Putnam patriot., 1912-08-02
PRESENTATION.

1 WASHING ron.
 | I bs e6Hfsst in NasblBKfys turned g,. fbs aHssfisu NhAfbaf fhe Tsn dsis gaiss appointed bg ihs county com altiss ia King eefat1. ib which Seattle ia siiasta. 0afs daig elected 70 fls hbnvanthh gf whether primary Hbht NHs subsequently iten sna ~ uhit | Haaeskat deleKaiea were eleet al Haa efspefg called s1 tbat lis fs H1it aaa legal tudaf Inc law tbs county committee Lad liie power Y, ds fidp whether I HGHld select lie dsle haiaa directly H abmfi9 pslt z primary lh H9itts faHhtiea gf iba state aas fhhfae HHa fitaHed md lH other eGnn flea tta Hthef tH tiaa eenotg fGs famHlltHe eHHHfHtnd gf 3feG men Inc Haiaflff af abgtH #are fof Ign. md ihhi majority affiae through lfs eraf With thnhdtiee apinffpI fba Tnfi data tHtfH ta fiin afatn convention Alaan ftVe iha atlH council nf BeHifin had fe | hi lel ihe ely II bpfufe had 9sa t4o lhEla 4n0 sliLatnbiiniiy Inc same | territory HbH dtfibnd Hb into 9gT pfa | htAeta He eh8ltHiHH ef fhr county | reHpiitee #8# ll7asevel iunn ls | had iMen fiffu aHthdDlY hy general raaaiuEaH a=aH aae4fta Iea orcnrrlng ii, tie EattuitfHH Feuefai metliep If thH fnipuiflta Had bean hed annr inc it f eai4 T hid dfettnd thp foaiatfift lnh nt ihs itF ln Nhth it WHa re HNlfHd tie iiHffm1u nai dlA-euflna tlHf tepe aBifiitea rmild noi ha sn ln.ted te Hll fhr 83l new proen,ta m lil nu tiian WHH hni0 Iu September lHlt liteffHtlsf HHd in spito of t6ia f"n' lHHtHp the fhHttna0 naaumad fba iinlH ht iis arlHtlafmaHt tu ndd tp fhe etlFtinu auinntftep ltH ptetitial enn, tnitlnrnan tHH Hifh lhosp rntuta tb lhr .H0mttist II ia eiAimed ihu 4 mi lnhit nHs atdeleI lhulp Waa so mual s nUtnstan h the meeting ihnl ttla lohhfnl However ihr face, S Graitol .he lnfi mrn protested AZ such men B ti'W ht . @mmtleu yatent of the s' ,s m 'ho eiaaud thH III, In Putnar,s that '' chairman of ainst any ,,a In ,h..s Cast Hartford so constituted .',liatts. Superintendent 'e chairman had al s,outhbridge; .hsepoint the l3l ne"
 pntnnm a. il They refused to take ,,o,d of primary, and so did the La U meu The newspapers report a the number of votes in the primary to be something oyer a,ooo. The Roose
 welt committee showed by affidavit the | number fo be apo0 out of q usual total | Repuhliran vote of T5.ooO The action
 of the chairman of the committee in | attempting to add l3i precinct men 10 the old committee was, of course, be- | yond his power The resolution au thorizing him to hn vacancies, Of rourse applied only to those places which became vacant after they had le,en tlled and clearly did not apply to lSl new precincts II could not in the aature of things apply to change from the old system to complete new
 system of precincts created by the city
 ,ounCiI. because if they were to be l filled the entire number Of SSl new | precincts different from the old must
 be hlled One system could not be
 made into the other by mere addi.
 uonal appointment of l3l committee
 men. No lawyer will say that such
 action hy the committee thus eensu
 tuted was legal Therefore tue acton
 which the laWtal committee ot 2ao took
 ln electing Taft delegates who made majority in the state convention was
 The only eue which could be recognized
 as valid
 CONTESTED DISTRICT pELE- GATES.
 ALABAMA.
 Ninth District.
 The Ninth Alabama contest turned =. L, ..-....I-... ,..t,otl,.r th., ..An Irnl n I