The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-06-11
WEIGHING PARTY
RULES AGAINST PRESIDENTIAL
PRIMARY LAWS OF THE STATES
Status Of California, Oregon
and North Dakota Is In
voIved In Question.
PARTY MURDER, SAYS DIXON
Roosevelt Win Go TO Chicago to
Guard Interests - Police
Protection Asked.

CHICAGO, June 8.-whether the
rules Of the Republican party, as drawn
up years ago and under which was is
sued the call for the election Of dele
gates TO tho national convention arc to
be enforced at the convention author
lied by the call or whether the rules
may be set aside by the actions of some
of the State legislatures in enacting
presidential preference primary Laws
is the vital question now before the
national committee in session here to
decide upon the numerous protests
filed. Action upon this question will
be taken on Monday and, whatever the
decision may be, tremendous protest
from one side or the other is certain to
result.
The question came up yesterday
when the protest of the Taft represen-
tatives against the seating of the two
delegates from the Fourth California
congressional district, Roosevelt men,
was presented. The convention cali
was for the election of two delegates
to the convention from each congress
sional district. The California primary
law provides that the candidate who
secured u majority or q plurality OF
the votes should have credited to him
the entire State delegation and under
this law were issued to the Roosevelt
| delegates from the fourth their certi-
flcates of election, although in that
particular district the Taft delegates
had small majodties. The Taft repre-
sentatives claim that the delegates with
majorities should be seated, irrespective
| Of the requirements of the Californian.
law,
THREE STATES AFFECTED.
The right of State to legislate SO
as to alter the national party rules is.
thus questioned and into the question
comes the standings of the entire State
delegations from California, Oregon
and North Dakota.
TAFT WINNING so EAR.
The national committee yesterday
decided the contests filed from Ala
bama and Arkansas, the decisions be-
| ing termed by Senator Dixon, Colonel
i
deliberate numbering of the Republican
party by cold blooded thefts."
There were two contests each in five
of the Alabama districts, in each the
committee deciding in favor of the
1 Taft men, the first vote ON rollcan
being thirty-eight to fifteen. The other
Alabama contests were decided upon
an aye and no vote, motion by Sem
ator Borah that a demand from eight
delegates for a rollcall being defeated.
The basis for the Alabama contests by
the Roosevelters was that the Taft.
delegates had been chosen at boiling,
conventions.
The protest against the seating of
the four delegates at large from Ar
kansas, fled by the Roosevelters, was.
turned down, this time the vote stand
ing forty-nine to two. In this instance
the basis for the protest was that the
state convention which had elected the
delegates at large had been controlled
by the federal organization, composed
of postmasters and other Taft APP
pointees.
Altogether for Taft thirty delegates
, from Alabama and fourteen of the
, eighteen from Arkansas were put upon
the temporary roll
Roosevelt to the Rescue.
j Attorney Ormsby McHarg is in at
2 tendance before the committee, as legal
: representative of Mr.. Roosevelt, while
: Senator Dixon is on hand and Senator
Perkins of California, another Roose-
e welt partisan has arrived. In view of
a the first decisions of the COMMITTEES
e against the claims of the Roosevelt
: hackers, however, it was reported yes
t terday that Mr.. Roosevelt will arrive
; here ON Monday to take a personal
$ hand in his fight for delegates.
n Previously, Mr.. Roosevelt had an
5 nounced that he would stay away from
$ Chicago "unless some grave emergency
n arises. The questioning of the valid
:. ity of the entire delegations from three
d Western States is believed TO con
E. stitute grave emergency" from Mr.
Roosevelt's standpoint.
"No Roughhouse Goes"
IT. Sergeant al. Arms Stone, named BY
rs Chairman New to take charge of tn,
a. convention, yesterday appealed to tn
ie police authorities for sufficient polio
Or guard for the national committee ant
7. for the convention, to protect the com
ut mitteemen and the delegates from tn
u intimidations threatened by the back
ers of Mr.. Roosevelt.
90 HtThere shall be no rough house her
% and no demonstrations that shall inter
= fere with the serious work of the con
al vention,n declared Mr.. Stone, whe
- filing his request for police.
~ ~ Senator Dixon, when questioned II
~ garding the intimidations feared b
a. =, Sergeant.a Arms Stone, refused to dii
20 euss the matter.
.ai Asks ohiOan to Nominate Elm.
President Taft yesterday wrote I
TX, Warren G. Harding, prominent fe
en- low statesman, to make the nominatin
tic speech for him.