Arizona republican., 1912-07-25
Representatives Mondell, Regular, and Norris, Roosevelt, Re-Enact Vio- lent Scenes of National Republican Convention
DEBATE MARKED
 BY BITTERNESS
So Disorderly Were Par tisans That Twice the Speaker Was on Point 7 of Making Display of su- preme Authority
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WASHINGTON, July 24-The re- publican political wounds were laid bare and much bitterness was dis played in the house today when Rep- resentative Mondell of Wyoming. member of the credentials committee Tn the recent Chicago convention. which seated the Taft contesting dele- gates. and Representative Norris of Nebraska, an ardent Roosevelt re- publican, clashed in two set speeches.
 Mondell defended the action of the convention, while Norris denounced it with bitter emphasis. Once during MondelPs speech order was restored only When the chair was on the point or ordering the mace down to com- pei Warburton of Washington to take his seat
 Again that emblem of authority came near being used to quell the turbulence w en Representative Humphrey of Washington republican, declined to cease his interruption of Norris speech
 Norris followed Mondell with ths statement that "a man, whose mama Is known throughout the country" had acknowledged that the Taft managers had stolen delegates from the state of Washington This man." he said, was engaged in support of the presi- dent, but Norris added, 'he enter- talned political aspirations,
 When the gentleman makes such a statement" interrupted Representa- tive Humphrey. he should give his authority" Norris declined to divulge the identity of his informant. He plunged at once into his reply to Mondell and criticised the latters denunc1ation of "so-called primraies" He referred to the primaries in Indi- ana which went for Taft and which Mondell endorsed as regular
 The gentleman loves a primary that goes for Taft" said Norris ironi- cally, but now he has despised the primary that goes for Roosevelt"
 He defended the Washington pri- maries and said that no charge of dishonesty of any kind had been reg fstered until the Taft men discovered that if they were allowed to go un- challenged the Roosevelt managers would be within three votes of con- trolling the state convention He de- CldTSQ that secret meetings were held and the Taft delegates were named.
 "The action of the committee in Chicago" said Norris, addressing the democratic side of the house, twas all in favor of democratic success. They did more to bring about the possi- bility of a democratic victory than the democratic party ever did or ever was competent to do. The Taft re- publicans and machine republicans are together-'two souls with but a single thought, two hearts that beat as one
 When your convention met in Ball. timore your temporary chairman in his keynote speech devoted all his time to an attack upon Roosevelt and paid no attention to Taft. There is another evidence of fusion and uni- son.
 Norris drew democratic applause when he said it is conceded, "con- fidentially at least, by all republicans" that Taft could not be reelected, and he added that a president run ming on a trumped-up nomination" could only result in votes for the democratic candidates. Every one knows that the fight is between Roosevelt and Wilson," he declared.