The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-06-18

mittee and TO seat tht Roosevelt con.
tpstants
The delegates thrown out were Judge
Joseph 4 Gill Of Ninita and ! " Gilland
of Holdenvil,e The men seated were
Deniscn Of Claremore and A. A
Mr.. Gilland presented themselves to an
swer the roll call they were informed bv
the chairman that the title to their seats
had been given 10 them by forty thieves
and tha, they had no rights which the
Oklahoma delegation would respect.
Gill and Mr.. Giland. q A, Ramsey Of
Ardmore, a delegate from the Fourth
district, offered the following resolution;
Be u Rcsoic,d That we the delegation
representing the state OF Oklahoma. in the
Republican National Convention ~ Chr
caao. IN caucus assembled do hereby agree
and bind ourselves to support tho nominee
Of said convent lon for the offices of Presi-
den, and Vice President of the nted
Sta'es.
OKLAHOMA TO ROLL.
The motion was seconded bvC ". Miller
Of Hugo, the other delegate from the
Fourth district Speaking of his resolu-
ton. Nlr Ramsey declared II was time
for Republicans to 90 on record for prin-
cipes
Th. resolution was lost, = 10 Is Mr.
kdtnSpN ana MI tlltpr Dpi1C inc OnIS
delegates who voted for t. The Roosevelt
men then decided to name their repres"n-
tatves On the several committees of the
convention The two Taft delegates pro
tested. but the protest was overrldden.
Put fighter on that credentials COM
mitte. y delegate shouted
Dan Horton Of handler was picked TO
Fl, the bill n" said he would stay with
| ON ''ill hell freeZes over" and shed his
last drop of blood for Roosevelt.
! Tn. last act Of the caucus was To name
| Okahoma's $ representative on the com
mittee to notify Roosevelt and Beveridge
| OF their nomination.
Mr. Ramsay said that the rejection Of
his resolution meant only one thing and
! that was a bolt
The men who compose the Roosevelt,
faction of the Oklahoma delegation. he
said. propose 10 bolt the convention and
walk out with Mr. Roosevelt
TAFT FtfLs SURE or SOUTH
| Tonight the Taft camp issued the fol-
lowing statement
| careful poll has heen made of the
Southern delegates as they have been ar
irving in Chicago Nearly every delegate
is in the CITY. u NAV be stated with posi-
tiveness that nnoyins IN" desperate sH or,s
| OF he Roosevelt managers 20 induce South.
ern delegates 10 violate their instruction.
| for raft. and knowing the cS'ravagan'
claims they are constantly making as
part ofrthair peculiar campaign for vote.
which do not belong ia them. their entire
success TO date j. the acquisition Of only
, two southern delegates
The charge which runs through the fire.
Quent Roosevelt announcements that th'
delegates from tho South can ~ influence,
i regarded nv those delegates as an lnsu
directed 70 every dalecat. from the Sou' h
he he black or white. and tho statement il
freely made by these delegates thar thei
resentment Of 'hes" imputatIons will h'
shown hy the sohditv Of thclr voting 70
Taft in the convention
Sam S Koenig. president of the New
York county committee, declared the New
York state delegation was stronger foI
Taft than at any time in the last month.
! Chairman Barnes and myself, be said
went over the situation in view Of the
hop of MIR. Woodruff. and from o,r new.
Of the situation secured from talking with
nearly all of the delegates personally il
would look as though all hut ten or per
haps eleven OF the delegates We're stronge
for Taft than ever before Before We
came out here We anticipated that We
might lose fifteen Of the New York dele
cation.
REERI MAkFS ,tRIAIN
: In view of the complication, which hav.
arisen from the fact that William Berri n
Brooklyn is a delegate at large and ais,
delegate from the Fifth Congress dis
trict and the fact that his alternate. Rob
ert Wellwood. would vote fer Col. Roosa
. Welt while Mr. Berrl il for Taft NJ Brrr
, has determined 10 GO into III" convention
a. a Congress district delegate for the
Fifth
, In order that no vote shall be los, !,
. President Taft Mr. Berri and the Taf
mana gers of New York State communi
, Gated with State Senator Edward !
Bracket who heads the alternate dele
, gates al large for New York, requesting
MIN to com" 10 Chicago a, once and ,yot
as a delegate At large for New IOrl
Stat. in place Of Mr.. Berri
senator Brackett reached here to-day
II had been his intent ION not TO attend tn
4 convention in pursuance of a policy Of hi
, to hold aloof from the practical affair
of politics for the next year or so. in antici
pai ion that he il To be nominated a yea
\ from next ia aS Chief Judge OF the Cour
Of Appeals Of New York State TO succee,
= Chief Judge Edward VI. Cullen. who re
{ tires because of the age limit.
CONTESTS TO COME Cr.
Plans have been formulated for takin,
before tn. committee on creden, ials whic
meets tomorrow. contests represent in
2 seats for between 81 and 100 delegates
A TO which Col Roosevelt insists he is en-
titled
These contests include the Ninth Ala
bama Congress district. the delegates a
T large from Arizona. two districts in Ar
{ kansas, the whole delegation OF twelve il
, Florida. the Thirteenth Indiana Congress
district and perhaps the delegates at larg
from that State; three Kentucky districts
. the delegates at large from Mississipr
, and three Congress districts in that Stat.
the Michigan delegates at large, the thre
Congress districts in Missouri the Thir
district of Oklahoma. four districts j
Ipnupssee all of the contested dist riot
= in Texas and the delegates at large an
. the delegates from Washington.
p II is expected that the work Of the ere
dentials committee this year will requir
from twelve to fifteen hours for the arg,
ment Of the cases. Four years ago ther
were about 700 contests and the committe