The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-11
COMMIT TEE TAXES
UP KENTUCKY
q, FluhtIns Days o. RepubIican Ma
tIonal Body Have Now Been
Reached Il
Chicago.
MISSOURI COMES NEXT
x.ntucky Convention AdJourned With.
out Bolt or Protest Vet Roose-
velt Finds Reason for
Contest.

frTnited Press Leased Wire Service.
CHICAGO, June 11.-With the
decks cleared for action following the
sformr sessions in connection with the
indiana contests where victory went
completely to the Taft forces. the ma
lional committee took up today the
contests in Kentucky, another Of the
( direct primary states where Colonel
I Roosevelt alleges that he was robbed.
This hght centered directly ON the re-.
dssricting OF the state by the legis-
]sture. The delegates to the state
convention we're elected under district
lines that had been changed by the
legislature and the Roosevelt forces
also allege that intimidation and fraud
( we're rampant in several Of the con-
gressional districts
The real fighting days In the com
mittee have been reached. So far as
the southern contests were concerned,
the real Roosevelt leaders in the ma
tional committee, Senator Borah,
Bill Ward, Frank F. Kellogg and Cecil
Lyon, were not very much interested
in the outcome But now that the di-
rect primary states are under consii-
GRAFTON and the point at Issue is the
allegations that the voters were not
given an opportunity to have their
wishes recorded properly, the line Of
division has become very marked
The Roosevelt men we're well
\ pleased today They believed theJ
chad wen a decided strateei,a. victory
when the committee. after steam roll
ering them out Of existence in the
thirteenth Indiana contest and refus-
ing to accept what was declared to be
conclusive evidences of fraud. com.
pietely reversed itself and accepted all
nf the offered evidence. They insist.
ed that this established precedent
that would materially aid thlr. when
tae Missouri contests ara reached
late today or tomorrow.
In the attack by the Roosevelt
forces on the Taft delegates at large
rom Kentucky, w 6. Bradley, James
Breathitt. w. D. Cochran and J. E.
Wood, It was alleged that because OF
fraud seven counties were prevented
participation in the convention, and
mat as a result, the result should be
thrown out and the contesting dele
gates at large seated. To this con
lentlon the Taft people said:
j. . ~ j.
me contestants in this case admi,
tnat the state and county conventions
vere duly called in accordance with
,ne directions of the national commit
.ee and by the proper authority, and
.aat the state convention was held al
me time and place, April 10 and II
70 which 1T was called The contest
ants 40 not claim that their names
sere presented at this convention o,
q any subsequent convention. TheiI
sVl'ehtion is that they would have
'oeen elected if the Roosevelt forces
nad been in control of the state con
sentlon The state convention ~
semoled at Louisville. KY, on thi
lenth day of April and remained ir
session until the evening of The
seventh. The committee on credon
uals was named by the different dis
,slct conventions without contests
contests were presented from nine
aen counties, having a total vote 0,
49,
me majority report was signed b,
elesen members of the committee ant
ssated 1861 votes on behalf of Pres
ioent Taft and 11211a votes on behal'
" Roosevelt The report of the ma
,ority was adopted by the convention
y vote Of 1872 to 434. The Roose
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