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Taft Forces Control At Republican Credentials Meet
Taft forces seized control of the credentials committee at the Chicago convention, electing Charles W. Fulton as chairman and planning to approve the temporary roll. The anti Taft bloc faced a unified Taft majority as discussions on contest cases began, with hearings granted on challenges involving 219 seats and numerous state delegations presented by Fairbanks Cannon Hughes and Foraker counsels.
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Chicago
Taft
Charles W. Fulton
Erasmus R. Fyler
Connecticut
Harry M. Daugherty
Ohio
Charles W. Bookwalter
Fairbanks
Fulton
J. N. Smith
New York
Paar
National Committee
Coliseum
J. S. Bassett
Hughes
Cannon
Foraker
Ben
Thomas Taggart
Denver
Roger C. Sullivan
Illinois
Mr New
Taggart
Mr. Tageart
Alabama
Arkansas
Georgia
Kentucky
Mississippi
Missouri
Tennessee
Texas
Bookwalter
Indianapolis
Credentials Committee
Indiana
Florida
Cecil A. Lyon
Roosevelt
Lyon
A. N. Sager
St. Louis
Representative Fassett