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Show pl GIVES JBiscvelt Forces Defeated at JErery Turn in Republican lBkle Convention in the jjf Treasure State. SiEATS OF BOLT S ARE-DISCOURAGED 5n Republican Convention -Session at Lewiston; rjBoosevelt Has a Majority of the Delegates. lOEOTClt forces were defeated tverj- turn in the Republican lit convention held licrc tort to-rt die issues raised in the f contesting delegates to the jf a national committeeman ilana, they were unsuccessful, of a bolt were discouraged Tative Jtoosovclt leaders, ontana dcloRntion, eight in rill go to CTiioago with a rec-iiou rec-iiou to use every effort to at the renoiuination of Prcsi-. Prcsi-. 'rho Taft forces paid they d themselves that tbeBe dclo-nld dclo-nld be Taft men, first, last be time. The delogates are: '. Lanstruni, Ed-iird Donlan, arleE. George IX Baggs, Sam n, Gcorpo W. Clay, J. C. nd A. J. "Vvileolm. Ifgitcs received 421 votes to lform adopted by the conven-t conven-t after a bitterly contested d out and out indorsement of policies and administration. Jjbriefly tho accomplishments imioistration. T. A. Marlon-i Marlon-i was elected national com- ' "H-0 CAPTURED 3mkOOSEVELT MEN fSMp Tlle Tribune S!?0N' IdC" May 16-Tlle hlt' pct rrcllctcd Tor tho Republican jBtevtnllou, which mot here today, "Hf Into complete submission Hi,:Bi'on 'he part of tho minority, Mnk.-'I to be the Taft delega-jjln? delega-jjln? the Roosevelt majority ftfc contr' to name eight un-jnR4 un-jnR4 It-Bates to the Republican ; iBwnfcrttlon, selected because of 1 ttejR'W'Ine- to Theodore Roosevelt, d$Jfr WU1 eupi,ort for presidential puid Lecause they are the chosen -rjRfBtnitor William E. Borah. S0'Er,tCOnlra1, thc ReI,ubl'" 3elc-nf 3elc-nf tJ aWrd 10 be magnanimous, BP ,0 prevenl an nen conflict t ieflB ta tllc rdnk-and nlc of tho B. 'dl876 'nect -wo C0UCC3-;pfliJKW C0UCC3-;pfliJKW V- the Taft leaders. jmijHiii promised. .E11"4 Wa t Place State Chair- I m VrKn !Uman on th ChleapQ dele-4j3BL dele-4j3BL easrMd 10 work wUh the SE eksate-s rr Roosevelt or ' tOPEi progrciKlv candidate that ' d ? ?roagl,t before the convention ttaiSB3td lhat thc C0,0nel 001,111 jirirfWropiinint Waa rJIcj ouL tQ E.7i.e dovc of aoo spread Ha fffc "ascmMy of 250 and odd 1 .aE Tbo Taf dclcBnies admitted S'E;n7 lJUmb6rca and couli never &JK. the nvat tL e. USf Il00sevlt dolegatoH the SflPS"011 finlEll),i 115 rlc "l :fEdtmK n"Bn-lum at 8-JO U 1 rcmamc-d in hcssIou inIK 1!lItenlny to enthuaiaa- ARfc,BDCechs b' Party ,c'13crrt fl 1j!&falntrUClc'cl 8-tcs named 1 qKf CflDVcnl1011 ore: Evan ifiKS11- Bar,!or' Conner: fp8t c C,mnl; D' W- Davl., 'tS-B- A At, ,Cruzo- Ada. Altor- 1i & c " i?ouCWls-COunly 5 E' S Sv0it f0rmcr 'lmlnlEtra-Wtniy 'lmlnlEtra-Wtniy 1' co'mrt-3ed the Re--3K,kn4 admini8tratIon, 3PPri,i . ' antl cIsed by 3Pntnt;r"rt f"-r i- ftgW,'' tJrlncI-' tJrlncI-' B S. , .l U,B Democratic -fBE6l wJ COntTOl of u,e -EVanclflS then,"10 op,,OK,",lt-v rsfl? t,h1 Uooaovdl d2SR.Ute1r bTE ff wua car- jtleuup L MONTH GIVES ITS DELEGATES TO TIFT (Continued from Pago One.) gaining control of tho convention and the drafting of the resolutions. Peter G. Johnson of Bingham county was named temporary chairman and L. I. Purcell secretary. It whs after tho nomination of the temporary officers that the, only fight of the convention came up. and It was of but short duration. The Taft forces attempted to block the Roonovelt delegates from entrusting their temporary tem-porary chairman with the naming of the committees on credentials, resolutions and permanent organization. They lost out on a vole of 100 2-3 to 140 1 -It. The Taft delegates accepted Johnston without opposition, but when Senator Clancy St Clair moved that. the. chair be authorized to appoint a committee on credentials, the fight was on. Ex-Congressman Thomas R. Hamcr of Fremont rose to protest, and Rossi of Shoshone county offered as a substitute motion that the old rulo of Republican conventions In Idaho bo followed and that each county be permitted to name Its committeemen nnd place them before the convention. He doclarcd that It " I'laimj oviuuiil mm me Kooaeven delegates were attempting to ride ovor the Taft men and insisted on a voto by counties to determine the strength of each faction, Congressman Hamcr strongly supported support-ed the substitute motion and heatedly Informed In-formed the convention that the sarno kind of ruling tho Roosevelt delegates wore attempting to enforce had given the Democrats control of the present house of representatives. Ex-Governor Gooding answered Hainor, saying h wanted the delegates to be shown every respect and that ITamcr had no right to Intimate, that Roosevelt delegates were attomptlntr to uso a steam rollor. The test vote followed and the substitute motion was defeated. The original mollon authorizing the chair to appoint tho seven members of the credentials committer) submitted by the Roosevelt floor leader was then put and carried. The Taft delegates demanded tho same test vote by counties on the motion that the chair be authorized to appoint the committee on resolutions and the committee com-mittee on permanent organization. Both wcro lost. Committees Appointed. Chairman Johnston then appointed the commlttoes as follows, giving the Roosevelt Roose-velt delegates a majority of the members on carh: Credentials Senator "Whltaker. Bonner Bon-ner county: Georgo Wentle. Bingham; II. J. Fuller. Fremont; E. "W. Porter, Latah; W. A. Baldnage. Canyon; E. A Nash, Oneida, Karl Dixon. Twin Falls. Resolutions Frank Wyman. Ada; John Brown, Canyon; Senator Potts. Kootenai; John D. Robertson, Washington; H. C. Haight. Cassia; Senator Rich. Bear Lake; T R. Hauler, Fremont. Permanent organisation C. C. Cava-nah, Cava-nah, Ada; A, If. Connors, Bonner; R. S. Hardy, Tdaho: J. S. McDonald, Lewis; E. A. Mitchell. Adams; Fred Gooding, Lincoln; Lin-coln; James H "Wallls, Fremont. The convention Immediately took a recess re-cess of two hours to 7 o'clock tonight in order lo give the committees time In which to work and upon recovenlng 300n finished Its business. The southern Idaho special started on Its roturn trip tonight. Instructed for Roosevelt, . By International News Service. TUTNTINGTON. "W. Va,. May 16. Tho Republican state convention, which met here today, was In charge of tho successful suc-cessful triumvirate, Governor "William E. Glasscock, ex-Governor Dawson of Charleston and Copgrcssman "W. P. I-Iub-burd of "Wheeling. Dawson was temporary tem-porary and permanent chairman of the convention and made the keynote address. ad-dress. Ho lauded Roosevelt as tho real leador of the Republican party and avoided any reference to the Ta'ft administration. ad-ministration. The state committee. In making up the temporary roll of the convention, decided de-cided the contests In favor of the Taft delegates, but the first action of the convention was to refuse their report and appoint a committee on credentials, which decided practically all tho contests con-tests In favor of Roosevelt. With scarcely a dissenting vote, tho convention selected six delegates at large to thn Chicago national convention and Instructed them to vote for the nomination nomina-tion of Theodore Roosevelt. Governor William E. Glasscock, one of tho original seven governors who urged Colonel Roosevelt to enter the race, heads the list of delegates at large. A movement among the Roosevelt leaders is on foot to postpone the state primary for one month in tho interest of a local candidate. Two Sets of Delegates. By International Nws Service. NEWPORT. Ark.. May 16. Two second sec-ond Arkansas district Republican conventions con-ventions were held here this afternoon. The BO-cailed regulars unanimously adopted Ironclad resolutions Instructing for Taft and elected two delegates lo the national convention. The Roosevelt convention, hold prior to the Taft meeting, instructed for Roosevelt Roose-velt and elected two delegates. Maryland for Clark. BALTIMORE, May 16. The Democratic Demo-cratic stale convention met here today to select delegates to the national convention con-vention to be held In this city next month. Thirty-two delegates, or double the regular quote, with half a voto each, were to be named and under Instructions Instruc-tions will support Champ Clark for the presidential nomination. Tho following delegates at large were unanimously chosen: United States Senator Tsadorc Rayner, John Walter Smith, Mayor James 11. Preston of Baltimore. A. P. Gorman, Jr., Congressman J. V". C. Talbot, former Congressman J. F. Miles. John J. Mason Ma-son and Jasper N. Willlson. Tho convention selected twenty-four district delegates. A resolution was unanlmouslv adopted Indorsing Speaker Clark for president "as long as he has a chance for the nomination." A resolution favoring Mayor Proston for the vice presidential nomination was unanimously adopted. Clark Gets Iowa. BURLINGTON, la.. May 16. Iowa's twenty-six votes In the Democratic national na-tional convention will be cast for Champ Clark despite the fact that eight district dis-trict delegates are Wilson men. The slate convention today Instructed all delegates to vole for Clark under the unit rule. The vote on tho Clark resolution reso-lution carried 63SJ to 3S"s. Roosevelt indorsed. MINNEAPOLIS. Minn.. May IB. Willi moro than eight hundred of the approximately approxi-mately 10S0 delegates lo the state Republican Re-publican convention supporters of Roosevelt, Roose-velt, the body today Indorsed the colonel and his principles, and Instructed tho Mlnmssota delegation of twenty-four to vote for him "first, last and all the time." .7. E. Haycraft wa unanimously chosen temporary and permanent chairman. In tho resolution committee tho La Fol-lette Fol-lette faction presented the platform drawn at a caucus last night, adding to the original a plank which commended 8enator La Follctto's plan concerning the basing of rate-making upon the physical valuation of railroad property. The majority of the committee agreed to adopt Into the platform the La Fol-lette Fol-lette planks favoring the presidential preferential primary, the election of United States senator by direct vote, and the enactment of a moro thorough-going corrupt Bract Ices act. T A. Caswell was Indorsed as national committeeman, and the following dele-gaten-at-large were elected. M. D. rurdy, Minneapolis; J. E. Jacob-iron, Jacob-iron, Madison; A. L. Hanuon, Ada; Mnsen E. Clapp, St. Paul; A. J. Larson, Du-luth; Du-luth; B- K. Roverud, Caledonia |