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Rules fight erupts over representation at convention
At Chicago 190 o'clock third day of the Republican National Convention sees Taft and Roosevelt camps clash over a proposed four-at-large delegates rule. Iowa delegates split, Burke minority proposal gains support, and Roosevelt is lauded in a cyclonic display as cheers erupt for four more years.
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Lee P. Loomis
Chicago
Ill
Roosevelt
Taft
Committee On Rules and Order of Business
Iowa
E. R. Moore
District of Columbia
Hawaii
Alaska
Porto Rico
Philippines
Republican National Committee
Knox
Foraker
Fairbanks
Cannon
Committee On Rules and Order of
Wisconsin
la Follette
Senator Warren
Wyoming
Committee On Rules
Colonies
National Committee
James F. Burke
Pennsylvania
Alabama
South Carolina
New York
Illinois
Burke
Wilson
Kentucky
South
Republican Party
Party of the People
Keifer
Joseph Warren Keifer
Ohio
House of Congress
Herrick
Myron T. Herrick
Washington
Congress
Senate
George T. Buckingham
Danville
Georgia
James E. Watson
Indiana
Lodge
Henry Cabot Lodge
Theodore Roosevelt