The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-09-07

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lily CT the Taft delegates among the
uneontested delegates. The COMMITTEES
made up the temporary roll and then
there was bolt. sixty -four remaining
In the hall and twenty-five withdraw
Ing therefrom. The case OF the Taft
majority was so clear that 1t Is difficult
TO understand why u contest was made.
Indiana.
In Indiana the four Taft delegates at
large were elected in a state conven.
ton TO which Marion county. in which
Indianapolis Is situate. was entitled to
l2S votes. A primary was held In In.
dianapolis. at which Taft polled 5000
and Roosevelt i.400 votes. This gave
TAFT lO6 delegates In the state conven-
ton from Marion county. and If they
were properly seated the control Of the
convention by large majority WAS
conceded to Taft. Attempt was made
to impeach the returns from Marion
county by charges of fraud and repeat
| Ing. These charges were of a general
character, without specification except
as to one ward out of fifteen wards.
and then the impeaching witness ad-
United he could not claim fraud enough
to change the result In that ward The
national committee. upon which there
were fifteen anti-Taft men. rejected
the Roosevelt contestants and gave the
Taft delegates their seats by a unani-
nous vote Senator Borah and Mr..
Frank Kellogg. both Roosevelt men.
made speeches in explaining the votes
IN which they said that the case turned
wholly on the Marion county primary.
and as there was no evidence to i'm
peach the result certified, the title Of
the Taft delegates was clear This Is
the convention whose proceedings
called forth such loud charges of theft
and fraud from Mr.. Roosevelt.
Kentucky.
In Kentucky contest was filed
against only three OF the four Delegates
1T large. The fourth Taft delegates
seat was uncontested The three con-
testants admitted they were not elect
ed by the convention which sent the
Taft delegates or by any other. They
only commended that II the Roosevelt
AoANNo uth hdd a uldJollty lucI WOulu
have been elected. There were 2.356
delegates summoned to the convention
by its call. There were 40 of these
whose seats were contested Ii all Of
these had LSen conceded to Roosevelt
1t would have made the Roosevelt vote
297 votes less than a majority. The
appeal to the committee on credentials
| from tho 1nnfsion ~ ,., ,.,HA Al
mittee was abandoned, AS 1t ought To
have been.
Michigan.
In Michigan the state convention
had In 1t about 100 delegates There
were 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 ear.
ried by very large majority Wayne
county. but it was immaterial whether
this was true or not. because, leaving
out both Wayne county and Calhoun
county, the only counties In contest
the Taft delegates outnumbered b.
several hundred the Roosevelt dele
gates. and they had clear majority
out of the total number of votes that
should have been in the convention.
The contest was so weak as to hardly
merit recital
In Texas there were o49 counties of
which four have no county govern.
ment. The 245 counties under the call
of the convention were allowed to have
something over / 200 delegates, repre-
senting them, who were given author
ity to cast 24S votes OF the 245 coun
ties there were ninety nine counties in
which the total Republican vote was
but 1900 in fourteen OF which there
we're no Republican voters. in twenty
seven of which there were less thar
ten each and in none of which was
there any Republican organization and
u In none Of which had a primary or con
yention been held 1t was shown thai
Il Colonel Cecil Lyon. to whom had beer
Il assigned as referee the disposition d
I the patronage of the national Repub
VI lican administrator for ten years il
le the state, had been In the habit of con
40 trolling the Republican state conven
ne ton by securing from two federal ol
In dcehoders in each Of these ninety min
IS counties certificate granting a prox
ce TO Colonel Lyon or a friend of his t
ut represent the county as II regularl
IL conferred by Republican county Of
lr ganiza ton The national committe
is and the committee on credentials an
Up. the convention after the fullest invest
ed cation decided that these ninety mir
counties in which the Republican vO
us was so small and In which there WI
III no Republican party, no convention. I
er primary, no organization. was not &
SIX proper source for a proxy to give
ge vote equal to that to be cast by Il
Ia other 146 counties In which there W,
an. a Republican organization and
nj which primaries or conventions we
wo held The two committees thereto