Arizona republican., 1912-06-08
Twenty Four Dele gate S From Alabama and Ar kansas Added to the Presidents Column by National Committee
ALL DECISIONS BUT
 TWO UNANIMOUS
Hearing That Roosevelt Forces Will Resort to Intimidation an Appeal Is Made to Chicago's Mayor for Protection
ASSOCIATED PRESS D1sPArcHl

CHICAGO. June 7.-Twenty- four delegates from Alabama and Arkan- sas were added today to the Taft column by the action of the repubH- can national committee upon the SO called Roosevelt close states
 All the contests presented to the committee today were decided in Taft's favor. and all but two decisions were unanimous, although on one roll call the test showed fifteen anti Taft votes. The cases decided were those of the six delegates at large and two each from the fifth and sixth congressional districts in Ala bama and the four delegates at large and two each from the two districts, in Arkansas.
 There remain to be heard four Arkansas contests. The contests over the six delegates at large from Ari- zona were postponed on the motion of Committeeman Penrose of Penn sylvania. There was bitter feeling between the Taft and Roosevelt ad . herents. The meeting was surprising ly peaceful in the beginning although it opened with a contest which seem ed to forecast a degree of friction. The contest arose over the re- neWal by Senator Borah of Idaho of his motion of yesterday which would permit only eight members of the committee to demand roll call instead of twenty as provided by the rules 1 The ruling of Chairman ROsewater declared that the Borah motion was | undebatable. "I don't intend to he ! choked off by q gag this early in the i campaign" said Borah, and I will either have my say here or l vii ! occupy such d position that I think | you can make no progress" The 1 committee proceeded to table the Borah motion by viva voce vote and then Borah was permitted tC l proceed.
 l Borah went on to tell the chairman a few things. He said the commit i tee would make no progress but hC i that that the steam roller was operat 1 ing He added that he was willing : that the roller operate but he wanted to say that men who have not tn, moral courage to record their vote! before the people of this cOuntr! were not worthy to represent tn, great republican organization of thi United States. (Applause).
 Men who have not the manhood t stand up here and state for whom they are going to vote and how the, are going to vote are evidently act ing as -
 The chairman interposed saying that the gentleman from Idaho wa out of order and when Bartholdt sai'
 there was nothing before the hous Borah continued: "I am before tn house"
 BarthOldt asked unanimous cOnsen
 that BOrah be permitted to procee
 in order that this proceeding shal
 be made parliamentary"
 It was made plain soon after, evel
 though Borah's motion had been ta
 bled that the majority intended t
 give the minority q roll call on de
 mand on any question.
 Penrose, Crane and others of tn
 Taft faction repeatedly joined Bora
 and his colleagues of the minorit
 in asking for roll call; and the
 always got it.
 The test vote came in the case c the ninth Alabama district The Tai
 delegates were seated by d vote C , thirty eight to fifteen.