The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-09-05

vote carried. The Roosevelt men thus
prevented roll call and then bolted.
KENTUCKY.
Seventh District.
| In the Seventh Kentucky district the
total vote of the convention was 145:
There were contests from four coun.
ties. involving ninety-f1ve votes. Ac-
cording to the rules Of the party in
Kentucky, where two seats of creden-
tials are presented those delegates
whose credentials are approved by the
county chairman are entitled to par.
tic1pate in the temporary organization.
On the temporary roll the Taft chair.
man was elected by ninety-eight votes
and forty-seven votes were cast for the
Roosevelt candidate. The committee
on credentials was then appointed. con-
sistfng Of one member named by each
county delegation. The majority re-
port of the committee was adopted
unanimously by the convention, no del
egatlon whose seats were contested
being permitted to vote on its own
case. AS soon as the majority report
OF the credentials committee had been
adopted, the Roosevelt adherents bolt
ed. There was not the slightest reason
for sustaining the contest for Roosevelt
delegates.
Eighth District.
The Eighth Kentucky district was
composed Of ten counties having 1863
votes, Of which eighty-two were neces
sary to a choice. There was no CON
test In five of the counties. and al
though the Roosevelt men claimed that
there was one in Spencer county no
contest was presented against the
seating Of the regularly elected Taft
delegates from that county. This gave
the Taft delegates eighty-four votes. or
two more than were necessary for q
choice. In other words, assuming that
the Roosevelt men were entitled to all
the delegates from the counties in
which they fled contests in the dis.
trict convention there remained clear
majority of uncontested delegates who
voted for the Taft delegates to Chi
cago.
OKLAHOMA. A..
Third District.
In the Third Oklahoma district the
question Of the validity of the seats of
the delegates turned on the constitu.
ton Of the congressional committee,
which was made up Of twelve Taft
men and seven Roosevelt men. The
chairman, Cochran, was a Roosevelt
man and attempted to prevent the ma
tortty Of the committee from taking
action. The chairman was removed
and another substituted, and thereupon
the convention was duly called to order
on the temporary roll prepared by the
congressional committee. which was
made the permanent roll, and the two
Taft delegates to Chicago were duly
| selected. Every county in the district
had its representation and vote in the
| regular convention, and no person
properly accredited as a delegate was
excluded or debarred from participant
ing in its proceedings. Cochran and
his followers bolted after his deposi.
| ton. Assuming that all the committee
who went out with him had the right
to act on the committee, it left the
committee standing twelve for Taft
and seven for Roosevelt, so it was sim.
ply question whether majority Of
the committee had the right to control
its action or minority. The boiling
convention which Cochran held was
not attended by majority Of the duly
elected delegates to the convention. 1t
did not have the credentials from the
various counties. and its membership
was largely made up Of bystanders
who had not been duly accredited by
any county in the district. Its action
was entirely without authority.
TENNESSEE.
Second District.
In the Second Tennessee district
there were dfty-nine delegates uncon.
tested out Of a possible total Of 1903 In
the convention. There were f0rty-nine
contested. The Roosevelt contestants
in the forty-nine refused to abide the
decision Of the committee on creden-
tials and withdrew, leaving fifty-nine
uncontested delegates. These ffty.
nine delegates. part Of whom were
Roosevelt men, remained in the con.
vention, appointed the proper commit
tees, settled contests and proceeded to
select Taft delegates. There can be
no question about the validity there
fore Of their title.
| TEXAS.
| First District.
The only remaining districts are the
nine districts from Texas OF these the
First district was composed of eleven
counties, each county having one vote.
except Cass county, which had two.