Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-07-30

which two members Of the district
committee voted in the seating Of del.
egates and upon the bad faith with
which one Of them used the proxy 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: a
permanent organization affected, the
adopted, and delegates pledged to Taft
were elected. The undisputed evidence
indicated that fragrant attempt had
been made to deprive Taft Of this dis
trict, to which he was justly entitled.
The national committee sustained the
title OF the Taft delegates and alter
mates by a practically unanimous vote,
Fourteenth District.
In the fourteenth district there We're
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
undtsputed, Of whom six were for Taft
and four for Roosevelt. There were
four other Roosevelt men present
whose right to vote was disputed and
who were clearly not entitled to rep
resent their county at that meeting.
One Of them held the proxy of the COM
mitteeman from Kendall county, who
was dead, and the proxies from three
other counties were held, two by post
masters and one by an assistant post
master, while under the election law
Of Texas no one who holds an office Of
profit or trust under the United States
shall act as member OF an executive
committee either for the state or for
roll was made up by Taft members,
having q clear majority without per-.
hitting these men to act under their
proxies. There was q contest over the
delegation from Bexar county which
contains tho city Of San Antonio. Full
consideration was given to this con-
test, but the testimony was over
by vote Of four or five to one. On the
proper basis tho total vote in the dis
trict convention was sixty-seven, Of
which the number instructed or voting
for Taft was 37h: the number voting
or instructed for Roosevelt 2Sh; not
therefore seated at Chicago.
Conclusion.
The purpose OF this resume Of the
contests in which there was any
shadow of substance has been to In
form those who have not time or in
clination to read the longer and more
detailed account Of them in the larger
O8mDQl0I. IL is HUI cSSSAAIldl " ll1oNSs
Mr.. Taft's title indisputable that all
men agree on every one OF the Issues
raised. They were decided by the
tribunals which uniform party usage 4
had made the proper tribunals to de-
eide such contests. If those tribunals
acted in good faith. mistaken judg-
ment would not inva1idate their de-
cisions. AS a matter Of fact, an exam
nation Of the facts show that the
tribunals were right in every instance.
thav we're moved by other than mere
desire to reach a right conclusion On
the other hand, the action ct the.
men in bringing $50 contests
that thew promptly abandoned stron = -
" tended to show lack Of good fait,l
in the prosecution Of all Of them. the
who support President TAFT can VS.,
AFFORD to stand on the record IN Ih's
case. and to asseverate without fear o.
successful contradiction that tue H.
gates whose seats We're contested3.we -, \
as fairly seated in this convention as
In anv in the history Of the party -,