Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1912-07-31

vote carried The Roosevelt men thus
prevented a roll call and then bolted.
KENTUCKY.
Seventh District.
In the Seventh Kentucky district the |
total vote of the convention was 145 |
There were contests from four coun-
ties, involving ninety-fve votes. Ac-
cording to the rules of the party in
Kentucky, where two seats Of creden-
tails are presented those delegates
whose credentials are approved by the
| county chairman are entitled to par
ticipate in the temporary organization.
On the temporary roll the Taft chair
man was elected by ninety-eight votes
and forty-seven votes were cast for the
Roosevelt candidate. The committee
on credentials was then appointed, con-
sisting of one member named by each
county delegation. The majority re-
port of the committee was adopted
unanimously by the convention, no del
egatiOn whose seats were contested
being permitted to vote on its own
case. AS soon as the majority report
of the credentials committee had been
adopted, the Roosevelt adherents bolt
ed. There was not the slightest reason
for sustaining the contest for Roosevelt
delegates
Eighth District.
The Eighth Kentucky district was
composed of ten counties having 1853
votes, Of which eighty-two were neces-
sary to a choice. There was no con-
test in five of the counties, and al
though the Roosevelt men claimed that
there was one in Spencer county no
contest was presented against the
seating Of the regularly elected Taft
delegates from that county This gave
the Taft delegates eighty-four votes or
two more than were necessary for a
choice. In other words, assuming that
the Roosevelt men were entitled to all
the delegates from the counties in
which they filed contests in the dis
trict convention there remained clear
majority of uncontested delegates who
voted for the Taft delegates to Chi
cago.
OKLAHOMA.
Third District.
In the Third Oklahoma district the
question of the validity Of the seats of
the delegates turned on the constitu-
ton Of the congressional committee
which was made up Of twelve Taft
men and seven Roosevelt men The
chairman, Cochran, was a Roosevelt
man and attempted to prevent the ma
jority of the committee from taking
action. The chairman was removed
and another substituted, and thereupon
the convention was duly called to order
on the temporary roll prepared by the
congressional committee, which was
made the permanent roll, and the two
Taft delegates to Chicago were duly
selected. Every county in the district
had It's representation and vote in the
regular convention, and no person
properly accredited as a delegate was
excluded or debarred from participant
ing in its proceedings. Cochran and
his followers bolted after his deposi
ton. Assuming that all the committee
who went out with him had the right
to act on the committee, it left the
committee standing twelve for TAT
and seven for Roosevelt, so it was sim
ply question whether a majority Of
the committee had the right to contro
its action or a minority. The boltinf
5 convention which Cochran held wa:
not attended by majority Of the dull,
) elected delegates to the convention.
\ | did 10 ialc h.
various counties, and it's membership
: was largely made up of bystander!
: who had not been duly accredited By
t any county in the district Its actor
] was entirely without authority.
TENNESSEE.
! Second District.
t In the Second Tennessee distric
: there were f1fty-nine delegates uncon
[ tested out Of a possible total of 1O8 IL
: the convention. There were forty-n min,
q contested. The Roosevelt contestant
: in the forty mine refused to abide th,
decision of the committee on creden
' tails and withdrew, leaving fifty-nin
: uncontested delegates. These fifty
e nine delegates, part of whom wer,
I Roosevelt men, remained in the con
e vention, appointed the proper commit
t tees, settled contests and proceeded t.
: select Taft delegates. There can b.
r no question about the validity there
: fore of their title
t TEXAS.
First District.
The only remaining districts are tn,
: nine districts from Texas. OF these tn,
!, First district was composed Of clever
= counties, each county having one vote
except Cass county, which had two
The executive committee, composed O
L one representative from each county
made up the temporary roll, and in tn,
contests filed from two counties seat
l. ed both delegates with one-half vot,
. oach The convention nlnctad <ha fxvx