The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-08-06

gates, who were seated by both the
national committee and the credentials
committee.
Ninth District.
In the Ninth district the district
committee was called by Mr. Speaker.
a member Of the committee, and not by
the chairman The chairman refused
to convene the committee because he
claimed that all the delegates from
Texas to the national convention must
be elected in the state convention, that
Colonel Lyon, his superior, had thus
directed him. The district committee
was called Seven members attended
the meeting. The district convention
was called on May 10. Eleven counties
out of the fifteen responded to the call
and took part in the convention Three
counties were not represented, and in
one of these there was no election.
After this convention had been called
the chairman of the district committee
changed his mind and called a meet
ing Of the committee for April II.
This committee called q congressional
convention to be held on May 10. But
there was no publication Of the call,
which had to be thirty days before the
convention, until April q. The Taft
convention seems therefore to have
been duly and regularly convened,
while the Roosevelt convention was
not. The Taft delegates were seated.
Tenth District.
In the Tenth district the decision
turned largely upon the bad faith with
which two members of the district
committee voted in the seating of dele
gates and upon the bad faith with
which one Of them used the proxy In
trusted to him. The Taft delegates 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 were regularly held; per
manent organization effected, the re-
port Of the committee ON resolutions
adopted and delegates pledged to Taft
were elected. The undispnted evidence
indicated that a 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 practically unanimous vote.
Fourteenth District.
In the Fourteenth district there were
fifteen counties in the district. WhsT
the executive committee met at EaI
Antonio to make up the temporary rol
there we're ten members Of the com
mittee present whose right to act wal
undisputed, of whom six were for Taft
and four for Roosevelt. There wera
four other Roosevelt men presen
whose right to vote was disputed ant
who were clearly not entitled to repre-
sent their county at that meeting. On,
Of them held the proxy Of the commit
teeman from Kendall county, who wal
dead, and the proxies from three othel
counties were held, two by postmas
tiers and one by an assistant postmas
ter, while under the election law o.
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profit or trust under the United Statel
shall act as a member of an executive
committee either for the state or fol
any district or county. The temporary
roll was made up by Taft members
having clear majority without per
hitting these men to act under thei
proxies. There was contest over thu
delegation from Bexar county, which
contains the city of San Antonio. Full
consideration was given to this contest
but the testimony was overwhelming
that Taft carried the county by vot'
Of four or Eve to one On the proper
basis the total vote In the district con
vention was sixty-seyen, of which tn,
number instructed or voting for Taft
was thirty seven and one-half, thu
number voting or instructed for Roose
welt twenty eight and one-half, not vot
ing one. The Taft delegation wal
therefore seated at Chicago.
| CONCLUSION.
The purpose of this resume Of th'
contests in which there was any shad
ow of substance has been to inform
those who have not time or inclination
to read the longer and more detailed
account Of them contained In the larger
pamphlet 1t Is not essential to make
Mr.. Taft's title indlsputable that all
men agree on every one of the issues
raised. They were decided by the tri
bunals which uniform party usage hat
made the proper tribunals to decide
such contests. If those tribunals acted
in good faith mistaken judgment would
not invalidate their decisions As 8
matter of fact an examination Of the
facts show, that the tribunals were
right in every instance. There is moi
the slightest evidence that they were
moved by other than a mere desire tC
reach a right conclusion. On the othel
hand. the action OF the Roosevelt mer
In bringing 160 contests that they
promptly abandoned strongly tended
to show the lack Of good faith In the
prosecution of all of them. Those who
support President Taft can well affort
to stand on the record in this case and
to asseverate without fear of success
full contradiction that the delegate.
whose seats were contested were al
fairly seated in this convention as ir