Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-06-12


to the seats, Roosevelt would have car
ried the convention
W. ID. Cochran, one of the contested
Taft delegates at-large, declared that
if every Roosevelt contesting delega-
ton had been seated in the state con-
vention, the Taft forces would still
have had a majority
They admit that the convention was
properly organized" said Cochran. "A
credential committee, chosen from the
various districts. sat for Is or 20 hours
and heard every contest that was Of
fered No one was excluded"
1t would seem there was II preeon-
ceived idea in many counties to select
delegates and arrange contests, when
the county could not be carried for
Roosevelt" said Mr.. Cochran. Sena-
tor Borah made a motion to admit as
part of the evidence, the ORear affi-
davits. offered. The committee was
| unanimous in accepting them.
E. Il. Morrow. assistant district at
torney AT Covington. one of the Taft
| attorneys. declared every contest the
Roosevelt forces had though good
enough To bring before the credentials
committee had been carefully consid-
cred.
IF we gave You all of these con-
tests" he said, turning to Judge
O'Rear. you would have had SO votes
in convention of 200 votes"
Committeeman Macy of the Philippines
moved to seat the Taft delegates
Senator Borah said he would like to
read the affidavits. presented before vot-
ing
Francis j. Heney of California. who
was in the committee ON the proxy of
Thorsen of South Dakota, protested
against voting before time had been
given to examine the aifidavits.
This looks to me just like things /
have seen Abe Ruef do in San Francis
co. he said.
Senator Penrose objected to new man
who had come in on a proxy, making
huch charges against the committee. Sem
ator Crane proposed as a substitute for
the DELAY asked by Borah that all the
affidavits be read to the committee. Be-
rah insisted that a vote be put off until
tomorrow morning. Chairman Rosewa-
ter said no delay could be granted un-
less the committee suspended its own
rules The melton to seat the delegates
was renewed. On a roll call demanded
by the Taft forces. the Taft delegates
were seated, SO to IL.
Lowden, ILL.,, Lyon. Texas. and Bur-
nam, Kentucky, declined to vote. the first
two because they wanted to examine the
affidavits.
The negative votes were: Knight.
California; Dupont. Delaware; Borah,
Idaho: Wight Louisiana: kellogg.
Minnesota; Flanagan. Nevada; Ward,
New York: Thorson, South Dakota;
Monday, Tennessee; Loose, Utah, apd
Bieber. District of Columbia.
Mr.. Heney cast the negative vote
fer Thorson
The list Kentucky district case was
then called. Mr. McHarg and Judge
0'Rear said the case rested on their
former arguments and on affidavits
that had been presented but moi read
The committee asked Judge O'Rear to
give the substance of the affidavits
In Galloway county. ne said. the |
convention was set for 1 O'Clock but |
was called at 1890 by Mr.. Downs, |
postmaster. and when the Roosevelt |
people got there the convention was
over.
''On this case | admit that our evil |
denee is meagre." said ne.
Senator Borah asked If the Roose- |
Welt people would have had a majority |
of the Galloway county convention, |
IF they had reached there in time
Judge O'Rear said he had no evil
dence on that
f. B. Brown for the Taft delegates
declared Judge O'Rear was right when |
he said he had a slim case"