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

at large The fourth Taft delegates
seat was unronIesied The three con-
testants admitted they were not elect
ed by the convention which sent the
Taft delegates or by any other They
only contended that n the Roosevelt
forces had had majority they would
have been elected There were 2.3oh
delegates summoned 10 the convention
by It's call There were 40 OF these
whose seats were contested. IL all OF
these had been conceded TO Roosevelt
n would have made the Roosevelt vots
2g7 votes less than a majority Tue
appeal to the committee on credentials
from the decision OF the national com'
mittee was abandoned. as II ought 70
have been.
Michigan.
In Michigan the state convention
had in II about 100 delegates. There
were only two counties In dispute OF
contest One was Wayne county. IN
which Detroit Is situated. and the other
was Calhoun county. The evidence
left no doubt that the Taft men car
ried by q very large majority Wayne
county, but It was immaterial wnetner
this was true or not. because. leaving
out both Wayne county and Calhoun
county. the only counties In contest.
the Taft delegates outDumbered 0y
several hundred the Roosevelt dele
gates. and they had q clear majority
out of the total number OF votes tnat
should have been IN the convention
The contest was so weak as to hardy
merit recital.
In Texas there were 249 counties. OF
which four have no county govern
ment. The 245 counties under the can
of the convention were allowed TO nave
something over l.OtW delegates. repre-
sentug them. who were given authOr-
itv 10 cast 2lS votes OF the 2ia cOun'
ties there were ninety nine counties In
which the total Republican, vote was
hut 2.OOO. in fourteen Of which there
were no RenubliraD voters. III twenty
seven ~ which there were less tnan
ten earn and IN none OF whlch was
there any Republican organization ana
In none OF which had y primary "r con
vention been held II was shown mat
Colonel Cecil Lyon. to whom had been
assigned as referee the disposition Ot
the patronage Of the national kepuD-
lIcan administration for ten years I'D
the state. had been In the habit OF con
trolling the Republican state cOnVen-
ton nv securing from two federal OF
ficehOlders In each of these ninety 'nlne
counties a certificate granting proxy
TO Colonel Lyon or friend OF his 10
REPRESENT the county as II regularly
conferred 10y Republican county or
Ranization The national committee
and the committee on credentials ana
the convention after the fullest inVestl
CATION decided that these ninety-nine
counties In which the Republican, vote
was 30 small and in which there was
no Republican party, no convention. no
primary, no organization. was not the
proper source for proxy TO give
vote equal to that to be cast Oy the
other l46 counties In which there was
Republican organization and IN
which primaries or conventions were
held. The two committees therefore
held. such ninety mine proxies to 0e
illegal and not the basis of proper rep
resentation. The two tribunals VINO
heard the case decided that they should
deduct the ninety nine votes from the
total Of 245 and give the representation
TO those who controlled the majority
of the remainder The remainder was
1852 votes. and out Of that the Tart
men had carried eighty counties
having ninety votes. This gave TO the
Taft men a clear majority In the state
convention and with It eight delegates
at large
WASHINGTON.
The contest In Washington turned on
. the question whether the Taft dele
. gates appointed by the county com
mittee in King county, In which Seattle
Is situate. were duly elected to the
convention or whether primary
which was subsequently, held and at
, which Roosevelt delegates were eiect
ed, was properly called. so that It's re
suit was legal Under the law the
county committee had the power to de
eide whether it 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 tn
/. committee consisted Of 25O men, TN
+. majority OF whom were for Taft an'
that majority. acting through Its exec
: utive committee. selected the TAFT dele
gates TO the state convention Mean
time the city council Of Seattle had re
distrirtpd the rily II before had 20
precin,as Now substantially the sam
territory WAS divided up into SSl pre-
a.. 49,