The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-08-06
tAUIS RELATING III UUNItSIS
Over SEATS IN REPUBLICAN
3h NATIONAL CONVENTION


precincts Now substantially the same
territory WIS divided up into 3Sl pre-
cincis The chairman OF the county
committee was Roosevelt man He
had been given authority by general
resolution to oil vacancies occurring In
the committee A general meeting OF
the committee had been held after the
city council had directed the redistrict
ing of the city. In which II was re-
solved. the chairman not dissenting,
! that representatives could not be Sc
lwted to oil the 33l new precincts IN.
! III an election was held 10 September.
1912 Thereafter and In spite of this
conclusion the chairman assumed the
right by his appointment to add to the
existing committee 1871 precinct com.
mitteemen, and with these voting In
.the committee II is claimed that a pri.
mary was ordered There was so much
confusion in the meeting that this Is
doubtful However, the fact Is that
the Taft men protested against any
action by committee so constituted
on the ground that the chairman had
no authority to appoint the 1871 new
committeeman. They refused TO take
part in the primary, and so did the La
Toilette men The newspapers report.
/ ed the number of votes IN the primary
to be something over 5000 The Roose
welt committee showed by affidavit the
number to be 5000 out of u usual total
Republican vote of 1900 rhe action
Of the chairman Of the committee In
attempting to add i31 precinct men ID
the old committee was. of course. be-
yond his power. The resolution au.
thorizing him to oil vacancies, OF
course. applied only to those places
which became vacant after they had
been filed and clearly did not apply Ia
1871 new precincts. II could not In the
nature Of things apply to n change
from the old system to complete new
system Of precincts created by the city
council. because II they were to be
filled the entire number Of 331 new
precincts different from the old must
be dIled. One system could not be
made into the other by mere add
tional appointment Of 131 committee
men No lawyer will say that such
action by the committee thus cousti
tuted was legal Therefore the action
which the lawful committee OF $50 took
majority in the state convention was
the only one which could be recognized
as valid
/ CONTESTED DISTRICT DELE
GATES.
ALABAMA.
Ninth District.
! The Ninth Alabama contest turned
on the question whether the chairman
OF district committee had power to
ill vacancies, whether committee
man who had sent his resignation to
take effect only In case he was moi
present, being present, should be pre-
vented from acting as committeeman
and. third. on the Identity Of another
committeeman. The written resolu
ton under which the right of the
chairman to appoint to vacancies was
claimed showed on its face that the
specific authority was written In In
different writing and different colored
pencil between the lines. A number OF
ahldavits were fled by committeeman
who were present when the resolution
was passed to show that the resolu
tion contained no such authority. This
gave rise to question Of fact upor
which a very large majority OF bott
| ~ m ttaa and tho pOm
, mittee on credentials held that thu
lead pencil insertion was a forgery
, that the chairman did not have the au
thority therefore to appoint to thu
vacancies. and therefore the action o
, his committee was not valid Thu
made II necessary to reject the contest
ants The committee decided the TIVE
3 favor OF the Taft contention. although
; the first decision was conclusive.
ARKANSAS.
Fifth District.
In the Fifth Arkansas the question
was one o! the Identity of one factor
or the other ms the Republican party
D This convention followed the exampl
OF the convention OF 1908 In holding
that what was known as the Reddin
faction was not the Republican party
that II was a defunct organization an,
had only acquired life NJ the end o
each four years for the purpose o
using 1, In the nnti"HHl convention
The contestants wee t'.r"pfore reject
ed II was shown 'hHt the other o
Taft had been II - ''"" rNi'trnre a
the Republican, r't' nnm'nate,
y a local ticket mn 'r'.: r"H ;rnss
man.
cAL,eCe ~
Fou-,r 49,.
The Fourth t'ir' ''.' ''"' thi
question: Under 80. -'a " 90 ne drl'
cation, two from a"' "'"l'' wn
, elected on geu''r 90 n gr"u
Of twenty.sis Each i""Gate Nigh