The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-19

This assertion was greeted with en- thusiastic applause as was the state- ment that he didn't know whether the majority would agree with him that II. R. was the logical candidate for President of the United States.
 But you will agree,' he continued,
 that he is the greatest power for good in the western world"
 Hadley then read the statement sign ed by IA members of the national committee which was prepared by Senator Borah for presentation as a minority report on the contests. <, It held that the delegates in ques- ton should be refused votes until af- ter their right to seats had been pass ed on by the uncontested delegates to the convention
 Hadley paid high tribute to Borahs ability as a United States Senator when he referred to his signature on the minority report.
 He stopped reading the list after mentioning Borah and Kellogg, but the New York men shouted:
 Read them all, read them all!'
 Do you want them all?' asked Hadley.
 "Wo do,'' shouted New York, and found that William l.. Ward had not signed the protest
 Where's Ward?" shouted a New York delegate
 "Mr Ward unites in the spirit of the protest,'' said Hadley. 'sbut as he did not sit in all contests he did not sign the formal document"
 A shout went up from the New York delegation and Hadley quickly retort- ed by shouting:
 Mir. Ward does not sign any paper merely to advance the interests of a candidate because that man belongs to his faction and regardless of the merits of the case
 'I guess that will hold you for while" shouted Finn from his seat in the Pennsylvania delegation.
 Hadley then referred to the Califor- mia contest, saying that it was shown conclusively that the delegates from the 4th district who were tnseated by the national committee carried the State by 77,OO0 votes. So far as Tex as was concerned, he said, the Taft delegates were chosen by convention with only 209 delegates present and represented only a small section of the Repu blicans of the State. Hadley demanded that all the contested dele gates be refused votes until their right had been passed upon by the creden- tials committee.
 He insisted watson had misrepre- S0ntGQ some Ol the IdCtS HI tnS QlS~ cussion, yesterday, of the Republican national committee matters.
 'sNo man should be judge in his case" said Hadley, and then he re- ferred to the old English decision which Incorporates that principle.
 we submit this question with only
 s nd sst s int tsess men wc s's sSe here shall not be permit fed to vote on the queston of wheth- er they, shall be benefciaries of the fraud which was committed in their behalf"
 For the Taft men, the argument was opened by w. T. Dovall, of Seat Lle. He plunged right into the Wash ngton contest, saying that on the very day that the Washington con vention was held, Colonel Roosevelt charged that plot was afoot to steal Washington from him.
 That statement was outrageous y false," declared Dovan. He then the argument made before he committee in which 1t was claim sd that the Roosevelt men. who were n the minority, bolted the regular gates in a mass meeting.
 s1So long as we hold conventions" said Dovall, i've must hold them un- Ter regular rules. No man can claim l seat in Republican convention who does not attend the regular con- 1ention when called.
 s'It is utterly false that the state If Washington was ever carried by President Roosevelt The controversy lrose~ over Kings County, the largest n the state. The paid manager of he Roosevelt forces packed into 9 meeting of the county central com nittee 150 men appointed by himself n order to control the committee.
 That spurious committee disre- ,arded our mandatory law and ap- ,ointed the election judges and com nittees so that the Roosevelt forces would have control. They then elect d delegates at primary which waS legal. The Taft men refused to in these unlawful primar- otes in community having more han 100000 votes-
 ''It was on that showing that the andidate from Oyster Bay claimed e had carried Washington by vote f eight to one.
 Our state committee refused to seat hese fraudulent delegates. The forces had agreed to bring ontests in every county in order to isqualify the Taft men on the tenn orary roll.
 Here an Ohio delegate shouted:
 'sHow were the Taft delegates lected?"
 The speaker explained that in the reference primaries the delegates ,ere elected regularly under the law. [e said that when the Roosevelt orces discovered the night before the tate convention that the Taft forces ere in control the Roosevelt men ere afraid to come into the mee.- lg. -,
 The Roosevelt men tried to shout own the speaker but he stuck to his 'ork until he had completed his atement.
 At this point Root called on secre- ary Gleason to read the Hadley mendment and, names of the Roose- elt delegates whom Hadley wanted ,ated.
 Henry J. Allen, of Kansas, for the oosevelt forces, swayed the audi ace at the outset when he said: "The thing liked best in the beech of your distinguished tempor- ry chairman was his statement: s' We will keep the covenant of UT fathers
 ''That covenant was between the eak and the strong. I speak. today, IT the delegates from Washington ho were regularly elected but who ere ruled out by the national con- ittee without their right even beins on it's merit.
 "I have 200 pounds of evidence that .oves that the statements made by ,nce was presented to the committee 1t it refused to consider it at all.'' Allen said that the statement that oosevelt received only 5000 votes Tn ing's County was not true. Tn that county there were e,s0O