Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-08-01

attemptine 20 add 1871 precinct men 70
the old committee was. OF course. Dc
yond hIn power. The resolution 80,
tborizina him to OH vacancies. OF
course. applied only 10 those places
which became vacant after they nhd
been Hlled and clearly did not apply 10
1871 new precincts II could not III tue
nature OF things apply TO q change
from the old system TO complete new
system OF precincts created by the cry
council. becanse n they were TO DC
filled the entire number Of 33i new
precincts different from the old must
be Oiled One system could NOT oe
made into the other by mere add''
tionaI appointment Of l3i committee
men No lawyer will say that sucn
action by the committee thus constr
tinted was legal Therefore the action
which the lawful committee or 25o TOOK
in eIecting Taft delegates who made
majority In the state convention was
the only one which could be Recognized
as valid
CONTESTED DISTRICT DELE
GATES.
ALABAMA.
Ninth District.
The Ninth Alabama contest tnrneu
on the question whether the chairman
Of n district committee had power 10
al vacancies. whether a committee
man who had sent his resignation 10
take effect only In case he was not
present. being present. should be pre-
vented from acting as committeeman
and. third. on the Identity Of another
committeeman. The written resoiu-
zion under which the right OF the
chairman TO appoint to vacancies was
claimed showed ON its face that tne
specifIc authority was written IN ID
different writing and different coloreu
pencil between the lines. number OF
affidavits were filed by committeeman
who were present when the resolution
was passed TO show that the resoiu'
zion contained no such authority rms
gave rise to a question OF fact upon
which a very large majority OF both
the national committee and the com
mittee ON credentials held that the
lead pencil insertion was forgery
that the chairman did not have the au-
thority therefore to appoint to the
vacancies. and therefore the action OF
his committee was not valid TINS
made II necessary to reject the contest
ants The committee decided the two
other issues Of fact before them ID
favor OF the Taft contention. although
the first decision was conclusive.
ARKANSAS.
Fifth District.
In the Fifth Arkansas the qnesuon
was one of the identity Of one faction
or the other as the Republican party
This convention followed the example
NJ the convention OF 1908 In holding
that what was known as the Redding
faction was not the Republican party,
that II was a defunct organization and
had only acquired life at the END OF
each four years for the purpose o.
usinR II in the national convention
The contestants were therefore reject
ed II was shown that the other o.
TAFT had been in active existence az
the Republican party. had nominated
a local ticket and had run congress
man.
CALIFORNIA.
i Fourth District.
The Fourth California presented tnl'
nuestion: Under the state law the deie
Cat,on. two from each district. was
elected on general ticket. In grouE
NJ twenty.elx. Each delegate nigh
either express his presidential prefer
ence or agree to vote for the presiden
tial candidate receiving the hlgnes
nnmber In the state. In the, FourtL
district the two candidates from tina
district on the Taft ticket expressed
preference for Taft. but did no
ayree To vote for the candidates nav
ING the highest state vote. These Tar
delegates in the Fourth district re
co,ved majority of 200 more thai
} the Roosevelt delegates IN that d's
tr,ct The national call forbade an!
law or the acceptance OF any 'aV
which prevented the election OF dele
pates by districts In other words. IN
; cal, Of the national convention was
variance with the state law The star
law sought to enforce the state uni
ruIe and required the whole twenty
six delegates TO he voted for all owe
rho state. assigning two to each dls
E trict on the ticket to abide the star
P wide election. while the Republica
> national convention has insisted upo
= the unit OF the district since 1880 Ina
" has been the party law This CONVEX
ton recognized the party law and mel
: II TO be more binding than that OF tn
D state law and allowed the two DELI
gates who had received In the Fourt
district vote larger than their I"
80 that district.