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

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without diyisIan asked for. held them
properly elected.
Fourth District.
The Fourth Texas district consists
OF dve counties, each having one vote
10 the district convention under the
call. One county. Rains. chose an uncon-
tested delega ton. and that one was Tor
Taft The other four counties sent
contesting delega ions. The contest
ing delegations appeared before the
congressional executive committee to
present their claims. but the commit
tee arbitrarily refused TO hear any
body. Having exhausted every EFFORT
TO secure hearing. the four contest
ing delegations. together with the only
uncontesfed delegation Of the conven-
ton. withdrew to another place ana
held a convention and elected Tat
delegates to the Chicago convention.
The congressional convention which
elected the Taft delegates was COM
posed OF more than majority. and.
indeed. or practically all the regularly
elected delegates The national COM
mlttee held the title of the Taft dele
gates to their seats valid by viva voce
vote without calling for a division.
Fifth District.
The Fifth district Of Texas IL com.
posed of Dallas. Ellis. Hill, Bosque
and Rockwell counties. Dallas county
cast more Republican votes than all
the other counties Of the district put
together. The call for the congress
sionaI convention allowed each county
TO send not to exceed four delegates.
! but made no reference to the basis OF
representation of the respective coun-
ties composing the district. There
was a contest from Dallas county. Dur
the Taft delegates were seated. Tart
delegates were seated on the temporary
roll from two counties. and Roosevelt
delegates from the three counties, and
the representa- ton in the convention
was fixed at one vote for each county
without regard to the number OF dele
gates In the convention or the num-
Der of Republican votes cast In sucn
county. A minority report of the dis
trict committee was presented. protest.
ing against the ratio of representa-
tion adopted. The chairman of the
convention objected to the presenta'
ton of this minority report Failing
In this he abandoned the platform and
left the hall
The convention thereupon elected
new chairman and new secretary. ap'
pointed a committee on credentials
which recommended the seating OF the
Taft delegates from Hill county and
the adoption Of the minority report OF
the district committee as to the basis
of the representation In the convention
Both these recommendations were
adopted. and Taft delegates to the ma
tionaf convention were thereupon elect
ed by a vote of eight to three. The
Roosevelt men thereafter retired to tnt
south end of the hall. where they or
Ranized meeting at which 1t was
claimed the Roosevelt delegates to TIM
national convention were elected INT
Republican vote for the district fol
1908 was as follows: Dallas county
2.O6S: Ellis. 594: Hill. Ala: Bosque. 266
RockwalI. 38. Both the national com
mittee and the committee on creden
tails sustained the Taft delegates.
Seventh District.
TIE Seventh congressional district o
Texas is composed of the following
counties: Anderson. Chambers. Gal
weston. Houston. Liberty. Polk. San ia
cinto and Trinity. Polk. San Jacint'
and Trinity were without proper part!
organization. In Texas county chair
men must be elected by the voters II
each PARTY No such election was he'll
in any of these three counties In tw
of them Colonel Lyon assumed to az
point chairmen. which he had no rign
to do. Lyon himself had classed thes
three counties as nnorganized and with
out party organization.
The convention met in Galveston
! The executive committee met prior I
the meeting Of the convention to max
. up the temporary roll of delegates. Tn
executive committee nad DeIoTe II I'll
question of having the three unorgar
lied counties represented in the cor
vention The executive committee RI
fused to recognize them. When thi
action was taken by the executive con
mittee a delegate from Houston COUNT
and the alleged representatives froI
the three unorganized counties witt
drew from the meeting and proceede
to organize another convention. an
, upou this is based the contest. whic
, was rejected by both committees, tn
national committee and the credeDtlal
committee.
? Eighth District.
In the Eighth congressional CONVEX
; don a split occurred over the majorit
and minority reports Of the executE