The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1912-08-07
CONTESTED DELEGATES At
LARGE,
Arizona.

In 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 Sc
lect their delegates through their coun-
ty committee or by primary. In one
county. MaricOpa. majority of the
committee decided to select its dele
mary In other counties there were
some contests, and the Sttae commit
tee. following the usage of the national
committee. gave hearing to all con
testants in order to make up the tenn
porary roll. There was clear major
ity Of the Taft delegates among the
uncontested delegates. The committee
made up the temporary roll and then
there was bolt. sixty four remaining
in 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 At
large were elected in state cOnven-
ton to which Marion county. in which
indianapolis is situate, was entitled to
1913 votes A primary was held in In
dianapolis. at which Taft polled 5000
and Roosevelt 400 votes. This gave
Taft 1O6 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 impeach the returns from Marion
county by charges Of fraud and repeat
ing. These charges were of general
character. without specification except
as to one ward out Of fifteen wards,
and then the impeaching witness ad-
mitted he could not claim fraud enough
DO change the result in that ward. The
national committee, upon which there
were fifteen anti-Taft men, rejected
the Roosevelt contestants and gave the
Taft delegates their seats by a unani-
nous vote. Senator Borah and Mr..
Frank B. Kellogg. both Roosevelt men.
made speeches in explaining the votes
in which they said that the case turned
wholly on the Marion county primary,
and as there was no evidence to i'm
peach the result certified, the title Of
the Taft delegates was clear. This Is
the convention whose proceedings
called forth such loud charges of theft
and fraud from Mr.. Roosevelt.
kentucky.
In Kentucky contest was hled
against only three of the four delegates
at large The fourth Taft delegates
seat was uncontested. The three con-
testants admitted they were not elect
ed by the convention which sent the
Taft delegates or by any other They
only contended that if the Roosevelt
forces had had a majority they would
have been elected. There were 1856
delegates summoned to the convention
by its call. There were 440 of these
whose seats were contested. If all or
these had been conceded to Roosevelt
it would have made the Roosevelt vote
297 votes less than majority. The
from the decision of the national COM
mittee was abandoned, a. it ought to
have been.
Michigan.
In Michigan the state convention
had in it about 1900 delegates. There
were only two counties in dispute or
contest. One was Wayne county. In
which Detroit is situated, and the other
was Calhoun county. The evidence
left no doubt that the Taft men car
ried by very large majority Wayne
county, but it was immaterial whether
this was true or not, because, leaving
out both Wayne county and Calhoun
county. the only counties in contest.
the Taft delegates outnumbered by
several hundred the Roosevelt dele
gates, and they had clear majority
out Of the total number Of votes that
should have been in the convention.
The contest was so weak as to hardly
merit recital.