The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1912-08-07

majority Of uncontested delegates who
voted for the Taft delegates to Chi.
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OKLAHOMA.
| Third District.
IN the Third Oklahoma district the
| question Of the validity of the seats Of
| the delegates turned on the const!tu
| ton of the congressional committee.
| which was made up Of twelve Taft
men and seven Roosevelt men, The
| chairman. Cochran. was Roosevelt:
man and attempted to prevent the ma
| jority Of the committee from taking
| action. The chairman was removed
and another substituted, and thereupon
the convention was duly called to order
OH 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
had its representation and vote in the
regular convention. and no person
properly accredited as a delegate was
excluded or debarred from participat-
ing in its proceedings. Cochran and
his followers bolted after his deposi
ton Assuming that all the committee
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 it was sim
ply question whether a majority Of
the committee had the right to control
its action or minority. The boiling
convention which Cochran held was
not attended by majority Of the duly
elected delegates to the convention. II
did not have the credentials from the
various counties and its 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 tifty-nine delegates uncon.
tested out OF a possible total Of 1903 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 tifty-nine
uncontested delegates. These fifty
nine delegates. part Of whom were
Roosevelt men. remained in the con
vention. appointed the proper commit
tees, settled contests and proceeded to
select Taft delegates. There can be
ho, hn % fh0r0,
fore Of their title.
TEXAS.
First District.
The only remaining districts are the
First district was composed of eleven
counties, each county having one vote.
except Cass county, which had two.
The executive committee, composed of
one representative from each county.
made up the temporary roll. and in the
contests filed from two counties seat
ed both delegates with one-half vote
each. The convention elected the two
Taft delegates, giving them ten and
one-Quarter votes Each county was
represented in this vote. A minority
representing one and three-quarters
votes bolted the regular convention
and held a rump meeting. The ma
tional committee ,by unanimous rOte
decided the contest in favor Of the
Taft delegate.
Second District.
In the Second Texas district there
were fourteen counties. Two counties
were found not to have held cOnven-
lions and one county to have no dele
gate present. The convention was
then constituted by the delegations
that held regular credentials. The re-
port Of the committee On credentials
was accepted upon roll call, and then
the representatives Of five counties
withdrew from the hall. The repre-
sentatives o: four OF these counties
held rump convention. The regular
convention remained in session several
hours. appointed the usual committees.
which retired and made their reports,
which were accepted. and elected two
Taft delegates to the national cOnven.
ton and certified their election in due
form to the national comml1ec. which
without division asked for, held them
properly elected.
Fourth District.
The Fourth Texas district consists
Of five counties, each having one vote
in the district convention under the
call. One county, Rains, chose an uncon-
tested delegation, and that one was for
Taft. The other four counties sent
eoDtesting delegations The contest
Ing delegations appeared before the
congressional executive committee to
present their claims, but the commit
tee arbitrarily refused to hear any
body. Having exhausted every effort
to secure hearing, the four contest
ing cations, together with the only
uncontested delegation OF the cOnven-
ton, withdrew to another place and
held convention and elected Taft
delegates to the Chicago convention.
The congressional convention which
elected the Taft delegates was com.