The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-12

ment Judge o'Rear had made to the effect that West Virginia mountaineers sell their votes for 30 cents. MT. Scott said this was not true. A mem- Der asked the price facetiously. They have no price, MT. Scott said. Judge O'Rear declared if he did not receive fair consideration the only remaining choice would be to appeal to the com mittee on credentials.
 "In how many counties were Roose- welt men unseated?g asked MT Kellogg.
 "Fourteen," he said:
 Judge O'Rear said they were divided in five others. MT. Kellogg asked If the committee on credentials in the state convention had seated any Roose- welt contestants.
 ''Yes, more than 100," said ORear. He said that had the credentials con- mittee seated the delegates who were entitled to seats Roosevelt would have carried the day.
 Cochran, one of the contesting Taft delegates at large. declared every Roosevelt contesting delegation hae been seated in the state convention. He admitted the convention was properly organized. A credentials committed chosen from the various districts sat foI Is or 20 hours and heard every con test case that was offered. No one was excluded, he said. Charges Thrown Out Charges against federal officeholders said Mr. Cochran, on the ground they had been unfair county chairmen were preferred, but were killed. They had no foundation, he averred. our opponents have listed Lyon county as one of those where the Roosevelt dele- gates were excluded" said Mir Coch- ran.
 "As a matter of fact Lyon county eight delegates never appeared,' he said.
 .It would seem there was a preconceiyed idea in many counties to select delegates and arrange contests when the county could not be carried for Roosevelt Cocn- ran said
 Senator Borah asked the admission as evidence of the affidavits previously of fered. These were admitted, One of the Taft attorneys said in Breathitt county the Roosevelt people who hardly knew what to do retired quietly.
 At this 1uncture an intoxicated man staggered into the hall, he said, and the convention adjourned. The committee asked the delegates then to withdraw. The vote stood 3S to il in favor of the Taft delegates at large as follows. Sen ator w. O. Bradley, James .Breathitt, w. 1 D. Cochran and J. E. Wood. Only two of the seats at large were con- testeu, the unseated Roosevelt delegates being E. C. ~ Rear and Leslie Combs. MT. Heney. who cast the negative vote of Thomas c. Thorson of South Dakota made sharp remarks in the committee
 T am satisfied" he said. that the same conditions exist in Kentucky as had ex- isted for 30 or 40 years in California. can understand how gentlemen from other states cannot appreciate the existence of such conditions"
 First District Case Called The First Kentucky district case was then called MT. MeHIarg and Judge O'Rear said their case rested on then former arguments and on affidavits thai had been presented but not read The committee asked Judge ORear to give the substance of the affidvaits.
 Tn Galloway county, he said, the con yention was set for 1 o'clock but was called at 12:3O by Postmaster Downs, and when the Roosevelt people got there the convention was over. He declared the vote of this county would have controlled