The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-12
Fourth Contest Withdrawn.

In the case of the Fourth Kentucky
district next called. Judge O'Rear an
nounced the contest would be withdrawn.
as IL was similar 10 those in the First
and Second disSicts..
Tho committee ordered the two Taft
delegates seated on the rollcell
The Seventh Kentucky district then
was taken up. Henry T. Duncan, Jr.,
one OF the Roosevelt contestants, pleaded
the case. Ormsby McHars. the Roosevelt
contest attorney, was absent.
The rollcall on the Second district
showed all Roosevelt members OF the
committee voting for the Taft delegates
sons proxy. and Governor Hadley. hold
Ing Beiber's proxy who asked to be ex-
cused from voting. Governor Hadley said
he had not heard the evidence.
Mr., Duncan charged that I'm Scott coun-
ty there was conspiracy, engineered by
the postmaster and his brother" with the
deliberate purpose 10 defraud, He de-
clared r. negro Taft man, appointed 10
count the Taft supporters. counted
single mon as FIVE and ten, and counted
Democrats en- who were on the platform q -
room In the convention hall. he said. and
held their convention outside.
Other counties had used questionable
methods OF procedure, lie said negro
been active in the Taft forces in one OF
the conventions.
In behalf OF tho Taft contestants in the
Seventh Kentucky district r c. Stol OF
velt attorneys that the vote In Fayette
county was not counted fairly,
Those who voted In the negative on the
Seventh Kentucky district case were:
knight. California; Dupont, Deleware;
Borah. Idaho: Burnam, kentucky
Wight, Louisiana: Kellogg. Minnesota
Litterauer (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 the District of Column
bia),
In the Fifth Kentucky district. where
two Taft and two Roosevelt delegates
were selected with n vote each instead
OF two delegates specihced. the commit
national convention with a vote each
These delegates We're not contested
An amendment TO seat all four men
with half vote each vast lost.
The committee decided the delegates
should settle who sit in the convention.
Trouble in Eighth,
The Eighth Kentucky contest was
called. Judge o'Rear said, in this dis
trict the convention was held in the
courthouse yard. The two sides lined UP
for temporary chairman, and he said tho
chairman refused to count the delegates.
said Judge O'Resr, that the Roosevelt
crowd was larger than the Taft crowd.
but the chairman declared the Taft chair
man elected.
c. c. Wallace, one OF the Taft dele
gates, said there had been no lrregula rity
In the convention, He said the Taft
forces had a majority OF the uncontcsted
delegates, and that a fair hearing had
been given all contestants.
The Roosevelt men asked for roll
call, which was granted, and the Taft
delegates were seated, 80 TO Is.
The negative votes included the fol-
lowing, in addition to those who had
previously voted for Roosevelt contest
Simpson, Maine: Rogers. Wisconsin
Shackleford. Alaska.
The committee called the tenth Ken
lucky case, Here again the boundary lines
OF the district had been changed. by the
legislature after the district convention
had been called, and Taft delegates were
elected from the old districts.
Mr.. Heney, who voted against the con-
test, said he believed the Republican state
committee had the right to call conven-
tions In the old district. The Taft dele
gates were seated unanimously.
The Eleventh district was next called
up. The Taft delegates appeared as the
contestants. q. p. Morrow declared the
Taft forces had fourteen majority of the
uncontested delegates, while there We're
lS1 contested delegates The Roosevelt
forces elected temporary chairman will
the aid of contested delegates, he said
and then broke the established party
law by having the chairman appoint
credentials committee OF five instead o.
| letting the convention select a COMMITTEES
OF one from each of the nineteen coun.