Putnam patriot., 1912-08-02

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 Second oI.tfist.
 fn fbs serDad Teras dfsfrie. there were fpeiffesg eougfIez Two counties were found Bot fo ars heid conven. Hons aod one county to have no dele gate present The convention was tb~n eonstiinief bY fhe delegations fbaf held regular credentials The re pgft of the committee on credeDtiaI. uns aceepied npon roll call. and thea ibe representatives 9s aYe counties withdrew from the hsll Tue repre- sentatiyes of four of fbese counties held | rump convention. The regular zGuFsDiiCn remained h session seQeral hours. appointed fbe aHuai e9Tnmfttees Hhleb retired and made tbeir reports which were accepted. and elected two 1afi deieRniea fe the national eonven. tigh and certified their election lu due Form {" Inc haflonai commltfee. which without digisl9H asked f0f, bsld them properly eiecied
 Fourth District. 1be Fourth retaa district consists ef five counties cneh having one vote h the distflet convention under . tali one roimf9 ltnina che.es
 teated deleaHnon and ~v sae Inf 1be o'1eOWI 1a4 uncon- HanieailnR d1 ssat one was for inR delegp fonr counties sent ''lAt',f acuuons The contest l'fs' .uous appeared before the
 ,ional executive committee to IT 4 their claims. but the commit
 arbitrarily refused to hear any 5dy. Having exhausted every effort to secure hearing, the four contest Ing delegations together with the only nncontcsted delo4ation of the conven- tlen. withdrew to another place and held convention and elected Taft delegates to the Chicago convention The congressional convention which elected the run delegates was com posed of more than q majority. and. Indeed. of practically all the regularly elected delegates The national com mittee held the title of the Taft dele gates to their seats valid by viva voce vote without calling for division.
 Fifth District.
 The Fifth district of Texas is com. posed of Dallas. Ellis. Hill, Bosque and Roekwan counties. Dallas county east more Republican votes than all the other counties of the district put together The call for the congress slonal convention allowed each county to send not to exceed four delegates, but made no reference to the basis of representation of the respective coun- ties composing the district There was a contest from Dallas county. but the Taft delegates were seated, Taft delegates were seated on the temporary roll from two counties and Roosevelt | delegates from the three counties. and | the representation in the convention was fixed at one vote for each county without regard to the number Of dele gates In the convention or the mum | Der of Republican votes east in such | county, X minority report of the dis | trict committee was presented. protest | ing against the ratio of repreSenta- | ton adopted The chairman of the 1 convention objected to the preSenta ton of this minority report. Failing | in this he abandoned the platform and left the hall.
 | The convention thereupon elected a new chairman and a new secretary. ap pointed committee on credentials which recommended the seating of the Taft delegates from Hill county and the adoption of the minority renori of the district committee as to the haSiN of the representation in the convention Roth these recommendations wer, adopted, and Taft delegates to the na | tional convention were thereupon elect ed by vote of eight to three. fht 1 Roosevelt men thereafter retired to th, south end of the hall, where they or ganized meeting at which it wa' | claimed the Roosevelt delegates to th' national convention were elected. Th' 1 Republican vote for the district fo
 ia0S was as follows; Dallas county 2.06s: Ellis, 5aa; Hin. 4i4; Bosaue. 266
 Rockwall. SS Both the national com mittee and the committee on ereden l tials sustained the Taft delegates.