Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-08-08

then constituted by the delegations
that held regular credentials. The re
port of the committee on credentials
was accepted upon roll call, and then
the representatives Of five counties
withdrew from the hall. The repre-
sentatives Of four Of these counties
held a rump convention. The regular
convention remained In session several
hours, appointed the usual committees.
which retind and made their reports,
which were accepted. and elected two
Taft delegates to the national conven
ton and certified their election In due
form to the national committee, which
without division asked for, held them
properly elected.
Fourth District.
The Fourth Texas district consists
Of Eve counties, each having one vote
In the district convention under the
call. One county, Rains, chose an uncon-
tested delegation, and that n was for
Taft. The other four counties sent
contesting delegations. The contest
ing delegations appeared before the
congressional executive committee to
present their claims, but the commit
tee arbitrarily refused to hear any.
body. Having exhausted every effort
to secure a hearing. the four contest
ing delegations. together with the only
uncontested delegation Of the conven.
ton, withdrew to another place and
held q convention and elected Taft
delegates to the Chicago convention.
The congressional convention which
elected the Taft delegates was com
posed Of more than a majority, and.
indeed. Of practically all the regularly
elected delegates. The national com
mittee held the title Of the Taft dele
gates to their seats valid by viva voce
vote without calling for a division
Fifth District.
The Fifth district Of Texas Is com
posed Of Dallas. Ellis, Hill, Bosque
and Rockwall counties Dallas county
cast more Republican Votes than all
the other counties of the district put
together. The call for the congress
slonal convention allowed each county
to send not to exceed four delegates,
but made no reference to the basis OF
representation of the respective coun.
ties composing the district There
was a contest from Dallas county, but
the Taft delegates were seated. Tai,
delegates were seated on the temporary
nolI From two counties and poosovoIt
delegates from the three counties. and
the representation in the convention
was fixed at one vote for each county
without regard to the number Of dele
gates In the convention or the mum
Der of Republican votes cast in suct
county. A minority report Of the dis
trict committee vas presented. protest
ing against the ratio Of representa-
ton adopted. The chairman Of the
convention objected to the presenta
ton Of this minority report. Failing
In this he abandoned the platform and
left the hall.
The convention ~thereupon elected 9
new chairman and a new secretary, ap
pointed a committee on credentials
which recommended the seating Of the
Taft delegates from Hill county and
the adoption Of the minority report Of
the district committee as to the basis
of the representation In the convention
Both these recommendations were
adopted, and Taft delegates to the ma
tional convention were thereupon elect
ed by a vote Of eight to three. Tht
Roosevelt men thereafter retired to the
south end of the hall, where they or
ganized a meeting at which 1t was
claimed the Roosevelt delegates to tn,
national convention were elected. The
Republican vote for the district fol
1908 was as follows: Dallas county
2.06S; Ellis, 594: Hill, Ala; Bosque. 266
Rockwall, 3S. Both the national com
mittee and the committee on creden
tails sustained the Taft delegates,
Seventh District.
The Seventh congressional district Of
Texas Is composed Of the following
counties: Anderson. Chambers, Gal
weston. Houston, Liberty, Polk. San ia
c1nto and Trinity. Polk, San Jac1ntt
and Trinity were without proper party
organization. In Texas county chair
men must be elected by the voters II
each party. No such election was helt
In any of these three counties. In two
Of them Colonel Lyon assumed to ap
point chairmen. which he had no righI
to do Lyon himself had classed these
three counties as unorganized and with
out party organization.
The convention met In Galveston
The executive committee met prior Il
the meeting Of the convention to max,
up the temporary roll Of delegates. Thu
executive committee had before 1t tn,
question Of having the three morgan
lied counties represented In the con
vention- The executive committee re
fused to recognize them. When thii