The Coconino sun., 1912-08-09


 These Contests In Favor of Mir. Taft Were Right in Every instanoe---The Remaining 164 Contests Were FrivoI- ous, and Their Prompt Abandonment Reflects Upon the Genuineness and Validity of the Remainder.
 Washington. July 29.-Here are the facts in relation to the contested seats in the Republican national convention, It Is a summary of detailed state ment going carefully into all of the cases. a statement so thorough that tt takes up l5O pages of printed matter. This statement Is signed by MT. Victor ROSewater. chairman of the former Re publican national committee: by MT. J H. Devine of Colorado. chairman of the committee on credentials of the Repub. liran national convention. and by Mir. present Republican national committee The total number of delegates sum moned to the convention under its call was LOTS. with $40 necessary to choice. Mir. Taft had 56l votes on the
 
 first and only ballot and was declared the nominee. There were instituted against 23S of the delegates regularly elected for Taft contests on behalf of Roosevelt. These contests were avow. edy Instigated not for the purpose of really securing seats in the convention. not for the purpose of adducing evi. dence which would lead any respect. able court to entertain the contests, but for the purpose of deceiving the public into the belief that Mir Roosevelt had more votes than he really had. as the conventions and primaries were in progress for the selection of delegates This Is not only a necessary inference from the character of the contests. but it was boldly avowed by the chief edl tor of the newspapers owned by Mir. Munsey. who has been Mir Roosevelts chief financial and newspaper sup porter, The 23S contests were reduced by abandonment to seventy-four
 The very fact of these l64 frivolous contests itself reflects upon the genu- ineness and validity of the remainder The seventy-four delegates include six at large from Arizona. four at large from Kentucky, four at large from In. diana, six at large from Michigan. eight at large from Texas and eight at large from Washington. and 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 Tennes see and from each of nine districts. the First, Second. Fourth. Fifth. Seventh. Eighth. Ninth. Tenth and Fourteenth of Texas
 CONTESTED DELEGATES AT
 LARGE
 Arizona.
 Tn the Arizona convention there were ninety three votes All the delegates six in number-were to be selected at large The counties were entitled to se- lect their delegates through their coun. ty committee or by primary, In one county. Maricopa. a majority of the committee decided to select It's dele gates and minority to have a pri- mary. In other counties there were some contests. and the sttae commit. tee. following the usage of the national committee. gave a hearing to all con. testants in order to make up the tenn porary roll. There was a clear major ity of the Taft delegates among the uncoutested delegates The committee made up the temporary roll and then there was a bolt. sixty four remaining iu the hall and twenty-five withdraw ing therefrom. The case of the Taft majority was so clear that it Is difficult to understand why contest was made
 Indiana.
 In Indiana the four Taft delegates al large were elected in a state conven ton to which Marion county, in which Indianapolis is situate. was entitled tc 12S votes A primary was held In In dianapolis. at which Taft boiled 5000 and Roosevelt l.400 votes. This gave Taft lO6 delegates in the state conven ton from Marion county. and if they were properly seated the control of the convention by a large majority was conceded to Taft. Attempt was made to lmpeach the returns from Marion county by charges of fraud and repeat ing These charges were of a genera character. without specification excep as to one ward out of fifteen wards and then the impeaching witness ad mitted he could not claim fraud enougl to change the result in that ward. Tn, national committee. upon which ther' were fifteen anti-Taft men, rejected the Roosevelt contestants and gave tn Taft delegates their seats by unani nous vote. Senator Borah and MT Frank B. Kellogg. both Roosevelt men made speeches in explaining the vote fin which they said that the case turne' wholly on the Marion county primary and as there was no evidence to I'm peach the result certified, the title o the Taft delegates was clear, This the convention whose proceeding
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