The state herald., 1912-08-16

changed his mind and caned meet
ing Of the committee for April II.
This committee called congressional
convention to be held on May IS. But
there was no publication Of the call,
which had to be thirty days before the
convention, until April 21. The Taft
convention seems therefore to have
been duly and regularly convened,
while the Roosevelt convention was
not. The Taft delegates were seated.
Tenth District.
In the Tenth district the decision
turned largely upon the bad faith with
which two members of the district
committee voted In the seating of dele
gates and upon the bad faith with
which one Of them used the proxy In
trusted to him. The Taft delegates in
this case bolted and left the hall and
Immediately in the same building Or
ganized another convention which con-
sisted of delegates from six counties.
Proceedings We're regularly held; n per-
manent organization effected, the re-
port of the committee on resolutions
adopted and delegates pledged to Taft
were elected. The undisputed evidence
Indicated that n fragrant attempt had
been made to deprive Taft of this dis
trict. to which he was justly entitled.
Tho national committee sustained the
title Of the Taft delegates and alter
mates by practically unanimous vote.
Fourteenth District.
In the Fourteenth district there were
fifteen counties in the district. When
the executive committee met at San
Antonio to make up the temporary roll
there were ten members OF the COM
mittee present whose right to act was
undlsputed, of whom six were for Tuft
and four for Roosevelt. There were
four other Roosevelt men presene
whose right to vote was disputed an4
who were clearly not entitled to repre-
sent their county at that meeting One
OF them held the proxy of the commit
teeman from Kendall county, who was
dead, and the proxies from three other.
counties were held, two by postmas-
ters and one by an assistant lpostmns-
ter, while under the election law Of
Texas no one who holds an once Of
profit or trust under the United States
shall act as a member OF an executive
committee either for the state or for
any district or county. The temporary
roll was made up by Taft menbsrsI
having clear majority without per,
mltting these men to act under their
proxies. There was contest over TIE
delegation from BeXar county, whiek
contains the city OF San Antonio. Fun
consideration was given to this contest,
but the testimony was overwhelmine
that Taft carried the county by a yotS
OF four or fve TO one. On the proysy
basis the total vote in the district con-
ventlon was slIty-seyen. Of which the
number Instructed or voting for Tsft
was thirty y-seven and one-half, the
number voting or instructed for Rooss-
welt twenty eight and one half. not rot
ing one. The Taft delegation was
therefore seated at Chicago.
CONCLUSION.
The purpose Of this resume Of the
contests IN which there was any Hhnd-
ow OF substance has been to inform
those who hnVe not time or inclination
to read the longer and more dstsilsd
account Of them contained in the larger
II is not essential 10 make
Mfr. Tafts title indlsputable that ALI
men ngree on every one OF the issuss
raised. They were decided by the tri-
bunals which uniform party usage had
made the proper tribunals to decide
such contests. II those tribunals acted
In good faith mistaken judgment would
not inyalidate their decisions. As a
matter OF fact, an examination OF tho
facts show that tho Tribunals wers
right In every instance. There is not
the slightest evidence that they were
moved by other than a mere desire to
reach right conclusion. On the other
hand. the action OF the Roosevelt men
In bringing 100 contests thnt thsy.
promptly abandoned strongly tended
TO show the lack OF good faith in the
prosecution Of all OF them. Those who
support President Taft can well AFFORD
TO stand on the record In this case and
TO assoycrate without fear OF sueesss-
ful contradiction that the dslegatss
whose sehts were contested were ss
fairly seated In this convention AZ In.
any in the history OF the party. .,,.,
I1i5idy,