The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-21

| This resulted in wild burst Of ap-
plause from the Taft men.
The Roosevelt men objected to rep
resentation on the committee of mem.
bers from states whore contests had
been filed and also to the participa-
ton in the credentials committee of
members of the national committee
who had originally passed on the tenn
porary roll.
Hadlcy's Motion.
Governor Hadley, of Missouri,
moved the substitution of the minor
ity report for the majority and asked
that Mccormick be given unanimous
consent to read a brief dealing with
the question.
A Virginia delegate moved to lay
the Hadley motion and the minority
report on the table.
Hadley raised the point of order
that this could not be done.
Chairman Root held that the re-
quest for unanimous consent had not
been passed on to permit Mccormick
to read the brief. He was asked
whether unanimous consent was
granted and declared that the McCor-
mick statement could be read.
McCormicks statement found that
the Taft convention in the ninth Ala
bama district was irregular and a
boiling one and that the Roosevelt
delegates were the only legal dele
gates elected In that district.
AS he read the report, which was
a REPETITION of the briefs presented to
the national committee at its hearing,
the Taft men occasionally interrupts
ed his remarks with laughter.
McCormick's declaration that the
Taft men "bolted' was greeted with
volley of ''boohs" from the Taft men.
AS Mccormick concluded Dovall
asked unanimous consent to make
five minute reply to Mccormick and
it was granted.
Dovall said that on behalf of the ma
jority of the credentials committee
he denied that Mccormick was not
given time to prepare minority re-
port. He said that the committee
had been in session since nine o'clock
yesterday, due to certain members
hampering the work of the committee.
The vote in the ninth Alabama, he
said, was 81 to 10 and the Wisconsin
and Idaho members voted with the
majority. He said that the resolu-
whit 3ef, ~,
mittee acted was hampered with and
then read statement by Idaho mem
bers of the committee which held that
the majority report was the only con
clusion that could be arrived at UNI
der the evidence in the case
Root then stated that Delegate Ro-
bert ]. Walker of Virginia had with
drawn his motion to table the min
ority report in order that Governor
Hadley could address the convention
on the minority report.
Heney tried to get recognition by
climbing on his chair but Root ignor-
ed him and invited Hadley to the plat
form.
Heney Climbs on Chair.
Hadley was cheered and applauded
both from the floor and the gallery
as he began to read the typewriter
document resolution that contested
delegates should not be allowed to
vote on the report of the committee
until after their cases had been voted
on and decided. The resolution in
cluded the 70 delegates whose Gre
dentials have always been matter of
controversy since the convention first
me..
James W. Wadsworth, Jr.. of New
York raised the point of order that
the chair had already ruled on this
question and that the Hadley motion
was AN attempt to reverse the chair
by an indirect method" Chairman
Root stated he had previous notifca-
ton OF the Fadley resolution, and
said that he had been in grave doubt
OF his right to entertain the motion.
He said that he believed the point
raised by Wadsworth we'll taken as
the effect would be to reverse ruling
he made on Wednesday, and which
was not appealed from by the Roose-
welt men.
Taking Vote.
This resolution would deprive these
delegates of rights guaranteed them"
said Root. 1T seems so plainly for
the general interest of the republican
party that this question should be
rightly passed on by the delegates.
Then the chair will entertain the mo-
ton and rule the point of order not
well taken''
This plan had been adopted so that
a vote on the question could be had
and Root Immediately recognized
Watson who moved to table the Had
ley motion. A roll call was demanded
and seconded by two states and was
ordered.
The vote by states on the motion to
table was as follows:
Alabama ayes %: noes 2.
Before the result in the Alabama