Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-07-30

Roosevelt men thereafter retired to the
south end of the hall where they or
ganized meeting at which 1t was
claimed the Roosevelt delegates to the
national convention were elected. The
republican vote for the district for 1908
Ellis. 594; Hill, Ala; Bosque, 266; Rock
well, SO. Both the national committee
and the committee on credentials sus-
tanned the Taft deegates.
Seventh District.
The seventh congressional district OF
Texas is composed of the following
counties; Anderson, Chambers, Gal
Jacinto and Trinity were without
proper party organization. In Texas.
county chairmen must be elected by
the voters in each party. No such cleo
ton was held in any Of these three
counties. In two Of them Colonel Lyon
assumed to appoint chairmen, which
he had no right to do. Lyon himself
had classed these three counties as UNI
organized and without party organiza-
ton.
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 1t the
question Of having the three morgan
ventiOn. The executive committee re-
fused to recognize them. When this
action was taken by the executive COM
mittee, a delegate from Houston coun-
ty 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
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
adopted the minority report and gave
Taft 5k votes and Roosevelt ~ votes.
This resulted In the election of the Taft
delegates, who were seated by both the
national committee and the credentials
committee.
Ninth District.
In the ninth district the district
a member Of the committee. and not
by the chairman. The chairman re-
fused to convene the committee be-
cause 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 COM
mittee was called. Seven members at
tended the meeting. The district con-
vention was called on the 18th Of May.
Eleven counties out Of the fifteen re-
sponded and took part in the conven-
ton. Three counties were not repre-
sented, and in one of these there was
no election. After this convention had
been called, the chairman Of the dis
trict committee changed his mind and |
called meeting Of the committee for
April II. THIS committee called a con-
gressional convention to be held on the |
18th Of May. But there was no publ |
cation Of the call, which had to be |
thirty days before the convention. I'M
til April 81. The Taft convention |
seems therefore to have been duly and |
regularly convened, while the Roose- |
Welt convention was not. The Taft dele
gates were seate /.
Tenth District.
In the tenth district, tho decision
turned largely upon the bad faith with