Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-08

~ GNaW'Vst'oN oV tHo VsCto oV0Wo
That the Tribunals Which Decided
Those Contests In Favor Of M. Taft
were Right In Evo-y in~stancs-Ths
Remaining 164 Contests Were Frivol-
Gus. and Their Prompt Abandonment
ESRsets Upon the Gsnu,nsnsss and
Validity Of the Remainder.
Washington. July ~ Here are the
facts IN relation to the contested seats
~ the Republican nat,uia! II, en,ion.
10 II n summary Of a detailed stnte.
meat going carefully into all OF the
r;!ses. d statement So thorough that II
takes up $50 pages OF printed matter.
This statement Is signed by Mr.. Victor
ltOsew water. chairman OF the former Re.
publican national committee. by MIR. J
II. Devine Of COloraGt. chairman Of the
rOnIiuittee on credentials OF the Repub.
licnn national convention. aud by Mr..
Charles u. Hilles. chairman Of the
present Republican na.iOnaI committee
The total number OF delegates sum.
n'ohed to h convention under It's call
was LOIS. with $40 necessary to a
choice. MIR. Taft had h8l votes on the
first and only ballot and was declared
the n%oIninee. There were instituted
against 23S OF the delegates regularly
elected for raft contests on behalf Of
ltuUsevelt. These contests were avow-
eddy instigated not for the purpose Of
really securing seats In the convention.
not for the purpose OF adducing EVIL
dence which would lead any respect.
able court to entertain the contests. but
for the purpose Of deceiving the public
more votes than he really had. AS the
conventions and primaries were In
progress for the selection Of delegates
This IL not only a necessary inference
from the character OF the contests. but
II was boldly avOwed by the chief ed
tor Of the newspapers owned by Mr.
Muusey. who has been MIR ItOosevelts
chief financial and newspaper sup
porter The 23S contests were peduced
by abandonment to seventy four
The very fact Of these ia frivolous
contests itself reflects upon the genu.
tnpuess and validity OF the remainder
The seventy-f0ur delegates include SIX
NJ large from ArtZoua. four at large
from Kentucky. four at large from In.
diana. six at large from Michigan.
eight ut large from Texas and eight at
large from Washington. ana also two
district delegates each from the Ninth
Alabama. the Fifth Arkansas. the
Thirteenth Indiana. the Seventh.
Eighth and Eleventh Kentucky. the
Third Oklahoma. the Second Tepnes.
see and from each Of nine districts. the
First. Second. Fourth. Fif,h. Seventh.
Eighth. Ninth. Tenth and Fourteenth
of Texas
CONTESTED DELEGATES At
LARGE.
Arizona.
In the Arizona convention there were
ninety-three votes All the delegates
ak IN num,,er-were to be selected az
large. The counties were entitled to 10
ie't their delegates through their coun.
~ committee or by primary. In one
county. MaricOpa. q majority OF the
committee decided TO select lite dele
gates and n minority to have a pri-
mary In other counties there were
ZONE contests. and the sttae commit.
tee. following the usage ~ the national
committee. gave q hearing to all con
testnnts ib order to make up the TEN.
pornry roll There was a clear major.
ity Of the Taft Delegates among the
anrontested delegates The committee
mnde up the temporary roll aud then
there was 4 bolt. sixty.four remaining
In the. hall aud twenty-five withdraw.
ting therefrom. The case Of the Taft
minority was no clear that II IL diHicult
to understand why u contest was made
Indiana.
In Indiana the four TAN delegates a.
large were elected In y state conven.
ton 10 which Marion county. In which
i,,'i-nmp0lis In situate. was entitled to
- votes A primary was held In In
"nr,"'is. at whit Taft pulled 5000
,'iev0lt ~ ,.'rs rhis gave
ga iQIOR0srA :. IN. Stl'.. .unVAA.