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that had not before been given to the

committee.
No objection was made in the com
mittee and the affidavits bearing on
the alleged fraud in the primaries and
county conventions were admitted.
Former Senator Scott of West Vir-
ginia objected to Judge o Rear g state
ment that West Virginians had been
imported into Boyd county to vote for
the Taft organization.
How do you know these alleged
non-residents did not vote for the
Roosevelt delegates!" he added, turn
ing to Judge O'Rear.
Most Of them had Taft badges on, -
replied the Kentuckian.
Judge O'Rear declared that if the
committee did not give fair considera-
tion to the Kentucky case, tour only
choice will be to appeal to the national
convention and its committee on Gre
dentials.'
The first real fight of the day came
on the seventh Kentucky district. The
fifth hinged upon the question of dis
trict boundaries. In this district the
Roosevelt adherents had withdrawn
and held separate convention.
Those who voted "no' were:
knight, California; Dupont, Delaware;
Borah, Idaho; Burman, Kentucky;
Wight, louisiana; Kellogg, Minnesota;
Littauer (for Flanagan of Nevada !;
Ward, New York; Capers, South Caro-.
lima; Heney (for Thorson Of South Da-
kota); Lyon, Texas; Loose, Utah; Had
ley (for Beiber of District Of Colum.
bia.)
Mr.. Kellogg of Minnesota said he
voted emo" because the district lines
had been changed before the delegates
were elected. Mr.. Heney declared he
voted "no' because he believed the
evidence showed there was "mass
of corruption" throughout the state of
Kentucky in republican activities.
In the fifth Kentucky district, where
two Taft and two Roosevelt delegates
were selected and were not contested,
the committee decided the four dele.
gates should settle who should sit in
the convention.
The eighth Kentucky district contest
was called. Judge O'Rear said in this
district the convention was held in the
courthouse yard. The two sides lined
up for temporary chairman, and, he
said, the chairman refused to count the
delegates. More than go witnesses had
sworn, said Judge O'Rear, that the
Roosevelt crowd was larger than the
Taft crowd, but the chairman declared
the Taft chairman elected.
c. G. Wallace, one Of the Taft dele
gates, said there had been no irregu-
larity in the convention. He said the
Taft forces had a majority of the un-
contested delegates and that q fair
hearing had been given all contestants
VIM. s. Lawill interrupted from the
Roosevelt table to say that he had
tried to present the Mercer county con-
test at district convention, but was
prevented from so doing.
Committeeman Burman of Kentucky
said he lived in Madison county.
where a much discussed convention was
held. He said the factions had assem-
hled in the courthouse yard; that the
Taft men had refused a count on the
selection of a temporary chairman and
that the Roosevelt men then ogranized
their own convention and selected a
Roosevelt delegation to the eighth dis
trict convention.
Mr.. Vorys of Ohio, moved the seat.
ing of the Taft delegates.
The Roosevelt men asked for roll
call, which was granted and the Taft
delegates We're stated, 35 to Is.
The negative votes included in addi-
ton to those who had previously voted
for Roosevelt contestants during the
day: Lowden, illinois,; Simpson.
Maine; Rogers, Wisconsin; Shacke.
ford, Alaska.
The committee called the tenth Ken
lucky district case. Here again the
boundary lines of the district had been
changed by the legislature after the
district conventions had been called
and the Taft delegates were elected
from the old district.
r. G. Stoll defended the Taft dele.
gates right to seats ON the ground that
the convention had been properly held
under he republican state call.
Mr.. Heney, who voted against the
contest, said he believed the republi-
can state committee had the right to
call conventions in the old district. The
Taft delegates were seated unanimous
ly.
The eleventh district was next called.
Taft delegates aDneared ma contost.