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vote for the Roosevelt delegates from the
thirteenth Indiana district
Calls It Anarchy.

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thirteenth Indiana district.
Calls It Anarchy.
In my Judgment there was nothing but
anarchy there"
w. W. Rich Of St Paul. who Temporal
rily held the proxy Of Mr.. Halbert, inter-
rupted the proceedings to declare Mime
sofa will never support william H. Taft.
Chairman Devine declared speeches
were not part of tho proceedings OF the
| committee. Mr.. Rich insisted on being
heard, and was ordered to keep still or
get out" Roosevelt members joined In
demanding that the committee rules be
observed.
In the fifth Virginia district. where the
national committee seated two delegates
who have been voting with the Roosevelt
credentials committee unanimously voted
to put these two delegates on the per-
manent roll Of the convention.
The Texas case was called at II 40 a. m.
and head of the Roosevelt contesting
delegation at large, appeared as spokes-
man for his delegation.
Worked Until IL Last Night.
No changes In the decisions Of the re-
publican national committee had been
made by the credentials committee OF the
national convention when the committee
completed at 11:O5 O'Clock last night a
thirty-eight-h session devoted to con-
test cases.
All but the Texas contests had been
disposed of when the committee took its
recess until . o'clock this morning. One
district in Virginia. the fifth, was held
open until morning for decision although
the committee practically had determined
before adjournment to follow the ruling
of the national committee
The cases decided by the credentials
as follows:
For Taft-Alabama. 16: Arizona, s; Ar
kansas. rs; California. 2: Florida, II:
Georgia, IS: Indiana. IL; Kentucky. IT:
Louisiana. 20; Michigan. g.: Washington,
IA: Mississippi. IS; Oklahoma. 2; South
Carolina. .: Virginia, IS: Missouri, 6; Dis
trict of Columbia. 9; Alaska 2; Tennessee.
IS. Total, 2O7.
For Roosevelt-kentucky,1 1; North Car
DINA. 6: Missouri. 8. Total, Is
Although all OF the contests passed on
by the national committee were reviewed
by the credentials committee, the Roose-
welt forces centered upon the seventy two
cases cited by Gov. Hadley's resolution in
the national convention, as those where
they claimed the national committee had
acted unfairly
The Taft delegates from the third
Oklahoma district We're seated, - to 10.
Nortn CarOilna, SOutH carolina and Ten
nessee district contests were settled with
out opposition. except in the second Ten
nessee district where the Taft forces
won, % to 6.
Taft Gets Washington Delegates.
The Washington contest over the pro-
tests Of Senator Miles Poindexter, that
a republican state organization had been
guilty of grand larceny from the
Roosevelt forces, was decided in favor
Of the Taft delegates by a vote OF 2S to
10.
The Taft forces asked for separate
votes on each district in the Washington
contest cases. This plan made it pos
sible for the six district delegates from
Washington to vote on the case of the
eight contested delegates at large. The
sissippi cases. which had been consoIi
dated and seated by a single motion by
the national committee last week
ormsby McHarg Disappears.
Ormsby McHarg. who handled the
Roosevelt contests before the national
committee. did not appear in any Of the
contest arguments during the day. When
the fourth North Carolina district con-
test was argued, Isaac NJ. Meekins. a
Roosevelt delegate, said Mr.. McHarg
had certain of their papers, but he could
not be found.
The Missouri cases. seating the four
Roosevelt delegates at large, and divid
ing the ten contested district delegates
arbitrarily. were settled just before ad-
journment. The credentials committee
followed the decision of the national COM
mittee without debate or hearings.