Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-06-15
TAFT GAINS
MORE DELEGATES
Roosevelt Fake Contests
Rapidly Disposed of
by Committee
CECIL LYONS GETS LESSON
Methods of Roosevelt Boss in
Texas Are RuthlessIy
Exposed.

seats in the Republican national con-
vention claimed by an equal number
OF Roosevelt supporters, the Republi-
can national committee in its first ses-
sion today increased to 191 the total
of contests decided to date in favor of
the President. Two votes were put in
the Roosevelt column. increasing his
total from contests to 10. The sum-
mary follows:
Total contests at outset 254.
Decided to date 206.
Taft delegates seated 1911.
Roosevelt delegates seated -.
Contests yet TO be decided IS.
The national committee first took
up the contest involving the eight dele,
gates at large from Texas, for the
Taft delegates as opposed to the
Roosevelt eight headed by National
Committeeman Cecil A. Lyon. The
vote seating the contestants was viva
voce and substitute motion declaring
the Roosevelt delegates entitled to
seats, was voted down in the same
manner.
Eighteen members-two less than
the required number-jOined in a de-
mand for a roll call.
Taft Still Gaining.
The first, second, fourth, fifth and
seventh districts of Texas also decid-
ed in favor of the Taft forces, the
Roosevelt delegates appearing as con-
testants. The votes on them were
unanimous.
The third district was given to
Roosevelt by unanimous vote. The
fourth districts delegates were given
tC Taft.
All Decisions Today.
When the Republican national COM
mittee met today it was with the eX-
pectation that the final decisions in
the contest for delegates to the nation
al convention would be rendered be-
fore night. The seats of 6S delegates
are still in dispute and include the fol
lowing: Texas 80; Virginia 20; Wash
ingt0n II; District OF Columbia q
North Carolina 2.
The session of the committee was
brought to a close earlier than usual
yesterday on account OF the desire of
the contest attorneys Of both Taft and
Roosevelt for more time in which to
prepare their argument.
An agreement was made to consoli-
date the contests in Virginia, and
Washington and in this way commit
teemen believe the hearing can be
brought to a close today.
Texas.
The issues in the three big cases
today are clear cut as between adher-
ents of the President and Colonel
Roosevelt. In the Texas contests Ce-
ell Lyon, national committeeman of
that state claims regularity" for his
Roosevelt organization but no more
strongly than does H. F. McGregor,
leader of the Taft organization in the
Lone Stare state The latter claims
that the Lyon men proceeded irregu-
larly in their election of district dele.
gates to tie state conventions and
also in the county delegates to some
Of the district conventions.
Virginia.
In Virginia. the issue as raised by
Roosevelt contestants is that the Taft
delegates were elected in halls where
negroes were not allowed and that
many Republican local leaders were
thus virtually disfranchised.
Washington.
Washington's question is whether
the Taft people so manipulated the
state committee as to obtain control
of the convention which sent the dele
gatesat-large to Chicago: similar
questions are involved in the district
contests from the Puget Sound state
and it is probable that they will be
consolidated with the delegates-at-
large.
Cecil Lyons Gets His Pedigree.
Chicago, ILL.,, June 15.-Over the dra-
matte protests of Cecil Lyon, national
committeeman and Roosevelt leader,
the national committee today voted
the eight Texas delegates-at-larg into
the Taft column. The vote followed
lively debate, in which Taft represen-
tatives from the Lone Star state ac-
cused Lyon of bossing Texas Republi
cans through methods that recalled
the rotten borough system of Eng
land, and in which Lyon accused
members of the contesting Taft dele
cation of having run for office on DEM
ocratic tickets and of having bolted
! the Republican ticket.
A motion to seat the Roosevelt del
egates-at-large was defeated, demands
! for roll call being refused.
Di-order in Lobby.
The Texas decision was followed by
I a scene of disorder outside the COM
| mittee room, where the wild cheering
of several hundred Taft adherents
mingled with hooting and groans by
the Roosevelt supporters.
The contest of the Texas delegates
at-large was the first called. Colonel
Lyon said he believed technically
there was no contest against te Roos-
evelt delegates-ataarge He said he
was of the belief that no printed brief
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