Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-07-31
THE TRUTH ABOUT .
THOSE DELEGATES
6oOSeV8It Contests InStigated
to Deceive the Public.
all But IA WERE ABANDONED

Scr Examination Of the Facts Shows
E5aa& the Tribunals Which Decided
These Contests In Favor of Mr.. Taft
Mere Right in Every Instance-ThO
Remaining 1854 Contests Were Frivol-
@sas, and Their Prompt Abandonment!
Reflects Upon the Commences ana
Validity of the Remainder.
washington, July 29.-Here are the
6ac6s ia relation to the contested seats
1a2 Cle Republican national convention.
20 is a summary Of a detailed state
aEaemt going carefully into all of the
Sa2ses, a statement so thorough that ii
'@aEes up $50 pages of printed matter.
This statement is signed by Mr. Victor
a&osewater, chairman OF the former Re
publican national committee; by Mr.. j.
IL Devine of Colorado, chairman of the
Vs2mmittee on credentials of the Repub-
Slcan national convention, and by MIR.
CHARLES d. Hilles, chairman of the
present Republican national committee.
Ehe total number of delegates sum-
71oned to the convention under it's call
egEas a,07S, with $40 necessary to
0ctaoice MI. Taft had SCI votes on the
G2Est and only ballot and was declared
One nominee. There were instituted
against 238 Of the delegates regularly
@zlScbed for Taft contests on behalf of
Roosevelt. These contests were avow-
Sefziy jnstigated not for the purpose of
really securing seats in the convention,
sR5c Tor the purpose of adducing evil
sllssaace which would lead any respect
SlE5sG court to entertain the contests. but
Ger che purpose of deceiving the public
1laa85D G8e belief that Mr.. Roosevelt had
eH7@Ue votes than be really had, as the
conventions and primaries were in
9lgogress for the selection of delegates.
This is not only a necessary inference
G1E0da the character Of the contests, but
We was boldly avowed by the chief edi-
aoag 90 the newspapers owned by Mr.
@kunsey. who has been Mr.. Roosevelts
chief financial and newspaper sup
aa0rGer. The 239 contests were reduced
@2sy abandonment to seventy-four.
&as very fact of these 1914 frivolous
e5O14ests itself reflects upon the genu.
sneness and validity of the remainder.
SGe@ seventy-four delegates include six
al large from Arizona, four at large
sSEga1A Kentucky, four at large from In
<laSaZaR, six at large from Michigan,
@1ssat ac large from Texas and eight at
saa2g from Washington. and also two
district delegates each from the Ninth
Erat-a
s1AazTteenth Indiana. the Seventh,
gl4sh aad Eleventh Kentucky, the
s1izaEd Oklahoma, the Second Tennes-
sssg and from each of nine districts, the
sEJTsst, Second, Fourth. Fifth. Seventh,
sg3zCa. Ninth, Tenth and Fourteenth
or Texas.
CONTESTED DELEGATES AT
LARGE.
Arizona.
I'm the Arizona convention there were
glIaaty-three votes. All the delegates
Elk 11 namber-were to be selected at
azsse. The counties were entitled to Sc
2see &hefr delegates through their coun-
~ committee or by primary. In one
lsaaaVy, Maricopa, a majority of the
Ss8gagl1Ctee decided to select its dele
g2ges and a minority to have pri-
mary. IA other counties there were
sa0ae contests, and the sttae commit
~sag, Soilowing the usage of the national
lSEsxs5B36tee, gave a hearing to all con-
J1sssaaElts in order to make up the tenn
2gsTzTg roll There was a clear major
Ey 90 the Taft delegates among the
Slz.ssUTtested delegates. The committee
aEana2e up the temporary roll and then
Where was a bolt, sixty-four remaining
saD the hall and twenty-five withdraw
Gag Eherefrom. The case of the Taft
ezsa5grlty was so clear that it is difficult
- understand why a contest was made.
Indiana.
ia Indiana the four Taft delegates at
SGasge were elected in a state conven-
Sa@a 90 which Marion county, in which
Indianapolis is situate, was entitled to
&&8 votes. A primary was held In In
'g7aDapOlis, at which Taft polled 5000
and Roosevelt 1,400 votes. This gave
eEsa1t &06 delegates in the state conven-
Staon from Marion county. and if they
were properly seated the control Of the
convention by a large majority was
conceded to Taft. Attempt was made
vs8 impeach the returns from Marion
ag0Inty by charges OF fraud and repeat
ing. These charges were Of a general
character, without specification except
MS to one ward out of fifteen wards,
and then the impeaching witness ad-
,z1ltesdsbe could not claim fraud enough
% change the result In that ward. The
2 national committee, upon which there
ware fifteen anti-Taft men, rejected
Inc Roosevelt contestants and gave the
delegates their seats by a unani-
HaoUs vote. Senator Borah and Mr..
Eraaak2B. kellogg, both Roosevelt men.
made spseches in explaining the votes
"a which they said that the case turned
wholly on the Marion county primary,
and as there was no evidence to i'm
peach the result certified, the title OF
f9ga Taft delegates was clear This is