Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-06-11

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district were seated without roll cal
although several voices were heard II
the negative. A motion by Mr.. Thor
son. South Dakota, to exclude all thre
of the contesting delegations was de
feated.
d The Taft delegates in the secont
Florida district were seated unani
mously with roll CALL
Taft delegates won in the third ant
last Florida district unanimously
Total for Florida, twelve contested
delegates all for Taft.
Meeting Quiet at Opening.
With outward peace lowering ovel
It's committee room and suppressed
excitement filling the halls outside, the
republican national committee resumed
today the hearing Of Arkansas dele
gate contests.
Rumors of an intended protest from
the Roosevelt members against some
Of the actions in yesterdays commit
tee meeting were not borne out in the
early part of the session. There were
no motions made and the committee
took up the contest hearing.
Senator Borah, who has been thus
far the spokesman for the anti.Taft
forces was not in the committee room
when the roll was called.
J. A. Tawney of Minnesota was ad-
mitted on proxy. State Senator Will
liam Finn of Pittsburgh who came
on to assist in the battle, had not ap-
peared at the coliseum.
There was an air Of excitement
about the coliseum annex as the mem
bers Of the national committee began
to assemble, shortly before 10 o'clock.
Reports that William Finn of Pitts.
burgh would enter the committee upon
a proxy and that Frank B. Kellogg of
Minnesota. would open the days pro-
ceedings with a protest against any
thing that might SAVIOR Of steam
roller methods" invested the opening
of the meeting with unusual interest.
Roosevelt forces had agreed that some
statement should be made to the
committee upon it's opening similar to
that which Senator Borah Of Idaho
opened the committee meeting yes
terday.
Angry at Dixon Statement.
The Alabama cases In which the
Roosevelt delegates were turned
down promised to come up again.
Senator Dixon's statement last night
that "the theft was cold blooded, pre-
meditated and deliberate" in this case.
had intensified the feeling between the
Taft and Roosevelt adherents In the
Several members of the
urged before the meeting,
that a motion be made to recon slider
this case so that another test vote
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had been reached to this, however, up
to the hour of the committee meeting.
s, illusions in Senator Dixon's state
ment to an alleged conversation in the
committee room between Senator
Crane and A. NJ. Stevenson in which
he latter declared the delegates must
,e given to Taft although there Is no
Justification for 1t" had also angered
several members OF the committee,
Who threatened to bring it up on the |
locr of the committee room.
Ormsby McHarg was prepared to
present the balance of the Arkansas
,ascs at once but asked that when
hese were completed, the Georgia
contests be taken up. In the Florida
,ases Mr.. McHarg had asked for a
,ostponement to Monday because OF
he absence Of some OF his witnesses
md assistants but the committee had
lot fully determined this morning to
rant this delay.
The two policemen regularly on
uty outside the committee room were
enforced by two plain clothes men,
Arkansas Contests Taken Up.
The Taft forces from Florida ap-
feared at the hour Of the committee
meeting and national committeeman
yhubb from Florida stated that the
asses would be called Immediately at
he conclusion of the Arkansas argu-
nents. A protest from Mr.. McHarg
# the Roosevelt contest forces was ex-
,ected
The committee opened without fric-
ion. Chairman Rosewater said the
bird Arkansas district case would be
,alled at once II there was no other
BUSINESS. No objections met this pro-
,osal and the Arkansas attorneys and
were invited into the
DOM.
The third Arkansas district repre-
ented another case OF two conven-
ions both held in the same hall, the |
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Taft delegates were headed by r. 8.
Granger of Eureka Springs and the
Roosevelt delegates by Tom Williams
II Rogers.
Humor in Florida Hearing.
Mr.. McHarg had asked for post
oonement for the Florida cases until
owing to the absence Of one OF
he attorneys. The committee did not
grant the delay.
Mr. McHarg represented the first
Roosevelt or Anderson delegation.
The Taft delegation was headed by /
Ia tional committeeman Henry S
chubb. The second Roosevelt delega-
ion, the Groves delegation" was rep
resented by c. H. Aston, negro.
Aston said his men had tried to go
nto the club room where the regular
was being held.
I'VE walked In" he said land in a
couple Of minutes we were walked out
lgain."
The negroes, he said, made another
Effort to get In.