The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1912-08-08


trict committee was presented. protest
ing against the ratio OF representa-
ton 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, APP
pointed 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
az the representation In the convention.
Both these recommendations were
adopted. and Taft delegates to the ma
tional convention were thereupon elect
ed by a vote of eight to three. The
Roosevelt men thereafter retired to the
south end of the hall. where they or
ganized a meeting at which 1t was
claimed the Roosevelt delegates to the
national convention were elected. The
Republican vote for the district for
1903 was az follows: Dallas county
zoos; Ellis, 594; Hill, 414; Bosque, 266;
Rockwell SO. Both the national com.
mittee and the committee on creden-
tials sustained the Taft delegates.
Seventh District.
The Seventh congressional district OF
Texas is composed OF the following
counties: Anderson. Chambers. Gal
weston. Houston. Liberty, Polk. San ia
cinto and Trinity. Polk. San Jacinto
and Trinity were without proper party
organization. In Texas county chair
men must be elected by the voters in
each party No such election was held
in any of these three counties, In two
OF them Colonel Lyon assumed to APP
point chairmen, which he had no right
to do. Lyon himself had classed these
three counties as unOrganized and with
out party organization.
The convention met in Galveston.
The executive committee met prior TO
the meeting OF the convention to make
up the temporary roll Of delegates. The
executive committee had before It the
question of having the three morgan
lied counties represented in the con
vention. The executive committee re-
fused to recognize them. When this
action was taken by the executive COM
mittee a delegate from Houston county
and the alleged representatives from
the three unOrganiZed counties with
drew from the meeting and proceeded
to organize another convention, and
upon this is based the contest. which
was rejected by both committees. the
national committee and the credentials
committee.
Eighth District.
In the Eighth congressional conven
ton split occurred over the majority
and minority reports Of the executive
committee as to the temporary roll
The Roosevelt followers controlled the
executive committee. but did not have
majority in the convention, which
adopted the minority report and gave
Taft FIVE and one-half votes and Roose-
Welt two and one-half votes. This re-
suited in the election of the Taft dele
gates. who were seated by both the
national committee and the credentials
committee.
Ninth District.
In the Ninth district the district
was called by Mr. Speaker.
a member OF the committee. and not by
the chairman. The chairman refused
to convene the committee because he
claimed that all the delegates from
Texas to the national convention must
be elected In the state convention. that
Colonel Lyon. his superior had thus
directed him. The district committee
was called Seven members attended
the meeting The district convention
was called on May 10. Eleven counties
out of the fifteen responded TO tho call
and took part in the convention. Three
were not represented. and in
one of these there was no election
After this convention had been called
the chairman of the district committee
changed his mind and called a meet
Ing Of the committee for April IL.
This committee called a congressional
convention to be held on May IS. But
there was no publication OF the call.
which had to be thirty days before the
until April p. The Taft
convention seems therefore to have
been duly and regularly convened.
while the Roosevelt convention was
not. The Taft delegates We're seated.
Tenth District.
In the Tenth district the decision
turned largely upon the bad faith with
which two members of the district
voted in the seating of dele
gates and upon the bad faith with
which one of them used the proxy in
trusted to him. The Taft delegates in
this case bolted and left the hall and
in the same building or
another convention which con-
sisted of delegates from six counties.
were regularly held: per-
manent organization effected. the re-
port of the committee on resolutions
adopted and delegates pledged TO Tart
were elected. The uudisputed evidence
indicated that fragrant attempt had
been made to deprive Taft Of this dis
trict, to which he was justly entitled.
The national committee sustained the
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