Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-06-10
TAFT WINS
DELEGATES
National Committee IMAM
imousIy Votes Him
A from Indiana.

side last week in the cases from Ala
bama, Arkansas, Florida and Georgia.
This four. however. was the firsi
Taft gain from the North.
The character of the fight that Is
to be made on the .1iana contest
cases became apparent carly in the
day. before tho national committee
members began TO assemble. Attor-
neys for both factions were In con-
ference at uptown hotels early in
the morning
The Indiana cases are lookd upon
as the first real test of strength IN
the committee. with former Vice
President Fairbanks heading the Taft
delegates large. and former Sena-
tor Beveridge, the leader OF the Roose-
Welt delegation. the fight took on
more general interest than any of the
other contests.
Senator Borah, who did not take
part in Saturdays session because of
illness, has recovered sufficiently 10
allow him to again enter the commit
tee deliberations.
In the throng that gathered outside
the committee room. from which all
but members and contestants were
excluded, were many of the men
prominent in the leadership of the
opposing factions.
1t was expected early in the day
that the Kentucky cases. which were
to follow Indiana, will be reached and
conclude before the close of the day.
In these cases again, aside from
the keen interest that attaches TO the
arguments because of the Roosevelt
charges of fraud the fight was
more interesting because the Taft
delegation was headed by Senator
W. O. Bradley and the Roosevelt
delegation by Edward G. O'Rear, for
mer chief justice of the Kentucky
Supreme Court.
In the contested Indiana Taft dele
CATION also were National Committee
man Harry S. New. chairman of the
national arrangements committee.
while former Senator James A. Hem
enway was one of the contested Taft
delegates in the First congressional
district.
Tho Indiana contests involved
twelve delegates, the four at large
and two each from the First, Third,
Fourth and Thirteenth congressional
districts.
There was some question whether
the Roosevelt delegates would press
the contest in the Fourth District.
The Kentucky contests involve the
four delegates-at- large and two each
in the First, Second, Fourth, Seventh,
Eighth, Tenth and Eleventh Districts
eighteen in all
There are also on the docket the
cases affecting the six delegates-at-
large from Arizona and the two from
the Fourth District of California
which were passed when reached last
week in alphabetical order. The Cali
fornia case is a Taft contest. 1t was
the first case taken up today. The
Arizona case went over until Wednes-
day.
James A. Garfield, of Ohio. Roose-
velt's secretary of the interior, was
among those at the Coliseum. He said
he did not intend to enter the meet
ing on proxy.
Secretary Nagel. OF the department
of commerce and labor, national com
mittecman from Missouri, held con-
fereuces with committee officers, but
did not enter the committee meeting.
He said that Representative Richard
Bartholdt would continue to hold his
proxy.
When the California case was
called former Senator Dick, the Taft
contest leader, urged its postpone
ment, saying that important docu-
ments had not arrived. and intimat-
ing that the case involved the legal
ity of election OF others of the Cali
fornia delegates.
The California case. after consid-
cradle heated argument, was post
poned until Wednesday on motion of
Senator Crane by vote of IS to 13.
The negative votes were those of
knight, California; Borah. Idaho
Burnam, Kentucky Wight, Louis
lana; Kellogg. Minnesota: Littauer
(for Flanagan. Of Nevada) Ward,
New York; Capers. South Carolina
Thorson. South Dakota Loose.
Utah; Rogers. Wisconsin. and Nc
Coy, of the Philippines.
The committee then took up the
case Of the four delega tes- s-at-large
from Indiana.
The standard of Senator Albert B.
of Iowa, for Republican
nominee was raised to-
day by his colleague, Senator w. S.
Kenyon. who arrived from Iowa full
of enthusiasm for the Hawkeye can
didate, who now has ten delegates
pledged to him. Headquarters in the
hotel where the Taft and Roosevelt
headquarters are located were en-
gagged by Senator Kenyon The
Club OF Chicago has as
sumed charge of the campaign.
After postponing the California
,ase the national committee took up
hat of the four Indiana delegates
it-large
The postponement brought to high
the heated conflict between
he Taft and Roosevelt factions In
he Republican national convention.
The vote OF 3s TO IS, by which the
was effected. on mo-
ion of Senator Crane, of Massachu-
Ietts, drew beyond any possible doubt
he lines between the factions.
II was expected that before night
he headquarters of Senator Robert
". La Toilette would be opened in
downtown hotel, with Wisconsin men
,ctivcl at work for their candidate.