census Supervisor C.
t,-lse"ay Moore. Was oustcd from
party control In trial OF strenrth n,
the mass.meeting called to olcct dol
gates TO the district and state cor-
N"ations liz the gathering az Rc,yi
oere Han. the adhercnts or tho a.
ZION headed by George A. Hanson
United states Court Clerk Joseph p
orade and Melvin Fiegenhcimcr, out
the ms, and speedily be-
came tho ring. AIr. Flegcnhoiuo- h,d
the hall FIRST and filled /, yin ht.
people Rival meetings were hold -,
which the police were Conspicuous
guests.
Carried TO Roanoke
similar things happened In county
meetings. and when tho district con.
Nehuon was held IN South Richmond.
there was another split, different haiIa
tf,.r,
carried the Ugh; to the moor OF the
state convention In Roanoke
me nearing before the committee
on CREDENTIALS lasted the entire after
fence was adduced 10 show how the
factions secured men to attend Inc
mas meetings The Chesterfield gath
ni ,ads ", wes SAID TO have been largely
from richmond and Petersburg
Al this lengthy hearing might as
H s, NOT M, nave been held, Brady and
;SIemp and Martin and Summers on
Inc preceding day. and everybody
K E,ps Their side would be recognized
win them. after Mr. Allan and Nr
Moore had made dignlhed but hope
less reply. Mr.. Cabell sat in the com
mittee room without taking part
minority report was defended be-
fore the convention by Joseph l. Crup-
per, Of Alexandria. who stood by the
-,''NH't'os ioNN tHe Glt was cast. ana
the convincing and evidently honest
specch OF D. Lawrence Groncr the
committee chairman, for the majority
report was hardly needed Amid the
frantic cheers of the Bradyites they
were seated by large majority
AIInnites Must Lose.
Now II is certain that the Allanites
are doomed to lose. even II they prose
cute their CONTEXT In Chicago for the
two delegates from the Third Dis
trfct. for they arc instructed for Taft
Roosevelt would not seat them even
If he had the power. for he would
prefer the uninstructed though
pledged. Brady and Vawtei
While the Federal onicrholders
would like TO follow the winner. who
ever he is. II Is unlikely that there
will be e flop to Roosevelt. unless IL