Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-08-11
TILL THE RIAL TntTn ABul 4
IHE THIRD DISTRICT
CONNINUuS.
answers Mr.. DAVIDSON
iH ,Wcr- Hn Articlc Rcrrnlly Appear
ius ia tlie han-ar lity
Star.


a lglg q, under the head.ns That
Ttft Trick A. A. DaNidson ~ Mus
ktgee. Hho ls acclaimed leader iE
the Progressive party undertakes o.
answer sfeech before the house hy
Representative Mondel OF Montana,
caTnlug the Taft Roosevelt contest To-
iHe Third oklahoma district Mr
Davidson repeatedly uses ms name ~
ihis matter and u D. due ~ The pub
liI as Wril aE 20 self that statement
u the acual facts Dc published. Your
Hll.srnce .s asked Tor space for such
statement
concernlus records and evidence on
fie with the national committee, the
rules required that printed hrief
should bc nlcd by contestants on Or
before May 2sth. The Roosevelt con.
t+sian'F filed d printed brief referring
NJ number of exhibits as attached,
1ut which were not attached. Ar.
davidson appeared before the nation
"a. committee with bundle 10 which
he repeatedly referred iu MS presen-
tat.0n OF the contest, q. supporting
his statement by auadaru. But at no
time was this eyidenc, fled with The
committee, nor did opposing counsel
at ai-. time have access 10 same. on
The contrary. the TAN delegates had
filed complete record OF their tesii-
mony and aiiidnyits with their printed
href and index 10 such record on May
90. with the secretary OF the national
committee, which was accessible TO
ans person desirous of examining the
same.
Mr. Davidson claims that many
things were established before the ma
tional committee without dispute
This IL true as 10 immaterial matters.
As 10 material matters at the time OF
the hearing. certain members OF the
committee exclaimed: Then this IS a
question Of yeracity.' At this point
the attention Of the committee was
called 20 the fact that the record
above referred to, and which ! then
held In my hand, contsincb the min
utes OF the congressional committee
and aiiidavlts OF eleven members OF
the committee, out Of nineteen, not
including my own AS 10 the verify OF
The minutes, and how each Of these
eleven had voted on the several mat.
tiers In ten committee meeting, and
that these minutes had been SUP
scribed to seyerally by each Of the
eleven committeeman and verified by
the affidayit Of each.
The record above referred TO con-
tains printed copies OF the call for the
convention; the complete minutes OF
the committee meeting, including the
temporary roll Of delegates subscribed
and sworn 10 by twelve members out
bf the nineteen committeeman. IL also
contains the minutes OF the conVen-
ton signed by its officers together
with the original credentials filed with
Clark Smith. secretary from sixteen
OF the nineteen counties In the dis
trict, with numerous affidayits and
certificates concerning sundry matters
connected with tho holding Of the
convention.
This complete record is now In pos
sesslon OF Fred S. Walker, secretary,
at Claremore, okla, where the same
may be seen and examined by any
person desiring so TO do.
Concerning the district committee
meeting and the Tulsa convention oi
| March u. this much may be said. The
chairman was not a member OF the
committee. and whether the charges
against him were true or not, ne was
subject to be continued or removed AT
the pleasure OF a majority of the com
mittee. His partisan and unfair rul-
Inqs and his attempts TO override the
will of the majority of the committee
were the occasion OF the charges be-
ing preferred, and after his removal
and the election OF his successor, ne
was without authority OF any hnd IN
connection with the convention eN-
cent as an accredited delegate from
Muskogee county Eleven committee
men, whose rights are unquesuoneu'
were for Taft, six committeeman, or
Gentlemen claiming TO be such were
for Roosevelt. Could the nominal
chairman with these six committee
men control the committee as against
the eleven? 1t must be conceded that
the minority could not control
There was no place mentioned IN
the call for holding the convention
except that same was to be held IN
Tulsa. who would have the right TO
decide where the convention was 10
be held, or to make temporary roll
except a majority OF the committee
The majority of the committee, as
nroyided in the call, made up tenn
porary roll Of delegates from original
credentials from sixteen counties In
the district filed with the'secretary as
provided In the call, deciding three
contests to which all parties had the
right to be present, and be heard
They fixed the place for holding the
convention, and the Taft convention
was held at such place, after notice
and at such convention the Taft dele
gates were elected.
In all. the Taft delegates claim that
there was In attendance or represent
cd An the Taft convention, more than
500 delegate votes, and that, as mat
ter of fact, each county In the dis
| trict was represented by delegates
qualified under the call to cast the en-
tire vote OF the county represented
Some of the counties had only few
delegates In Tulsa on that day ana
| faw ~ any. of the counties had their