Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-08-01

vote carried. The roosevelt men thus
prevented roll call aud then bOlted-
KENTUCKY.
Seventh District.
In the Seventh Kentucky district the
total vote Of the convention was 70
There were contests from four coun-
ties. Involving nlnety-nve votes. Ac-
cording to the rules Of the party In
Kentucky. where two seats Of creden-
tiais are presented those Delegates
whose credentials are approved by the
county chairman are entitled TO par
ticipate In the temporary organization.
On the temporary roll the Taft chair
man was elected by nInety-eight votes
and forty-seven votes were cast for the
Roosevelt candidate. The committee
on credentials was then appointed. con-
sistlng Of one member named by each
cOunty delegation. The majority re-
mort OF the committee was adopted
unanimously by the convention. no del
ignition whose seats were contested
being permitted TO vote on It's own
case AS soon as the majority report
of the credentials committee had been
adopted. the Roosevelt adherents holt
ed There was not the slightest reason
for sustaining the contest for Roosevelt
delegates.
Eighth District.
The Eighth Kentucky district was
composed Of ten counties having 1913
votes. Of which eighty-two were neces-
sary to a choice. There was no con.
test In ave Of the counties. and al
though the Roosevelt men claimed that
there was one In Spencer county no
contest was presented against the
seating Of the regularly elected Tart
delegates from that county This gave
the Taft delegates eighty-four votes. or
two more than were necessary for
choice. In other words. assuming that
the Roosevelt men were entitled to all
the delegates from the counties In
which they 6led contests In the dis
trict convention there remained a clear
majority OF uncontested delegates who
voted for the Taft delegates to Chi
cagO.
OKLAHOMA.
Third District.
In the Third Oklahoma district fhe
question of the validity of the seats of
the delegates turned on the constitu-
ton of the congressional committee.
which was made up Of twelve Tart
men and seven Roosevelt men. The
chairman. Cochran, was a Roosevelt
man and attempted to prevent the ma
iority Of the committee from taking
action. The chairman was removed
and another substituted. and thereupon
the convention was duly called to order
on the temporary roll prepared by the
congressional committee, which was
made the permanent roll. and the two
Taft delegates to Chicago were duly
selected. Every county In the district
had its representation and vote In the
regular convention. and no person
properly accredited as delegate was
excluded or debarred from participate
ing lin lts proceedings. Cochran anG
{ his followers bolted after his depost
ZION. Assuming that all the COMMITTEES
who went out with him had the right
to act on the committee. 1t left the
committee standing twelve for Tar
and seven for Roosevelt. so It was sim
ply a question whether majority OF
the committee had the right to cOntro
its action or a minority The boiling
convention which Cochran held was
not attended by a. majority Of the duly
elected delegates to the convention. u
did not have the credentials from TN
various counties. and Its membership
was largely made up Of bystanderi
who had not been duly accredited by
any county in the district. Its actor
was entirely without authority.
TENNESSEE.
Second District.
In the Second Tennessee distrlc
there were fifty -nine delegates uncon
tested out Of possible total OF lOo y
the convention. There were forty MINI
contested. The Roosevelt contestant
in the forty nine refused to abide TN
decision of the committee on creden
tails and withdrew. leaving tifty-nln
uncontested delegates. These nrty
nine delegates. part Of whom wer
Roosevelt men. remained in the con
vention. appointed the proper commit
tees. settled contests and proceeded Z
select Taft delegates There can o
no question about the validity there
fore OF their title
TEXAS.
First District.
The only remaining districts are 10
nine districts from Texas. or these To
First district was composed of eleVe
counties, each county having one vot'