The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-06-12

taken II of the district by the re-
districting. and only six of the original
counties We're left. He declared I3oose-
Welt had carried the new tenth dis.
trict, while the Taft forces elected
THEN delegates from the old tenth
district.
r. c. Stoll again defended the Taft
delegates right to seats ON the ground
that the convention had been properly
held under republican state conven-
tons call.
Every Kentucky district had its pro.
per representation in one of the dis
trict conventions under the Old plan,
ne declared.
This is a Very convenient plan for
people who are licked" said Mr.. Stoll.
If we had gone ahead and had orr
conventions in the new district, Judge
ORear would have been here declar-
ing they would nave been held in the
old districts. This is merely a con-
Senient means for a contest"
The @ on this district was unani-
mouslE in favor Of the Taft delegates
to o.
Mr.. Henev. who voted against this
contest. again explaining his vote, said
he believed the Republican state COM
mlttee had the right to call conven-
tions in the old districts.
The eleventh district. the last of the
Kentucky contests was next called up
In The eleventh Kentucky district.
the Taft delegates appeared as the
contestants. L. P. Morrow declared
the Taft forces had fourteen majority
OF the uncontest"d delegates. while
there were 1.3 contested delegates.
The Roosevelt force elected a tenn
porary chairman with the aid of con-
tested delegates. he said. and then
broke the established party law by
havlng the chairman appoint a Gre
dentials committee of five instead of
letting the convention select a COM
mittee of II from each of the nine.
teen counties.
Mr.. Morrow declared the Roosevelt
forces had seized the credentials COM
r,ittee, because a fair hearing OF the
contest cases would have given the
Taft forces control of the convention.
In Clay county, he said. the Taft
men had control. but "a man named
white. who had some reputation as a
killer called a democrat out of the
crowd to preside m forced them to
nominate Roosevelt men.
He made other charges Of illegal
action on the part of the Roosevelt
forces in h different counties. The
district convention when it met. split.
He asserted that the Roosevelt con-
vention had been illegal.
Judge O'Rear declared the Roose-
Welt delegates in the eleventh district
were regular" and that the Taft men
had bolted. He said the party law
Which the Roosevelt convention was
alleged to have broken in naming a
credentials committee of five. had been
similarly broken by the Taft conven-
ton.
Judge O'Rear denied charges that
the county conventions had been lille
gally controlled for Roosevelt. He
said he had no Information regarding
Owsley county. however. except the
credentials presented by the Roose-
welt men at the district convention.
Senator Borah declared his belief
that any party laws in Kentucky
could have been changed by the con-
vention when it met. The district
convention, he declared. had the power
to decide how ii should act.
IA state convention. as soon as it
adjourned is as dead as a door nail,
Senator Borah declared. 1T cannot
make any law. party or otherwise. that
has to be observed. 1t is purely a
political precedent"
a motion to seat one Taft delegate