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vote carried. The Roosevelt men mus
prevented a roll call and then bolted.
KENTUCKY.

vote carried. The Roosevelt men Chu
prevented a roll call and then bolted.
KENTUCKY.
Seventh District.
In the Seventh Kentucky district tn
total vote Of the convention was 1ls
There were contests from four couu
ties, Involving ninety-fve votes. AC
cording to the rules of the party IL
Kentucky, where two seats of creden
tials are presented those delegates
whose credentials are approved by tn
county chairman are entitled to par
ticipate In the temporary organization
On the temporary roll the Taft chair
man was elected by ninety-eight vote,
and forty-seven votes were cast for thu
Roosevelt candidate. The committee
on credentials was then appointed, con
sisting of one member named by eact
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
or 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 l63
votes, OF which eighty-two were neces-
sary to choice. There was no con.
test In FIVE of the counties, and 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 for a
choice. 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
trict convention there remained 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 were 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
his followers bolted after his deposi
tion. 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 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 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 fifty nine delegates uncon-
tested out Of possible total of l08 in
the convention There were forty nine
contested. The Roosevelt contestants
In the forty-nine refused TO abide the