The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-06-13
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Manager Mckinley for Taft called
all such proposals rule OF ruin meth
DDS.
1t is all but certain now that two
conventions will be held, and botf
started as soon as Rosewater calls the
convention to order next Tuesday
Each will claim to be the regular con,
vention.
The committee is considering thu
Louisiana c.ntests this afternoon.
The Roosevelt men realize more ant
more that control of the temporary
roll call and the selection of Senator
Root as temporary chairman wOulC
mean the control of the permanent
organization, control of all commit.
tees and control of al convention re.
suits. eflii,'f I'll ~
Roosevelt Gets One.
Chicago. ln.-One delegate for
Col. Roosevelt, the first awarded him
isince the national committee began
the hearing of consisted cases last
Friday, and II for President Taft
We're the net results of yesterdays
session of the republican national
committee. In all, 101 delegates
have been accorded President Taft
since the committee opened it's hear
ing. The one place in the Roosevelt
column was awarded to p. C. Ed
wards from the Eleventh district OF
Kentucky. The Taft forces on the
committee refused, by a vote of 33
to 10, to seat both of the Roosevelt
delegates whose places were contest
ed, but agreed to a split which gave
Col. Roosevelt and President Taft
each one delegate from. the district.
BOrah Enters Contest.
The half victory for Col. Roosevelt
came at the end of the day in which
all the other much discussed contests
from Kentucky had been decided in
Taft's favor. In some of these the
Roosevelt men had acQuiesced. In
others they had mustered a vote OF
from II to II against the Taft deci-
sions.
Senator Borah, the most active fig
ure in the committee, protested
against the splitting of the Eleventh
district delegation.
Arthur !. Voorhees, of Ohio, had
made the motion to sect the divided
delegation. John c. Capers, Senator
Borah, and Francis j. Heney lead al
effort to have adopted a substitute
to sea- both Roosevelt men, but they
could muster only 10 votes. The spill,
delegation was then unanimously
seated.
President Taft's four contested
delegates at large from Kentucky
headed by Senator w. o. Bradley
were seated with only II votes in the
/ , aunfivn Ha woo Uiunn tho civ frnn
the First, Second and Tenth, the con
itest against the two in the Fourth
district was withdrawn, and the 81.
) from the Seventh. Eighth and Eley
enth districts were won against tn
Roosevelt forces.
Heney After Them.
Sharp interchanges between Fran
els j. Heney Of San Francisco an
j, Taft members of the committee char
acterized the long days session owe
the kentucky contests. Mr.. Heney
!, who will appear today in the hearing
, of the California contests, repeated
referred to frauds in Kentucky cleo
tions and compared conditions t
I those that existed in California unde
! Abe Ruef.
Gov. Hadley, of Missouri, who is t
ICOlllC DClOlC IliS SOilIlllILtCG NHlo NSC
as a. Roosevelt contestant from Mis-
2 souri,, also was in the committee dun
I ing the day on the proxy of anothe
member.
I Restrictions upon the time of tn
q argument, ere abandoned in tn
Kentucky cases today and all evit
ience was heard at length. AS a resu.
the committee today began session
u at 8 O'Clock, with the prospect G
night sessions the remainder of tn
o week.
:. Will Vote for Roosevelt.
y Birmingham, Ala.-P. o. Alverso
of Bell City, an instructed Taft dele
n gate to the national republican cor
wention at Chicago, today announce
that he would vote for Roosevelt il
stead of Taft for president. In S
doing he said he felt that he woul
i, be reflecting the wishes of his COZ
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