The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-07
FIRST FOR TAFT.
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ganized yesterday, attorneys on each
side were given thirty minutes to pre-
sent evidence and arguments in the
case involving the delegates at large
and fifteen minutes to each district
case 1t was expected that several
district contests would be grouped to-
gether to shorten the hearings. Oscar
r.. Hundley of Birmingham was pres
ent to assist Ormsby McHarg and
cambridge Colby in arguing the
Former Senator Dick of Ohio and
Major F. c. Bryan. the Taft attor-
neys, were aided by many members of
the Alabama Taft delegation.
Senator Borah of Idaho, who WELD
ed double influence in the committee
yesterday by reason of holding a
proxy as well as representing his own
state, will have only one vote today.
G. A. Knight, California member of
the committee and who had delegated
rived on an early train prepared to
take part in the contest hearing.
Alabama Contests.
When the Alabama cases were call
ed, a strong array of counsel appear
ed on each side to open the fight for
which the Republican nominal
ton is supposed to depend. Orms--
by McHarg of New York and
Charles Dick of Ohio appeared as
Colonel Roosevelt and Mr.. Taft
With former Senator Dick were
Frederick c., Bryan of Washington,
his associate counsel; Q. d. street ana
S. S. Peasants, members of the tart
delegation. at large from Alabama
and w. S. Roose, ]. J. Curtis and A.
C. Birch, representing the contested
Taft delegates in the congressional
district.
Mr.. McHarg was assisted in present.
ing the Alabama cases by Oscar r.
Hundley of Birmingham, one of the
Roosevelt delegates at large and the
Roosevelt leader in the state. Assoc
ciated with the Roosevelt attorney was
cambridge Colby of New York. who
is aiding in the contest fights The
Taft claims to the Alabama delegates
at large, six in number. as presented
to the committee by the president
representatives, were as follows;
In the Districts.
In the First congressional district
cases the Taft attorneys declared the
organization established by the Re
publican convention in Alabama had
been ignored and a separate convention
to elect Roosevelt delegates had been
called by J. o. Thompson and N. L.
Steel who occupy no official relation
to either the state or congressional
committees
In the Second district it was
claimed the regular organization also
was ignored and the Taft forces fur |
Their charged that the Roosevelt con-
vention was held outside the boun- |
diaries of the Second congressional |
district without the issuing of notices |
or the holding of county conventions. |
In the Fifth and Ninth districts the |
Taft adherents charged the Roosevelt |
forces with working through trump"
or boiling committee and in the Sixth |
district it was claimed eight men had /
selected the district delegates at Bir-
mingham.
Will Present Taft's Name.
Columbus, O., June THE name |
of President Taft will be presented to
the Chicago convention by W.. G. 4
Harding, former lieutenant governor |
of Ohio. Mr.. Harding announced to-
day that he had received a letter from
Mr. Taft asking him to name him at
the Chicago convention. Mr.. Hard
ing announced he had accepted the |
commission.
Plans to Prevent Bolt.
Chicago, June Fired w. Upham,
who will have a seat in the Republican
national convention as delegate from
the Ninth Illinois district plans TO
introduce a resolution at the opening
of the convention designed to prevent
a bolt on the part of either side.
1t will pledge every delegate to sup
port the nominee of the convention and
will call upon the committee on creden-
tials to deny a seat to any delegate
who will not make such a pledge.
Precedent for such a resolution is
said to be found in the convention of
1886 when the anti-third termers talked
of boiling if Grant were nominated. A
resolution of similar nature is declared
to have been adopted at that time.