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-V7 v.: THE WEATHER. l,ocal showers today, slightly, oool er in south portion; Thursday- prob ably fair. ' : .v. "YTrM PtHEs MOdIiwIiDBAB; Mill; sfllpMM IsiiS Slip! VOL. XC NO. TAFT !FOe WELMINGrTOK, N. C, WvBDKfcSDAY MOTENTSTG, JUNE 19, 1912. MHOLE NUMBEB 13,931. r.- Jsfeitf Yorfc Senator Chairmanship o f Republican CtmveMiim by Ma- jorlty of 56rAU Roosevelt MoiionsRuled ofOrdAjottrnm P. M. BattJe Begins AnewP Convention Hal!, Chicago June 18. juniil a preliminary organization had leader for the Taft forces, escortedhim Against the threats, ehargesTind bit-j been effected by the selection of a to a place at the bead of the delega ter invective of the Roosevelt forces j Priding officer. tion, while the crowd cheered. Taft supporters in the Republican Na-i He nel that absolutely no busi- , Fairbanks' new seat was directly in Ml Convents tiftr. ,t a0fjS2SjfeffSffl?Sr ?' the first portion of . "their programme desire to be arbitrary in his ruling and - Tbeweather. was exceedingly cool bv electing Senator .Mllihu Root, of Iwould allow 20 minutes to each-side today a-sharp contrast to former con vpw York as temporary chairman. In "ito present arguments on the sub ject- enLon years and many of the deie w ork as temporary chairman. In, . . . .-gates appeared in winter clothes and cnitp nf trie raetrtnat victor Kosewa'- .uu. ter, chairman oft&e National Commit tee, consistently .rued out . of order every motion made. by the Roosevelt forces, it requlry-more.. than hours to reach 'a; vote; on the tempqra 17 chairmanship:,-:-'':-" - Calling of UhJoU was beset with difficulties from the: very first name on the list of delegates, but in" the end, when the tumult had died away, Sen ator Rcr.t was found To have, won by a vo'e of 558 to 502 for Governor Fran-i cis E. McGovern, of Wisconsin, with. 14 scattering votes and four not vot- Governor : Hadley- , and ex-Governor F0rt,rof New Jersey, on the Roosevelt sidei and; by Representative Sereno EV . Payne, of : New " York, . and ex-Rep- five resehtatlve James E. Watson, of IndiT ana, in Deneir or toe Tart people. Ar- fter the arguments was finished Chair man Rosewater- renewed his ruling that nothing was in order but nomina tions for " temporary chairman. He f presented' the National committee's recommendation of Senator Root and asked -for- further nominations. The Roosevelt men made no further opposition ' to this ruling and - the roll "call was begun at 3:15. The name of every individual delegate was - called and it consumed three or more hours; yet every -step of e. proceedings was heard with the keenest interest. -.The Roosevelt men. did the best they could, demanding- the omission of the name of every no of the. delegates ob jected to on the ground that he had been improperly seatted by the. Na tional Committee as set forth in the sidetracked' motion of Governor Had ley; but the roll calk, went mercilessly on, sometimes amid., deafening con fusion. -- - ' v The sifting of the vote brought dra matic sequence of emotions, cnd ap plause or cheers greeted .'one yote,af ter tog- x - -c - Both Sides Claim Advantage. Tonight both the Taft and Roose velt forces are claiming this vote in dicates that their candidate, is abso lutely sure to win. -The advantage, ap pears to be with the President,' how ever, for while he is sure to lose some of the votes that were cast for Sena tor Root, it is claimed he will-gain, if instructions are lived tip to, J some .of the rotes independently cast for Mc Govern. '" ' ' :' -j. ' Those leaders who have been-urging a compromise . candidate ever since they arrived in v Chicago, are pointing to another angle -in -the fig ures and claim they show that it is i -nnthr ' essf ntial to name a socalled . dark With reenn's three , forlRoot and 6 iorse to sae. ih'daTo'fith Repub lican party. ',--'X ""he Pnramme;fOr.Today. While Mr.' Root was made chairman today and managed , " to - deliver his key-note" speech, the . fighting is to be renewed at 11 o'clock tomorrow, rten the motion of the Roosevelt lead ers to substitute a new ? list of. dele gates for those seated in some of the contested cases heard "before the Na tional Committee is to be taken up as the unfinished business. No commit tees were named, tonight and none will be until this -motion to "purge the convention of fraudulent delegates" is disposed of. Today it was defeated on ? point of order, but the Roosevelt forces declare that "parliamentary practice will not be permitted to stand in their way tomorrow.. The Roosevelt people and the Taft people carried out their . programmes as announced in advance almost- to The letter. The Roosevelt people say tonight they are going to fight every inch of th- way. . - There were cries of "bolters"4 hurl ed at the Rocsevelt delegates "at times during; the sessior," lut; the contingen cy of a bolt again tonight seemed to be far distant. ;n rUr " ; ' : . v : ralifornia, under the. leadership of Governor Johnson, assumed aTbellige-' rant attitude almost with the start of 'he roll call, when the two Roosevelt dogates from the Fourth district, un seated by the National Committeee, "ere not allowedito vote. But they confined their iprotest to eloquence", th" two votes for.; Root" were the only encroachment in that. State upon' the Tote cast for McGovern.- for "McGTern511 -netpluralityf" for Root stood at 36. but Pennylvania's 64 for McGovern threw the balance the other Iway and the advantage remain ed with. McGovern rtmtil '.Tennessee "was reached, -when the. Root advan tage re-appeared with a net plurality 'of iO and from then on the margin in Root's favor Increased and with the vote of Patrick Halleran in the Wash ington -deleeation -cast for Root at 5:42 P. M., amid a storm of cheering from the Taft followers, the total vote WATCH v.- Leaders at Baltilnore Day: Holding Quiet ; Conferences. PAPR LEADS FOR CHAIRMAN He Seems to be the Ltkely. Choice for Temporary Officer I With Ollie , James Second .In the. Run ning Wilson Activity overcoats. ,4 . . .v Predicts Two Conventions. ; Congressman Murdock, of Kansas, a Progressive leader, predicted there would be two conventions. He would not gQ. into details. When Col. Roosevelt appeared at his headquarters he at once began the final rconf erence with his leaders be fore the assembling of the convention. Asked whether he would attend the convention today, he said: "I haven't the least idea of going." -'As the seats began to fill up. the most marked sign of the grip the po lice intended to keep upon "the public; peace" was given The 20 big patrol men who had been sitting in the front row xi. the delegates' seats stood up and -'bout faced, so as to front upon tne "arena" where so soon the bitter- est factional struggle in recent politi cal history was expected to break into action. - '. Thus far there had not been a ripple of any sort. The occasion for which the people were gathered -might as welf have been a horse show or theatrical performance. The proportion of wo men present' was comparatively small and , there - waS a rather . marked ab sence of conspicuous- go wns- and milli nery.. .... .: . - . West Virginia, now and then greet- j!rr.rrfval with the ffegatioh hfijqnal Franchise'eaguft providiiig Baltimore, June 18. t-Democrats in tpeir pro-convention councils here to day paused to watch affairs the Re publican National Convention at Chi- cago.' With the leaders of .all J.he ri val caildidates for the Presidential nomination there werp quiet ooonfer enqes to prepare 'plans for capturing the uninstructed.delegktes. Alton B. Parker, of New York, was .said to night to be the-likely choice lor tem- porary chairman of the convention with Senator-elect Ollie James aa the next strongest candidate. W. F. McCombs, of New York, cam paign leader1 for Goyernor ' Wilson, took charge of Wilson headqurters to day and announced that Senator Gore, of Oklahoma, and " iRepresentative Mitchell Palmer, - of f Pennsylvania, would second the nomination , of the New Jersey Governor., .J; Hamilton Lewis of Chicago, came in this afternoon with a plan to swing the Vice Presidency to -an Illi nois; man. Senator: Baakhead.7 of Ala bama,, who Is. looking after the inter ests -of Oscar : Underwood,-. talked things over witb National committee- men.. C- - Friends of Governor Burke, of cNorth Dakota, say that until the convention is deadlocked the Governor will be dark .horse" candidate,--but : that if the 1 nomination goes EJast or South Governor Bunke will be U candidate for the .Vice Presidency;-.. r , A vresol u tion, dr wn unut Wie.S tate yell, l"Rah; Rah, Rah, West Virginia! that echoed.. through the big hall. xNew Jersey another Roosevelt dele gation took up the cry. Led by a stal wart f'yell master," the New Jersey ites shouted, "Rah, Rah, Rah, Who are we? We are the delegates from New Jer-See. Are we in it? Just you wait. Till we give Teddy 28 straight." From all parts of the hall the rival yells burst forth. The -music from the band up near the roof of the great hall was drowned in the cries from the hen as "unfinished V business.'- the convention will take ud a motion lof Governor Hadlpv.-' of- Missouri. to for the New York Senator reached theiwell drUied' delegations. necessary -o4U ana me iiui viwij 'at least in the matter of the te'mpo rary chairmanship was assured. Opening Hours of the Battle. Chicago, June 18. Convention Hall For the first time in the history of .Republican National conventions, no picture of the President pung in me coliseum, wbere today 1,078 delegates from the States and Territories of the United States met to anme a candidate for President and vice-president and to formulate a party platform. The nervous tension duetto the general ex pectation of tumultous scenes "from the drop of the hat," at the opening of the convention was very apparent on n sides, n r' ' ' ' Along'-the front row between the hHvf deleeate-seats and the plat- form.Ha: solid" row of uniformed police as early as. 9:30 A M. sat . waiting ror nobody knew what.'. ' At exactly ,10:16 the band brokke in with "My Country, Tis of Thee." '. A. few people recognized, the tune and stood up Tvlth heads bared- -BV 10:30 Ar M. there was a goodly sprinkling of people, including some of Bitter Struggle Today. nier-o is prOBpecx,; aowerer, - . lB.4lnnl anA Texas even more bitter struggle tomorrow, "-"J. aeiv!Sn.ivu.a iu mo, uu. -o"v. ' BiPP- in thft streets'were hundreds of people more or less prominent in Re- strike from the temporary roll of the .publican councils, who found it impos convention as prepared by the National Committee the name of 92 delegates seated hv the National Committee in Rlble to eet into the big hall. ' E. G. Lampson, of Ohio, the veteran i-PAdtn tr clerk of- the National House f-ntstPd election cases and- substi-0f Representatives and "Associate Par liamentarian ior-tne conveniiou, at his -place by.thejBpeakers' table, an hour - and a half before the time for nraninisr business?. Beside him was a stack of books on palri amenta ry law, and he was .immersed in typewritten ages of opinions as to what the oon- vention couia or.couia nut .uu. T"te those nf th Roosevelt contest' ants. , -' -'' . " l! hs in nrecisehr this effort on the ran )' the Roosevelt men ,that tlhe w-hnto ,j4V wa3 spent in struggle. Th- rhaplain had hardly finished his iivoration of the divine blessing upon the mn vention before Governor Had- pv was on his feet objecting to the !Tiolatjng the parliamentary precepts 6t - .n.Mi 01 me couybuuou srt,rr. oo Toff. rson' und later autnon This leH tr a Inn? anfl intricate Dar-V. . v T ; :,' hnnr thru lian . 2 . , 1 Ities . ljQng ubiwc wicuwu -".r irma arRumenii ... -f - . off5ciai n Victor Rosewater, -01 tne , . . . 5-ttlA v.iatform familiarizing livuv . , mt. Rdsewater Arrives. Chairman Rosewater arrived at the Pifuiu tory duty of calling ttbe , coni..e4uuu pntion to order and presenting tne W :"lilrrJ.m at 11:15 and advanced to the tir" fo.:t,d himself with ,n able-bodied, stage appar ,fh of presiding over what seemed .delegates who had taken their seats, likpiv k Jt j.. i noocinn-1 Tt.oi .Tuna iriium-confusion on tne af" way nf f i iotnp- hnt. Rosewater soomwas seen.ln Ho was nnt n trA ivnim ftnfi what PAnferoiuA with Senator Penrose and aid was harolv flndihlA . at tne . Harrv NeW; OI Indiana. ont -f thp niatfnrm hut tmmnet I rvinnnpi Nw. kneeling at tne iront flerkswlthr aneeanhoneS maae 'f H. nlnlform. reacnea over me. hr ?. i This 11 n Rented the temporary roll, made up . awant across the hall as he made 7 ,the credentials, from the indi- ' to his seat with the Indiana in.,.r' "w'5 HUU-.UWHWW,- UjHftT,. tnert f lk'a seat at the rear of the uvu, me gauermg wan -i"E v. : : ,,; ""s meeting, nothing could be done !! n. f ossary announcements, includ; ,COTered chairs to shakeHfhands with n- chairmanV initial. ruling npoHnflB A.-w'"c-4: -v V v' ' 'fndlev nhipitlni. ''' :"--'---X-.r---:;J . -T'0t.-V3ALPrAaident Fairbanks This ruling was to the effect vtnallentered the bigf ha.ll a wave of applause 'he National Committee had Pre" that tbeean when he showed Inside the Theband swung into "Dixie" and the Taft" negro delegates from Florida climbed up on their, chairs and sang. As the song was concluded they shout ed a yell of defiance at the Roosevelt delegates from New Jersey, seated across" the aisle - A moment later the Jerseyites - re turnedlhe yell as the band struck up "Marching Through Georgia." A scat tered cheer greeted the song."- ; Charles P Taft, brother of the' Pres ident, visited the Texas delegation and asked them-to .-"sit firm in the boat." He also vi8itea several oiner aeiega tions and urged them hot to be affect- ed by Roosevelt cheers. - At ten painutes of 12 practically all c-f the delegates were on, the floor, but many of them " either naa not locatea or . had . not taken tneir seaxs. . 1 ne aisles were ''elroked- and there was much confusion. . Charles D. Hilles, President ; Taft's secretary made his appearance on the convention platform before 11 o'clock. His ' countenance showed -tio concern. Members of the Republican National Committee made their appearance one by one.; (Former Governor Mupphy, of New Jersey t was one of. the first; tnen came Charles F. Brooker, of Connec ticut.s and - F. W. Estabrook, -of New Hampshire Even at 11 o'clock when the platform was filling up with dis tinguished : leaders of the party, Ser-geant-at-atnis Stone was busy looking after- the, last' details.- -- Convention Called to Order. VictotHosewater, began " pounding for order at 12:02 P. M. The band was droningaway, at the time and it was with some difficulty that tne musicians could be induced to desist.- - Finally, they did , so and tnen ser- geant-at-ArmsStone called, for his as- ClbUtui.o. A.yvw. . t 'Officers tlease' assist," ne saia, tiirnins. 4o the. hundred or more 1)lue riktri ifl ffonUof the piattorm. "Hitr down. rait down.i sit- down! cried -the people in the gallery, - who ArA anxious - for the proceedings to 5 W W. -1 "Pndee " ) Heneinnger, 01 Minneapolis, the famous former Yale football guard, led the attack on the aisle crowds He was acting . as an ai)stajit:sergeant-at-arms. Meantime Rose Water took an occasional whack dn Ihfe table with his gavei. - , Atra.. Alice Roosevelt . - Longworth and Congressman Lngworth occupied advantagequs- seats right back of the west section of ..the banks. : The for mer -! Senator's guests, delegates came. in; shortly." and - without attracting the attention -01. me wowuo, . . v -. i. n.overnor Fort declared that the con vention. is making a precedent for all tinie--whether; the convention controls its dwb persannel v - -r. ... i v V ?;!ehall.-this- convention sustain the National Committee?" shouted Fort, Tiud and continued cries of "No" res- bended.. -PerhaDs it was one 01 tne eqnal suffrage plank for the. Demon crauc piatiorm nas neen given to sen ator Raynor, of Maryland, for-presen tation to the. resolutions committee... Manuel Quesza, resident commis,- sioner of the Philippines, at Washing ton, has come to .Baltimore to urge the adoption of a plank endorsing the Philippines independence bill now be fore Congress. Wilson Holds Conference. Trenton, N. J., Junel8. Six of the seven Democratic Congressmen from New Jersey conferred with Governor Wilson here today, lhey talked over the outlook for the coming Baltimore convention. Congressman Hughes said the rela tive strength of the various candidates for the Democratic Presidential nomi nation was discussed and he and his colleagues felt confident Governor Wilson will be nominated. Governor Wilson had nothing to say. Portland, Me., June 18. More than half the vote polled at the last general election was cast yesterday at he first general primary in Maine. Onr the Re publican side . Edwin C. Burleigh, for mer-member of Congress, was given a plurality of about "5,000 over his op ponent for United States Senator. For Governor, William T. Haines-was vic torious. O UT LINES Democrats at (Baltimore vefiterdav halted in their profconvention activity and watched the Republican fight at Chicago. Alton p . ' Parker seems likely to be selected temporary chair man. The Republican convention at Chi cago yesterday elected Elihu Root, nominated by the Taft forces? for tem porary . chirman. over Goveiior .Mc Govern, of . WlScoisin,,nominated by the Roosevelt menJ by a majority of 56 votes- and adjourned at 7:45 P. M.; until this morning " Congressman: Godwin yesterday de feated Solicitor - Nl A. iSinclair. in the Sixth -district Con ?ressional , primary by approximately 2,500 majority and carried-every' cmaty in the district. The first mattes to be taken 1 up .by the Republican C( nvention today will be r consertiiiration of Governor Had leys "motion to ' . 1 nseat' the contested delegates. - Justices Charlea E. Hughes yegter day declared that his -decision nqt to stand for the presidential nomination was final. ere burned to death injured in a - fire he English building last night, i ; convention at Chi- as - marxed vy se- om :the drop of the Three persons and two. serioui which destroyed at Waycross,-Gi The. Republi cago " yesterday "rlous . business fl 'eectionbut 7ames , ; Watson; floor J . v, (Continued on Page Eight.) q&et. . : ' hat, all the leaders confining, their energies , to the kvork ...of the day, and not in organizii g demonstrations. - Eight uninstr cted delegates f rotn Vermont to tne : emocratis Convention at Baltimore we e elected yesterday, 'New York m trkets: ?5 Spbt; cotton closed i quiet '"i 'lour steady.-'; "Tieat. pot easy ; No. red 1. 18 domestic ba sis to arrive an export 1.18 1-2 to ar rive Corn six t easy, export 79 1-2 f lo.b,: afloat, furpentine 'easy. Rosin . - . . .- -X y-,y--;..ti;..i-Vi N REBELS TO FIGHT TO FH1ISH Gen. Esteno Protests Against ; Action of Government Troops. , ' ' . ' ; BURIIED HOUSES OF NEGROES Claims They Also Killed a Father and His Two Children and Maltreated Several Young Girls No Compromise . ' " -Santiago, Cuba, June 18.. Ross B. Holaday, United States consul - here, received a letter today from General Estenoz, the rebel leader, protesting 1 jn the name of humanity againstUhe conduct of the : government ; troops' He says that a Amon de Las Ya guas, a suburb of El Caney, four miles to the northeast of Santiago, the gov ernment troops burned 120 houses belonging to negroes who were ltotal-. ly unconcerned in the revolution. At the same place they killed a fath er and his two children, both under 10, and malterated several young girls. ; General Estenoz- requests the Unit ed States to send a representative to the scene of military operation, when he will give abundant proof of the truth of his charges against the gov ernment troops. . Estenoz says that undervno circum stamces will he come to- any under standing with the present Cuban gov ernment, as he has- no faith in it. He continues that General Monte agudo, the commander-in-chief of the government troops, intends to order a few of his men to burn American property for the purpose of eiciling the animosity of Americans against the revolutionists. General Estenoz declares the rebels., will never lay down their arms until1 they have ac complished the object for which they took them up, wlfich is the recogni tion of the independent party of, color. Men Who Will Preside at Republi can Convention. Chicago, June 18. Temporary .-officials for the Republican National Con vention, named by the sub-committee on arrangements, of which Col. Harry S. New, of Indiana, is chairman: Chairman Elihu Root, New Yotk. . Secretary LaFayette B. . Gleason, New Yorfc. . . - Assistant Secretaries C. M. Har ger, Kansas; John L. Moorman, Indi ana; A. W. White, North Carolina; Geo. L. Hart, Virginia; John H. Mc-Nary,- Oregon; H. C. Lindsay, Nebras ka; Horace H. Bancroft, Illinois; John L. Adams, Iowa; Percy E. Stoddard, New Hampshire; A. L Dalrymple, New Jersey. - ; Sergeant-at-Arms Wm. F. Stone, Maryland. ' Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms :Edw. P. Thayer, Indiana. Chief Doorkeeper John J, Hanson, Maryland. ' ',. Chief Usher William B. Austin, Il linois. Chief Medical Staff Dr. Hunt, Illinois. -Parliamentarian 'E. Ohio. -Official Stenographer M. menberg, Washington, D. C?1 ; Chief Clerk L.. G. Heckinger, New Jersey. . . Chaplains Rev. James F. Calla ghan. Chicago; Dean Walter T. Sum ner, Illinois; Dr. Joseph Stolz, Illinois. . Geo. C. Lamson, W. Blu- TAFT WHEELHORSES NAMED. "Brother Charles"' Makes an Illumi nating Comment. Chicago, June 17. The Taft forces announced that Senator' Clarence Clark, of Wyoming, had been agreed on for chairmanv of the -Committee pn Rules and that Congressman Marlin E. Olmstead, pf Pennsylvania, had been selected as parliamentarian of the convention. There -were no chang es 'announced in regard to the: 6ther committee places: previously announce ed. v ' ... '" "Only this," said Henry -W Taft, brother of the President, when asked immediately after his arrival' today from New York whether he had' any Comment . to make on . the situation; "Only this, that I think somebody v Is liable to oe nominated on the first baj lot if somebody does n?t steal some thing from somebody." '"'-"t-'S:" ? Mr. Taft was iir excellent spirits and HorlorpH that. he was not. in' the least worried over the prospectsOf theTaft ! family. ,, ., .r: .V,- HUGHESV DECISION FINAL Justice Will Not Stand - for iPreiden- tial Nomination ' .." V Lake Placidy N.:Y.i June;18;--That his . decision not to permit the use of his name before ' the; Republican, Nat tional Conventipn at Chicago Is, -final, was ' made plain today by Associate Justice Charles E . -Hughes, of' - the United States - SupremeCoutt, whois ependihg the Summer-here. , :. When seen by a representative of the Associated ; Press Justice "Hughes iconflrmed a report .from New i York that he .had, today telephoned r friends in New York and telegraphed others at Chicago, that he will not under any circumstances permit': his' name iobe used t and tasked. ' that ?all mention; of him -cease, r-v; - Chicago Convention Atmos phere Surchaged With Watchfulness " i " A PROMISE OF REAL TROUBLE Senator Flinn, of Pennsylvania, 'Com pels Repetition of Roll Call of His State's Delegates Adjournment. , I Convention Hall, Chicago, June 18. Aside from the practical absence of the "rough house' tactics which had been so elaborately prepared for by the heavy police guard and the extra ordinary pains of the National Com mittee officers to guard against out breaks of any kind, there were sever al remarkable things about the Re publican convention today. It was desperately serious business from be ginning to ending. There was abso lute! none of that long continued up roar, extending into long minutes, even hours, which have lately become a feature of political conventions. On the contrary, there. .was. a marked tenseness and - an atmosphere sur charged with watchfulness. Well known leaders came into the hall unnoticed, there "was. entire ab sence of tributes, or of applause by State delegations to "favorite sons." After Root's election when he came upon the platform the .welcome to him lasted perhaps 30 seconds and when he began his speech, Pennsylvania showed its bitterness toward him with jeers and caustic remarks which went far to discount the cordiality of his reception. Tnere was one promise of real trou ble when State Senator .Fllrm, com pelled the. repetition tof the call of the Pennsylvania delegates, fighting the vote of .one of the;alternatesKwho ) he said, was . being, called out .of proper order. v The point' was . that' the man 'called and , who "voted wa. the second first in the list of alternates from that district would have voted for McGov ern. v . "If you steal that vote," shouted Flinn, "there will be no roll called-in this convention today." ' That was all there was to it The chairman overruled him and the grind ing voice of Secretary Gleason went on rolling out the vote. . With few exceptions the negro dele gates from the South, about whose steadfastness there has .been so much speculation, stood;1 fast for the Taft candidate. Early In the vote William Barnes, Jr., who with Watson, of In diana, watched out for the Taft inter est on the. floor, said -they would have 560 votes. They got two less than that When, Senator Root began his "key note speech", people, in great numbers began . to leave the hall: He announc ed then that he would suspend until all those who wished to go had retired. - Thousands then left, but nearly all the delegates remained and listened to the speech. Even those who had most bitterly fought his election heard him to the end. . r ' i When Senator Rofct finished, amid long continued . applause,' pursuant to an agreement between leaders of the factions, the whole business vof ap pointing -committees and other pro ceedings naturally . belonging to to day's work went over until' tiomorrow. i Incidentally, the National Commit tee's recommendations for temporary offices of the convention was adopted without dissent. :Mr. Watson moved the usual . procedure , fox the appoint-, ment. of committees ; Governor Hadley presented as a resolution-for-the sub stitution of 92 delegates contested by Roosevelt, and the-whole matter went over ar "unfinished business" for- to morrow's session. , A LENGTHY PROTEST. Roosevelt Delegates Wire President 7-r Taft Contrary to Justice. , Chicago, June 17. At amass meet ing of uncontested Roosevelt delegates called together at 11 o'clock. tonight a taousahd word protest' was wired to President Taft against "the announc ed intention of- Victor Rosewater, chairman of the National Committee, to- allow: the contested . delegates to vote on their own cases." " Mr.Taft is asked to use the weight of his influence in this1 crisis to; pre-pin amithviHe vent such action by. Mr. Rosewater. It is ' claimed by the .Protestants ; that "there are about 75 delegates whose seats - are seriously in- question and who'are generally. regarded as not hon estly entitled to votein the c conven tion" It is urged as contrary to jus tice and -to parliamentary - law" , that these contested delegates should -vote on their own cases. They will in ef fect so vote if they vote on the tempo rary " organization of & the -convention." VERMONT UN1NSTRUCTED Cight Delegates to Baltimore Conven - tion Elected Yesterday - - "Montpelie, Vt., ' 'June 18 . Eight delegates to the - Democratic National Convention at; Baltimore, four at large, and two Jfrom each, fiistrict; were named at- State and district r con ven-. tions ' todays -iAll : were Tuninstructed . Harlan B. " Howe, . of. sjLz Johasbury, was '. nominated for Governor. XTH Carried TKe v District By a ' - - ;4 . ' - : C ' ' ' ' ' . iy - ' " 7. ' Majority of Mbre an K? 2,500 : -..J ?.. - J DEFEATS SOLICITOR SIIICLAIR Carried Every ; CoUnty In the; District Home of : Solicitor ' Sinclair; Gave Godwin A Majority Light Vote Polled :-l y '...-T-.f'-v SfJ: 4 -'sil.-A;, ;.:.;? r; :$:H. . ji,1 T i Tilt. r i is -1 ::;:"'j. T. 4 - . .:. - .... ... . i t X. - Am That the Sixth North Carolina Con gressional district is 'still--true to Han nibal L. Godwin was very plainly dem onstrated in yesterday'Siprimaiytwhen be was renominated f or"Congress: 'over N. A. Sinclair, of Fayettpyille.byrn ery county in the district and it looks - M ''i-Tl Uke nis majority will exceed' 2,500. In - Iht? 1 new. xianover county . iongressman - ; v 1 Godwin got more than .10 tovl"and in yi!':V&Mi nis home county the vote was almost ; unanimous tor mm. It was the opin ion of those familiar' with the district that Congressman Godwin would win but even his closest friends and most a'rdent supporters had no idea that he would get such an overwhelming ma jority. - The. primary was kind of a make- 'shift but was sufficient to show the sentiment of the district . An exceed ingly small vote was cast in all coun- ties, the total in New' Hanover being less than 600 when a full vote in this county, is 3,000. Complete returns could not be secured vfrom "all of the counties last . night but reports recelv-. ed showed a very, light vote was poll ed. One; of, the greatest surprises rwas in . Cumberland,, Godwin having car-; ried the county by. more' than 150 ina-", jority'and the city "of Fayetteville, the home of Solicitor. Sinclair, by 20 ma- : jority. y far the hardest fight put-up by. Sinclair , was-, in Columbus J county- hand : even in that county . Godwip re: ceived a. majority ; off more.. ;than. 500 . and - In .Whiteville 'townshin kis ' ma- ; gety,.-:was-?-2.-:WMlecopiete wlijK indications rare; Godwin carried the county and . George' H ; Bellamy chosen member of executive) commit tee. - '- .:'': I'v-'i.' r- -A nomination in the Sixth district -is equivalent to an election and It wiif be Mr. Godwins fourtlv.1, term. For many years there existed; A. precedent m the Sixth that no man.-ould serve, more than two terms ' but two years ago,; after one of the bitterest contests eveu waged in this ot any other dis trict in the State, congressman- God win was , renominated. 1 t r .- In New Hanover county ' Congress man Godwin received 543 and iSolici tor Sinclair 51 votes.' : : - - Big Majority ln Cciuni6us Whiteville, N. Q.t Jtihe; 18 . Four townships reported give - Godwin 215 majority., Indications afeO he will car ry Columbus by 600 to: 700' majority. Godwin carried Whiteville 7 township by 29 majority where the biggest fight was made.. . Alj-;'.; . .Godwin Carries. Bladen Elizabethtown. N. Jnne i8.-With only seven 'precincts Jaeard from indi cations are that only a: stnall . vote was cast- today in Congressional primary. Precincts heard from, were as follows: Abbottsburg, GodWini 20 j? Sinclair, .10. Brown Marsh, Godwin;10? Sinclair. "39. Bladenboroj, Godwin;-32; Sinclair, 11. Colly. Godwin, It. Central God win, 21; Sinclair, l,-!Etozabethtown, Godwin, 22 ; Sinclair, 27,VWhite Oak, Godwin, 50; Sinclair 1Q. ' Carver's Creek, Godwin ' 48; Sinclair. 9. Re turns indicate Mr. Godwin - will have good majority in the county. . , ' . . Sinclair Loses. Cumberland Fayetteville, N.fc CnJunfc. 18. Com plete returns from teight; precincts in Cumberland give Godwin .100 majority, nv nf Favtteillle. Indi cations are that Goirth. has carried Cumberland county by 150 to 200 ma jority. Light vote. .Godwin -carried city by 20 majority-? v ;vv ' Godwin Sweeps Howe County . (Special Star Telegram.) r , Dunn. N. C, Juhe 18.-Dunn, God- -win ,207; Sinclair 40nke,v Godwin 88; Sinclair 3. This is.ihdex to coun ty. Indications are .about 1,000 -votes cast in county and Sinclair got about 50. " ' - nv-wr';: ; (Special Star Telegram) Southport, :Nynne ,718. township 1 (Southport) Sinclair received 76" vdtesand .Godwin . Iff. For exenttive .committee from Brunswick, ; Gebrge-H:: Bellani; Yeceiv- ed 83 votes and ex-iSheriff peter Rourfc 4. j Town Creek township-' gave Godwin 26, and Sinclair, 19. i For. committee- man, Bellamy 30 ; . Rourvk-17. - Godwin, probably got good majority in town-1 ships, in. Southern and northern parts of -county. - ;'.C v J " K Another Robeson Report, ' Lumberton, N. C; June 18. Unoffi cial reports from 19T precincts in Robe son county heard frdm Ogives Godwin l,-009; Sinclair 353 Fbtir" precincts', not heard from estimate .Godwin 65; , Sinclair 25. - - y ' ,'; '5-, " "i Robeson ComtV - ' - - . Lumberton, N. d.r a June ..a 18.-The ; . Congressional 'primary repassed off -quietly this afternoon. Returns from 18 ot the 22 precincts' in the-county v give- Godwin -a - major tty-, of 635 over Sinclair. Lumberton - township gave ; Godwin 242, . Sinclair 43.. t- Not over ; r et half ?ote cast-in' county.;-- - f-- , ' ' - 1 v.i: i:1 i ?:: ' i !-- t-A :,V:iJ V. 4' 1 f , "f. J 4" :4 '- - - -5 Iv J hi i
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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