Omaha daily bee., 1912-06-12
ROOSEVELT WINS
CONTESTED VOTE
National Committee Divides Dele
cation of Two From Eleventh
Kentucky District. ,
FOURTEEN OTHERS FOR TAFT
Presidents Forces Successful in All
But One Case.
LIN0RITY VOTE IS INCREASED
Roll Call on Eight Shows Seventeen
For Colonel.
ONE STATE TAKES UP THE DAY
Many Charges of Fraud Made by
Attorneys for Roosevelt Dele
gates With fractional Feeling
Greatly Increased.
Presidents Forces Successful in All
But One Case.
IIINORITY VOTE IS INCREASED
Roll Call on Eight Shows Seventeen
For Colonel.
ONE STATE TAKES UP THE DAY

CHICAGO. June 1.-THE seating of
Roosevelt delegate in the Eleventh
Kentucky district late today was the
first gain to the Roosevelt columr
awarded by the republican national
committee since it began hearing con-
tests last Friday After acting on the
Eleventh Kentucky district the CON-
mittee adjourned until a. m. tomorrow
A motion to seat the two Roosevelt
delegates contested by the Taft forces
in the Eleventh Kentucky district was
defeated by a vote of 10 to 49, The
Taft delegate finally seated was o. H.
Waddle the Roosevelt delegate. D. C.
Edward
On the roll call seating the Taft dele
gates from the eighth Kentucky district,
Lowden, Illinois; Simpson, Maine; Rog-
ors. Wisconsin, and Shackelford, Alaska,
voted with the Roosevelt members of
tht committee, swelling the minority to
seventeen, for the first time during the
day.
Other actions taken by the committee
today were as follows:
Two contested delegates at large and
the two delegates from the First dis
trict of Kentucky were credited to Taft.
The Taft delegates in the Second dis
trict we're seated and the contest in the
Fourth district was withdrawn.
The Taft delegates in the Fourth Ken
lucky district seated when the Roosevelt
forces withdrew from the contest are:
Pilson Smith and ]. Ray Bond The
Roosevelt delegates were, C. M. Barrett
and Jesse r. Eskridge.
Kentucky seventh district, two dele
gatesa credited to Taft, the vote being 3S
to 1S.
The committee, in seating the Taft
delegates, Tenth Kentucky district,
voted, 2to O. These delegates are A.
B. Patrick and John H. Hardwick. Heney
and Hadley voted with the other Roose-
welt committeeman against the contest.
The two Taft delegates in the Eighth
Kentucky district were seated by a vote
of S5 to II. ,--.. .......l s
Heney Gets Into Game.
Francis ]. Heney of San Francisco
~Aeaped into the heat of the political fray
today and strenuously endeavored to in
ject pepper into the Roosevelt fight. He
characterized the condition in Kentucky
as similar to the former chaotic polit-
ical conditions in California and when
he referred to some of the Kentucky po-
litical acts as comparable to acts Of Abe
Reuf of San Francisco, Mr.. Heney drew
a sharp protest from Senator Penrose.
Judge Ed c. O'Rear of Frankfort who
had charge of the arguments for the
Roosevelt forces frequently admitted that
some of the points advanced were not
very strong, and Senator Borah of the
Roosevelt wing declared he thought the
contestants were not entitled to their
seats. Though some of the members of
the committee asked for more time to
consider the evidence, a roll call de-
manded by the Taft leaders resulted in
seating the regular delegates at large by
a vote of IS to II. The decision in the
First district however was unanimous.
Louisiana Cases Complicated.
Committeeman Pearl Wight was pre-
pared for the presentation of the Louisi-
ana cases, If they were reached this
afternoon. Practically all of the Louisi-
ana delegates are contested.
The Louisiana case presented a COM
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