Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-06-27

the national committee W. T. Dovell
J the washington member of the creden.
tails committee, presented the case of the
, Taft delegates.
; senator Poindexter declared the Taft.
controlled State committee had stolen"
} the Washington State delegation from the
, Roosevelt forces.
| me Roosevelt men claimed to have
carried the Seattle primaries and to
nave been deprived OF control Of the
, state convention by the State commit
tee.
me SIX delegates-at-large from
washington for Taft we're seated by
tne credentials committee by a vote of
26 to 15.
The six Taft delegates from the
nTs.' second and third Washington dis
HN'S were seated by the credentials
.o"'n''tee without debate. after the
'S'oh In the case of the delegates
large. NO roll call was asked for
ine Mississlppi contests, involving
40 "e'esates' We're consoli lat ted into a
single case, ana taken up by the cre-
dentials committee under an aures.
ment for an hours debate.
At PAS the chairmans gavel fell and
the report of the Arizona contests was
Sullivan of Ohio was then recognized
to present the views OF the minority on
Che Arizona cases. He read brief
statement.
The same parliamentary tactics that
marked the Alabama cases were follow
ed. Sullivan moved the adoption Of the
minority report and Watson moved that
1t he tabled
|
The Taft delegates in the fifth dis
trict of Louisiana were seated on a I'M
animous report
The case of the Michigan delegates
at-large was the subject Of two reports
A roll call was demanded Idaho switch
ed back TO the Roosevelt column on this
vote.
TABLED by 564 TO 497.
Wisconsin also swung back to the
Roosevelt forces. giving 26 noes The
minority report was tabled 564 to 49,
, roll call was not demanded when the
, motion to adopt the majority report was
put and carried.
DI a viva voce vote adopted a motion by
Watson to table Hadley's motion to SUBJ
sttute the minority for the majority re-
port on the NTH Arkansas district con-
| TEST AnOtneT VIVA FOCe vote ADOPTED the
majority report and a roll call was avoid
ed.
W. T. Dovell of Washington brought in
the credentials committee report of the
fourth California district seating the two
Taft delegates and moved its adoption.
The report recommended the seating of
Tryon and Meyerfeld. the two Taft dele
gates, who from the first had not sat with
the "a Roosevelt delegates from Cali.
fornia, but had been seated on the plat
form and voted from there on all roll
calls.
The report set forth that the vote in
the fourth congressional district elected
Tryon and Meyerfield, although in the
Statewide vote the Roosevelt delegates
received a majority of 1900. The COM
mittee held that the State primary law
which did not provide vote By districts
could not supersede the call issued BY the
national committee which distinctly pro-
vded for representation in the conven-
tion by congressional districts.
ORGANS. HOOTS AND Kisses.
Groans. boots AMI Kisses from the
California delegation greeted the
statement in the majority report that
the California primary law would in
effect enforce the unit rule In its dele
cations and that the national conven-
tion. and not State laws. is the SUI
preme authority on party regularity.
Hugh T. Halbert OF Minnesota
brought In the minority report which
denounced the seating OF the Taft
delegates as the "tyrannical overthrow
Of the will OF the people OF Califnoria. "
This Is n case of the most fragrant
injustice" he shouted. land SHOULD not
be tolerated."
Watson. the Taft floor leader. moved
that the minority report be laid on tn !,
table. but pending that he aske1 that
90 minutes be allowed for discussion.
Senator Root put the requ est for
q unanimous consent for debate and IT
was granted.
Francis J. Heney opened the argu-
ment for the minority report. Heney
said tine question at issue went to the
very root OF self-government. whether
the law Of sovereign State. submit
ted to by both factions in the party.
should he set aside by the maniate OF
the national committee.
Heney reviewed the political history OF
California, saying that two years ago
the people emancipated themselves from
the corrupt rule of corrupt machine
controlled by the railroads. He COM
pared California In the past with ma
chine controlled Pennsylvania and Colo
RADIO"
Hepey said the two Taft delegates
had not dared to sit with the rest of
the California delegation. but had taken
refuge I'm the vest pocket OF some
body on this PLATFORM
HAD PLEDGED THEMSELVES.
Before these men were aoie to run
under the primary law" he said. both
they and the men they were to rep
resent were forced to pledge themselves
to abide by the preferential vote of the
State. President Taft did that and II
he now accepts the vote OF these two
men In this convention he will be guilty
Of high treason"
Congressman Serene f. Payne OF New
t York. author of the Payne tariff bill
was greeted with mingled cheers and
boots MS he appeared to take up :he
argument for the Taft delegates.
, where's Aldrich?" yelled a man in the
, gallery.
Mr.. Payne asked for q patient hearing
He said the two Taft delegates did not sit
with the California delegation because
the chairman of that delegation would
! not give them the seats to which they
' were entitled. His declaration that the
Taft delegates were seated by the SUI
3 preme law OF national republcanism was
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