The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1912-08-02

Mt large. The fourth Taft delegates
seat was uncOntested. The three con.
testants admitted they were not elect
ed by the convention which sent the
Taft delegates or by any other They
only commended that if the Roosevelt
forces had had majority they would
have been elected. There were 1856
delegates summoned to the convention
by its call. There were 40 of these
whose seats were contested. If all of
these had been conceded TO Roosevelt
IT would have made the Roosevelt vote
POT votes less than a majority. The
appeal to the committee on credentials
from the decision of the national COM
mittee was abandoned, as 1t ought to
have been.
Michigan.
In Michigan the state convention
had in it about 200 delegates. There
were only two counties IN dispute or
contest. One was Wayne county, In
which Detroit is situated, and the other
was Calhoun county. The evidence
left no doubt that the Taft men car
ried by very large majority Wayne
county, but It was tmmaterial whether
this was true or not, because, leaving
out both Wayne county and Calhoun
county, the only counties in contest,
the Taft delegates outnumbered by
several hundred the Roosevelt dele
gates, and they had a clear majority
out Of the total number Of votes that
should have been IN the convention.
The contest was 50 weak as to hardly
merit recital
Ye1SA
In Texas there wers 2f9 counties, of
which four have no county govern
ment The 245 counties under the call
Of the convention wers allowed to have
something over 1000 delegates. repre-
senttng them, who veTe given author
ity to cast 24s votes. on the 245 coun-
ties there were ntDety-ntns counties IN
which the total Republican vote was
but 1000, IN fourteen Of which there
seven Of which tfsere wsro less than
ten each and IN none Of which was
there any Republican organization and
IN none Of which had a primary or con.
ventton been held II WINS shown that
Colonel Cecil Lyon. 30 whom had been
assigned az referee the disposition OF
the patronage Of the national Repuo-
hcan administraoon for ten years in
the state, had been IN thu habit Of con.
trolling the Republican stats conVen
ton by securing from two federal of.
hceholders IN each of these niDety-ntne
counties a certificate granting a proxy
TO Colonel Lyon OF a friend Of bis 30
represent the county as II regularly
conferred by a Republican county or
ganiza ton The national committee
and the committee on credentials and
the convention after the fullest investi- |
CATION decided that these nipety-nipe
counties In which the Republican vote |
was 50 small and In which there was
no Republican party. no convention, no
primary, no organtEacSoa.i vas not the |
proper source for q proxy 10 give a /
vote equal 10 thaa 70 DO casa by the /
other 146 counties IN which tbere was
a Republican organization and IN
which primaries or cunventions were
held Tho two committees therefore
held such ntnety-ntns proxies TO be
illegal and not tho basis OF proper rep
The two trfounats who
beard the case dect5ed that they should
deduct the niDsty-ntns votes from the
total Of 24o and gfvo tho representation
10 tbose who controlled tho majority
Of the remainder. ma remainder was
l52 votes, and oct Of that the Tan
men had carried eighty nine counties,
having ninety votes. This gave 10 the
TAN men a clear majority IN the state
and with n eight delegates
at largo.
WARRINGTON.
The contest In Washington turned on
The question vbether the Taft dele
gates appointed by ths county COM
mittee IN King county. IN which Seattle
Is situate, were duty eIeceed TO the
on wbethes a primary,
which was subsequently, held and at
which Rooscvest Delegates vero esect-
ID. was property caIled % that tts re-
,uft WIS legal Un6eg ehs law the
county committee had The power 30 de-
,ide whether II would se>ect the deie-
yates Directly or sboud can q primary.
IN soDa counties Of The state one
sour,e WINS pursocd and IN other coun-
les the other m King county the
committee constseod of $50 men, the
majority Of whom ve<s for Tan. and
hat majority. settnG through is exec
tive commtttos sesected he Tam DELE
;ates TO tha staes couven1oo- Mean
ime thu city council OF Seattle bad 70
listrteted The cfty. u before had go
,reciDeta. Now substantially the same 4
errttory vas diytoed I'D into os1 pre- {
iDctS The chairman Of the county
'ommtttee was . Roosevelt man He {
lad been given authcrfty hy general I
esolut,oh % an vacancies occurrfng IN
he COMMITTEES A general meeting Of Z
be COMMITTEES had oeen held after the @
ity eOuDeil bad directed tho redistrtct.
ng Of the city, IN which n was re-
oived The chairman not dissenting, 8
hat Representatives could not be 90 g