The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-06-13
Taft IS GIVEN z
INDIANA SEATS
Stormy Session Is Held by Ma
tionaI Committee.
RIVALS IN BITTER BATTLE
Engage In Fiery WrangIe Over Cali
fornia Contest Which Goes Over
Until Wednesday for
Consideration.

| chicago, June lZ.-hoOseVeft Inenh-
bers of the Republican national COM
mittee joined the Taft forces in a
unanimous vote in favor of seating OF
the delegates-at-large from Indiana.
The Indiana delegates at large thus
confirmed are Col Harry s. New and
ex-Vioe President Charles w. Fair
banks Of Indianapolis, ex-Representa-
tive James E. Watson Of Rushville
and Joseph e. oliver Of South Bend
The defeated contestants are ex-Sena-
tor Albert j. Beveridge OF lndianapo-
lis, Edwin NJ Lee of Lawrenceburg,
Representative Fred X. Lands Of
Logansport and Charles II. Campbell
Of Shelbyville.
Just before the Indiana cases came
up the committee had engaged in q
wrangle over the California contest
which, for a moment, appeared as
though some of the members would
come to blows.
The row over the California cases
started when Francis J. Heney i'm
pugned the motives of the Taft mem
bers of the committee. Senator Borah
was accused of insulting the commit.
teemen when he said all the honesty
was not on the Taft side. Thomas j,
Devine of Colorado shook his fist at
Senator Borah and declared all the
honesty was not on the Roosevelt side.
Rosewater Halts TRADE.
Chairman Rosewater pounded loud
ly and viciously with his gavel, de-
claring Heney out of order, and at one
time waved his gavel threateningly in
the direction of Borah.
When the tumult partly subsidized
the question of postponing the Cali
fornia cases was put to vote, the
Taft forces winning by vote Of 3S
to 13 The cases then went over I'M
til Wednesday.
Contested Delegates Voted.
1t was shown by the Roosevelt law
yers, and not denied by the other side,
that in the Indiana state convention
there were GET Roosevelt delegates,
64S Taft delegates and 124 contested.
The contested delegates were put on
the temporary roll and were allowed
TO vote on their own cases.
cambridge Colby, personal attorney
for Colonel Roosevelt, said the Taft
forces secured control of the state con-
vention through the medium Of con-
tested delegates, while on the night
before they had secured control of the
committee on credentials by shutting
on. members whom they said were
welt people actually had 13 members
of the credentials committee, but the
rule laid down by the Taft forces al
lowed the latter to control.
Merrill Moores Of indianapolis,
classmate of President Taft at Yale.
appeared for the Taft delegates. He
presented figures to show that the
vote in the indianapolis primaries had
been over 5000 for Taft and some
thing over l ,400 for Roosevelt.
Besides seating the delegatesat
large, the committee also seated the
Taft delegates from the First, Third,
Fourth and Thirteenth districts
eight in ala total Of twelve against
none for Roosevelt.
No Fight on First District.
In the First district fight the vote
was unanimous, the Roosevelt men
Joining with the Taft members Of the
ommittee In the Third district there
was smattering of unidentified
tn, he wiz hl1 hut
roll call was asked. In the Fourth the
Roosevelt contest was withdrawn and
the Taft men were seated unanimous.
ly.
In the Thirteenth there was a real
fight, with the only genuine division
of the session, but the Taft men were
seated by vote of SO to Ia. This CON
test required more than two hours for
its hearing, because Of a battle over
the presentation Of II affidavits by
the Roosevelt men. BY a vote OF 20
to 30 the committee refused to permit
them to be admitted, because they had
not before made their appearance,
and there had been no opportunity for
their examination by the Taft men.
Despite this vote-which was taken
to set committee precedent--the
committee directed that the affldavits
be read.
But the aft davits failed to show
what the Roosevelt attorneys had
promised and the Taft delegation was
seated by vote OF &c to ID.