The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-08-14

CIR PRESS.
vote carried. The Roosevelt men thus
prevented a roll call and then bolted.
KENTUCKY.
Seventh District.
In the Seventh Kentucky district the
total vote Of the convention was 1i5
There were contests from four
ties. involving ninety-ive votes. Ac-
cording to the rules of the party in
Kentucky, where two seats of creden-
ttals 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 f~orty-seven votes were cast for the
Roosevelt candidate. The committee
on credentials was then appointed, con-
ststing of n 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 40 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 n 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 a
.hoice. 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
tr1ct 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 a 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 to order
on the temporary roll prepared by the
congressional committee, which was
made the permanent roll, and the two
Taft delegates to Chicago we're 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
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t1on. 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 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 a majority of the duly
elected delegates to the convention. II
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 ~ifty-nine delegates uncon'
tested out Of a possible total Of 1O8 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
u~ncontested 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 tt
select Taft delegates. There a be
no question about the validity there
fore of their title.
TEXAS.
First District,
The only remaining districts are thu
nine districts from Texas. OF these thu
First district was composed of clever
counties, each county having one vote
except Cass county, which had two
The executive committee, composed o,
one representative from each county
made up the temporary roll, and in tn
contests fled from two counties seat