The state herald., 1912-08-16

o vote carried. The Roosevelt men thu.
: prevented roll call and then bolted,
!. KENTUCKY.
Seventh District.
!. In the Seventh Kentucky district thu
total vote Of the convention was 145
There were contests from four coun
ties, Involving nlnety-fve votes. Ac
cording to the rules Of the party ir
Kentucky, where two seats of creden
dals are presented those delegate.
whose credentials are approved by the
county chairman are entitled to par
ticipate in the temporary organization
On the temporary roll the Taft chair
: man was elected by ninety weight votes
and forty-seven votes were cast for the
Roosevelt candidate. The committee
! on credentials was then appointed, con.
sisting of one member named by each
county delegation. The majority re
port of the committee was adopted
unanimously by the convention, no del
! egation whose seats were contested
being permitted to vote on Its OWE
: case. AS soon as the majority report
OF the credentials committee had beer
adopted, the Roosevelt adherents bolt
Cd. There was not the slightest reason
! Tor sustaining the contest for Roosevelt,
, delegates.
, Eighth District.
= The Eighth Kentucky district was
, composed Of ten counties having 16a
I votes, Of which elghty-two were neces
sary to choice. There was no con
test In Ave of the counties, and al
; though the Roosevelt men claimed that
there was one In Spencer county nc
, contest was presented against the
. seating Of the regularly elected Taft
, delegates from that county. This gave
, the Tsft. delegates eighty-four votes, oil
, two more than were necessary for a
. choice. In other words, assuming thai
the Roosevelt men were entitled to all
: the delegates from the counties In
which they filed contests in the dis
trict convention there remained a cleaI
majority of uncontested delegates who
voted for the Taft delegates to Chi
caGo.
OKLAHOMA.
Third District.
In the Third Oklahoma district the
question of the validity OF the seats OF
: the delegates turned on the constitu
, ton Of the congressional committee
which was made up Of twelve Taft
men and seven Roosevelt men. The
chairman, Cochran, was a Roosevelt
man aud attempted to prevent the ma
1ority Of the committee from taking
action. The chairman was removed
and another substituted. and thereupor
the convention was duly called to order
on the temporary roll prepared by the
! congressional committee. which was
. made the permanent roll, and the two
, Taft delegates to Chicago were duly
! selected. Every county in the district
I had its representation and vote in the
regular convention, and no person
! properly accredited as n delegate was
excluded or debarred from participat
I ing in Its proceedings. Cochran and
. his followers bolted after his deposi
; ton. Assuming that all the COMMITTEES
: who went out with him had the right
! to act on the committee, 1t left the
| committee standing twelve for Taft
. and seven for Roosevelt, so II was sim
ply question whether n majority OF
the committee had the right to control
Its action or n minority. The boiling
, convention which Cochran held was
. not attended by a majority OF the duly
, elected delegates 10 the convention. I,
, did not have the credentials from the
, various counties. and It's membership
!. was largely made up OF bystanders
who had not been duly accredited by
, any county In the district Its action
|, was entirely without authority.
TENNESSEE.
Second District.
. In the Second Tennessee district
. there were hfty-nine delegates uncon.
tested out OF possible total OF los In
the convention. There were forty nine
contested. The Roosevelt contestants
In the forty nine refused TO abide the
decision OF the committee on creden.
tials and withdrew, leaving flfty-nlne
nncontested delegates. These tifty'
nine delegates. part OF whom were
!, Roosevelt men. remained In the con
ventlon. appointed the proper commit
. tees. settled contests and proceeded to
select Taft delegates There can be
no question nbout the validity there
fore OF their title.
TEXAS.
First District.
The only remaining districts are the
nine districts from Texas. or these the
First district was composed OF eleven
counties. each county having one vote.
except cass county. which had two
The executive committee, composed OF
ma -enrs8entatlVo from each county