Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-08-09

ed by the convention which sent the
Taft delegates or by amy other. They
only contended that II the Roosevelt
forces had had majority they would
have been elected There were 2,350
delegates summoned to the convention
by It's call. There were 440 OF these
whose seats were contested. II all OF
these had been conceded 10 Roosevelt
It 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, as II ought to
have been.
Michigan.
had in 1t about 1900 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. She evidence
left no doubt that the Taft men car
ried by n very leSge majority Wayne
county, but It was immaterial 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 clear majority
out of the total number Of votes that
should have been In the convention.
The contest was so weak as 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 900 delegates, repre-.
senting them, who were given author
lty to cast 24S votes or the PAS coun
ties there were ninety-nine counties In
which the total Republican vote was
but 2,000 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
yention been held II was shown that
Colonel Cecil Lyon, TO whom had been
assigned as referee the disposition Of
the patronage Of the national Repub-
lican administra ton 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 certificate granting a proxy
to Colonel Lyon or friend Of his to
represent the county as If regularly
conferred by n Republican county or
ganiza ton. The national committee
and the committee on credentials and
the convention after the fullest investi
cation decided that these ninety-nlne
counties in which the Republican vote
was so small and in which there was
no Republican party, no convention, no
primary, no organization, was not the
proper source for proxy to give a
vote equal TO that to be cast by the
other 146 counties In which there was
n 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 shou
deduct the ninety-nine votes from the
total Of 245 and give the representation
to those who controlled the majority
Of the remainder The remainder was
l52 votes, and out of that the Taft
men had carried eighty-ulne counties,
having ninety votes. This gave TO the
Taft men 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 al
which Roosevelt delegates were elect.
ed. was properly called, so that its re
suit was legal. Under the law the