The Sentinel=record., 1912-06-08
TAFT DELEGATES FROM ARKANSAS ARE SEATED

sota; Rosewater, Nebraska; Flanigan, Nevada, (whose proxy was held at that time by Lucius N. Littauer) {; Ward, New York; Capers, South Car olina; Thorson, South Dakota; Mon day, Tennessee; Loose, Utah, and Bieber, District of Columbia. Neither Rosewater nor Lowden voted yester- day with the anti-Taft people in the test then recorded
 An incident of the day was the re- jection by unanimous vote of the brief of J. A. Conner, of Little Rock, in the Arkansas delegates at large case on the ground that it contained indecent and insulting language. Members of the committee said later that proper regard must be shown for these cases were being heard.
 Tomorrow work will begin with the remaining Arkansas cases and these will probably be followed by the Flor ida cases, the case of the two dele gates from the fourth district of Cal ifornia, who are contested by the Taft faction, will not be heard until Monday, as the parties cannot reach here in time for tomorrow's session The Florida cases cover the six dele gates at large and two from each, the first, second and third districts.
 Arkansas Fight Sensational.
 It was declared the question of regularity" could not be raised in Arkansas, because, there is no Re publican party in the state"
 The organization is a postmasters' monopolistic syndicate" Mir. Conner said, and it would take shot guns to break up the system"
 MT. Remmel, taking up the defense for the Taft delegates, said that a protesting delegation, much like that before the national committee, had gone to Washington several years ago and protested to President Roosevelt against Republican conditions in the state.
 He told them to go back to Arkan- sas and nominate ticket and if they won, he would recognize them as the Republican party in the state
 He said the faction was defeated i to in the election.
 
 said MT. Remmel. "and asked him who constituted the Republican party in Arkansas. -sr-e-ss
 You do, he said"
 Mir. Remmel declared the selection of state and district delegates had been entirely regular and proper. In the country, where MT. Conner alleged fraud and rascality' had occurred, the Roosevelt forces did not even take their contest to the state com mittee or before the committee on credentials.
 "In 21 counties" said Remmel, mo offceholdcrs at all were represented In the so-called regular convention. In other counties, he declared the officeholders were but a minority of the total.
 For 1S years this gentleman on the other side was postmaster of Lit tie Rock" declared MT Remmel way ing his hand toward MT. Holt, of the Roosevelt delegation.
 Because he did not get it again, he is up here contending for place in the convention
 He declared the Roosevelt men had assaulted his nephew with club.
 "Thev wouldn't come before a com mittee on credentials" he said, but they were there trying to rush the convention
 Mir. Remmel said he moved in the convention to instruct the delegates for Taft. A counter motion was made, he said, to send an uninstructed dele tag U carried by large maJurrty.
 "It was an absolutely fair conven- tion," he said.
 He characterized the Roosevelt con test as a farce" He singled out members of the Roosevelt delegation bv name and told the committee or federal positions they now or formerly held
 "There never was such farce in Arkansas before," said Mir. Remmel. You'll have to sit down on these people good and hard and teach them lesson" he added, amid a roar of laughter from the committee. The successful motion to seat the Taft delegates followed motion by George R. Sheldon, of New York, | holding the proxy ot committeeman Brooker, of Connecticut, to throw out | the brief of MT. Conner, leading the Roosevelt faction, because it contain ed language that was indecent and insulting to this committee"
 The entire committee supported this | motion.
 1 In the case of the first compression al district delegates from Arkansas, Ormsby McHarg, who presented tho 1 argument, charged that negroes in that district had been disfranchised because the convention was held in a locality in which negroes were moi l allowed.
 Tt was well understood that ne groes were not safe in that locality, he said,
 sThe regular Icommittee did not | call the convention where all could attend, and the electors had to pro- tect their own rights by organizing a new committee and calling new lconvention."
 A negro delegate was present witt the Roosevelt representatives in pre- senting the first district case. This is the first time this question has avar been Dresented to this commit