The daily sentinel., 1912-06-07

BY this ruling Taft is given the
six delegates at large by the unan-
imous decision of the national com
mittee, and also the delegates in the
LIST Alabama district and other dis
tricts, except the End.
The committee voted to give tie
Roosevelt delegates in the 2nd AS
bama district the right to go befofe
the convention. The vote was unan-
imous in both cases
The contest in the 9Th district WAS
withdrawn and the other delegations
were given to Taft.
The decision on the delegates 1t
large from Alabama rested upon the
| regularity of the state republicsis,
convention presided over by Pope NJ.
Long, the state chairman. Under
the rules adopted by the committee,
each side was given 80 minutes in
| which to present evidence and argu-
ments on delegates at large, and Is
minutes on each contest of a district
| delegation.
! The Alabama contests were said by
| both factions to be the first real test
/ of strength on the committee: but
the unanimous holding of the COM
mittee in favor of the Taft delegates
to try each contest on it's merits,
without reference to the factional-
! ism involved.
Senator Borah of Idaho, who
! welded a double influence on the
committee yesterday by reason of
holding a proxy, will have but one
vote today, George A. Knight of Cal
| ifornia, the member who gave Borah
the proxy, having arrived in person
The Roosevelt headquarters will
not get into immediate touch with
Oyster Bay until next week; but
Senator Dixon and Colonel Roosevelt
have an understanding that the lat
ter is to be notified at once of the
attitude assumed by the committee;
and, If the program believed certain
goes through. the majority of the
men now on the ground believe that
Roosevelt Will come here in person
early next week to direct his own
fight
If he should, he will be given the
proxy of one of his friends to sit
with the committee and try by his
own personality to put his delegates
over.
Another attempt was made at the
beginning of the session by the
Roosevelt forces to procure a roll call
of the committee on a contest on the
right members.
Senator Borah renewed the fight
to strike out the requirement of 20
votes for a roll call. His motion was
tabled by a viva yoce vote.
This result crystallized the i'm
preston that the vote of 80 to 10
which was taken yesterday really
,F 81, ~, -
and anti-Taft forces on the commit
tee.
Senator Borah said that he knew
the other side had votes to seat any
delegates it desired; but ninety
million people are watching this
committee session." he said. "and,
unless the record is clear, it will be
charged that all interests were not
given fair treatment"
A new factor in the situation de-
veloped today when some of the Pa
ciiie Coast delegates arrived with
drafts of suggested planks for the
platform. One of these is a sweep
ing endorsement of the recall of all
officials, including the judiciary, and
it seemed certain at the start that
this plank alone would cause dissen-
sion in the Roosevelt camp.
Colonel Roosevelt himself has pri-
yately assured the progressive lead
ers that he would be willing to have
the recall of judges endorsed; but, in
number of states where Roosevelt
delegates have been elected, this sug-
gestion is not popular. The Taft
leaders prepared to trade on this
phase, and believed that it might
give them a decided advantage, at
least in the organization of the COM
mittee.