The Chanute times., 1912-08-16
INDIANA.
Thirteenth District.


In the Thirteenth Indiana there was
no question about the victory Of the
Taft men. because the temporary chair
man representing the Taft side was
conceded to have been elected by one
half a vote more than the Roosevelt
candidate. This one-hah vote extended
through the rlotous proceedings. and
although It was not as wide as barn
door 1t was enough The chairman put
the question as to electing the Taft
delegates, and after continuous objec
tion lasting three hours declared the
vote carried. The Roosevelt men thus
prevented a roll call and then bolted.
KENTUCKY.
Seventh District
I'm the Seventh Kentucky district the
total vote of the convention was 145
There were contests from four coun,
ties, involving nlnety-fve votes. Ac.
cording to the rules of the party In
Kentucky, where two seats Of creden.
ttals 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.
cd. There was not the slightest reason
for sustaining the contest for Roosevelt
delegates.
p Eighth District.
The Eighth Kentucky district was
composed Of ten counties having 1853
votes, Of which eighty-two were neces.
sary to 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
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 a clear
majority of uncontested delegates who
voted for the Taft delegates to Chi.
cag0.
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
0SCOhs AC was EGluONCu
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 its representation and vote In the
regular convention, and no person
properly accredited as delegate was
excluded or debarred. from participat-
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, II left the
standing twelve for Taft
and seven for Roosevelt, so It was sim.
ply a question whether a majority Of
the committee had the right to control
It's action or a minority. The boiling
which Cochran held was
not attended by a majority Of the duly
slected delegates to the convention. II
did not have the credentials from the
various counties, and its membership
vas largely made up Of bystanders
who had not been duly accredited by
any county in the district Its action
vas entirely without authority.
TENNESSEE.
Second District.
In the Second Tennessee district
there were ffU-nine delegates uncon-
tested out Of a possible total Of 10S In
The convention. There were forty-nine
contested. The Roosevelt contestants
In the forty-nine refused to abide the
decision Of the committee on creden-
dals and withdrew, leaving nfty-nine
uncontested delegates. These, nfty.
nine delegates. part Of whom were
Roosevelt men, remained In the con-
yention, appointed the proper commit
hes. settled contests and proceeded to
,olect Taft delegates. There can be
% question about the validity there
lore Of their title.