Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1912-07-31

form to the national committee, which
without division asked for, held them
properly elected
Fourth District.
The Fourth Texas district consists
of five counties, each having one vote
In the district convention under the
rail-. One county, Rains, chose an uncon-
tested delegation, and that one was for
Taft. The other four counties sent |
contesting delegations. The contest
ing delegations appeared before the |
congressional executive committee to |
present their claims, but the commit |
tee arbitrarily refused to hear any
body. Having exhausted every effort
to secure hearing, the four contest
Ing delegations, together with the only
uncontested delegation of the conven-
ton, withdrew to another place and
held a convention and elected Taft
delegates to the Chicago convention.
The congressional convention which
elected the Taft delegates was COM
posed Of more than q majority, and,
indeed, Of practically all the regularly
mittee held the title Of the Taft dele
gates to their seats valid by viva voce
vote without calling for a division.
Fifth District.
The Fifth district of Texas is COM
posed of Dallas, Ellis, Hill, Bosque
and Rockwell counties. Dallas county
cast more Republican votes than all
| the other counties Of the district put
together. The call for the congress,
| sional convention allowed each county
| to send not to exceed four delegates,
but made no reference to the basis of
| representation of the respective coun-
ties composing the district. There
was a contest from Dallas county, but
the Taft delegates were seated. Taft
| delegates were seated on the temporary
roll from two counties, and Roosevelt
delegates from the three counties, and
the representation in the convention
was fixed at one vote for each county
without regard to the number Of dele
gates in the convention or the num-
Der Of Republican votes cast in such
! county. A minority report Of the dis
trict committee was presented, protest
ing against the ratio Of representa-
ton adopted. The chairman of the
convention objected to the presenta-
ton Of this minority report. Failing
In this he abandoned the platform and
left the hall.
The convention thereupon elected a
new chairman and a new secretary, ap-
pointed a committee on credentials
Taft delegates from Hill county and
the adoption Of the minority report OF
the district committee as to the basis
OF the representation in the convention
Both these recommendations were
adopted. and Taft delegates to the ma.
ed by a vote of eight to three. The
Roosevelt men thereafter retired to the
south end Of the hall, where they or
ganized a meeting at which it was
claimed the Roosevelt delegates to the
national convention were elected. The
Republican vote for the district fol
!. 1908 was as follows: Dallas county
: 2,06S; Ellis, 594; Hill, 414; Bosque, 266
Rockwell, 38. Both the national com
mittee and the committee on creden
tials sustained the Taft delegates.
Seventh District
The Seventh congressional district o.
Texas Is composed of the following
counties: Anderson, Chambers, Gal
weston, Houston, Liberty, Polk, San ia
cinto and Trinity. Polk, San Jacint'
and Trinity were without proper part,
organization. In Texas county chair
men must be elected by the voters il
each party. No such election was bel,
in any Of these three counties. In tw
Of them Colonel Lyon assumed to ar
point ehairmen, which he had no RICH
to do. Lyon himself had classed thes
| three counties as unorganized and with
, out party organization.
The convention met in Galveston
, The executive committee met prior t
the meeting of the convention to max
, up the temporary roll Of delegates. TIL
executive committee had before it tn
: question of having the three morgan
lied counties represented in the cor
vention. The executive committee re
fused to recognize them. When thi
action was taken by the executive com
mittee a delegate from Houston count
and the alleged representatives from
the three unorganized counties with
drew from the meeting and proceede'
, to organize another convention, an,
. upon this is based the contest, which
was rejected by both committees, tn
national committee and the credential
committee.
. Eighth District.
In the Eighth congressional conven
, ton 4 split occurred over the majorit.
and minority reports Of the executive
. committee as to the temporary roll
The Roosevelt followers controlled tn,
executive committee, but did not hav,
, a majority in the convention, which
adopted the minority report and gave
Taft ave and one-half votes and Roose