The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-06-08

vel, contestants for delegates a. !art,'
Various explanations Were given toy
h- attitude of Senator korah and a'-
Roosevelt colleague, Vii tee vCTrIrit'c.
IL turned out that "r. ',a>Du t"r IL, ~
attitude was tl.at Il, ilahama Eo .cN.I:
contest was the iiiiuS,.-t -Ort q mar
III all but he Ninth d.stiIot. mat tu'
Roosevelt folks in the commute did ~,
propo-' Ia stand up AMI b" count, q ."
th','' tilnsy contests, nut they wan,'
Ia be IN a position To demand n roll ca.
On contests III which they Relieved they
had the right side of the fight
tol. Harry New and other committee
men hen said that thstaI.dinc a."
rul" ot The committee requiring the a~s,
! of twenty members for "a rol tall senate
.."rah and his friends would wiIhpu'
doubt have roll call any t!me ,h'v
desired Il
/ This was another evidence that the
lait managers te.l Utterly confident 'hir
they have a large ina inrity IN the com
nut'ce and that this large acti," working
mhlOrit! will remain with them to tn"
end. Mr.. Mc!inrg clli,nrd th1t the twp
/ tnnafess district delegates and aliernltcS
for the First district "i Alabama h.adod
, hy Pr"latc y. Barker of Mobile wrr.
Illegally elected and that no notice of the
! convention AT which they had been elected
had been given. Mr., Street still speaking
J i"r the Alabama people who represent
The Tart side IN tins controversy proved
that the requisite thirty days legal notice
FOR holding the convention had been
given not only IN ,he principal Alahana
newspapers in tn" district hut in circulars
which had been issued ON January 20.
STILL uNANrMoUs
/ Inc convention. it was also proved
{ met and elected the delegates for the
First district on February %. senator
I Borah asked for another roll call on this
xIol a
the committee unanimously seated the
Taft delegates. The two delegates for
the Second Congress district were given
70 the Taft men On thee violence. Mr..
McHarg making little or no protest
The Two delegates from the Third Con
gross district also went TO Taft as the
Roosevelt contestants did not appear
and the two delegates for the Sixth Con
gr"ss district were disposed of in the
same way and for the same reason The
contestants were not present MIR. McElnrg
was without papers to sustain his case
and tn" committee without Il roll call
unanimOulsy dismissed the case.
Then came the nnb of the situation in
Alabama. II WAS the Ninth Congress
district. II was the district for which
senator Borah and his associate Roose-
Volt friends in the national committee
had primed themselves and for which
lhey were 10 make the sturdy fight of
Inc day and on which they felt at liberty
10 go before the country as recording a
,nst vote Of the relative strength Of the
laf, men and the Roosevelt men in the
! mat ional committee. he two Roosevelt
delegates named for the Ninth Congress
district wore Judge Oscar X. Hundley of
i Birmingham and q. r. Lewis of Bessener.
+ Tho Taft men named as delegates
for the district were state Senator James
| Is. Sloan of Oneonta and j. Rivers Carter
of Birmingham. Judge Hundley de-
clarcd that by every law OF the state by
every legol procedure necessary for the
carrying ont of Presidential primaries
and conventions, he and Mr.: Lewis had
been rightfully elected. He declared
furthermore that the sloan and Carter
folks had bolted the regular Republican
convention of the state. that the regular
Republican stats chairman was there to
testify to tho fact and Judge hundley
produced affidavit after affidavit TO sup
polt his case.
Mr. Birch when his time came also pro-
dNccd affidavit after affidavit to prove
that the Sloan and Carter people had not
boli I'd tho convention. that thoy had
merely moved tn ono side Of the hal
, in which the convention was held. for the
reason thNt Judge iiupdlcy aud his friends
would not Permit Mr. Birch aud others
, Ia sIeak in the con, ,cntion. aud in any
! event Judge Iilndley had no right tn his
| place IN tho stats cOnN rptlon AZ which
Nc and Mr., Lewis had lIcep selected
~ tn" t~o delegates for the Congress
district.
The contestants in this district were