The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-08-03
truth ABOUT THOSE FAKE CONTESTS
FILED BY BULL MOOSE AT Chicago

these had been conceded to Roosevelt
1t would have made the Roosevelt vote
297 votes less than a majority. The
appeal to the committee on credentials
from the decision Of the national COM
mittee was abandoned, a. 1t ought to
have been.
Michigan.
In Michigan the state convention
had In 1t about 1000 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 immaterial whether
this was true or not. because. leaving
put 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 so weak a. to hardly
merit recital
Texas.
In Texas there were 249 counties. Of
which four have no county govern
ment The 245 counties under the call
Of the convention were allowed to have
something over 1000 delegates. repre-
senting them. who were given author
itv TO cast 24S votes. OF the 245 coun-
hx.rx nj, ,atx nj in,
which the total Republican vote was
but 1000. in fourteen Of which there
were no Republican voters. in twenty
seven of which there were less than
ten each and in none of which was
there any Republican organization and
In none of which had primary or con-
vention been held 1t was shown that
Colonel Cecil Lyon. to whom had been
assigned as referee the disposition of
the patronage Of the national Repub-
lican administration for ten years in
the state. had been In the habit of con.
trolling the Republican state conven-
ton by securing from two federal Of
ficeholders In each of these ninety nine
counties a certificate granting q proxy
represent the county as II regularly
conferred by a Republican county or
ganiza ton. The national committee
aud the committee on credentials and
the convention after the fullest investi
cation decided that these ninety nine
counties in which the Republican vote
was SO small and in which there was
NJ rfu nn N
primary. no organization. was not the
proper source for a proxy to give a
vote equal to that to be cast by the
other 146 counties in which there was
Republican organization and In
which primaries or conventions were
held The two committees therefore
held such ninety-nine proxies to be
illegal and not the basis of proper rep
resentation. The two tribunals who
heard the case decided that they should
deduct the ninety-nin votes from the
total Of 245 and give the representation
to those who controlled the majority
of the remainder The remainder was
1872 votes, and out of that the Taft
men had carried eighty-nine counties,
having ninety votes This gave to the
Taft men a clear majority in the state
convention and with it eight delegates
at large
WASHINGTON.
The contest In Washington turned on
the question whether the Taft dele
gates appointed by the county com
mittee in King county, in which Seattle
Is situate, were duly elected to the
convention or whether primary.
which was subsequently held and at
which Roosevelt delegates were elect
ed. was properly called. so that its re-
suit was legal Under the law the
county committee had the power to de
eide whether it would select the dele
gates directly or should call primary
In some counties of the state one
course was pursued and In other coun-
ties the other In King county the
committee consisted of $50 men. the
majority Of whom were for Taft. and
that majority. acting through Its exec.
utive committee. selected the Taft dele
time the city council Of Seattle had re-
districted the city 1t before had 250
precincts. Now substantially the same
territory was divided up into 3S1 pre-
cincts The chairman Of the county
committee was a Roosevelt man. He
had been given authority by general
resolution to fill vacancies occurring In
the committee. A general meeting of
the committee had been held after the
city council had directed the redistrict
ing of the city. in which 1t was re-
solved. the chairman not dissenting.
that representatives could not be Sc
lected to fll the 331 new precincts un-
til an election was held In September.
1912 Thereafter and in spite Of this
conclusion the chairman assumed the
right by his appointment to add to the
existing committee i31 precinct COM
mitteemen, and with these voting In
the committee il Is claimed that q Dri