The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-21
Thirty-FOur Contested Seats
Awarded to the President
By the Action of the Commit
tee on Credentials.
ROOSEVELT men FIGHT HARD
But Are Unable to Add a Name
to Their List.
Fifty Eight Seats Remain to
Be Disposed of Today.

Chicago, June 21,-After an al
night session. the credentials commit
tee Of the Republican national con
vention had at O'Clock this morning
settled only IA of the ~ contests con-
sidered vital by Governor Hadley an6
the Roosevelt leaders in their appeal
! from the decisions of the national
| committee.
| All of them. together with the &c
| that the credentials committee took
up on its own initiative. were settled
| for President Taft.
The decisions were: Alabama,
| Ninth district two delegates; Arizona,
district, two delegates: California,
Fourth. two delegates; Florida, six
delegates at large and two each from
the First, Second and Taird districts
Georgia, four delegates at large; In
diana, four delegates at large and two
from the Thirteenth district.
Other delegates, where contests were
not reopened, were declared seated by
CALIFORNIA; two Taft delegates were
seated by the committee. A motion to
seat the Roosevelt delegates was de-
feated IS to Is.
Personalities and political rancor
were practically absent. For an hour
and a half the committee mem ers
worn out by over twenty hours of
work sat and debated the right of Cali
IOrnla TO instruct Tor Roosevelt by a
state wide majority, the Taft delegates
elected in the Fourth district. Debate
of the California case followed the re-
ceipt of what was termed IAN insult
ing letter" from the two Roosevelt
delegates, Charles Sweeter and Philip
Bancroft, refusing to appear and de-
Ginning to recognize that a contest
existed.
Sent the Letter Back.
The letter contained language which
members considered Objectionable and
the committee ordered il returned to
the California delegates without COM
ment."
A motion to seat the Taft delegates
brought a request from Roosevelt
members for an opportunity to dis
cuss the case.
"I believe if the two delegates from
California who were elected by a state
majority of 1900 are not seated" said
Mr.. Halbert of Minnesota, sit will
mean the death kneu of the national
committee.
Representative F. w. MondelI of
Wyoming declared he had intended
to vote for the two Roosevelt dele
gates tout of regard for the sentiment
of the ma jority of the voters in Cali
fornia. 1 would so have voted" he
added, eff it had not been for the
gratuitous insult given the committee
by the California delegates"
THE American people will not
stand for such actions as you pros
pose,'' said w. A. Louder of North
Dakota IF this convention refuses a
seat to the delegates elected in Cali
fornia by majority of 1900, the
people will defeat the nomi-
nee of that party
Representative George r. Malby of
New York declared Charles Murphy
of Tammany Hall has ninety votes in
his pocket at Baltimore as the result
of the unit rule
He said a precedent that would
place all of the states delegates at the
mercy of the popular majority would
of one-tenth of the delegates to the
Republican national convention. The
Roosevelt strength the California
vote gained j. A. Dewitt of Iowa, w.
w. Williams of Nevada, L. P. Sum-
mers of Virginia, Samuel H. Cady of
Francis ]. Heney of California, Ralph
A. Harris of Kansas. E. =. Darlington
of Maryland, r. R. Mccormick of
Illinois and John J. Sullivan of Ohio.
All Roosevelt adherents were absent
when the California vote was taken.
The Indiana Contest.
Daylight found the credentials COM
scum annex partly filled with sleeping
delegates. Beginning before midnight
on the contest for delegates at large
where the former senators, Beveridge
and Hemenway were pitted against
each other, the Indiana contests were
not concluded until AIS a. m.
Senator Beveridge and his associa tie
Roosevelt contestants were defeated,
"a to IL. The committee seated the
Taft delegates at large. Charles w. |
Harry S. New. James E. |
Watson and Joseph d. Oliver. Bit |
former Senator Beveridge. on the |
Roosevelt, and Senator Hemenway l