The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-11
Days Work Results in
No Gains for Third
Termer.
NO MERCY SHOWN
BY STEAM-ROLLER
Roosevelt's Flimsy Contests Are
Crushed and Flattened Out by
Faultlessly Working Machine.
Famous Indiana Cases Are
Decided in Favor of
President.

Chicago. June lo-To-days work or
the Republican National Con1,.,tttee
added twelve more delegates to the
catalogue of the Taft strength on the
temporary roll of the Republican Ma
tionai Convention. Tho much discuss-
ed Indiana contests came before the
committee and were decided. all in
Tafts favor
With the seventy-two delegates com
prised in the Southern contests dccid-
ed last week in the Alabama, Arkan-
sas, Florida and Georgia cases. to-
Gays gains make total of eighty
-FOUR delegates added to the Taft forces
fy the work of the national commit
tee With the col instructed and UNI
contested delegates credited to him,
they bring his present total on the
temporary roll up to 2S5. a large pro-
PORTION Of the contested seats among
the ITO cases still to DC passed on by
tho committee are represented as In
structed FOR Taft: the precise num-
Der is the subject OF much dispute, nor
can IT be stated how many of these
contests Taft will win.
Inc cases decided to-day were those
OF tho Indiana delegation-at-l large.
four In number. headed by Colonel
Harry S. New, chairman of the con-
Nention committee on arrangements,
and including former ice-President
Charles w. Fairbanks and the district
First Third and Thirteenth Districts.
Contest withdrawn.
The contest in the Fourth District
was withdrawn and the committee
confirmed the two sitting (Taft dele
gates.
The real fight of the day In the com
mittee came, not on the contests over
the Large, where. as 1t
had been expected, tho committee was
unanimous in giving them to Taft, but
over the seating OF two Taft delegates
from the Thirteenth. or South Benz,
District.
Attempts of the Roosevelt attorneys
ia Introduce certain affidavits. declar-
&c by them to bear the signatures or
n majority of the delegates to the dia-
trlct convention Mt South Bend at
which the Taft delegates were chosen,
precipitated the only sensational in
terchange of the day and caused a
sudden reversal of the committees
vote, which was not explained to the
satisfaction of the Roosevelt men.
Senator Borah tainted tho Taft men
about 1t, telling them they changed
front because they were scared.
The worst scared lot OF men 1 ever
saw" he said. What has happened?
Whom have you consulted? What has
come over you? Whence came this
revelations" he demanded.
The Taft men denied that they were
scared. or that any special light had
broken In upon them; They insisted
that their first vote. against admitting
the aftidavits, was because OF their de-
sire not to delay the hearings by the
necessity of giving thu Taft side an
opportunity TO answer them or to
Great a precedent. which would be
embarrassing in later cases Their
reversal OF the vote was coupled with
specific declaration that 1t was not
to be regarded as a precedent. In this
form the Roosevelt men oil voted
against II.
So the committee heard the affidavits,
with verbal testimony In contrayen-
ton OF their allegations. and then
voted to seat the Taft delegates The
veto. 30 to IA. represents what has
been the lineup between the factions
ever since the committee came togeth-
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battle on California.
This was not the first battle of the
day, however Before the Indiana cases
were taken up the committee came
near a turbulent scene. a motion by
Senator Crane, of Massachusetts, to
postpone ur;il Wednesday the case of
thu Fourth District OF California, in
accordance with tho request OF former
Senator Dick, tho Taft contest leader,
met the opposition OF the Roosevelt
forces. The case elready had been
called, and the attorneys and con-
testants were in their places when this
question arose NIr. Dick argued that
similar delay had been granted last
week In the California case ar the
request of the Roosevelt people. and
he thought he was entitled to the
courtesy. During this debate tho
tabled steam roller" figured in the
discussion Some of the Taft men re-
sentcd mention of the political juGger-
raut. which. they said, was fiction.
whercupon Mr.. Borah later intimated
that the Roosevelt people had no SEN
sitivencss on the subject; In fact.
rather liked to talk about the meta
phorical machine.
In the roll call on the California
postponement the lineup was 2S to
10. the personnel OF each side being
substantially the same as in the othor
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