The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-20
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Missourt-Jesse Tollerton.
North Carolina-C. II. Cowles.
North Dakota-W. S. Lauderman.
. Ohio-John Sullivan.
Oklahoma-Daniel Norton.
Oregon-A. v. Swift.
PennSylVania-L. N. Mitchell.
West Virginia-Harry Shaw.
The Roosevelt members absent were
Francis J. Heney, California; E. G.
Darlington, jr., Maryland; S. x. Way,
seated the two Taft delegates from the
Ninth district br34 to 8. The COM
mittee then recessed until 2:30 O'Clock.
The total number of contests in
volved in the Hadley resolution was
II and also included % delegates from
Arkansas, Indiana. Kentucky, Michi-
gan and Tennessee. The prospect of
holding the national convention idle
sidered induced Roosevelt men to
agree to abandon the last group and
center their fight on the others. Mr..
Halbert said that seven or eight
Roosevelt men had agreed to the plan
and that it would be formally pre-
scented to the convention.
The motion to seat the Taft dele
gates was made by Estabrook of New
Hampshire and the substitute motion 10
seat the Roosevelt men by Avis of New
Jersey.
No exhibition of feeling accompanied
the defeat of the Roosevelt resolution.
Jesse A. Tollerton, of Missouri, said
he had listened to more than two hours
of argument without being able to de
eide how to vote. He later asked per-
mission to register his vote for the
Roosevelt contestants.
Only 80 Present.
Only 80 of the So members were
present when the doors opened to the
newspaper men. Hugh r. Halbert of
Minnesota and L. N. Mitchell of Penn
sylvania were the two Roosevelt men
first to appear. Francis j. Heney and
the majority of the other Roosevelt
men were not present. Mr.. Halbert
and Mr.. Mitchell Joined in making the
following statement:
1--WE feel the action taken last night
by the minority members of the com
mittee has resulted in giving us fair
ly good set of rules and free and open
discussion with the presentation of any
new evidence that may have been
heard by the national committees
we are going to stick to the commit
tee. We forced the adoption OF falr
rules
The session opened with protest
from H. E. Sackett of Nebraska and
Mr., Halbert that notices ought TO be
served on all contestants. For time
this threatened another outbreak Tor
Mr. HaIbert appealed from the chair
mans decision. He later Wlthdre"
this appeal.
The roll call showed the following
Roosevelt men absent: Heney of Call
fornia: Mccormick, of Illinois; Harris,
of Kansas; Covington, of Maryland;
Ccw1es, of North Carolina; Norton, OF
Oklahoma; Ray, OF South Dakotd'
Cady, of Wisconsin
Mr. Halbert declared seven of the
men who left the room last night were
absent.
Halbert, of Minnesota, moved to ad-
journ the credentials committee hear
Overwhelmingly defeated and under
Chairman Devine's orders the sergeant
alarms induced Mr.. HaIbert to take
his seat.
Alabama Case Taken Up.
The committee room at 10 o'clock
contained the following Roosevelt
men: ST. Clair, Idaho; Jesse M. Dbl
by; Maine; Hugh T. Hubert, Mime
sofa: Jesse Tollerton, Missouri: H E.
Sackett, Nebraska; ]. Boyd Davis, New
Jersey; J. S. Lauder, North Dakota;
John d. Sullivan. Ohio: A. V. Swift,
Oregon: L. n. Mitchell. Pennsylvania;
Harry Shaw. West Virginia.
The Alabama case. the contest Owe
the Ninth district, was taken up.
George r. rundley presented the
Roosevelt case claiming the Taft mem
bers of che district committee had
bolted and organized an illegal con-
vention-
Mr.. Hundley, the Alabama Roose-
welt attorney, protested against the
presence as a committee member of
Alex B. Birch of Alabama, who had
participated before in the Alabama ar