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form "a 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 an uncon-
tested delegation. and that one was for
| Tart The other four counties sent
contesting delegations The contest
Ing delegations appeared before the
congressional executive committee 10
present their claims. but the commit
tee arbitrarily refcsSS TO hear any
body. Having eItssg.....sI every effort
10 secure II hearing 70 four contest.
Ing delegations. tosS: 81 with the only
ancontesied delegates, " The convel
Hon. withdrew IL aae jaer place a,,i
held a convention Az elected ruft
Delegates 10 the t'ir:~2o convention
The congressional convention which
elected tir raft delegates was cp,n
posed " more than n miorIty md
elected delegates The NATIONAL coal
mtler acid the title .; IA. rat, d..,.
gates 10 their seats valid b, VIVA tocc
vote without calling for a ,!visi1l
FIT, District
The Fifth district ~ IpNas is cora
posed al Dallas. Enis. lIin Rnse,r
aud i;orkwaIl counties Dallas cruaty
east more Rrpc bli,al votes than ~!
the other counties of The iis,r. ,mt
together Tie can for the uHgras
sonal convention allowed each county
to send NOT 10 exceed four Delegates
but made no reference to the ha,, Of
Representatives OF the respective conn
ties COMPOSING the district Thee
was eon'eSt from Dallas county. but
the TAFT delegates were seated TAN
delegates We're seated on the temporary
roll from tive counties. and Roosevelt
delegates from the three counties and
the representation in the convention
was fixed III one vote for each county
without regard 10 the hunter OF dele
gates IN the convention Or the npLi
Der OF Republican votes east IN su Il
county. A minority report II lie a.,
uict committee was presented Irn,t.>t
Ing against the ratio OF repreSpliG.
ton adopted The chairman az ihp
convention objected to The pres,n,a
ton Of this minority report Failina
In this he abandoned the pix. tfol.in anh
left the hall
The convention thereupon elected a
new chairman ard new secretary an
pointed a COMMITTEES on credentials.
which recommended the seating of tie
Taft delegates from Hill county aud
the adoption ~ the minority report ~
the district committee as to the basis
Of the representation In TIE convention
Both these recommendations we-3
adopted and Taft delegates 70 the na-
tionai convention were thereupon elect
ed by vote Of eight to three The
Roosevelt men therea fter retired 70 The
south end of the hail. where they or
gained meeting az which II waS
claimed the Roosevelt delegates 10 the
national convention We're eie ted The
Republican vote for the district for
1903 was rs follows Dallas county
2,06S; Ellis, a9l; Hill, 4l4. Rosoup. aGii
Rockwall. 81 Both the national cam
nittee and the con,clttee on creLpn.
tials sustained the Taft delegates
Seventh District.
The Seventh congressional district az
Texas is composed OF the following
counties. Anderson. Chamters. Gal.
weston, Houston. Liberty. Polk. San ia
Unto ana Trinity Polk San Jacinto
and Trnit, We're without proper party
Organization Ia Texas county chair.
men must be elected by the voters In
each party No such election was held
~ amy Of these three counties In two
~ them Colonel Lyon assumed 10 ap.
point chairnen, which lie had no right
"a do Lyon himself had claSsed these
three counties as unoreaniZed and with
aut parry organization
The convention met in Galveston
The executive committee met prior to
the meeting Of the convention TO make
lp the Temporary roll OF delegates The
executive committee had before IL the
question of having the three unorgan
lied counties represented In the con
vention The executive committee re-
fused 10 recognize them When this
action was taken 10y the executive com
mittee a delegate from Houston county
and the alleged representatives from
the rhree tnereaniZ counties with.
drew from the meeting aud pros eeded
10 organize ano.he convention. and
upon this Is based the contest. which
was rejected by both committees. the
national committee and the credentials
committee
Eighth District
In the Eighth congressional conven
ton split occurred over the ma iority
and minority reports of the executive
committee as Ia the temporary ron
The Roosevelt followers controlled tile
executive committee. but did not have