The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-08-08
truth ABOUT THOSE FAKE CONTESTS
FILED BY Bull MOOSE AT CHICAGO
Continued from Tuesday, J


point chairmen. which he had no right
to do Lyon himself had classed these
three counties as unorganized and with
ont 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 IL the
question of having the three unorgan-
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
anti 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 a 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
a majority in the convention. which
adopted the g'inority report and gave
Taft five and one half votes and Roose-
selt 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
commiftee was called by Mr. Speaker.
a member Of the committee. and not by
the chairman The chairman refused
70 convene the committee because he
claimed that all the delegates from
Texas to the national convention must
be elected in the state convention. that
Coloae' an his superior, had thus
directed The district committee
was raj seven members attended
the NEE The district convention |
was cal@l q Mary 10 Eleven counties
out of the >fleen responded to the call
and took part in the convention Three
counties 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 II
This committee calle! 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
convention. until April 81. The Taft
convention seems therefore to have
been duly and regularly convened.
while the Roosevelt convention was
not The Taft delegates were seated
Tenth District.
In the Tenth district the decision
turned largely upon the bad faith with
which two members of the district
committee 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 |
Immediately in the same building or
ganized another convention which con-
sisted of delegates from six counties. |
Pro eedings were regularly held; a per- !
manent organization effected. the re-
port Of the committee on resolutions |
adopted and delegates pledged to Taft |
were elected. The undisputed evidence
indicated that hagrant attempt had /
been made to deprive TAFT of this dis |
trict, TO which he was justly entitled I
The national committee sustained the /
title of the Taft delegates and alter
mates by practically unanimous vote. /
Fourteenth District.
In the Fourteenth district there were !
fifteen counties in the district. When |
the executive committee met at San |
Antonio to make up the temporary roll /
there were ten members of the COM
mittee present whose right TO act was
undiSputed, of whom six were for Taft |
and four for Roosevelt. There were
four other Roosevelt men present /
whose right TO vote was disputed and
who were clearly not entitled to repre-
sent their county at that meeting. one
of them held the proxy of the commit /
teeman from Kendall county, who was 4
dead, and the proxies from three other I
counties were held, two by postmas-
ters and one by an assistant postmas- i
ter, while under the election law OF I
Texas no one who holds an office OF +
profit or trust under the United States I
shall act as a member of an executive 4
committee either for the state or for 1
any district or county. The temporary /
roll was made up by Taft members, \
having a clear majority without per- \
mitting these men to act under their I
proxies There was a contest over the \
delegation from Bexar county, which 4
contains the city of san Antonio Fun .
consideration was given TO this contest, 1
but the testimony was overwhelming 1
that Taft carried the county by vote .
OF fOur or five to one On the proper h