PAGE SIX
THE CITIZEN, FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1912.
THE TRUTH ABOUT
THOSEDELEGATES
Roosevelt Contests Instigated
k. to Deceive the Puailc
ALL BUT 74 WERE ABANDONED
An Examination
That the Trib
of the Facts Shows
unals Which Decided
Those Contests
Woro Right In
In Favor of Mr. Taft
Every Instance The
Contests Were Frivol
Prompt Abandonment
the Genuineness and
Remainder.
Remaining 164
ous, and Their
Reflects Upon
Validity of th
Washington. July 20. Hero nro the
facts In relation to the contested scuta
In the Iteptibllcnu national convention.
It Is n summary of n detailed state
ment ,-oliig carefully Into all of the
cases, a statement bo thorough that It
tabes up 150 pages of printed matter.
This statement Is signed by Mr. Victor
Itosownttv, chairman of the former Re
publican national committee; by Mr. J.
n. Devlno of Colorado, chairman of tlx)
committee on credentials of the Rcpub.
Ilcan national convention, and by Mr.
Charles D. llUles, chairman of the
present Republican naUonal committee.
The total number of delegates sum
moned to the convention under Its cnll
was 1.07S, with 040 necessary to a
choice. Mr. Taft bad 001 votes on the
first and only ballot and was declared
the nominee. There were Instituted
against 233 of the delegates regularly
elected for Taft contosts on behalf of
Roosevelt. These contests were avow
edly lnstigted not for the purpose of
really securing seats tn the convention,
not for the purpose of udduclug evi
dence which would lead any respect
able court to entertain tbo contests, but
for the purposo of deceiving the public
Into the belief that Mr. Roosevelt had
more votos than ho really hod, as the
conventions and primaries were In
progress for tho selection of delegates.
This Is not only n nocessary Inference
from the character of the contests, but
It was boldly avowed by tbo chief edi
tor of the newspapers owned by Mr.
Munsoy, who has been Mr. Roosevelt1 s
chief financial and nowspaper sup
porter. The 23S contests were reduced
by abandonment to seventy-four.
The very fact of these 104 frivolous
contests Itself reflects upon the genu
ineness and validity of th romnlnder
The seventy-four delegates Include six
at large from Arizona, four nt large
from Kentucky, four nt largo from In
diana, six at large from Michigan,
eight at large from Texas and eight at
large from Washington, nnd also two
district delegates each from tbo Ninth
Alabama, the Fifth Arkansas, the
Thirteenth Indiana, the Sovcnth,
Eighth and Eleventh Kentucky, tho
Third Oklahoma, the Second Tennes
see nnd from each of nine districts, the
First, Second. Fourth, Fifth, Seventh,
Eighth, Ninth, Tenth and Fourteenth
of Texas.
CONTESTED DELEGATES AT
LARGE.
Arizona.
In tbo Arizona convention there wero
ninety-three votes. All the delegates
six In number were to be selected at
large. The counties wero entitled to se
lect their delegates through their coun
ty committee or by primary. In one
county, Maricopa, a majority of the
committee decided to select Its dele
gates and a minority to have a pri
mary. In other counties there wero
some contests, and the sttae commit
tee, following tho visas of tho national
committee, gave a hearing to all con
testants in order to make up the tem
porary rolL There was a clear major
ity of the Taft delegates among the
uncontested delegates. The committee
made up the temporary roll and then
thore was a bolt, sixty-four remaining
In the hall and twenty-flve withdraw
ing therefrom. Tho case of the Taft
majority was so clear that It is difficult
to understand why a contest was made.
Indiana.
In Indiana tho four Taft delegates at
largo were elected In n state conven
tion to which Marlon county, In which
Indianapolis is situate, was entitled to
123 votes. A primary was hold In in
dlanapolis. at which Taft polled 0.000
nnd Roosevelt 1.400 votes. This gavo
Taft 100 delegates In tho 6tato conven.
tion from Marlon county, nnd if they
wero properly seated tho control of tho
convention by n largo majority wns
conceded to Taft Attempt was mado
to Impeach tho returns from Marion
county by charges of fraud and repeat
ing. These charges were of a connm!
character, without specification except
as to one ward out of fifteen wards,
and then tho impeaching witness ad
mltted ho could not claim fraud enough
to chango tho result In that ward. The
national committee, upon which there
wero fifteen nntl-Taft men, rejected
the Roosevelt contestants and gave tho
Taft delegates their scats by a unanl
wou8 vote. Senator Dorah and Mr.
Frank B. Kollogg, both Roosovclt men,
mado upeofcbes In explaining tho votes
In which they sold that tho enso turned
Wholly on tho Marlon county primary,
and na there was no evidence to Im
peach the result certified, tho tltlo of
tho Taft delegates was clear. This Is
tho convention whoso proceedings
callod forth such loud charges of theft
and fraud from Mr. Roosevelt
Kentucky,
In Kentucky a contest was filed
syjalnst only three of tho four delesates
t large. The fourth Taft delegate's
sent va3 uncontested. Tho thveo con
testants admitted they wero not elect
ed by the convention which sent the
Taft delegates or by any other. They
only contended that If the Roosevelt
forces had had n majority they would
have boon elected Thcro wero 2,.ir0
delegates summoned to tho convention
by its colL There were -110 of these
whoso seats were contested. If nil of
tlieso had been conceded to Roosevelt
it would have made the Roosevelt vote
207 votos less than a majority. Tho
appeal to the committee on credentials
from tho decision of the national com
mittee was abandoned, as It ought to
havo been.
Michigan.
In Michigan tho state convention
had in it about 1,200 delegates. There
wore only two counties in dispute or
contest One was Wayne county. In
which Detroit Is situated, and the other
was Calhoun county. The evidence
left no doubt that the Taft men enr
ried by a very largo majority Wayne
county, but it wns immaterial whether
this wog true or not, because, leaving
out both "Wayne county and Calhoun
county, tho only counties In contest
tho Taft delegates outnumbered by
several hundred tho Roosevelt dele
gates, nnd they had a clear majority
out of tho total number of votes that
should have been In tho convention.
Tho contest was so weak as to hardly
merit recital
Texas.
In Texas there wore 2-10 counties, of
which four have no county govern
ment The 245 counties under the cnll
of tho convention were allowed to have
something over 1,000 delegates, repre
senting them, who wore given author
ity to cast 243 votos. Of the 2-15 coun
ties there were ninety-nine counties in
which tho total Republican vote was
but 2,000, In fourtoon of which there
were no Republican voters, in twenty
seven of which there were less than
ten each and in nono of which was
there any Republican organization and
In none of which had a primary or con
vention been hold. It was shown that
Colonel Cecil Lyon, to whom hod been
assigned as referee tho disposition of
tho patronage of the national Repub
lican administration for ton years In
tho state, had been in tho hnblt of cob
trolling the Republican state conven
tion by securing from two federal of
ficeholders in each of theso ninety-nine
counties a certificate granting a proxy
to Colonel Lyon or a friend of his to
represent the county as if regularly
conferred by a Republican county or
ganization. The national committee
and the committee on credentials and
the convention after the fullest investi
gation decided that those ninety-nine
counties in which the Republican vote
was so small and In which there wns
no Republican party, no convention, no
primary, no organization, was not the
proper source for a proxy to give a
vote equal to that to be cast by the
other 140 counties In which there -was
a Republican organization and In
which primaries or conventions were
held. The two committees therefore
held such ninety-nine proxies to be
Illegal and not the basis of proper rep
resentation. The two tribunals who
heard the case decided that they should
deduct the ninety-nine votes from the
total of 245 and give the representation
to those who controlled the majority
of the remainder. The remainder was
152 votes, nnd out of thnt tho Taft
men had carried eighty-nine counties,
having ninety votes. This gave to the
Taft men a clear majority in tho state
convention and with it eight delegate
at largo
WASHINGTON.
The contest In Washington turned on
the question whether tho Taft dele
gates appointed by the county com
mittee in King county, in which Seattle
Is situate, were duly elected to tho
convention or whether a primary,
which was subsequently held and at
which Roo8erelt delegates wero oloct
ed, was properly called, so that Its re
sult was legaL Under the law the
county committee bad the power to de
cide whether it would select tho dele
gates directly or should coll a primary
In some counties of tbo state one
course was pursued and in other coun
ties the other. In Kins county the
committee consisted of 250 men, the
majority of whom wero for Taft nnd
that majority, acting through Its exec
uUto committer, selected tho Taft dele
gates to the state convention. Mean
tlmo tho city council of Seattle bad ro
dlstrlcted the city It before had 250
precincts. Now substantially the same
territory wus divided up Into 381 pre
cincts. The chairman of tho county
committee was a Roosovclt man. lie
had been giTen authority by general
resolution to fill vacancies occurring In
tho commltteo. A general meeting of
the commltteo had been held after the
city council had directed the redisrict
ing of tho city, In which It wns re
solved, tho chairman not dissenting,
that representatives could not bo se
lected to fill tho 331 new precincts un
til nn election was held in September,
1012. Thereafter and In spite of this
conclusion the chairman assumed the
right by his appointment to add to the
oxlstlng commltteo 131 precinct com
mitteemen, and with theso voting in
tho commltteo It Is claimed that a pri
mary was ordered. There was so much
confusion In tho meeting that this is
doubtful. However, the fact Is that
thOz-Taft men protested against any
action by a committee so constituted
on tho ground that tho chairman had
no authority to appoint the 181 new
committeemen. They refused to tako
part in the primary, and so did the La
Folletto men. Tho nowspapers report
ed tho number of votos In tho primary
to bo something over 8,000. Tho Rooso
vclt commltteo showod by affidavit tho
number to bo 0,000 out of a usual total
Republican voto of 75,000. Tho action
of tho chairman of the commltteo In
attempting to add 131 precinct men to
tho old commltteo was, of course, be
yond his power. The resolution ou
thorizlng him to fill vacancies, of
course, applied only to thoso places
which became vacant after they had
been filled and clearly did not apply to
131 new precincts. It could not in the
nature of things opply to a change
from tho old system to a complete new
system of precincts created by the city
council, because If they were to bo
filled tho entire number of 331 new
precincts different from the old must
bo flllod. Ono system could not be
made Into tho other by a mere addl
tional appointment of 131 committee
men. No lawyer will say that such
action by the committee thus consti
tutcd was legal. Therefore the action
which the lawful committee of 250 took
In electing Taft delegates who made n
majority In the state convention was
the only one which could bo recognized
as valid
CONTESTED DISTRICT DELE
GATES. ALABAMA.
Ninth District
The Ninth Alabama contest turned
on the question whether the chairman
of a district committee had power to
fill vacancies, whether a committee
man who had sent his resignation to
tako effect only In caso ho was not
present being present should be pre
vented from acting as committeeman,
and, third, on the Identity of another
committeeman. Tho written resolu
tion under which tho right of the
chairmnn to appoint to vacancies was
claimed showed on its face that the
specific authority was written In In
different writing and dlfTorenticolored
pencil between tho lines. A number of
affidavits were filed by committeemen
who were present when tho resolution
was passed to show that the resolu
tion contained no such authority. This
gave rise to a question of fact upon
which a very largo majority of both
the national committee nnd tho com
mittee on credentials held that the
lead pencil insertion was a forgery,
that the chairman did not havo the au
thority therefore to appoint to tho
vacancies, and therefore the action of
his committee was not valid. This
made It necessary to reject tho contest
ants. Tho commltteo decided tho two
othor Issues of fact before them In
favor of the Taft contention, although
tho first decision was conclusive.
ARKANSAS.
Fifth District
In the Fifth Arkansas tho question
was one of the Identity of ono faction
or tho other as the Republican party.
This convention followed tho example
of the convention of 1003 in holding
that what wns known as the Redding
faction was not tho Republican party,
that It was a defunct organization and
had only acquired life at the end of
each four years for the purpose of
using it in tho national convention.
The contestants wero therefore reject
ed. It was shown that the other or
Taft bad been In nctivo existence as
the Republican party, had nominated
a local ticket and had run a congress
man. CALIFORNIA.
Fourth District
The Fourth California presented this
question: Under the state law the dele
gation, two from each district was
elected on a general ticket, In a group
of twenty-six. Each delegate might
cither express his presidential prefer
ence or agree to vote for the preslden
tial candidate receiving the highest
number In the state. In the Fourth
district the two candidates from that
district on the Taft ticket expressed
a preference for Taft but did not
agree to vote for tho candidates hav
ing tho highest etato vote. Theso Taft
delegates in tho Fourth district re
ceived a majority of 200 more than
the Roosevelt delegates In that dis
trict The national call forbado any
,law or tho acceptance of any law
which prevented tho election of dele
gates by districts. In other words, the
call of the national convention was at
variance with tho state law. The stato
law sought to enforce the state unit
rule and required the wholo twenty
six delegates to bo voted for all over
the state, assigning two to each dls
trict on the ticket to abide tho state
wido election, while the Republican
national convention has Insisted upon
tho unit of the district since 1880. That
has been tbo party law. This conven
tion recognized the party lnw and held
it to bo more binding than that of the
state law and allowed tho two dele
gates who had received In tho Fourth
district a vote larger than their two
opponents assigned to that district, to
becomo delegates in tho convention.
This was clearly lawful, for a state has
ho power to limit or control the basis
of representation of n voluntary nn
tional party In a national convention.
Tho fact that President Taft by telo
gram approved all tho twenty-six dele
gates as representing him Is said to tit
an estoppel against bis claiming the
election of two of thoso delegates In
their Fourth district What is there
Inconsistent tn his approving the can
dldacy of all his delegates and the
election of two of them? Why should
he bo thus estopped to claim that part
of tho law was lnopcrntlvo becauso In
conflict with tho call of tho convention?
INDIANA.
Thirteenth District
In the Thirteenth Indiana tbero was
no qnestlon about the victory of the
Tnft men, because tho temporary chair
man representing tho Taft sldo was
conceded to havo been clocted by one
half a vote more than tho Roosovclt
candidate. This ono-half voto extended
through the riotous proceedings, and
although It was not as wide as a barn
door it was enough. Tho chairman put
tho question as to electing tho Taft
delegates, and after continuous objec
tion lasting three hours declared the
,io carried., The RoosiG?elt men thus
prevented n roll call nnd then bolted.
KENTUCKY.
Seventh District.
1 In the Seventh Kentucky district tho
total voto of the convention was 1 13.
There wero contests from four conn
ties, Involving ninety-five votes. Ac
cording to the rules of tho party In
Kentucky, where two seats of creden
tials are presented those delegates
whose credentials nro approved by the
county chairman are entitled to par
ticipate In the temporary organization.
On tho temporary roll the Tnft chair
man was elected by nlnety-clght votes
nnd forty-seven votes were cast for the
Roosevelt candidate. Tho committee
on credentials was then appointed, con
sisting of one member named by each
county delegation. Tho majority re
port of tho committee was adopted
unanimously by tho convention, no del
egation whoso seats were contested
being permitted to voto on Its own
case. As soon ns the majority report
of the credentials committee had been
adopted, the Roosevelt adherents bolt
ed. There was not the slightest reason
for sustaining tho contest for Roosevelt
delegates.
Eighth District
Tho Eighth Kentucky district was
composed of ten counties having 1C3
votes, of which eighty-two were neces
sary to a choice. There was no con
test in five of tho counties, and al
though tho Roosevelt men claimed that
thero was one in Spencer county no
contest wns presented ogainst the
seating of the regularly elected Taft
delegates from that county. This gave
the Taft delegates eighty-four votes, or
two more than were necessnry for a
choice. In other words, assuming that
the Roosevelt men wero entitled to all
tho delegates from tho counties in
which they filed contests in the dis
trict convention there remained a clear
majority of uncontested delegates who
voted for the Taft delegates to Chi
cago. OKLAHOMA.
Third District
In tho Third Oklahoma district tho
question of the validity of the seats of
tho delegates turned on the constitu
tion of the congressional committee,
which was made up of twelve Tnft
men and seven Roosovclt men. The
chairman, Cochran, was a Roosevelt
man and attempted to prevent the ma
jority of the committee from taking
action. The chairman was removed
and another substituted, and thereupon
the convention was duly called to order
on tho temporary roll prepared by the
congressional committee, which was
mado tho permanent roll, nnd the two
Taft delegates to Chicago were duly
selected. Every county in the district
had its representation and vote in the
regular convention, nnd no person
properly accredited as a delegate was
Bxclndod or debarred from participat
ing in Its proceedings. Cochran and
his followers bolted after his deposi
tion. Assuming that all the committee
who went out with him had the right
to act on the committee, it loft the
committee standing twelve for Taft
and seven for Roosevelt so It was sun
ply a question whether a majority of
the committee had the right to control
Its action or a minority. The bolting
convention which Cochran held was
not attended by a majority of the duly
elected delegates to the convention. It
did not have tho credentials from the
various counties, and its membership
was largely mado up of bystanders
who had not been duly accredited by
any county In tho district Its action
was entirely without authority.
TENNESSEE.
8tcond District
In tho Second Tennessee district
thero wero fifty-nine delegates uncon
tested out of a possible total of 108 In
the convention. Thero wero forty-nino
contested. Tho Roosovclt contestants
In the forty-nine refused to abide the
decision of tho committee on creden
tials and withdrew, leaving fifty-nine
uncontested delegates. Theso fifty
nine delegates, part of whom wero
Roosevelt men, remained in the con
vention, appointed tho proper commit
tees, settled contests and proceeded to
Belcct Taft delegates. There can be
do question about the validity there
fore of then- title.
TEXAS.
First District
Tho only remaining districts are the
nine districts from Texas. Of theso the
First district wns composed of eleven
counties, each county having one voto,
except Cass county, which had two.
Tho executive committee, composed of
ono rcpresontntlvo from each county,
mado up tho tomponary roll, and in tho
contests filed from two counties seat
ed both delegatus with one-half vote
fcach. Tho convention elected tho two
Taft delegates, giving thorn ten and
, one-quarter votes. Each county wns
I represented In this vote. A minority
I representing ono and three-quarters
I rotes bolted tho regular convention
i and hold a rump meeting. Tho na
tional commltteo by unanimous vote
decided tho contest In favor of the
raft delegate.
Second District
In tho Second Texas district thero
were fourteen counties. Two counties
wero found not to havo held conven
tions and one county to havo no delo
pao present The convention was
then constituted by tho delegations
that held regular credentials. Tho ro
port of tho commltteo on credentials
fc'as accepted upon roll call; and then
Iho representatives of flvo counties
withdrew from tho hall. Tho repre
sentatives of four of theso counties
bold a rump convention. Tho regular
convention remained In session several
hours, appointed tho usual committees,
tvhlch retired and mado their reports,
fvhlch woro accepted, and elected two
raft delegates to tho national conven
Ion and certified their election In due
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