The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-09
EVERY CASE IN
THE SOUTH WON
BY PRESIDENT
Contests From Arkansas, Flor.
ida and Georgia Decided by
Republican National Com
mittee in Favor Of Taft.
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representing Flanagan Of Nevada)
Duell representing Ward Of New
York;, Capers of South Carolina, Thor
con Of South Dakota, Loose Of Utah
Rogers Of Wisconsin.
On this rollcall, Of the others who
hitherto have usually voted with the
ware voted with the Taft people, and
Lyon OF Texas and Bieber OF the Dis
trict of Columbia were recorded as
"present, but not voting"
Not all of the viva voce votes
were unanimous, negatives were heard
on many Of these. but there was no way
Of surely identifying the voices. -.
In such other cases as the rolicail
was asked for, and especially by the
Taft men, it was desired in order that
the committee might go unanimously
on record in favor Of the seating of the
delegates.
The Roosevelt men on the committee
OF those who have indicated support of
some of tho Roosevelt contests, asked
searching questions. and repeatedly
prolonged the allotted half hour or hour
Of discussion to establish fully the mer'
its of the southern contests.
After the noon hour the demand for
votes became less numerous, and in the
majority of the Florida and Georgia
cases the Taft delegates were seated
by viva yoce votes, scattering sound
Of '.no' - greeting the majority of those
in the Georgia contests.
Much Interest Taken.
With opposing negro attorneys pre-
sentlng the questions of regularity in
Florida and Georgin, and with the Taft
and Roosevelt contest managers assert
hi ,n,
as 70 the character of southern Repub-
hcanism, the days session took on an
interest that held the committee men,
bers closely.
The Georgia contests were OF dis
tinctly legal character. Ormsbby Nc
Harg, the Roosevelt attorney, contend
ed that the Taft conventions had been
held at time and under call that
could not be legal because the annual
registration lists had not been ap-
proved. This contention was denied by
the Taft delegates. Their negro at
torneys furnished, however. but part Of
the argument in the cases The Taft
forces led by Henry L. Johnson, q ne
gro attorney of Atlanta. whose argu-
mcnt was frequently applauded by tho
committee members. characterized the
Roosevelt contests in Georgia as "af.
terthoughts, and declared that there
had been no question in Georgia rs to
the Interpretation of the state law
until after the advent of stranger
from the north. who reached the state
about April ID. They did not name the
stranger, but the committee laughed as
# they thought they guessed his iden-
titv.
One on Clayton.
After the Arkansas cases had been
decided Committeeman Lowden of Illi-
nois insinuated laughingly that Gen
eral Powell Clayton, the veteran leader
OF the Arkansas delegation at t-large,
had himself instigated the contests
against his faction
From Florida in the cases of the del
egation.at-large and Of the First dis
triet, came two contesting delegations,
each regarded as pro. Roosevelt and
each hostile. to the other as we'll as to
the Taft delegates.
Some interesting sidelights were
thrown upon the Republican situation
In the south by today's testimony and
In spite. of tho intensity of feeling be-
tween the factions the committee was
several times in roars of laughter over
the recital OF amusing episodes, without
much regard to their factional sympa.
thies- Some of the hottest OF the con
tests were from districts where white
Republican voters are scarce.