The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-06-12
COMMITTEE MAKES FIRST
AWARD TO ROOSEVELT
Eleventh District Contested Dele.
cation Divided Between
Two Candidates.
California Contests Comes Up at
Chicago for Action by
Committee To-day.

CHICAGO. June 1i.-One delegate
for Colonel Roosevelt the first award
ed him since the National committee
began their hearing Of contest
cases last Friday and II for Presi-
dent Taft were the net results OF to-
days session OF the Republican Nat
ional committee.
In all hundred and one delegates
have been accorded President Taft
sine the committee opened it's har-
ings. TIL one placed in the Roose-
Net column today was ID. G. Edwards
from the Eleventh district Of Ken
lucky. The Taft forces on the com.
mittee refused by n vote OF 80 TO 10
70 seat both of the Roosevelt dele
gates whose places were contested.
but agreed TO a split which gave Col.
onel Roosevelt and President Taft
each one from the district.
The half victory for Colonel Roose.
welt came at the end OF a day in
which all other much discussed con
tests from Kentucky had been decid.
ed in President Taft's favor. In some
Of these the Roosevelt men acauiesced
In others they had mastered a vote OF
from TO IL
Senator 8orah Protests.
Senator Borah. the most active
Roosevelt adherent in the committee
protested against splitting the 1lth
district delegation.
There is no justification for H." he
declared. IF one is given. both
should be"
Arthur I. Vorys Of Ohio had made
The motion to seat the divided dele
cation. John G. Capers. Senator Bor-
ah and Francis ]. Heney led an effor-
TO adopt a substitute 10 seat both the
Roosevelt men. bu they could muster
only 10 votes.
The split delegation was then unan-
imously seated
President Taft's four contested dele
gates-at-large from Kentucky. headed
by Senator Bradley. were seated with
only eleven votes in the negative. He
was given six in the First. Second ard
Tenth districts unanimously and the
Tive from the Seventh. Eighth and
Ninth districts were now against the
votes OF the Roosevelt forces.
In the contest hearing today from
Kentucky Judge O'Rear declared he
would try 10 show there was a "da-
liberate plan TO carry Kentucky for
the President" against the wishes OF
the people. and that this plan was
participated in by the party leaders
and the Republican state committed
Federal oficeholders. said Judge
O'Rear. were az the bottom Of the
trouble" IN Kentucky Most OF Il
occurred. ne said. In counties where
federal officeholders were county
chairmen. They sat IN judgment" d"
he said. upon the credentials and
rights OF all delegates.
In. Breathitt county. he said. the
Republicans had proceeded under the
regular call. The county chairman
would not call DO together. 30 each
side Put up n chairman
The Roosevelt man won" he said
There was no question or doubt
about a.. The convention proceeded
% elect delegates 10 the state con
vention. When they appeared there.
they were confronted with "a contest
The Taft delegates had been selected
o. meeting In the Office Of n Taft
man. but the convention seated the
Taft delegates"
w. Va. Men In kentucky.
Judge O'Rear declared hundreds ~
Ohio and West Virginia men had
come into Kentucky 10 take part En-
tho Hoyd county convention lie said
that IN other countries. non residents
had rom" IN 20 participate IN the
convention
The contest against the two in tho
fourth districr was Withdrawn and the
six from the seventh. eighth and olev-
eufh districts were won AGAINST the
votes ~ tho Roosevelt forces
Sharp inferchauRes between Fran.
ois J Heroy. ~ San Francisco. and
Taft members of Tho committee char
acterized the long DELAYS session over
the KENTUCKY contests Nr Uouey
Who viii appear f0m0rr0w in tho
hearing ~ tho California contests ro.
peatediy referred t0 frauds .n Ken.
tucky elections and compared rorff
tions 20 those That existed i1 cali.
Ccontinusd on Hinth ParsJ