The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-06-10
ON preliminary
IN CALIFORNIA
Motion to Postpone Consid-
Grafton of Cases Frc-
Stat
That State Sustained.
MUCH INTEREST IN THE
CONTESTS FROM INDIANA

MuUn lMICnL1I IN lIII
CONTESTS FROM INDIANA
Former Vice President Fairbanks
Heads the Taft Forces From That
State and Beveridge Leads Those Of
Rooseyelt-The Real Lineup.
Chicago, June 10.-The republics n
national committee is again consider
ing contest cases today. The Cali
fornia cases were the first acted on.
they being postponed till Wednesday
on motion of Senator Crane by vote
Of SO to 13. The Taft people headed
by ex-Ser:'or Dick urged the post
ponement on the grounds that i'm
portant documents had not yet been
received and intimating that their case
involved the legality of others of the
California delegates.
The Indiana delegation at large.
four delegates. we're credited to Taft.
The vote was unanimous, Committee
man New not voting.
The Indiana cases have heretofore
been looked upon as the first real test
of strength in the committee. With
former Vice President Fairbanks
heading the Taft delegates and eX-
Senator Beveridge as the leader of the
Roosevelt delegates. the fight took on
more general interest than any other
<ho In.
volved.
The vote in the California cases
drew beyond any doubt the lines be.
votes were knight of California
Borah of Idaho; Burnham of Ken.
lucky: Wight of Louisiana; Kellogg
Of Minnesota: Lttauer of Nevada;
Carolina; Thorson of South Dakota
Loose Of Utah; Rogers of Wisconsin;
Mccoy of the Philippines and Lyons
of Texas.
The contests in Alabama, Arkansas
Florida and Georgia, which were de-
cided last week, added a total of sew
enty-two delegates to the strength
credited to Taft. Whether it foretold
steam roller" policy of giving the
whole business to Taft" as the Roose-
welt adherents now claim; or whether
the contests still to be decided will give
some to Taft and some to Roosevelt
Is a matter of much speculation and
bitter interchange.
The vital Importance of the decis-
ions of the national committee upon
the contests is apparent to anyone
studying the lists of delegations. Such
study incidentally discloses the great
weight which may attach to the twen-
ty-six delegates from Wisconsin and
ten from North Dakota. instructed fo1
LaFollette and the ten from Iowa, in
structed for Cummins.
There is no reconciling the conflict.
ing claims of the Taft and Roosevelt
managers regarding the respective
strength of their followings; each is
figuring into his tables delegations en-
phatically claimed by the other on the
strength Of convention endorsements
alleged pledges. and other more or less
substantial grounds.
Reasonably dependable, however
seem the figures collected by the Asso-
ciated Press from which can be de-
rived what may be described as the
'bare bones Of the situation. These
figures. which are unofficial, and by
no means guaranteed, are as follows:
Whole number of delegates. 1,078;
necessary for nomination., $40; in
structed for Roosevelt and uncontest-
contested. 201; instructed for LaFol-
lette Ono contests). 36: instructed for
Cummins Ono contests), 10; unin-
structed, uncluding New York's 9O),
166: contested. "a.
OF the 254 contested national COM
mittee has thus far given Taft seven
ty-two.
These figures analyze as follows:
Instructed for Roosevelt and un-
Cu1{
Indiana 10: Kansas 18; Kentucky 1;
Maryland IS; Massachusetts 1S; Michi-
gan 10; Minnesota "a; Missouri 12;
Nebraska 16; New Jersey 8: North
Carolina 16; Ohio "a; Oklahoma 16;
Oregon 10: Pennsylvania 81: South
Dakota 10; Tennessee 1: Texas 6; Yer.
mont 2; West Virginia 16. Total Ali
Instructed for Taft and uncontested
(not including the seventy-two given
him last week by the national COM
mittee's decisions upon contests)
Alabama 8; Coloado l2: Connecticut
10: Illinois 2: Indiana 6: Iowa 16;
Kansas 2: Kentucky z: Massachusetts
1S; Michigan 12; Mississippi 2; Missouri
2; Nevada 6: New Hampshire s: Ohio
-; Oklahoma 2; Pennsylvania 9;
Rhode Island 10: South Carolina 10;
Tennessee IS; Utah 8; Vermont 2: Viz
ginia 4; Wyoming s.; Hawaii s: Philip
pines 2; Porto Rico 2. Total 2O1.
Instructed for LaFollette Ono con-
tests): North Dakota 10; Wisconsin
&c. Total SO.
Instructed for Cummins (no con-
tests): Iowa 10.
Uninstructed and uncontested: Ar
kansas 2; Connecticut 4: Delaware 8;
Idaho 8: Indiana 2: Maine 12; Michi-
gan 2: Missouri 8; Montana 8; New
Mexico g.: New York 30: North Caro-
lima 2; South Carolina 6; Texas 4: Yer
mont 4. Total 166.
Contested by either Roosevelt Or
Taft: Alabama 16: Arizona 8; Ar
kansas 16; California 2: Florida 12:
Georgia 28: Indiana 12: Kentucky
1S: Louisiana 20; Michigan s; Missis-
eippi 18; Missouri IA: North Carolina
6: Oklahoma 2; South Carolina 2;
Tennessee 8: Texas 30; Virginia 20;
Washington IA: Alaska 2; District of
Columbia 2. Total 254.
OF these contests. the national COM
nlittee Friday and Saturday decided
in Taft's favor all Of those from Ala
bama. Arkansas. Florida and Georgia.
Total ~.
Out Of these figures may be made
combinations to suit almost any poll
tical taste. 1t all depends on how the
national committee decides the con-
tests: who gets the uninstructed dele
gates, and-most important of all
whether the delegates now listed one
way or the other "stay put"