The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-08-29

seat was uncOntested. The three con
testants admitted they were not elect
ed BY the convention which sent tn
Taft delegates or by any other The,
only contended that II the Roosevelt
forces had had majority they woult
have been elected. There were 2,35'
delegates summoned to the conventio,
by Its call. There were 40 of thes,
whose seats were contested. If all O
these had been conceded to Roosevelt
1t would have made the Roosevelt vote
297 votes less than a majority. The
appeal to the committee on credentials
! from the decision of the na0onal com
mittee was abandoned, as it ought tc
have been.
Michigan.
In Michigan the state convention
had in it about 1000 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 a very large majority Wayne
county. but it was immaterial whether
this was true or not. because, leaving
out both Wayne county and Calhoun
county. the only counties in contest.
the Taft delegates outnumbered by
several hundred the Roosevelt dele
gates. and they had clear majority
out of the total number Of votes that
should have been in the convention.
The contest was so weak as to hardly
merit recital
In Texas there were 249 counties. Of
which four have no county govern.
ment. The 245 counties under the call
OF the convention were allowed to have
something over 1000 delegates, repre-
senting them. who were given author.
fty to cast 24S votes. OF the 245 coun.
ties there were ninety-nine counties in
which the total Republican vote was
but 1000. i'm fourteen of which there
were no Republican voters. in twenty.
seven OF which there were less than
ten each and in none of which was
there any Republican organization and
IN none of which had a primary or con.
vention been held 1t was shown that
Colonel Cecil Lyon. to whom had been
assigned as referee the disposition of
the patronage of the national Repub.
l1can administration for ten years in
the state, had been in the habit of con
trolling the Republican state conven-
ton by securing from two federal of.
1ceholders in each Of these ninety.nine
counties certificate granting a proxy
to Colonel Lyon or friend Of his to
represent the county as II regularly
conferred by Republican county or
ganiza ton. The national committee
and the committee on credentials and
the convention after the fullest investi-
CATION decided that these ninety-nine
counties In which the Republican vote
was so small and in which there was
no Republican party. no convention, no
primary. no organization. was not the
proper source for proxy to give a
vote equal to that to be cast by 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-nine proxies to be
illegal and not the basis Of proper rep.
The two tribunals who
heard the case decided that they should
deduct the ninety-nine votes from the
,otal of 245 and give the representation
% those who controlled the majority
II the remainder. The remainder was
[52 votes, and out of that the Taft
men had carried eighty -nine counties,
having ninety votes This gave to the
Taft men a clear majority in the state
and with it eight delegates
It large.
WASHINGTON.
The contest in Washington turned on
he question whether the Taft dele.
,ates appointed by the county com.
nittee in King county. in which Seattle
situate. We're duly elected to the
or whether primary.
which was subsequently held and at
Which Roosevelt delegates We're elect
d. was properly called. so that it's re-
ult was legal. Under the law the
ounty committee had the power to de.
ide whether it would select the dele
ates directly or should call a primary
u some counties of the state one
curse was pursued and in other coun-
les the other. In King county the
consisted Of $50 men, the
majority Of whom were for Taft, and
hat majority, acting through its exec.