The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1912-08-08
IHE truth ABOUT
THOSE DELEGATES
90
B0OSNVSIt Contests InStlgated
TO Deceive the Public.
ALL BUT "a WERE ABANDONED

&sAn Examination Of the Facts Show
That the Tribunals Which Decide
sThese Contests In Favor of Mr.. Tai
/ SANere Right In Every lnstance-Th
sRsmainine 1854 Contests We're FrivoI
4 sous. and Their Prompt Abandonment
rRsflsets Upon the Genuineness AM
sValidity of the Remainder.
Washington, July 29.-Here are th'
. Egsacts in relation to the contested seat!
ain the Republican national convention
alt Is a summary of a detailed state
E1neat going carefully into all of the
scaSes, a statement so thorough that Il
, stakes up $50 pages Of printed matter
7Fd&s statement is signed by Mr.. Victor
GR0sewater, chairman of the former Re
sEpuSNcan national committee; by MIR, J
aH. Devine Of Colorado, chairman of the
Soommittee on credentials of the Repub-
ellcAn national convention, and by Mr..
acharles D. Hllles, chairman Of the
E9resent Republican national committee.
The total number of delegates sum
g9n0ned to the convention under its call
/, -uWas 1,O7S, with $40 necessary to a
1scs1oice. Mr.. Taft had SCI votes on the
nfrSt and only ballot and was declared
sftle nominee. There were instituted
against 23S of the delegates regularly
@elected for Taft contests on behalf of
l5Roosevelt. These contests were avow-
fs.sdiy instigated not for the purpose OF
sreally securing seats in the convention,
s1ot for the purpose of adducing evil
Sdence which would lead any respect.
sable court to entertain the contests. but
Gil0T the purpose of deceiving the public
ssnto the belief that Mr.. Roosevelt had
ziasore votes than he really had, as the
. conventions and primaries were in
eprogress for the selection Of delegates
s-ANis is not only necessary inference
EfTSm the character of the contests, but
IL Was boldly aVowed by the chief edi-
aosr of the newspapers owned by Mr..
Hiunsey, who has been Mr.. Roosevelt's
sr1ief financial and newspaper sup
apsrter. The 238 contests were reduced
Ehy abandonment to seventy-four.
The very fact of these 1874 frivolous
eo0ntests itself reflects upon the genu-
E5neness and validity of the remainder.
-g7l2e seventy-four delegates include six
zsG large from Arizona, four at large
13.Csom Kentucky, four at large from In
diana, six at large from Michigan,
aeigkt at large from Texas and eight at
6Iacge from Washington. and also two
a5istrict delegates each from the Ninth
Alabama, the Fifth Arkansas, the
TEhirteenth Indiana, the Seventh,
Eighth and Eleventh Kentucky, the
ESEird Oklahoma, the Second Tennes-
ssse and from each of nine districts, the
aFirst. Second. Fourth. Fifth. Seventh.
Ninth. Tenth and Fourteenth
at Texas.
CONTESTED DELEGATES AT
LARGE.
i Arizona.
: IN the Arizona convention there were
votes. All the delegates
SIX in numbeT-were to be selected at
large. The counties were entitled to Sc
Ie1 their delegates through their coun-
cy committee or by primary. In one
zoganty, Maricopa, a majority of the
zoammittee decided to select its dele
SsEes and a minority to have a pri-
zn1ary. In other counties there were
sssanse contests. and the sttae commit
7,0ee, following the usage of the national
aosnamittee, gave a hearing to all con.
a4sstants In order to make up the tenn
5 pQCaTy roll. There was a clear major
lSify of the Taft delegates among the
r EuGosutested delegates. The committee
made up the temporary roll and then
Erzere was a bolt, sixty-four remaining
IN fhe hall and twenty-five withdraw
z1Gg therefrom. The case Of the Taft
was so clear that 1t is difficult
zs understand why a contest was made.
Indiana.
Va indiana the four Taft delegates at
Zlzrge were elected in a state conven.
z1Is1n TO which Marion county. In which
s5f5disnapolis is situate. was entitled to
zE2S votes. primary was held In In.
-a6auapolls. at which Taft polled 5000
aaad Roosevelt 1.400 votes. This gave
Esft l06 delegates in the state couven.
rIon from Marion county. and II they
z1Uere properly seated the control of the
by a large majority was
iosaceded to Taft. Attempt was made
re dmpeach the returns from Marion
-Rozaty by charges OF fraud and repeat
Ing. These charges were Of a general
-EnsCacter, without specification except
as 10 one ward out Of 6fteeu wards.
r assd then the impeachlng witness ad
-Ilfcted be could not claim fraud enough
zoa change the result IN that ward The
aIzz10nal committee, upon which there
l1USre fifteen and-Taft men. rejected
1t1se Roosevelt contestants and gave the
sSnadt delegates their seats by a unani.
lIs0us vote Senator Borah and MIR
Frank r Kellogg. both Roosevelt men.
zusde speeches in explaining the votes
asH which they said that the case turned
gvhelly on the Marion county primary.
and as there was no evidence to i'm
peach the result certified. the title Of
sti-e Taft delegates was clear This is
-rile convention whose proceedings
-zlIed forth such loud charges Of theft
and fraud from Mr Roosevelt
kentucky.
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