Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-08-01

changed his mlnu ana chHcu
inR OF the committee for Apfil ~
This committee called congressional
convention to be held on May 10 but
there was no publication OF the CALL
which had to be thirty days before me
convention. until April 81. The Tart
convention seems therefore to nave
been duly and regularly convened
while the Roosevelt convention -was
not. The Taft delegates were seated
Tenth District.
In the Tepth district The decision
turned largely upon the bud faith with
which two members OF the distrlct
committee voted In the seating or dele
gates aud upon the bad faitn WIN
which one OF them used the proxy IN
trusted to him. The Taft delegates In
this case boIted and left the hall ana
Immediately In the sal:e building or
| ganized another convention which con-
sisted of delegates from six counties
Proceedings were regularly held: per-
manent organization. effected. the re-
mort of the committee on resolutions
adopted and delegates pledged to tart
were elected The undisputed evidence
indicated that o hagrant attempt had
been made to deprive Taft Of this dis
trict. 10 which he was justly entitled
The national committee sustained the
title Of the Taft delegates and alter
mates by a 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 we're ten members of the COM
mittee present whose right to act was
undisputed. of whom six were for Tart
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
teemap from Kendall county, who was
dead. and the proxies from three Other
counties were held, two by postmas-
ters and one by an assistant postmas-
fer. while under the election law OF
Texas no one who holds an ONCE OF
nrotit or trust under the United States
shall act as a member of an executive
committee either for the state or lor
any district or county. The temporary
roll was made up by Taft members
having a clear majority without per-
hitting these men to act under their
proxies. There was contest over the
delegation from Bexar county. when
contains the city Of San Antonio. Full
considerat ton was given to this contest.
but the testimony was overwhelming
that-Taft carried the county by vote
of four or Eve to one. On the proper
hasisN the total vote in the district con-
vention was sixty-seven, OF which the
number instructed or voting for TART
was thirty-seven and One-half, the
number voting or instructed for Roose-
Welt twenty eight and one-half, not vot-
ing one. The Taft delegation was
therefore seated at Chicago.
CONCLUSION.
The purpose Of this resume OF the
contests In which there was any shad-
OW or SuDSLdnce udS OCCn " =
those who have not time or INCLINATION
10 read the longer and more detailed
account of them contained Ia the larger
namphlet 1t Is not essential to make
, Mr. Taft's title indisputable that all
, men agree on every one OF the issues
raised. They were decided by the tn
bunals which uniform party usage had
made the proper tribunals to decide
!. such contests. If those tribunals acted
In good faith mistaken judgment would
NOT invalidate their decisions. AS
, matter Of fact. an examination OF the
facts show that the tribunals were
right in every instance. There IS MOI
the slightest evidence that they were
moved by other than mere desire L
reach a right conclusion. On the othel
: hand. the action of the Roosevelt met
In bringing 100 contests that theJ
/ promptly abandoned strongly tended
TO show the lack of good faith In th'
{ prosecution Of all of them. Those wht
support President Taft can well a1orl
to stand on the record in this case ant
+ to asseverate without fear Of success
+ ful contradiction that the delegates
whose seats were contested were Al
fairly seated In this convention as
i Rny In the history Of the party.