Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-06-26
TAFT WINS IN
EVERY CONTEST
Committee on Credentials Up.
holds National Body.
MAKES VERY SLOW PROGRESS
All Contests Acted Upon Are Decided
In Favor Of Taft Men by Vote Of
"a to 14-Much Bitterness
Shown.

to IL the credentials committee OF the
convention yesterday ordered the Taft
delegates in the Ninth Alabama dis
trict seated. As they proceeded slow
ly down the list the contests In the
other states were awarded to Taft
men by the same vote. Heney of Cali.
fornia, Darlington Of Maryland and
Way of South Dakota, all Roosevelt
men. failed TO appear. Massachusetts,
by reason OF It's tie vote. has no mem.
Der on the committee and Birch OF
Alabama withheld his vote as an in
serested party. The action Of the com.
mittee on this case, II is believed, fore
casts Roosevelt defeat in his attempt
to GUST the Taft contested delegates.
Most of the Roosev men attended
the committee session, following Q
temporary bolt from the credentials
body Wednesday night.
Confined to Four States.
Roosevelt members Of the creden.
tials committee agreed Thursday to
bring up only the contests in Alabama,
Arizona, California, Texas and Wash,
ington, affecting only forty-eight dele
gates in ALL This was done in the
hope Of shortening the session OF the
committee.
The Hadley resolution covered "a
delegates.
The prospect Of holding the national
convention idle for several days while
these were considered, induced Roose-
welt men to agree to abandon the 9th
ers.
The motion to seat the Taft dele
gates was made by Estabrook of New
Hampshire and the substitute motion
to seat the Roosevelt men by Avis OF
New Jersey. No exhibition of feeling
accompanied the defeat of the Roose
welt resolution.
Return Of the boilers means a strug
gle is on before the committee on ere
dentials that may last SO hours. The
Taft majority has thrown down the
bars and all of the 252 original con
tests may he aired IL the Roosevelt
people so desire.
The committee met at about $3.50 a
III. III lIG AOlAGGuAA anu NAD @NA6
bama contest on delegates at large
was called. Six seats are under dis.
pute at large in Alabama, which state
headed the roll call.
The Ninth ~ bama district contest
that caused such howl when the Taft
delegates were seated by the national
convention was taken up for the first
test.
Roosevelt Men State Position.
Only thirty-two of the fifty-two mem
bers of the committee were present
when the doors were opened to the
newspaper men. Hugh T. Halbert OF
Minnesota and L. N. Mitchell Of Penn
sylvania were the two Roosevelt men
first to appear In the committee room
Francis J. Heney and the majority OF
the other Roosevelt men were not
present when the committee met. Mr.
Halbert and Mr. Mitchell joined IN
making the following statement:
we feel that the action taken last
night by the minority members Of the
committee has resulted In giving us q
fairly good set OF rules and free and
open discussion; with the presentation
Of any new evidence that may not
have been heard by the national com
mittee. we are going to stick to the
committee. We forced the adoption
of fair rules"
At the startoff an effort was made
to delay the session until the absent
Rooseveltians came TO the COMMITTEES
room. This caused a discussion, In
which Mr.. Halbert burst forth:
"Oh, know you are going to use
steam roller methods" he shouted.
Taft majority men decried Roose
welt delay tactics. as they termed the
attitude of the minority, and the ses
sion proceeded
Four Remain to Fight.
Robert r. Mccormick, representing
Illinois; Clancy St. Clair, Idaho; w. S
Lauder, North Dakota, and John N
Early, Tennessee, Roosevelt men. die
not Join in the bolt from the creden
tails committee last night. They re
manned and voted against the rules
which have aroused the ire of the bolt
ers
Tomas H. Devine OF Colorado wal
elected chairman OF the COMMITTEES
over w, s. Lauder Of North Dakota bJ