Evening journal., 1912-06-11
KENTUCKY
DELEGATE
FIGHT IS ON
Roosevelt After Votes He
Says He naS Been
Robbed Of
MISSOURI CONTESTS
COME UP TOMORROW
By The United Press.

By The United fress.
CHICAGO. Juno 11-With the decks
cleared for action after stormy ses-
sions in connection with the Indiana
contests which brought victory TO the
Taft forces, the Republican National
Committee took up today the contests
In Kentucky, another of tho direct
primary states where Colonel Roose-
velt alleges he was robbed" This
fight centered directly on the re-dis-
tricting Of the State by the Legisla-
ture. The delegates TO the State
Convention were elected under district
lines that har been changed by The
Legislature and the Roosevelt forces
also allege that intimidation and fraud
were rampant in several Of the Con-
gressional districts. The real fight
ing days in the committee have been
reached. SO far as the southern
contests were concerned, the real
Roosevelt leaders in the National
Committee Senator Borah. Bill Ward,
Frank B. Kellogg and Cecil Lyon were
not very much interested in the out
come. But now that the direct primary
States are under consideration and the
point at issue is the allegation that
the voters were not given an oppor-
tunity TO have their wishes recorded
properly, the line OF division has be-
come very marked.
The Roosevelt men were we'll
pleased today. hey believed they mad
won a decided strategic victory when
the committee. after steam-rollering
them out of existence in the Thir-
teenth Indiana contest and refusing
to accept what was declared 10 be
conclusive evidences of fraud, COM
pletely reversed itself and accepted
all of the offered evidence. Thsy
insisted that this established pre-
cedent that would materially aid them
when the Missouri contests are re-
ported late today or tomorrow.
In the attack by theRoosevet forces
on the Taft delegates at large from
Kentucky, ". c. Bradley. James
Breathitt, W. d. Cochran and j. T.
4 Wood, it was alleged that because "a
fraud, seven counties were prevented
participation IN the convention; chat
J the result should be thrown out and
the contesting delegates at large seat
ed. To this contention the Taft people
said:
THE contestants in this case adj
init that the State and County Con-
ventons were duly called in accord
; ance with the directions of the Ma
tional Committee and by the proper
authority and that the State Conven-
tion was held at the time and place,
April 10 and II, to which It was call
cd. The contestants do not claim that
their names were presented at this
convention or at any subsequent con-
vention. Their contention is that
they would have been elected If the
i Roosevelt forces had been in control
: OF the State Convention. The State
I Convention assembled at Louisville
Ky. Contests were presented from
nineteen counties. having q total vote
, of 144
The majority report was signed by
eleven members of the committee and
seated 336 ID votes on behalf Of Pres
ident Taft and 112 1-2 votes on behalf
Of Roosevelt. The report Of the ma
jority was adopted by the convention
The Roosevelt delegates. for the most
part. remained I'm the Convention and
participated in all further proceed
ings of the Convention. The Conven-
! tion adjourned without protest or bolt
of any description No notice of any
contest was given until the contest
ants on May 25, sent notice to the Ma
tional Committee at Washington
which was received on May 30 u was
! signed by r. G. O'Rear who was nom.
mated for governor at the State Con
vention held in July. 1911, and which
= unanimously adopted the following
as the first plank Of the platform.
we recognize the high character
and ability and distinguished public
service Of President Taft and endors'
his administration and unreservell
endorse him for nomination in 1912.
= Bitter dissensions we're in evidence
in the Roosevelt camp today as thu
. result Of the decision i'm the Indian;
contests for tho elegates-at-large
Many Of the attaches of the headquar
2 ters Of the Oyster Bay aspiran
. blamed the outcome on Senator Borai
= and they intimated that the reason TO
n his failure to vote 10 seat the Roose
welt contestants was because he ha'
vice-presidential aspirations The sen
ator bitterly resented this criticism
r He authorized the United Press y
2 deny emphatically that under any cir
a cumstances would he take secon'
u place on any ticket.