The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-08-01
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result in the ward. The national
upon which there were
fifteen anti-'raft men, rejected the
Roosevelt contestants and gave Se
Taft delegates their seats by a
unanimous vote. Senator Borah and
Frank b. Kellogg, both Roosevelt
men, made speeches in explaining
the votes in; which they said that the
case turned wholly on the Marion
county primary. and as there was no
evidence to impeach the result GER
titled. The title OF the Taft delegates
was clear. This Is the convention
whose proceedings called forth such
loud charges of theft and fraud from
Mr.. Roosevelt.
Kentucky.
In Kentucky, contest was filed
against only three OF the four dele
gates at large. The fourth Taft
delegates seat was uncontested.
The three contestants admitted they
were not elected by the convention
which sent the Taft delegates or by
any other. They only contended
that If the Roosevelt forces had had
a majority, theyS would have been
elected. There were 1855 delegates
summoned to the convention by its
call. There were 449 OF these
who seats we're contested. If all OF
those had been conceded to 'Roose'
welt. it would, have made the Roose.
welt vote 2s7 votes less than ma.
jority. The appeal to the commit.
tee on credentials from the decislor
OF the national committee wa'
abandoned, as 1t ought to have been
Michigan.
In Michigan the state convention
had in 1T about 1900 delegates
There were only two counties in dis
pute or contest. One was Wayne
county, in which Detroit is situated
and the other was Calhoun county,
The evidence left no doubt that thu
Taft men carried by very large ma
jorlty Wayne county. but 1t wa
immaterlal whether this was true o.
not, because leaving out both Wayne
county and Calhoun county, the onl!
counties in contest, the Taft dele
gates outnumbered by several hun
dred the Roosevelt, delegates, ant
they had clear majority out of thu
total number of votes that shonlt
have been in the convention. Thu
contest was SO weak as to hardl!
merit recital.
Texas.
4. In Texas there were 249 counties
of which, four have no county gov
), eminent. The 245 counties unde
the call OF the convention were al
lowed to have something over 100
! delegates representing them, wit
were given authority to cast 24'
votes. or the 245 counties. ther'
were ninety-nine counties in whicl
the total Republican vote was bu
2, 900. in fourteen of which ther,
we're no Republican voters. in TWEEN
ity-seven of which there were less thar
ten each, and in none of which wa
there any Republican organization
and in none OF which had a primar!
or convention been held. 1t Il
shown that Colonel Cecil Lyon, tt
whom had been assigned as referee
the disposition of the patronage o
1.-THE national Republican administra
ton for ten years in the state. hat
been in the habit OF controlling thu
Republican state convention by Sc
curing from two federal office hold
ers in each of these ninety-nln'
counties a certificate granting
proxy to Colonel Lyon, or friend o
|'his, to represent the county. as !
Regularly conferred by Republican
county organization. The nationa
committee and the committee OF
credentials and the convention, aftel
the fullest Investigation, decided thai
these ninety-nlne counties in which
the Republican vote was SO small
and in which there was no Republi
can Nparty, no convention, no prl
mary, no organization. was not the
proper source for a proxy to give q
vote equal to that to be cast by me
other 146 counties in which there
was a Republican organization, and
in which primaries or conventions
were held. The tw committees
therefore held such ninety-nlne
proxies to be Illegal and not the ba-
sis of proper representation. The
two tribunals who heard the case
decided that they must deduct the
ninety-nlne votes from the total OF
245, and give the representation to
those who controlled the majority of
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