The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-08-31

SANNht'NNtu utltEdtes- lue committee
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 IL il difficult
to understand why a contest was made
Indiana.
In Indiana the four Taft delegates at
large were elected in a state conveu
ton TO which Marion county, In which
indianapolis is situate was entitled TO
rs votes. A primary was held In In.
dianapolis. ut which Taft polled COCO
and Roosevelt | 400 votes. This Cav,
Taft LOG delegates In the state conveu-
ton from Marion county. and II they
were properly seated the control OF the
convention by n 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
az to one ward out OF fifteen wards,
and then the impeaching witness nd
miited he could not claim fraud enough
to change the result In that ward Tn.
nallonal committee, upon which there
We're hfteen anti.Taft men, rejected
the Roosevelt contestants aud gave the
Taft delegates their seats by a unani.
nous vote. senator Borah and MIR
Frank Il Kellogg both Roosevelt men.
Dlnu,A Snpnts hes I'm aynlniptn,, ,b,
III 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 Tart delegates was clear This IA
the convention whose proceedings
called forth such loud charges OF theft
aud fraud from Mr. Roosevelt
kentucky.
In Kentucky a contest was fled
against Gully three Of the four delegates
IT large The fourth Taft delegates
seat was uncuntested The three con.
teslants admitted they were not elect
Ell by the convention which sent the
TART delegates or by any other They
only cOntended that IL the Roosevelt
forces had had majority they would
have been elected There were 1856
delegates summoned to the convention
by Its call There were 40 of these
whose seats We're contested IL all Of
these had ben conceded to Roosevelt
II would have made the Roosevelt vote
sei votes less than una iority The
appeal 10 the committee ON credentials
from the decision Of the national com.
mlttee WAS abandoned. as 1t ought to
have been.
Michigan.
In Michigan the state convention
had in 1t about 300 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 car
ried by very large majority Wayne
county, but 1t was lmmaterinl whether
this was true or not, because. leaving
out both Wayne county and Calhoun
county. the only counties IN contest.
the Taft delegates outnumbered By
several hundred the Roosevelt dele.
gates, and they had clear ina jority
should have been in the convention.
The contest was so weak as to hardly
merit recital
Texas.
In Texas there were 2i9 counties, OF
which four have no county govern.
ment- The 2i1 counties under the cali
Of the convention were allowed to have
something over lOOO delegates, repre-
sentinE them, who were given author
ity TO cast 2iS votes. or the 2I5 coun
ties there were ninety nine counties in
which the total Republican vote WAS
but 1000, in fourteen OF which there
were no Republican voters, in twenty
seven OF which there were less than
ten each and In none OF which was
there any Republican organization and
IN none Of which had a primary or con
vcnti0n been held II was shown that
Colonel Cecil Lyon, TO whom had been
assigned ms referee the disposition OF
the patronage of the national Repub-
lican administration for ten years In
the state, had been In the habit OF con.
trolling the Republican state conven-
ton by securing from two federal Of.
6ceholders in each OF these ninety nine
counties a certificate granting proxy
to Colonel Lyon or friend OF his to
represent the county rs II regularly
conferred by a Republican county or
ganiZaton, The national committee
aud the ccvnmltteei on credentials and
the convention after the fullest investi
CATION decided that these ninety niue
counties in which the Republican vote
was so small and In which there was
no Republican party. no convention, no
primary, no organlza ton, was not .he
vote equal to that to be cast by the
other l4B counties in which there was
a Republican organization and Ia
which primaries or conventions were
held. The two committees therefore
held such nnety-nine proxies to he
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