El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-06-20

Chicago, III, June 2O.-After boiling
once from the credentials committee
under the orders Of Col Roosevelt and
being called back by Roosevelt mana
gers to the committee room, all the
Roosevelt members Of the credentials
committee, except b R Mccormick, OF
Chicago, left again at 11:45 last night
declaring they were out for good"
The cause of the bolt was the refusal
Of the committee TO give full hearing
on all contests After the Roosevelt
men had left, - committee took up
the cases, but had not proceeded far
when a motion to adjourn until O'CLOCK
this morning was adopted
Senator Dixon, the Roosevelt man
ager. who had been hurriedly sum-
moned after the first bolt, left with the
Roosevelt men,
Those men are tired and will go
home and go to bed" he said I think
the other fellows are wasting time 10
7'0' H Heney Talks of the Bolt.
Francis J Heney and Hugh T Hal
bert. of Minneapolis, who had led the
bolt, were the only ones who would
talk at length on the situation
Is this a bolt2" Mr.. Heney was
asked.
You can call it what you want to"
he said. These are the facts:
Every Roosevelt man with the eX-
CeDIlOn OF MCCOEIllCh- .We4fAGu Jul DC-
cause he was convinced from the rules
which were proposed that there was no
intention OF giving valid hearing:
The C.ses that were heard before
the national committee were farce,
and this is a wOrs- one me lineup
vas perfectly plain-31 to 10"
Mr. HaIbert said the break came De
rause the COMMITTEES limited time ana
excluded evidence. 49,.
avs claimed and insisted that the
evidence as a court of original 1urlS-
diction. and that the national conven-
fion. not the credentials committee
should be the court of last resort
Rules Are Adopted.
Before adjOurning the commlttee
adopted the amended rules by vote
rsbairma-, Devine said adjournment
was taken because the most Of the
eontesting delegates had left the Coll
scum
The first bolt occurred within an
bour after the committee had met
clifford PinchOt, senator Dixon, Amos
Pinchot and James R Garfield rusneo
about the Coliseum annex in which the
meeting was held, con1errlnS Win
T7o1+ers and attempting to bring some
order to the situation
The Roosevelt men rushed out with
the cry: 49, b.up
They got as far as the street when
they were overtake-- by several OF their
number who told them they had acted
too hastily. It was the decided to re-
turn to TIE comm-tee and make
The Cause of Bolt.
The proposed adoption of d rule linn
i+ine- arguments of contests to five
1oin1Ites-for district cases and ten min
utes for state cases precipitated the
George I. Record conveyed this in
formation to Col: Roosevelt over the
I'VE Ne then went into the committee
nom F." he said, and told our men 1t
was Col. Roosevelts desire that we
leave if such a rule were adopted"
The action was premature, according
10 Roosevelt generals who came to the
scene at top speed. Instead of waiting
for action on the resolution the Rose
welt men left before any rules had been
adopted.
The rules which brought on the fight
we're presented by James A Hemen-
Uav- of Indiana They provided
ssThat no contests should be consld-
cred EXCEPT those appealed from the
decisions from the national committee.
saTbat none should be taken up where
the decision of the national committee
had been unanimous
ssTbat cases should be consolidated
where such action had been taken at
the previous hearing
THAT the contestant who were not