The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-08-01

I "aS pIeSeuteu protesting against the
ratio o I representation adontsa
The chairman Of the convention Oh
i iected to the presentation of M,
minority report. Failing in this n
abandoned the platform and left n,
hall.
The convention thereupon elected
a new chairman and new secretary
appointed a committee on eredeD'
tials. which recommended the seat
ing OF the TAFT delegates from Hin
county and the adoption of the mi
Fnorlty report Of the district commit.
tee as to the basis OF the Representa-.
ton in the convention. Both these
recommendations were adopted. and
Taft delegates to the national con.
ton were thereupon elected by yots
of eight to three. The Roosevelt
men thereafter retired to the south
end OF the hail where they organized
a meeting at which 1t was claimed
the Roosevelt delegates TO the ma.
tional convention were elected. Ths
Republican Ynte for the district for
1908 was as follows: Dallas coun.
ty zoos. Ellis 5s4, Hill 414. Dos.
que $685., Rockwell SO. Both thu
national committee and the commit.
tee on credentials sustained the TAFT
delegates.
Seventh District.
The Seventh congressional district
of Texas Is composed of the follow.
ing counties: Anderson. Cham.
beers, Galveston, Houston, Liberty,
Polk, San Jacinto and Trinity.
Polk San Jacinto and Trinity we're
without proper party organization.
4 In Texas. county, chairmen must
be elected by the voters in each
party. No such an election was
held in any OF these three counties,
In two Of them Colonel Lyon as.
sumed to appoint chairmen, which
he had no right to do. Lyon himself
had classed these three counties as
unorganlzed and without party or
ganlzation.
The convention met in Galveston.
The executive committee met prior
to the meeting OF the convention TO
make up the temporary roll of dele.
gates. The executive committee had
before it the question of having the
! three unorganized counties repre-
sented in the convention. The eI-
ecutive committee refused to recog.
nize them. When this action was
taken by the executive committee,
delegate from Houston county and
the alleged representation from the
three unorganized counties with.
drew from the meeting and. pro-
ceeded to organize another conVen.
tion, and upon this is based the con.
test. which was rejected by both
committees. the national committee
and the credentials committee.
.lase j Eighth District.
4 In. the Eighth Congressional con-
ventlon. split ocured over the ma
5ority and minority reports of the ex-
ecutive committe as to the temporary
roll. The Roosevelt followers con-
trolled the executive committee. but
did not have majority In the con.
vention which adopted the minority
report and gave Taft five and one
half votes and Roosevelt two and one
half votes. This resulted in the cleo
ton Or the Taft delegates, who were
seated by both the national commit
tee and the credentials committee
! Ninth District
In the ninth district, the district
committee was called by Mr.. Speaker
member of the committee, and not
by the chairman. The chairman re-
fused to convene the committee be-
cause he claimed that all the dele
gates from Texas to the national
convention must be elected in the
state convention, that Colonel Lyon
his superior and thus directed him
The district committee was called.
Seven members attended the meeting /.
The district convention was called
on the 18th of May. Eleven counties
out of fifteen responded to the call
and took part in the convention
Three counties were not represented
and in one of these was no decision.
After this convention had been called
the chairman of the district commit
tee changed his mind and called
meeting of the committee for April
IA meeting of the committee for April
H. This committee called Con
gressional convention to be held on
the 18th of May. But there was no
publicati0n of the call. which had 10