Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-06-15
40 MORE VOTES
AWARDED taft
National Committee Decides Con-
tests From Five States.
BEHIND IN ITS WORA
Hottest Fights We're Over the Cali
fornia and Michigan Contests and
Debate Was Bitter.

President Taft gained forty more
votes ia the Republican national con
yention through the settlement OF con
test cases by the national committee
In Chicago.
II was a day OF Taft victories ex
clusivcly. In the case of the Califog.
mia, Arizona and Michigan contests
the Roosevelt forces made fight and
voted their fullest strength against the
TAFT delegates In the California case
they secured roll call. losing Is 10
81. in the Arizona contest they failed
to get roll call. and in the Michigan
cases none was asked, although thes
voted against seating the Tart dele
gates-at-large.
The contests settled in favor OF
President Taft were:
Arizona delegates-at.large 6: Cali
fornia. Fourth district, .: Louisiana
delegaiesat-arge o; First. Second
Third. Fourth, Fifth. Sixth. Seventh
districts. "a Michigan. delegates-at
large. 8 Mississippi. delegates-at-large
4; First district. .. Total. 80.
The national committee have thus
far awarded 40 contested delegates 70
President TAFT and one 10 Colonel
Roosevelt.
Pearl Wight. national committee.
man from Louisiana and the Roose
welt leader there. lost in his fight to
seat the Roosevelt delegates from that
state. An effort was made by Com.
miiteeman Harry ;. New to end the
long standing differences among the
Louisiana Republicans By officially re.
cognzing the I.eise faction. now con
trolling the state Republican organize.
ton. bu, Mr., Wight headed of such
action.
Governor Chase s Osborn. OF Michi.
gan. and mis- Roosevelt delegates.at-
large were unsea;ed by the decision
OF the Michigan ease Tor Taft The
contest over the Fourth California dis
tric,. decided FOR President TAFT fur
nished the most bitter exchanges OF
the day, Francis J Heney. leading the
Roosevelt forces and insisting upon
recognition Tor the Roosevelt delegates
there
running fire was opened on the
committee by Francis J Heney ana a
singing statement was received rom
Governor Hiram W. Johnson in the in.
terests OF Roosevelt.
Mr. Honey. seated In the national
committee with a proxy. assailed the
members OF the committee. emphasiz
-.
OF Massachusetts. whom he addressed
as a man who had mo responsibility
to lose" While Chairman Rosewater
was admonishing the San franciscan
TO address the committee properly
Governor Johnson arrived at The Coli.
scum. He declined TO appear before
the committee and issued written
statement. watch Mr.. Heney later read
10 tho committee. In his Governor
Johnson declared ne declined 20 sub.
init TO q trial 20 the title of property
by the thief who steals IT,"
During the roll call a bitter attack
on Mr.. iieney was made by Commit
teeman Shackleford Of Alaska. who
voted for the TAFT delegates He dc.
clared thar Alaska had been robbed
by the Moves machine Of Minnesota
and tina; Francis J. Heney was its
chief counsel"
The national committee had before
II when II adjourned ii2 contested
seats still 30 pass upon Chairman
Victor Rosewatcr in statement al
the end OF the session. said the com
mittee was not keeping pace with the
work Of the last convention. In 1908
lightweight contests remained 10 be
decided on the Wednesday night pre-.
ceding the convention. Members OF
the committee fear that the contests
will run well over into the opening
day oil the national convention.