Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-11
ROOSEVELT CONTESTANTS
DEFEATED BY SO Toll
Charges of Sharp Practice Made by
Judge O'Rear.
EX-SENATOR SCOTT INDIGNANT
hesents Assertion That Men Fro,,
West Virginia Crossed the
Border to Vote in
the Primaries.

| CHICAGO June 1.-THE republica,
tional committee TODAY voted ia nl.,.a ,h.
i'ur IAN delegates at large from Ken
/ lucky on the temporary roll of the re-
publican convention. The vote was -
10 H. The delegates at large seated by
The committee are Senator W O. BRADLEY.
James Breathitt. w d. Cochran and J.
r. Wood. Only TWO OF the seats at large
were contested. the contesting Roosevelt
delegates being Judge L. G. o'Rear and
Leslie Combs.
Judge O'Rear who argued the ease for
the Roosevelt delegates. charged the Taft
men with unfair practices and said that
men were imported from West Virginia
and Ohio to vote in the prima ries for
Taft Ex-senator Scott Indignantly de-
MED the charge so Jar as IL referred to
West Virginians.
Taft Gets First District.
The delegation from the first district
dwo) was also given TO Taft rhe vote
was 40 to ..
The delegates seated in the first dis
! trict are w. j. Deboe and John 4. Tooke.
| the contestants being Thomas " Hazelip
| and Robert Cornwell.
The result in the first district fore
shadOwed the seating of the raft dele
gates in the second and fourth districts.
where the Roosevelt men said similar
arguments would be made.
| All Morning on Kentucky Cases.
| The Kentucky contests, involving in all
| sixteen delegates, were under hearing be-
| fore the republican national committee AL
morning.
1t was agreed that the contests i'm the
first. second and fourth 1.-TWO delegates
! each) be submitted and decided on the
same arguments as in the case of the
delegation at large. Ormsby McHars
made the opening statement for the
Roosevelt forces and Judge +. {. O'Rear Vi
| Frankfort one Of the two contestants Tor
delegate at large. made the argument
/ 1t was hoped early In the DAY tnat ~.
/ case of the Kentucky delegates could Dc
disposed of by the middle of the alter
| noon and the Louisiana cases taken up
and. at least. partly disposed OF Nation
al Committeeman Pearl Wight of Louisi-
ana was prepared for the presentation OK
the latter cases. i'm which practically ala
of the states delegates are contested.
The Lou siana case presented compli-
cation similar to that i'm Florida. three
to contest for the seats. Committeeman
Wights suppor: was with the "Suthon
delegation. instructed for Roosevelt
The Kentucky Roosevelt contestants
for the places of DELEGATES at iarSe Were
only two IN number. although the state is
entitled to four seats at large in the ma
tional convention. The Taft faction had
named a complete set of delegates, Dut
the names of l.. {. ORear ana Leslie
Combs were all that appeared on the rola
As Roosevelt contestants.
The roll cali by Secretary Hayward
showed about forty-fiye members pres
ent or represented by proxies.
No Oratorical Preliminaries.
The case of Kentuckys four contested
delegates at large was the hrst called.
The committee settled down to the hear
| ing without oratorical preliminaries.
| Representative Olmsted of Pennsylvania
took his seat in the committee on the
proxy of Franklin Murphy Of New Jer-
sey.
The Kentucky contestants were quickly
| in pace at the opposing tables.
\ telegram from Senator w. o. Brad
ley at Washington, one of the contested
Taft delegates, was read by SecretarE
HAYWARD Senator Bradley declared the
Roosevelt contest should not be consider
ed bv the national committee because the
notice of contest and the Roosevelt Gre
dentials had not been filed within th' a.
otted time.
Secretary Hayward informed the com
mittee that the Bradley credentials hal
been filed MAY and tire O'Rear or R"ese-
welt notice of contest was filed NaN -
he last permissible day.
"The contest notice or protest Was hla'i
within the specified time. said .,sci t..
Hayward. but no credentials weie III
To show that any contestiag dsicsates i-tt
resn elected
The committee decided that the COZ
testants Mere entitled I" hearing. ~
Ormsby McHarc spoke for the Roosc> ~
forces
He said one argument would cover il.c
case of the delegates At large aud =;
district delegates from the nrs;. sccohd
and fourth districts.
The circumstances in each case 49,
alike" said McHarg. land we will submit
them all on the one argument
Machine Methods Denounced.
Judge Ed G. ORear, heading the con-
testing Roosevelt delegation. began tie
Roosevelt arguments.
THE charge we have made in Ken
lucky" he said. is that the machine
methods have got 20 far into the re-
rnlblican party that the Independent voter
has little choice between the republican
and democratic parties
Judge O'Rear declared he would Try 10
show there was "a deliberate plan To
carry Kentucky for the President,
against the wishes of the people, ana
that this plan was participated in by the
party leaders and the republican state
committee.
Federal office holders. said Judge
O'Rear. were at the bottom Of the ''trou-
! ble', in kentucky. Most OF II occurred.
he said. in counties where federal once
holders were county chairmen. They sat
in Judgment" he said. upon the creoen-
tials and rights OF all delegates.
In Breathitt county, he said. the re-
publcans had proceeded under the reg-
ular call The county chairman would
not call q convention. 90 each side put up
q chairman.
The Roosevelt man won" he said.
There was no question or doubt about
4, The convention proceeded to elect