The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-06-20

The committee met immediately after
arecess for dinner after eleoting Thomas
H. Devine OF Pueblo, Col. a. chairman
W. 8. Lauder Of Wahpeton. N. p, for
whom the Roosevelt members Of the con-
vention voted. Neither Mr. Devine nor
The States represented In the Roosevelt
vote In tho credentials committee when
Chairman Devine was elected were: Cali
fornia, Idaho, Illinois. Kansas, Maine.
aryland Minnesota, Missouri, Nebrask
New Jersey. North Carolina. Ohio. Okla
Hota. Vest Wight" sna Wisconsin, vniS "
The Roosevelt strength on the old Ma
tional Committee was in California. Della
ware. Idaho. Kentucky, Louisiana. Min
nesota. Nevada, New York. South Caro-
lima, South Dakota. Tennessee. Texas.
lumbia.
The seventy-two contested delegates
which the Roosevelt managers through
Gov. Hadley and Ormsby McHarg planned
to made their fight on were the following:
Arazona six delegates at large.
Michigan Six delegates AZ large. headed
by Gov. Osborn
Texas Eight delegates at large. headed
by Cecil A. Lyon
IlRnI ueleEhteS nv 2,
headed by senator Poindexter.
Besides these were two delegates from
each Of the following Congress districts:
Alabama Ninth district.
Arkansas Fifth district
| california Fourth district
Indiana -Thirteenth district
Kentucky -Seventh Eighth and Eleventh h
districts
! Ok BhOD,a Third districf
Tennessee Second and Ninth districts
| sTeXas Third. Fourth Fifth, Seventh.
Eighth. Ninth. Tenth Eleventh and Four
tcenth districts.
Washington First. Second and Third
districts
At midnight the committee on Gre
dentials adjourned until 2 o'clock in the
morning after adopting the rules TO gov
ern Its procedure. The rules provide
for thirty minutes on each eide for State
contests and twenty minutes in district
contests. Ii la also provided that no
member OF the committee shall vote in
any case whore the member holds a seat
In the convention involved In the con-
test. In all such cases the member shall
I retire from the committee room while
the contest ie being discussed.
| The committe also decided TO admit
| the same press associations that were
present at the hearings of the National
/ lnc TuitS dlSO pTONlue tndt
| contested cases that were consolidated
by the National Committee ehall ne
similarly consolidated by the committee
on credentials.
| Chairman Dcvinc said after the COM
mittcc adjourned:
! When the committee met rules were
| submitted tn govern the hearings Of
contests. Some amendments were Of
| fcred. but before these amendments q
could be voted on and before the COM
mittee took action on tho rules MFR.
| Heney announced that he had just re-
ceived word from Col. Roosevelt. who
directed that his followers In the com.
rnittee leave the room and go to the
| Florentine room In the Congress Annex
| and there hold their own credentials
committee meeting.
Then MIR. Heney called upon his fol-
lowers and left. and about seven left
with him. although some Of them came
back. While Mr.. Heney himself came
back to one Of the antcrooms. he did
not come into the committee rvom
| proper
| After Mr.. Heney and his followers
left the rules were adopted by vote Of
| 81 to 4. The four who voted against
| the rules were the committeeman from
Idaho. Illinois, North Dakota and Ten
ncssee.
THE absentees. including those Roose-
| Welt followers who left the meeting. are
| the committeeman from California,
Kansas. Pennsylvania. Maine. Mary
land. Minnesota, Nebraska. North Caro-
lima. Ohio. Oklahoma. Oregon and
| South Dakota"