The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-06-03
WARFEL TO FIGURE
IN STATE CONTESTS
Roosevelt Men Use His Re-
lection at State Conven-
ton as an Argument.

600 aff1daVits, charging fraud in the
Marion County primaries conducted to
choose delegates to the Republican
state convention, and also charging ir-
regular proceedings in the seating of
the delegates at the convention, will
be the ammunition which Indiana
Roosevelt leaders said yesterday will
be used in an effort to sustain the con-
tests that have been filed with the
national contest committee against the
seating of the four Indiana delegates
at large in the national convention,
used steam roller" tactics, preventing
Roosevelt delegates from placing in
nomination the names Of thir candi-
dates for delegates at large.
The Roosevelt leaders will declare
that the state convention was irregu-
lar because 1923 delegates whose seats
had been protested were permitted to
vote to retain their own seats by
Chairman Wood, according to their al
legations, after committees in charge
of the preliminary arrangements for
the convention had passed what pur-
ported to be an ironclad rule to the eff
feet that in no event should a contest
ed delegate be permitted to vote on a
question wherein a seat held in con
test was involved.
Fraud is Alleged.
Hundreds of aff1davits signed by
Roosevelt supporters will set forth the
original reasons for contesting the
seats of delegates from Marion County
Harvey B. Stout, Jr., secretary of the
Roosevelt state committee, said that
direct charges of fraud will be made
against Harry R. Wallace, county
chairman; Joseph B. Healing and May
Roosevelt men say will be supported
by aff1idavits include the dishonest
counting of the ballots in the Republi-
can primaries, revoting and the ap-
pointment Of tellers partial to the in
terests of the machine"
Mr.. Stout said that he has worked
at least seven weeks in compiling
briefs, and in gathering evidence that
will be carried to the floor of the ma
tional convention in case the national
contest committee turns a deaf ear to
the demands of the Roosevelt men.
Horace c. Stilwell of Anderson, Roose-
welt leader of the Eighth District, it
already has been announced, will
champion the fight to prevent the seat
ing of the four Taft delegates at large.
Mr.. Stout, who has compiled the evil
dence under the direction Of Edwin
NJ. Lee, chairman of the Roosevelt
organization in Indiana, outlined the
fight that is expected to be wager on
the floor of the Chicago convention as
follows:
not be seated because they were elect
ed, so to speak, by their own votes on
the convention floor.
Regards Rules Violated.
THE contest committee of the state
convention. meeting at the Claypool
Hotel on the night before the conven-
ton was held, refused to recognize
the credentials of two members of the
committee. l believe the credentials
of DR.. Schnell, representing the First
District, and E. F. Warfel of Richmond
representing the Sixth, were not con-
sidered. BY taking this action the Taft
forces were given majority in the
committee of one vote.
when the contest committee was
organized in this undetermined way 1t
refused to hear the evidence connect
ed with protested seats of thirteen
delegates from Monroe County, and
approximately log from Marion Coun-
ty. 1t also refused to consider con-
tests from Vanderburg County. That
same night the committee on rules,
contests and permanent organization
decided definitely that contested dele
gates should be refused a vote on their
seats on the convention floor, but the
next day Chairman Wood permitted
these more than 120 delegates to vote
to retain their own seats.
IF these delegates had been forced
to abide by the rules adopted by the
convention and not permitted to vote
when the contests were being consid-
cred the Roosevelt forces would have
had a majority of hfty-seven votes in
the convention. These grating meth
DDS made the election OF the four dele
gates at large possible and this forms
the basis of our contests At Chicago