Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-08-09

county committee had the power - de
eide whether IL would select the dele
gates directly or should call primary
In some counties of the state one
course was pursued and in other cOun-
ties the other In King county the
committee consisted Of 800 men, the
majority OF whom were for Taft, and
that majority, acting through Its exec
utiye committee, selected the Taft dele
gates to the state convention. Mean
time the city council Of Seattle had re.
distrlcted the city. II before had $50
precincts. Now substantially the same
territory was divided up into SSl pre-
cncts. The chairman OF the county
committee was a Roosevelt man. He
had been given authority by general
resolution TO I'll vacancies occurring In
the committee. A general meeting OF
the committee had been held after the
city council had directed the redistrict
ing OF the city, In which 1t was re
solved, the chairman not dissenting,
that representatives could not be Sc
lected to fl the 33l new precincts un'
Ill an election was held In September
1912. Thereafter and In spite OF this
conclusion the chairman assumed the
right by his appointment TO add to the
existing committee 13l precinct com
mitteemen, and with these voting IN
the committee 1t Is claimed that pri
mary was ordered. There was so much
confusion IN the meeting that this Is
doubtful. However, the fact Is that
the Taft men protested against any
action by committee so constituted
on the ground that the chairman had
no authority to appoint the l3l new
committeeman. They refused to take
part in the primary, and so did the III
Toilette men. The newspapers report
od the number of votes in the primar.
to be something over 5000. The Roosc
qelt committee showed by affidavit H.
number to be 5000 out of usual tGI'
Republican vote of 10000 Tb0 ar'i
{ the chairman Of the comm
attempting to ada 13l precinct men to
the old committee was Of course, be-
yond his power The resolution au-
thorlzing him 10 -. ,"-ancleS, OF
course. applied Only 10 those places
which became vacant after they had
been filed aud clearly did not apply to
13l new precincts. 1t could not in the
nature Of things apply to a change
from the old system to complete new
system of precincts created by the city
council, because II they were to be
filed the entire number Of 331 new
precincts different from the old must
be filed. One system could not be
made into the other by a mere addi-
tlonal appointment Of 131 committee
men. No lawyer will say that such
action by the committee thus consti-
tuted was legal Therefore the action
which the lawful committee Of $50 took
In electng Taft delegates who made
majority in the state convention was
the only one which could be recognized
as valid
CONTESTED DISTRICT DELE.
GATES.
ALABAMA.
Ninth District.
The Ninth Alabama contest turned
IN the question whether the chairman
Of district committee had. power to
IN vacancies, whether committee
man who had sent his resignation to
take effect only in case he was not
present, being present, should be pre-
vented from acting as committeeman,
and third, on the identity Of another
committeeman. The written resolu-
ton under which the right. OF the
chairman to appoint to vacancies was
claimed showed on its face that the
specific authority was written In in
different writing and different coored
pencil between the lines. A number or
atiidavits were fled by committeeman
VINO were present when the resolution
was passed to show that the resolu'
lion contained no such authority. This
gave rise to a question Of fact upon
which a very large majority Of both
tas national committee and the com
mit.ee on credentials held that the
cad pencil insertion was forgery