The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1912-08-08

winch was made up Of twelve Taft
men and seven Roosevelt men. The
CHAIRMAN, Cochran, was Roosevelt
man and attempted to prevent the ma
9olity Of the committee from taking
action. The chairman was removed
and another substituted, and thereupon
the convention was duly called to order
on the temporary roll prepared by the
congressional committee, which was
made the permanent roll, and the two
Taft delegates to Chicago were duly
selected. Every county in the district
mad Its representation and vote in the
regular convention, and no person
properly accredited as a delegate was
excluded or debarred from participat-
Ing in its proceedings. Cochran and
his followers bolted after his deposit
ton. Assuming that all the committee
who went out with him had the right
to act on the committee, it left the
committee standing twelve for Taft
and seven for Roosevelt, so it was sim
ply question whether a majority of
the committee had the right to control
its action or a minority. The boiling
convention which Cochran held was
not attended by majority Of the duly
elected delegates to the convention. 1t
did not have the credentials from the
various counties, and its membership
was largely made up of bystanders
who had not been duly accredited by
any county in the district. Its action
was entirely without authority.
TENNESSEE.
Second District.
In the Second Tennessee district
there were fifty-nine delegates uncon-
tested out of possible total of 1OS in
the convention There were forty-n
contested. The Roosevelt contestants
in the forty-nine refused to abide the
decision of the committee on creden-
tials and withdrew, leaving fifty-nine
uncontested delegates. These fifty
nine delegates, part Of whom were
Roosevelt men, remained in the con
vention. appointed the proper commit
tees, settled contests and proceeded to
select Taft delegates. There can be
no question about the validity there
fore of their title
TEXAS.
First District.
The only remaining districts are the
nine districts from Texas. OF these the
First district was composed of eleven
counties, each county having one vote,
except Cass county, which had two.
The executive committee, composed of
one representative from each county,
made up the temporary roll. and in the
contests filed from two counties seat
ed both delegates with one-half vote
each. The convention elected the two
Taft delegates, giving them ten and
ne-quarter votes Each county was
represented in this vote A minority
representing one and three-quarters
votes bolted the regular convention
and held a rump meeting. The ma
tional committee by unanimous vote
decided the contest in favor of the
Taft delegate.
Second District.
In the Second Texas district there
were fourteen counties. Two counties
were found not to have held conven-
tons and one county to have no dele
gate present The convention was
then constituted by the delegations
that held regular credentials. The re-
port Of the committee on credentials
was accepted upon roll call, and then
the Representatives of five counties
withdrew from the hall. The repre-
sentatives Of four of these counties
held il rump convention. The regular
hours. appointed the usual committees,
which retired and made their reports.
which We're accepted, and elected two
Taft delegates to the national conven-
ton and certified their election in due
form to the national committee, which
without division asked for, held them
properly elected.
Fourth District.
The Fourth Texas district consists
Of five counties, each having one vote
IN the district convention under the
rail-. one county, Rains. chose al uncon-
tested delegation and that one was for
Taft. The other four counties sent
delegations. The contest
ing delega tons appeared before the
executive committee to
present their claims, but the commit
tee arbitrarily refused to hear any
body. Having exhausted every effort
to secure hearing, the four contest
ing delegations, together with the only
delegation of the conven-
ton, withdrew to another place and
held a convention and elected Taft
delegates to the Chicago convention.
The congressional convention which
elected the Taft delegates was COM
posed Of more than majority, and,
Indeed of practically all the regularly
elected delegates. The national COM
mittee held the title Of the Taft dele
gates to their seats valid by viva voce
vote without calling for division.
Fifth District.
The Fifth district of Texas is COM
posed Of Dallas, Ellis, Hill, Bosque
and Rockwell counties. Dallas county
cast more Republican votes than all !
the other counties Of the district put
together. The call for the congress
sional convention allowed each county
to send not to exceed four delegates,
but made no reference to the basis Of