The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-11
Kentucky Contests Result in
the Presidents Favor.
Eleven Roosevelt Men Dissent
on Delegates at Large.
OTHER VOTES UNANIMOUS
Only Two of the Big Four Were
in Dispute.
Even Senator BOrah Declared
They Had No Case.

Chicago. June 11.-By seating the
four delegates-at-large and the dele
gates from the First district of Ken
lucky all credited to President Taft'the
Republican national committee to-
dav added six votes to the temporary
roll call of the convention IN IaNor oI
the president and foreshadoweo ac-
tion which would add ten more con-
tested seats from the state 10 MI
Taft.
Onlv two of the seats at large were
contested and the committee was pre-
paring this afternoon to vote on the
contests in the End and 4th districts.
In. the First district the vote was 40
tn 0 against the contestants. win
these three districts and the delegates
at large decided in the president
favor the number of contested seatS
determined for him since the com
rnittee began it's deliberations reaches
ninety-two. ,,,5od in
After arguments were concludeQ III
the First, Second and Fourtn 81 u
tuckv districts there remained 70 po
considered contests in the SeVentn'
Eighth, Tenth and Eleventh dlstrlcts' ,Has
Francis ], Heney of San Francisco;
leaped into the heat OF the Poiltror- PoaIlor-
fraY TODAY and strenuously endeaVor-
ed to inject pepper into the hoose
1-aIt fight He characterized Ihe Con-
dition in Kentucky as similar "
chaotic political condltlonS IN 81
fornia, and when he referred 70 soitie
Kentucky political acts as comparaple
To acts of Abe Rueff of San FRANCISCO |
MIR. Heney drew sharp proIesS T, Ol,. |
Senator Penrose. Judge Eo e.
of frankfort. who. had charge OF the
9reunoents for the Roosevelt 1orces
frequently admitted that some OF tne
noints advances were not very strons
and senator Borah of the RooseNeII
wing declared he thousnt tpe i, Tot,e neafs
Though some of the members OF
the committee asked for more tIlIIG I9
tn consider the evidence ron can
5oroendad by the Taft leaders result
"a in SEATING the regular delegates
- large nv a vote of 3S to IL Ihe
decision in the First district, however
was unanimous. -;,,-
Srmsbv McHarg made the opening
.+o+eroen+ for the Roosevelt forces ara
I1dee r. c. O'Hear of Frankfort ohe
Of the two contestants for delegates a.
large. made the argument.
Only two delegates at large seats
were contested. 49,.
Iudee O'Rear declared he would uJ
% show there was a deliberate plan 20
carry Kentucky for the president
against the wishes of the people ara
that this plan was participated IN oy
the party leaders and the rel NC !, |
q ]
said Judge O'Rear, were at lhe
tom of the trouble |
Most of it occurred, he said. in coun-
ties where federal of1ceholoers "eIe
county chairmen. They sat in Juos,
1oa1t he said. upon the credentials ana
riehts of ali delegates. In Breathitt
county he said the Republicans hao
proceeded under the regular call.
THE county chairman would not can
il together so each side put up cnal-
man. Judge O'Rear declared hundreoS
of ohio and West Virginia men hed
o,,,a into Kentucky to take part in
the Royd county convention. He SAID
in other counties nonresidents had come
in to participate in the conVen toIi.
Judge O'Rear's argument covered not
only the state convention out the pr !
rnsries and conventions throughout the
-ta+e He declared conditions through
out Kentucky were such that few dis
tricts selected their delegates in accord
ance with popular opinion
In the state convection, presided over :
nv senator w. c. Bradley, he declared
the control by the Taft forces had been
nrocured by seating contested delesa- I
tons.
Took Snap Judgment.
"The total vote we claim was taken
from Col. Roosevelt in the First dis
trict was about 62O," said Judge O'Rear.
In the Second district the Taft forces |
saw in advance they were outnumbered $
in the DaViess county convention and
hurried to the hall and elected Taft 5
delegates before any one else had
chance to come in.
Judge O'Rear said he was opposed : :
20 "bolting." but that if they had bolt !
ed in the Kentucky districts it would
have been of no avail, because the
were being conducted by {
he regular party organization. Judge
D. Rear again stated that the Roosevelt 1
delegates had no credentials to pre- I
sent to the committee.
81 don't think that matters. said
Committeeman Kellogg of Minnesota. ?
We are not bound to seat any dele :
gates, if it is shown their seats were !
obtained by fraud"
Judge O'Rear had not completed his Z
when the allotted half hour q
expired. The committee extended his I
ime and he offered some affidavits ]
hat had not before been given the
committee. No objection was made in C
he committee and those bearing on I
he alleged fraud in the primaries and I
county conventions were admitted. q
Former Senator Scott of West Vir f
I1nia objected to Judge O'Rear's state @
ment that West Virginia voters had =
been imported into BOYD county to = =
Pote for Taft.
They Wore Taft Badges.
How do you know those alleged f
did not vote for the n
Roosevelt delegates he added, turn y
ng to Judge O'Rear. T
Most of them had Taft badges on
eplied the Kentuckian. .
Judge O'Rear declared that if the [
'ommlttee did not give fair consider II
Ltion to The Kentucky case "our only a
nance will be to appeal to the ma t
ional convention and its committee on fl
:redentials.'' a
Gcontinued on Paee Two.l