The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-06-08
Sixteen Out of Eighteen in
Arkansaw and Six From
Florida.
NOBODY HAS THROWN MONKEY
WRENCH INTO STEAM ROLLER
Many Contests SO Far Decided Are
Prefunctory in Character and Are
Determined BY Unanimous Vote of
Committee-One District Theft.


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Oyster Bay, June s.-"There is '
one district in Alabama which =
represents naked theft" was all !"
that Colonel Roosevelt cared to y
say today regarding the work of =
the republican national commit
tee at Chicago yesterday in decid-
ing the contests. II can't say
any more now" he continued. '
1T is too important. 1 shall pre- =
pare statement about 1t later in =
the day." The colonel indicated >
that the statement would be =
= peppery one. He thought 1t would I"
be completed late in the after y
= noon.
Chicago. June s.-Sixteen of the
eighteen delegates from Arkansas
have been added to theTaft column
by the republican national committee.
eight by yesterdays decisions and
eight by today's. Two delegates, those
from the Sixth district are uncontested
and classed as "uninstructed." The
only serious fight today eliminating in
the test vote of AZ to so, over the con-
ity stood solid and decided it for Taft.
Senator Borah who thus far has led
the Roosevelt contingent. was not
present this morning. even by proxy.
The Florida delegation at large,
six delegates. We're credited to Taft.
The vote was unanimous.
Rumors of an intended protest from
the Roosevelt members of the actions
in yesterdays meeting were not borne
out In the early part of the session.
No motions were made and the COM
mittce took up the contest hearings at
once J. A. Tawney of Minnesota was
admitted on a proxy.
William Finn of Pittsburg. the
Roosevelt Lender whose coming was
heralded by reports as possible
demonstration in and about the COM
mittee headquarters. arrived today. He
said:
Il am not here to start a rough
house. have no monkey wrench 70
throw onto the steam roller to break
its hearings."
In the case Of the first congression-
al district delegates from Arkansas
the arguments in which were pre-
sented to the committee by Ormsby
McHarg. the latter charged that ne.
groes in that district had been dis
franchised because the convention
W. III IL IOciHIN IN Wl1ch ne
groes We're not allowed
ut was we'll understood that negroes
were not safe in this locality" he
said.
The regular committee did not
call the convention where all could
attend and the electors had to pro-
tect their own rights by organizing
a new committee and calling a new
convention"
negro delegate was present with
the Roosevelt representatives in pre-
senting the first district case.
This is the first time this question
ever has been presented to this com.
mittee." declared Mr.. McHarg," ana
1T must be decided if the republican
party is to live"
Called upon by Mr.. McHarg, the COL
ored delegate. P. Miller. declared "col-
ored folks We're afraid to go to the
convention"
Wallace Townsend, representing the
First district Taft delegates declared
the republicans had followed scrup-
ulouslN the call of the republican ma
tional committee" in calling and hold
ing the district convention.
He declared the contestants claims
absurd" and that they were made
only in order to give some ostensibie
ground f~- +hc contest.
Mr.. Townsend declared that he did
mt know negroes were not allowed
In Paragould.
This is the first intimation 1 have
had of that fact" he said
He and other members of the Taft
delegation, answering questions by
Committeeman Kellogg of Minnesota,
admitted that no negroes We're --es-
ent at the convention, but claimed tina.
several had given their proxies to
Isn't it strange" asked Mr.. Kel-
logg. that none of them attended if
they were allowed to?"
The Arkansas men would not Unit
that there was anything strange about
the entire absence Of negroes.
H. L. Remmel. representing the
Taft faction, told members of the
committee that negroes would not
have been molested IL they had gone
to the regular" convention. He said
there were many colored people liv-
ing in the community.
Yesterdays Results.
Twenty-four delegates from Ala
bama and Arkansas were added to
the Taft column by the action of the
republican national committee upon
the so-called Roosevelt contests from
those states yesterday. All of the con-
tests presented before the committee
yeSISTudy were ueclQeQ III ldlt 1aNOr
and in all but two decisions of the
committee were unanimous. although
one roll call test apparently had
shown fifteen anti-Taft votes.
The cases decided yesterday were
those of the six delegates at large
and the two each in the First. Second,
Fifth. Sixth and Ninth congressional
districts in Alabama. and the four
delegates at large and the two each
in the First and Second districts of
Arkansas.
The contest over the six delegates
at large from Arizona was postpon-
ed until a later day on motion Of
Committeeman Penrose of Pennsyl-
vania.
In view of the bitter feeling be-
tween the Taft and Roosevelt adher-
ents. the meeting was surprisingly
peaceful, although 1t opened with q
contest which seemed to forecast a
degree Of friction. which. however,
failed to materialize.
This contest arose over a renewal
by Senator Borah Of Idaho of his mo-
tion of yesterday which would permit
only eight members of the commit
tee to demand roll call instead of
twenty. as provided W the existing
rules.
Dennis r. Flynn of Oklahoma hold
ing at the time a proxy of Commit
teeman Flanagan Of Nevada. moved