The Washington times., 1912-06-22
Washington Delegates Seat
ed on Viva Voce
Vote.
BITTER PROTEST AT s
METHODS EMPLOYED
Routine Hastened, With Police In
All Parts Of Hall to Keep
Order.
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committee in the Fourth North Caro-
lima, Third Oklahoma, and Second
Tennessee districts, and this action
was approved by viva voce vote.
Listen In Silence.
There was silence, however, when
the Washington State report was
read seating the Taft delegates. This
was, with the exception of the Fourth
Carolina, the most bitterly fought
contest before the convention. Be-
fore. the report was read Chairman
Root asked that consideration be
given to the reading clerk Dele
gate P. N. Howard, of Jackson, Miss,
arose and shouted
"I rise to point Of order. claim
that the steam roller is exceeding
the speed limit"
A wild cheer went up from the
Roosevelt. men, but it vas only a
mild zephyr to the roar that spread
over the hall when Root ruled:
"The point Of order is we'll taken.
In justification, l would say that the
reason is that some Of us have some
hope of getting home for Sunday"
For Filling Vacancies.
Vacancies created by death or resig-
nation shall be filled by nomination Of
the State Republican central committee
in and for the State in which the va
Cancy occurs. The National Republican
committee shall, however, have power
to declare vacant the seat of any MEM
Der who refuses to concur with nom
inees of the convention which elected
such national Republican committee and
to fill such vacancies"
This latter provision is directed
snuarely at the members of the COM
. mittee who have been decalring that
they would not support President Taft
II he were nominated, notably the mem
bers from West Virginia and Pennsyl-
vania.
The remainder of the changes in the
rules are purely technical
The minority members-sixteen in all
-dissented only on three important
Questions-reductto of the number
Of delegates from Southern Democratic
States; granting States rights" to
elect national committeeman, with re-
strictions upon the temporary conven-
tion roll. and prevention of unanimous
nominations.
w. II. Coleman. of PENNSYLVANIA. was
iNne minority leader ntbnra gir
The report were John L. Hamilton,
PENNSYLVANIA: 5. H. Eagle. Illinois; c.
L. Dotsnn South DAKOTA; H. P. Card
Charles Z. Randlen. Missouri: w S o.
Robinson. North Carolina; o. ]. Lar
son, Minnesota: ]. s. George, Kansas:
G. A. Luee. Nebraska; w. S Edwards.
West Virginia: I. S. SIX elton. Oklaho-
ma; G. l.. TAFT, Maryland: Emil Snow,
North Dakota, an1 D. w Davis, Iowa.
Southern Delegates.
The rule of the minority restricting
Fouthern representation follows:
Resolved, That hereafter representa-
tion in the Republican national con-
vention shall be rs follows: One dele
gate for each Congressional district
within the various States. and one ad-
dltional delegate from each of said Con-
grtsslonal district for every 1000 Re-
ruSCsn %eIeof osst .@t"S or majority fraction
Presidential election for Republican,
electors. and receiving the highest vote
in such district. and TWO delegates each
flom the District Of Columbia, Alaska,
Jiawaii. Porto Rico. and the Philip
pines"
Chairman Root did not arrive until
several minutes after 10, the hour set
one-fourth of the delegate seats were
vacant.
The DELAY was SAID to be due in
great part to the failure of the resou-
tions committee to clean up the plat
form. The leaders wanted to whip into
shape the program so that it could be
put through on a definite schedule,
avoiding delays.
To Restrict Power.
The rule restricting choice and power
of the national committeeman was as
follows:
Resolved. That national committee
shall be appointed to consist of one
member from each State and the Dis
trict of Columbia. The convention roll
shall be called and delegations from
each State shall name, through its
the member of the national committee.
Such committee shall issue at least
sixty days before the meeting of the
national conventions call for said con-
Yention and the delegates to the ma
I tional convention shall be chosen In
such a manner and place as the COM
} mittee NAV elect
The majority shall be elected by State
conventions, except that in any State
which has by law provided for the cleo
tion of delegates to the national con-
vention, all of the delegates to such
convention shall be chosen in accord
ance with such laws.
Twenty days before the day set for
the meeting of the national committee
credentials shall be sent to the commit
tee for use in taking up the temporary
roll which roll shall be advisory and
not the official roll of the convention.
Any delegate or alternate whose seat
has been contested in good faith shall
stand aside, and not be permitted to
vote on his case. or other contests until
his credentials shall have been passed -
Hugh T. Halbert, of Minnesota, ar
gued in favor Of the minority report.
He declared that throughout the Roosc-