The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-11


 The committee also postponed nn-
 til tomorrow the contest over the
 six delegates at large from Arizona
 and the two delegates from the
 Fourth district of California.
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 Chicago, June 10.--Today's work or the
 publican national committee added F
 lore delegates to the catalogue Of the
 lift strength on the temporary roll of
 e national republican convention.
 The much discussed Indiana contetts
 sme before the committee and were Ge-
 ded, all in Tafts favor.
 With the 72 delegates comprised in the uthern contests decided last week in
 Alabama, Arkanzas, Florida and
 eorgia cases. todays gains make a total
 s4 delegates added to the Taft forces
 the work the national committee. And l |ith the POI instructed and uncontested elegates credited to him. they bring his resent total on the temporary roll up
 2S5. A large proportion of the con rsted seats among the TO cases still to be issed on by the committees represent | elegates instructed for Taft; the precise | lumber is the subject of much dispute, | or can it be stated how many of these i bntests Taft will win.
 The cases decided today were those of |le Indiana delegation at large, four in Number, headed by Colonfi Harry s. New, lairman of the convention committee on Irrangements, and including former Vice resident Charles w. Fairbanks, and the strict delegations of two each from scond. Third and Thirteenth districts. IThe contested Fourth district was with avn and the committee confirmed the
 qo sitting tTafU delegates.
 Real Fight on Affidayits The real fight of the day in the com ! ittee came. not on the contest over he slegates at large, where it had been ex- ected the committee was unanimous Tn living them to Taft, but over the seating f two Taft delegates from the Thir- |eenth. or South Bend district. Attempts [f the Roosevelt attorneys to introduce srtain affidavits declared by them to ear the signature of majority or the elegates to the district convention at outh Bend, at which the Taft delegates ere chosen, precipitated the only sensa- onal interchange of the day, and oc- |asioned a sudden reversal of the commit |se's vote which was not explained to the |atisfaction of the Roosevelt men. Senator Borah taunted the Taft men |bout it. telling them they changed front |ecause they were scared Il "The worst scared lot of men l ever law" he said
 The Taft men denied that they were |cared or that any special light had roken in upon them; they insisted that heir first vote against admitting the ffidavits, was because of their desire not !, delay the hearings by the necessity of Ewing the Taft side an opportunity to nswer them or to create precedent |,hich would be embarrassing in later bases. Their reversal of the vote was |oupIed with a specific declaration that H was not to be regarded as precedent. In this form the Roosevelt men all voted jgainst it.
 Disregards Affidavits So the committee heard the affidavits, yith verbal testimony in contravention f their allegations and then voted to eat the Taft delegates. The vote, 36 to H represents what has been the llne- between the factions ever since the committee came together.
 This was not the first battle of the ay however. Before the Indiana cases |vere taken up. the committee came near | turbulent scene. A motion by Sem tor Crane of Massachusetts to postpone antiI Wednesday the case of the Fourth istrict of California, In accordance with The request of former Senator Dick the saft contest leader, met the opposition If the Roosevelt forces. In the roll call In the California postponement the line tp was Ss to B. the personnel on each ide being substantially the same as in he other divisions on factional lines.
 Early Test Vote
 The republican national committee was lalled together at 10:15 a. m. Forty-four members of the committee were present or when the roll was called. Test votes came unexpectedly in the republican committee soon after it met nd the Taft forces won B to 13. It was announced when the committee was be taken up first. Taft supporters ob- .ected, saying it might involve other dei- lgates and all documents had not ar lived After heated argument it was oted to postpone the case until Wednes- day.
 The Indiana cases were taken up. The our delegates at large were first con sidered by themselves.
 The committee assembled with A men- ,ers present or represented by proxy. Committeeman Powell Clayton asked for b correction of newspaper statements Noncerning his alleged participation in ward primaries in Little Rock. General Clayton sought to make it clear that t |vas his newphew, Powell Clayton. to whom reference was made when the Fifth Arkansas case was argued Saturday.
 A proposal to put at the foot of the ealendar all cases passed over met ob- ection from Committeeman Knight of California, who demanded that the Cali Fornia case. passed over Saturday, be eken up this morning.
 Committeeman New of Indiana and Crane of Massachusetts, Tnown as Taft adherents, supported Mir. knights request. The committee then agreed to take up the contest of the dele gates from the Fourth California dis Frict and set the Arizona cases for Wednesday.
 Soon after this former Senator Dick. Taff-e attorney daclarPd that certa n