The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-08-06

tion recognized the party law and held
Il to be more binding than that OF the
state law and allowed the two dele
gates who had received in the Fourth
| district q vote larger than their two
opponents assigned to that district, to
Secome delegates In the convention
rhis was clearly lawful, for state has
| no power to limit or control the basis
IF representation of a voluntary ma
tional party in a national convention.
The fact that President Taft by teie
gram approved all the twenty-six dele
gates as representing him is said to be
an estoppel against his claiming the
election of two of those delegates In
their Fourth district What Is there
Inconsistent in his approving the can
didacy of all his delegates and the
election of two Of them? Why should
he be thus estopped to claim that part
Of the law was imperative because in
conflict with the call of the convention?
INDIANA.
Thirteenth District.
In the Thirteenth Indiana there was
no question about the victory Of the
Taft men, because the temporary chair
man representing the Taft side was
| conceded to have been elected by one
half a vote more than the Roosevelt
candidate. This one-half vote extended
| through the riotous proceedings, and
although it was not as wide as q barn
door it was enough. The chairman put
the question as to eleeting the Taft
delegates, and after continuous objee-
hon lasting three hours declared the
vote carried. The Roosevelt men thus
prevented a roll call and then bolte@
KENTUCKY.
Seventh District.
In the Seventh Kentucky district the
total vote of the convention was l46.
There were contests from four couH-
ties, Involving ninety-fve votes. Ac-
cording to the rules Of the party in
| Kentucky, where two seats Of credsn-
tials are presented those delegates
whose credentials are approved by the
county chairman are entitled to par
ticipate 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-
sisting of one member named by each
county delegation. The majority re-
port Of the committee was adopted
unanimously by the. convention, no del
egation 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 adhsfsRts bolt
ed. There was not the slightest reason
for sustaining the contest fer Roosevelt
delegates.
Eighth District.
The Eighth Kentucky district was
composed of ten counties having 163
votes, of which eighty-two were neces-
sary to a choice. There was no con
test in five of the counties, ana 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 fer
choice. In other words, assuming that
the Roosevelt men were entitled to all
the delegates from the counties In
which they nled contests in the dis
trict convention there remained, a clear
majority Of uncOntested delegates who
voted for the Taft delegates to Chi
cago.
OKLAHOMA.
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 q Roosevelt
man and attempted to prevent the ma
jority Of the committee from taking
action. The chairman was removed
and another substituted, and thereupon
the convention was duly called'te order
on the temporary roll prepared by the
congressional committee, which was
made the permanent roll, and the two
Taft delegates to Chicago were 1uly
selected. Every county In the district
had its representation and vote in the
regular convention, and no person
properly accredited as q delegate. was
excluded or debarred from participat-
ing in its proceedings. Cochran and
his followers bolted after his asposi-
ton. Assuming that all the committee
who went out with him had the right
to act on the COMMITTEES, It left the
committee standing twelve for Taft
and seven for Roosevelt, 50 It was sim
ply a question whether a majority Of
the committee had the right to control
its action or a 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 bystandars
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 nifty nine delegates uncon-
tested out Of possible total Of los In
the convention. There were forty nine
contested. The Roosevelt contestants
In the forty nine refused to abide the
decision of the committee on creden-
tials and withdrew, leaving nfty-nine
uncontested delegates. These fifty-
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 enc vote,
except Cass county, which had two
The executive committee, composed Of
one representative from each county,
made up the temporary roll, and In the
contests fled from two counties seat
ed both delegates with one-haif vote
each. The convention elected the two
Taft delegates, giving them ten and
one-quarter votes. Each county was
represented In this vote A minority
representing one and three-Qu arters