The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1912-08-30
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n lng or tho COMMITTEES Tor April Il
This committee cai;cd . conRression,
convention to b held on May Is Blu
B there was no publicst ton Of the call
which had to Be thirty days before tn,
convention. until April 81. The TAT
convention seems therefore to hav,
been duly and regularly convened
B while the Roosevelt convention wat
not The Taft delegates were seated
Tenth District.
In the Tenth district tho decision
turned largely upon the bad faith with
which two members Of the district
committee voted In the seating Of dele.
gates and upon the bad faith with
which one Of them used the proxy in.
trusted to him. The Taft delegates in
this case bolted and left the hall and
Immediately in the same building or
ganized another convention which con.
sisted Of delegates from six counties.
Proceedings were regularly held; q per.
nanent organization effected. the re.
port Of the committee on resolutions
adopted and delegates pledged to Taft
We're elected. The undisputed evidence
Indicated that a Migrant attempt had
been made to deprive Taft Of this dis.
trict, to which he was justly entitled
The national committee sustained the
title of the Taft delegates and alter
mates by practically unanimous vote.
Fourteenth District.
In the Fourteenth district there were
fifteen counties in the district. When
the executive committee met at San
Antonio to make up the temporary roll
there were ten members Of the com
nittee present whose right to act was
undisputed, of whom six were for Taft
and four for Roosevelt There were
four other Roosevelt men present
whose right to vote was disputed and
who were clearly not entitled to repre-
sent their county at that meeting. One
Of them held the proxy Of the commit.
teeman from Kendall county. who was
dead, and the proxies from three other
counties were held, two by postmas.
tiers and one by an assistant postmas
ter, while under the election law OF
Texas no one who holds an Office OF
PROFIT or trust under the United States
shall act a. q member Of an executive
committee either for the state or fol
any district or county. The Temporary
roll was made up BY Taft members,
having q clear majority without per
hitting these men to act under their
Droxiss. There was q contest over the
delegation from Bsxar county, which
contains the city Of San Antonio. Full
eonsideration was Owen to this contest
but the testimony was overwhelming
that TAFT carried the county BY q vote
e four OF I'VE 10 one. On the proper
basis the total vote in the district con-
vsnuon was axty-seven, Of which the
number instructed or voting for TAFT
1as thirU-ssven and ons-half, the
1umber voting or Instructed for Roose.
welt twsnty-eight and one-half, not vot.
ing ona Tho Taft delegation was
therefore seated ut Chicago.
CONCLUSION.
The purpose Of this resume Of the
contests in which there was any shad.
sw Of substance has been to inform
those who have not time or inclination
- read the longer and more detailed
account Of them contained In the larger
pamphlet II 10 not essential to make
M. Taft's title indisputabls that all
men agree on every one Of the issues
raised They were decided by the tri.
bunals which uniform party usage bad
made the proper tribunals to decide
such contestA II those tribunals acted
IN good faith mistaken judgment would
not invalidate their decisions. As
matter Of fact. an examination of the
facts show that the tribunals were
right In every instance. There is not
the slightest evidence that they were
moved BY other than q mere desire to
reach right conclusion. On the other
hand. the action Of the Roosevelt men
In bringing 16O contests that they
promptly abandoned strongly tended
to show the lack Of good faith in the
prosecution. Of all Of them. Those who
support President Taft can we'll afford
% stand on the record in this case and
20 asseverate without fear Of success.
ful contradiction that the delegates
whose seats were contested were Al
1adrly seated in this convention % In
my in the history Of the party.
Flying Men Fall
victims to stomach, liver and kidney
troubles just like other people, with
like results in loss of appetite, back.
ache, nervousness, headache and tired,
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