The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-06-27
Bolt From Committees

CHICAGO, ILL., Special After
| boiling once from the credentials com
mittee, under orders Of Colonel Roose-
welt, and being called back by Roose-
Nelt managers to the committee room.
all of the Roosevelt members of the
| credentials committee EXCEPT II. r.
Mccormick, of Chicago, left again AT
ll:45 o'clock last night, declaring they
were out for good"
The cause Of the bolt was the re-
fusal of the committee to give a fun
nearing on all contest cases After
the Roosevelt men had left. the com
mltee took up the cases, but had not
proceeded far when "A motion TO ad-
Jourh untI O'Clock this morning
was proposed and carried
Francis J. Heney and Hugh r. Hal
bert of Minnesota, who had led the
bolt, were the only ones who would
talk at length on the situation.
Is this a bolt?" Mr.. Heney was
asked.
You can call it what YOU want ia. -
he said. These are the facts: Every
Roosevelt man with the exception of
Mccormick has walked out because
he was convinced from the rules
which were proposed that there was
no intention of giving a valid hearing
me cases that were heard before the
national committee We're a farce, and
TINS is worse one. The lineup was
perfectly plain-32 to ~"
Mr. Halbert declared the break
came because the committee limited
time and excluded evidence.
We claimed and insisted that the
credentials committee should hear all
evidence as a court of original juris-
dlctlon, and that the national con-
vention, not the credentials commit
tee, should be the court of last re-
sort"
Before adjourning the committee
ed
of SO to 1. Chairman Divine said the
adjournment was taken because most
of the contesting delegates had left
the Coliseum.
Mr.. Roosevelt addressed the bolt
ing delegates in a room at the Con-
sress Hotel, where they had assem-
bled after leaving the committee
room.
Il am going to ask you to take
4 recess until L can get certain facts
and lay them before you" Colonel
Roosevelt said. Il earnestly counsel
YOU not to discuss what you intend
to do until you have the facts before
you.
Il can tell you the general outline
Of what l shall do. SO far as l am
l shall never recognize a
republican convention, 4 majority OF /
which in large part is composed of /
-raudulently seated delegates from |
he States of which Governor Hadley |
spoke. This is not a convention OF |
he Republican party. A convention !
II the Republican party is a conven-
ion that the majority of which is
elected by the people and not APP
pointed by mOribund national COM
nittee.
Il am for n convention in which
1T men elected by the States of Wash
ngtOn and Arizona, and not the men
appointed from Washington and Ari-
ona by the defunct bosses of other
'tates. L hold that this is no case
Il fractional fight. The time has
ONE now when we must assert alb
olutely the right Of the people to |
un the national convention, to have |
heir own representatives put in the
invention. | see that it is held bv |,
hartman Root that Of these con- u
ested delegates all were to vote on
ne another's cases on the ground of
recedent. The argument in favor of
hat precedent is of the type of the
rgument made by a clever corpora
on lawyer when advising a corpora
on how to keep within a law and
ct do what the law intended to for
id. This kind of bad faith Vitiates
NY proposition. Fraud destroys any |
Edward c. Darlington, of Maryland.
member of the credentials commit /
e, described the proceedings pre-
eding the walkout.
The Taft manager of the commit
e sought at the outset to apply the | :
as rule" he said, land 1 refused TO
sgrace the State OF Maryland by
ting longer with the committee"
The proposed adoption of a l lie linn
ing argument OF contested election
lses before the credentials commit
e to five minutes for district cases
ld ten minutes for State cases pre-
plated the bolt. After the return of
e Roosevelt members an amendment