The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-06-11

IL Impossible 1OF US 10 conclude our
work before the convention met said
Mr.. Stevenson.
Senator Sanders (Holding proxing
Of Perkins of Washington) urged the
committee to look to the future before
%postponing the Indiana case.
Our action must be fair to all con-
cerned" he said 'how can we give the
same consideration to West Virginia
or other cases called at the end of the
week."
This vas not the first battle of the
day, however. Before the Indians
cases were taken UP the committee
Icame near to a turbulent scene OF
factional bitterness. A motion by
Senator Grand of Massachusetts,, to
the Fourth district Of California, in
accordance with the request Of ex-
Senator Dick. the Taft contest leader,
met the opposition Of the Roosevelt
forces. The case already had been
called. and the attorneys and contest
ants were in their places at the tables
when this question arose. Mr.. Dick
granted last week in the California
case at the request Of the Roosevelt
people n he thought he was entitled
to the courtesy. During this debate
the fabled steam roller" figured in
the discussion. Some IF the Taft men
ASSOulSN liiSIlIIOll VI Iu0 DOllJlCdl lux
gernaut, which they said was a ic-
ton; %whereupon MIR. Borah later init.
mated that the Roosevelt people had
no sensitiveness on the subject: in
fact. rather liked to talk about that
metaphorical machine.
Yesterdays Work.
Yesterdays work of the republican
national committee added twelve more
delegates to the catalogue of the Taft
strength on the temporary roll of the
republican national convention.
The much discussed Indiana con-
tests came before the committee and
all were decided in Taft's favor.
With the seventy-two delegates Sc
cured in the southern contests decid-
ed last week in the Alabama, Arkan-
sas, Florida and Georgia cases, the
gains make a total of eighty-four dele
gates added to the Taft forces by the
work Of the national committee. with
the 2ol instructed INT uncontested
credited to him, they bring
|! $50, not counting other contests likely
TO pc decided for him. A large pro-
portion of the contested seats among
the l7O cases still to be passed on by
n committee represent delegates in
structed for Taft; the precise number
1t be stated how many Of these con.
tests Taft will win.
n cases decided yesterday were
those of the Indiana delegation at
large, four in number. headed by Col
one Harry S. New. chairman Of the
convention committee of arrange
President Charles w. FAIRBANKS and
the district delegations Of two each
from the First, Third and Thirteenth
districts.
The contest in the Fourth districts
vas Withdrawn and the committees
connrmed the W sitting (Taft) dele
Thirteenth Indiana.
The real fight of the day in conn
mittee came, not on the contest over
the delegates at large, where II had
peer expected. the committee
was wa unanimous in giving them
o 70 i AT over the seating
Thirteenth. or South Bend nom distr the
Attempts of the Roosevelt at
torneys to introduce certain affidavits
declared by them to bear the sigma.
ture OF a majority of the delegates
20 n district convention at South
Sema at winch the Taft delegates were
ton interchange of the day, and oc.
casioned a sudden reversal Of the CON-
mittee's vote which was not exnlainad
men. 'oeSe''
Senator Borah tainted the Taft man
about 1t. telling them they chanrea
front because they We're scared.
The worst scared lot of men T .,,.r
saw" he said. What has happened?
whom have you consulted? Wyhot
mas come over you. Whence came this
revelation" he demanded.
The Taft men denied that thew wers
scared or that n special isHt had
broken in upon them; they insisteS
a their first vote, against adn,itttn-
the a~f1davits. was because of their AZ,
sire not to delay the hearings Nv th.
necessity Of giving the Taft side an
opportunity to answer them or 70
create a precedent which would be
Their reversal Of the vote was conniaI
with a specific declaration tina q wo.
not to be regarded as a p~recedent Tn
this form the Roosevelt mon ali vo+ad
against 1t. "'' vote"
The committee heard the am. ,,,..
with verbal testimony in c~ontravent,n,.
of their allegations. and then vnfaS ~
seat the Taft delegates. The wota
SO to IA, represents what has heer:
the lineup between the factinns o.,a.
since the committee came together
They'll have to hand II IN R,v..
this time 1--WE are speaking AZ ~.
nomination.. II he takes 1t, but hs is
expected to occupy some accAssihis
1 position for thu occaaion