The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-29
Statement, Approved by
President, Given Out
at White House.
OFFICIALLY'O o.. K. ID
BY HIS CABI N EFT
Every Contest Before Commit
tees at Chicago Convention Re-
viewed, and Once More
Charge Of Fraud and Bad
Faith Is Hurled at Col
onel Roosevelt.

Washington. July PA statement.
approved b. President TAFT defending
his nomination b. the Chicago conven-
,ion. was made public at the White
House TO-DAY 1t reviews every con-
,,st before the Kepuuic4n National
Committee and the credentials commit
tee OF The convention, ana asserts that
each contest was settled logically upon
it's merits The statement was SUP
rnit,ed TO the Cabinet ~ a recent meet
ins md received the approval 81 the
Presidents onic.aI famliy
The statement which IS a Lengthy
document OF iii printed pages. is
actalled denial G: ,he enlarge that the
denomination Of President TAFT was
accomplished oy the seating Of tfaudl-
len;ly elected DELEGATES 20 the con-
vention Ii taxes up Individually the
.5s contests instituted b.. the kooso-
vel, forces against TAFT delegates VINO
were seated. and presents evidence 81"
each OF these cases 10 show that the
rat delegates were regularly clected.
: resume OF the statement. prepared
a. Charles y Hl.les. formerly Pres
dent Tafts secretary and now chair
man OF The Republican National Com
m!ttee. taxes Up e4eh contest briefly
Not Ia Good Faith.
This resume opens vita tho declaFa-
ton that the Roosevelt contests. as
originally nled before the national
committee were nor insuta,ed ~ good
faith.
The total number u delegates sum
,noned 10 the convention" says the re-
sumo was LOS. with $40 necessary
70 choice. MT. TAFT had Sol votes on
tho nrst and only ballot and was
declared the nominee. There were
Instituted against .ss OF the delegates
regularly elected for Taft. contests on
behalf OF Roosevelt These contests
were avowedly .nsi!sated not for the
purpose o: really securing seats In the
convention. not FOR. the purpose of ad-
duclng evidence which would lead any
Respectable court TO entertain the con-
tests. ou, for the purpose Of dece!ving
INC public into the Belief that Mr.
Roosevelt had more votes than lie real
IS had IS the conventions and PIT
iaaries were IL progress for tho selec-
,lon OF delegates The rs contests
We're reduced BY abandonment, formal
or In substance, to seventy-tour The
very fact OF these isi frivolous con
tests itself reflects upon the genuine
ness and validity OF the remainder"
The resume then enumerates the
contests and reviews the Arguments IN
each case The review OF the evidence
In the contests embraced In the White
House statement IS certified 10 by Vic
tir Eosewater. chairman OF the ma
i.onal committee. and Thomas H. De-
vine. chairman OF the credentials COM
mittee. IS an appendix. the state
lnent carries in detail the vote in the
national committee on each oil the
contests and statement OF the dates
OF the TAFT and Roosevelt conventions
NJ. nh Of "a
latte. is to show that the Roosevelt
delegates were chosen after the regu-
Ia. conventions had named TAFT repre-
scntativcs.
Unworthy of Notice.
Another appendix is the repor. CT
inc credentials committee u ths con.
vention. in which the stiten!en: issued
by the Roosevelt committeeman at
lacking the ma,9i,ty o. the committee
was answered In dls,ussDnG tie
charge the report said:
THE statement as a whole In its IN
situations OF combinations OF IN
worthy motive, in its recital OF al
legged facts. is grossly and maliciously
untrue. II was intended TO nvey
the impression that the time for hear
Ing cases was so limited 3 TO prevent
their being properly presented to the
committee. The untruth:u;ncss OF THIS
statement s oI-a.ly SHOWN by the
records OF the committee and The news.
paper reports Of its deliberations Not
only did the rules make liberal pro-
vision for time in presenting the cases.
bnt in every instance where the parties
presenting the cases. or any member
q the committee. asked for az extern
sion time. ii was granted"
The statement OF the Roosevelt
members OF the committee asserted
that the speed with which the creden-
tials committee brought in reports
made it evident that the reports had
been prepared beforehand In repl'
to this statement the appsdX to tho
White House statement said:
In regard to the assertion that re-
ports were prepared in advance of the
action OF the committee on creden-
makes this statement Will state of mis-
own personal knowledge that any re-
ports werc thus made"
In concluding. the majority OF the
credentials committee, defending its
decisions. said:
las to the merits of these contested
cases upon which the committee pass
ed. it should be remembered that the
national committee sat for fifteen days
hearing evidence and argument upon
them. Out of total membership OF
nifty three only thirteen members of
that committee objected 10 the findings
and decisions. and they only with re-
gard to a part of the cases. the action
OF the committee having been unani-
nous with regard to majority OF
them. Tho convention declined. by