New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-13
National Committee Settles Contests in Cali
fornia, Arizona, Louisiana, Michigan and
Mississippi in Favor Of the President
ROOSEVELT T MEN THREATEN BOLT
Finn and GIasscock, at Odds with Dixon, Openly De-
clare Their Purpose Not to Abide by the Con-
vention's Decision, but to Put Their Own
Electors on Their State Tickets.
IRy star Correspondent of rh. rribun..I

;, by stan Correspondent Of The rribune.1
Chicago, June 12.-Forty Taft dele
gates were added to the temporary roll
Of the national convention by the Re-
publican National Committee Today.
making the score to date 141 to In
favor Of President Taft.
The delegates seated to-day included
| two from the 4th District of California,
the six at-large from Arizona. twenty
from Louisiana, the six at-large from
Michigan, the four at-large from Missis-
sippi and two from the 1st District OF
that state.
With constantly increasing evidence
that President Taft will be nominated.
violent conflict has developed in the
Roosevelt ranks. Senator Dixon and
"Bilp Finn are bitterly opposed 10 each
other, with Colonel Roosevelt espousiny
the methods of the Pittsburgh boss.
Representative Mckinley, director OF
the Taft headquarters. declares that
money is being recklessy used to influ.
ence Taft delegates in the South, and
! intimates that evidence Of a scandalous
nature is being secured and will bs
sprung at the proper time.
Bill Finn publicly announced TO-DAY
that he realized that Mr.. Roosevelt could
not be nominated, but that he purposed
to bolt the decision Of the Republican
National Convention. because to do SO
was the only method by which he could
gain the fruits Of his victory in Pennsyl-
vania over Senator Penrose.
/ Governor Glasscock of West Virginia
also declared that his state would bolt
the decision of the national convention.
saying that Roosevelt Supporters would
accept the plan of Medill Mccormick
and put Roosevelt electors on the ma
/ tional ticket, regardless of the fact that
such course would inevitably result in
a Democratic victory in November
I This is the first announcement by ac-
credited Roosevelt leaders Of their pur-
! pose TO desert their party and force Re-
! publican defeat in the national election
rather than forfeit the fruits Of their
! temporary victories in getting control
Of the party organizations IN their sew
eral states.
Heney Asked to Quit.
/ In the session of the national commit
tee Francis J. Heney conducted himself
i in manner so obnoxious 10 the Roose-
velt members of that organization that
at their request he surrendered the
! proxy he had been holding, and South
Dakota's seat was occupied this after
noon by her own committeeman. Mr.
Thorson. This was not however, until
! Mr. Shackelford, national committeeman
from Alaska. had charged Heney to his,
| face with having been attorney for an
organization which was "robbing
! Alaska"
Alaska. is being robbed by the Moves
machine" shouted Mr.. Shackleford, and
Francis J. Heney was its chief counsel"
At the instance of Governor Johnson
! of California Heney read TO the COM
mittee communication from the Gov
ernor. in which he said:
| decline To appear DclOIt iliS COtn-
mittee. I will not submit TO trial Of
| the title of property by the thief who
steals it,
This language was pronounced in
suting" by the committee and ordered
stricken from the record.
Senator Dixon revealed to-day one OF
the controlling factors which led the
| Roosevelt managers to institute so many
fiimsy contests which even Mr.. Roose-
velts most loyal supporters on the ma
tional committee cannot vote to sustain
Mr. Dixon made it plain that he had
been laboring under the impression that
delegates whose seats had been contest
ed. even after having been placed on the
temporary roll of the convention by the
national committee, could not vote ON
the report of the committee on creden-
tials. He said:
The idea that delegates seated by the ma
tional committee have a right to help de-
eide the Appeal in their own cases by vot-
ing on the credentials committee report
outrages every sense or justice and moral
standard Known To man.
For a delegate whose seat Is contested 10
help decide his own case is exactly as IL
the defendant IN "A suit at law were slttlu8
as a member OF the jury In his own trial.
IL does violence to every ideal of fair play.
and has never been tolerated I'm "a Republic
can or Democratic convention.
Would Bar All Delegates.
If was promptly pointed out by those
who take the opposing view, however.
that adherence to the Dixon idea would
result in a situation where no delegate
wouId be eligible to vote for the report
of the committee on credentials. Colonel
New said:
The right of every delegate OH the tenn
norary roll to vote on the report of the
credentials committee mas never before
been questioned in national convention.
and the objection Is too absurd To consider.
Colonel New and other members Of
the committee pointed out that such a
ruling would merely put premium on
contests, however flimsy, for 1t would be
the candidate who had instituted the
greatest number of contests, regardless
of their merit, who would control the
convention.
1t was furthor pointed out that were
the convention to adopt such doctrine
Il would inevitably result. whenever
there were several candidates for the
nomination, I'm each contesting all the
delegates OF all the others In order to
prevent any other candidate from enjoy
ing a majority Of those eligible to vote
on the report OF the committee en-