Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-08-09

at large The fsurth Tan Aeleeats's
seat was uncopsested The tarss coz.
tesfants adn,tted they were not siset.
I'd bs tbs convention which sent the
Taft delegates or BY any other. They
only contended that II the Roosevelt
forces bad had & majority they would
have been elected. There were 1856
delegates summoned TO the convention
by It's call. There were 40 OF these
whose seats were contested IL all Of
these had been conceded TO Roosevelt
Il would have made thu Roosevelt vote
2g7 votes less than a majority. The
! appeal to the committee on credentials
from the decision OF the national com
mit;ee was abandoned. as 1t ought 70
have been
michioss.
In Michigan the state convention
had IN II about loo 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
lef, no doubt that the Taft men car
ried by very large majority Wayne
county, but II was immaterial whether
this WIS true or not, because. leaving
out both Wayne county and Calhoun
county. the only counties 10 contest.
the TAFT delegates outnumbered by
several hundred the Roosevelt dele
gates. and they had a clear majority
out OF the total number OF votes that
should have been 10 the convention
The contest was 80 weak as 70 hardly
merit recital
Texas.
In Texas there were 240 counties, OF
which four have no county govern
ment The 245 counties under the call
OF the convention were allowed 10 have
something over 1000 delegates. repre-
Benling them. who were given author
Ky 10 cast 24S votes or the 245 cOun
ties there we're ninety nine counties IN
which the total Republican vote was
but 1000. in fourteen Of which there
were 40 Republican voters, IN twenty
seven OF which there were less than
ten each aud Ia none Of which was
there any Republican organization and
IN none OF which had a primary or con.
yention been held Il was shown that
Colonel Cecil Lyon. 20 whom had been
assigned as referee the disposition Of
the patronage OF the national Repub
llcau administration FOR ten years 10
the state. had been ia the habit OF con
trolling the Republican state eonyen
ton by securing from two federal OF
Ia each Of these ninety nine
counties certificate granting q proxy
10 Colonel Lyon or q friend OF his TO
represent the county as n regularly
conferred By a Republican county or
s8nizatiou The national committee
and ihe committee 0n credentials aud
.he convention after the fullest inyesti
CATION decided that these ninety-ulne
counties lu which the Republican vote
was 81 small and Ia which there was
no Republican party. no convention no
primary, 30 organization WIS not the
proper source fer a proxy to give
vote equal "a that 20 be cast by the
,thof l46 counties ln which there was
Republican organizati0a and 10
ahifh primaries OF conventions were
held The two committees therefore
held such alney-nlne proxies TO be-
Illegal aud act the basis Of proper rep
.esent8uou The two tribunals who
leard ghc cBss decided thar they should
ieduct lhe ninety nine votes from the
otai or 285 and give che representation
o those who controlled the majority
u the remainder The remainder was
52 votes. and out ot thag the Tart
men had carried eighty nne counties.
having ninety votes This gave % the
ralt men a clear majority ia the state
and with It eight delegates
4 large
WASHINGTON.
The contest In Washington turned on
he question whelhey the Taft dele
rates appointed by the county com
nitlee Ia King county, 10 which Seattle