The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-25

There are six contested seats in the
First district. contested by the Roose-
welt people. the Roosevelt people have
fled thirteen contests in Monroe coun
ty. one delegate Is neutral in Morgan
county: one is uninstructed in Decatur
county; one is in doubt in Marion coun
ty: there Is a Taft contest in Madison
county. where Roosevelt received 26
and Taft delegates: one is unpledged
in Montgomery county; and one dele
gate is contested in Elkhart county.
The Roosevelt people will contest 81 Of
the Taft delegates in Marion county.
The figures are disputed by the
Roosevelt people They insist that they
have carried the Third. Fouth. Sixth.
Eighth. Ninth. Eleventh. Twelfth and
Thirteenth for the state convention.
and are insisting that they will be abba
to organize the state convention and to
control the credentials committee. If
they do they will unseat the Marion
county delegation, which they say wac
elected by fraud. They have taken
scores of anidavits from men who say
the primaries were crooked They do
this and unseat the other Taft dele
gates whose seats are contested it will
give them control of the convention.
This. however, is regarded as altogeth-
unlikely. some of the districts
named by them appear to be too far
gone for them to get them back
Unbiased figures prepared on returns
received from independent sources
make 1t appear that Roosevelt has car
ried the Sixth, Eighth. Eleventh
Twelfth and Thirteenth districts, wit
q possible chance in the Ninth. but thai
is all there is In sight for the RoosA
welt people on the face of these returns
That would be only six districts. o,
one short of enough to organize thu
convention and appoint the credential,
committee.
All of the above figures relate entire
" to the state convention and hsy'
nothing to do with the district conven
lions, which will elect district dele
gates to the national convention. Dis
tTict conventions have already beel
held in the First and Seventh districts
and both Of these districts elected TAT
delegates. The Twelfth district did no
elect district convention delegates las
Saturday. The Twelfth district con
vention will not be held until April 2:
and the delegates will be elected abou
the middle of April
All districts, however. except tn
First Seventh and Twelfth elected dis
trict delegates Saturday, as well q
state convention delegates,
The Taft people concede that Rooss
Welt has carried the Eleventh distris
and that he Will get the two distrit
delegates from that district The
say, too that the chances favor Roos.
welt in the Twelfth. But they insi:
that this is all he will get from Indian
on the face of their return set OF
In the table above, the Eleventh is tt
only district that went for Rooseve
beyond question. They say that in II
Sixth, Eighth and Thirteen distric
nero Taft delegates were elected to Il
district conventions than to the sta
convention. and that this Will give Ia
those districts at the district convel
tons The Roosevelt people decla
they will control the Sixth, Eight
Ninth, Eleventh and Twelfth distri
conventions sure. But even this wou
only give them ten delegates out
the thirty.
There is every indication that the
will be two state conventions tomo
row No matter which side contro
the convention, the other side will no
convention of its own.
The Taft candidates for delegates
large are Charles w. Fairbanks Har
s. New James +. Watson. of Rushvi1
and Joseph D. Oliver, of South Bend.