The Daily Missoulian., 1912-06-21

In Maricopa county. Roosevelt men
said the county committee had
ordered primaries; the Taft men said
II had done so Illegally. and they Sc
lectcd their own delegation and urged
all Taft People to keep away from the
primaries.
Judge X. f.. Morrison of the Taft
delegation, said the Taft forces had
81 uncontested delegates, while thee
Roosevelt forces had only Is uncon-
tested delegates In the state convention.
Mr.. Shackelford of Alaska made the
motion to seat the Arizona Taft dele
CATION. Mr.. Halbert of Minnesota Of
fered substitute 10 seat the Roose-
lows:
The Results.
st. Clair: Illinois, iR. II. Mccormick
represented by John Healy); Mime
sofa, Hugh NJ. Halbert; Missouri
Jesse Tollerton. Nebraska, II. H.
Sackett; New Jersey, j. Boyd Avis;
North Carolina, G. II. Cowlcs. North
Dakota. w, $. Lauder; ohio, John J.
sullivan: oklahoma. Daniel Norton.
oregon, A. V. swift. Pennsylvania
l.. y. Mitchell: South Dakota. s. Y
Ray: West Virginia. Harry Shaw.
For Taft delegates: Alabama. Alex
ander G. Birch: Arkansas, r. s
Granger. Colorado, Thomas IL. Devine;
Connecticut. j. II. Rorabeck; Delaware
Edmund Mitchell; Florida, H. Il. Me
Farland. Georgia. Henry Blum. Jr.;
Indiana. j. 4. IIemcnway; Iowa, j. y.
Dewitt Kentucky. j. NJ Calvin: Louisa
ma. W. l.. copen; Michigan. +. W
Atwater: Mississippi. l.. B. Mosely;
Montana. .. NJ Ianstrum; Nevada,
/ w w. Williams; New Hampshire
Fred w Estabrook New Mexico
Hugo Scaberg: New York, George II
Maltby, Rhode Island. George II
Lawton; South Carolina. X. r. Tol.
bert; Tennessee. John Early; Texas, G
,. A. Warnkcn: Utah, william Spry;
Vermont, !. Gray Estey; Virginia. L.
+. Summers: Washington, w. r. DO
veil, Alaska. Louis T., Shackleford;
District of Columbia. aaron Brad.
shaw: Hawaii. Charles A. Rice; Ph,l.
| ippines. Thomas l.. Hartlgan; Porte
ll,ico. s. Bchn.
Absentees: Massachusetts, no mem.
! Der. Maryland, ~. q. Darlington
california. +. J. Hency: Kansas, Ralpl
Harris
Not voting. Il, u. Morris, Arizona
Ralph Harris. Kansas; j. NJ. Libby
Maine: s. II. Cady, Wisconsin, and II
w. Mondell of wyoming, asked to b,
excused from voting because they had
not heard all the evidence in the case
The two Taft delegates from tn,
| Fifth Arkansas district were seated
by the credentials committee. A mo
tion To seat the Roosevelt delegate.
was defeated, n to II.
The Arkansas case represented tw,
conventions, both claiming to be regu
lar. General Powell Clayton appeared
with the Taft contestants. James A
Conner represented the Roosevelt con
testants and Wallace Townsend tn,
Taft delegates, Wallace Townsend O
the Taft delegation said that j. A
Conner and w. s, Holt represented til,
whole Roosevelt movement in Arkan
sas.' He said they had gone through
that state stirring up false and base
less contests In the interest of Colo
mel Roosevelt
The California case over which ;
bitter fight was expected. was calle,
but the Roosevelt delegates and at
torneys did not appear. Mr.. Halber
OF Minnesota said the ,Rnosevelt mfl
We're willing to have 1t decided with
Out searching further for the Roosc
welt contestants.
NO, we won't do that" said Chair
man Devlne, seconded by several Taf
members of the committee. "rhis Il
the case on which the national com