The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1912-08-08

at large. The fourth Taft delegates
seat was uncOnfested The three con.
testants admitted they were not elect
ed by the convention which sent the
Taft delegates or by any other. They
only confended that IL the Roosevelt
forces had had a majority they would
have been elected There were 2.356
delegates summoned TO the convention
by its call. There were 40 of these
whose seats were contested. II all OF
these bad been conceded to Roosevelt
Il would have made the Roosevelt vote
297 votes less than a majority The
appeal to the committee on credentials
from the decision OF the national com
mittee was abandoned, as 1t ought to
have been.
Michigan.
In Michigan rhe state convention
had In IL about 1.200 delegates. There
were only two counties In dispute or
contest One was Wayne county. in
which Detroit is situated, and the other
left no doubt that the Taft men car
ried by a very large majority Wayne
county, but Il was immaterial whether
this was 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 IN the convention.
The contest was SO weak as to hardly
merit recital
Texas.
In Texas there were 249 counties, of
which four have no county govern
ment. The 245 counties under the call
OF the convention were allowed to have
something over 1000 delegates, repre-
senting them. who were given author
ity TO cast 24S votes. or the 245 coun.
ties there were ninety-nine counties in
which the total Republican vote was
but 1000, in fourteen OF which there
were no Republican voters. in twenty
seven OF which there were less than
ten each and in none of which was
there any Republican organization and
in none of which had primary or CON
vention been held. II was shown that
Colonel Cecil Lyon, to whom had been
assigned as referee the disposition of
the patronage Of the national Repub-
lican administration for ten years in
. ha In, fbs hnb Of
trolling the Republican state conven-
ton by securing from two federal OF
ficehOldeTS in each OF these niuety-nine
counties certificate granting a proxy
TO Colonel Lyon or friend OF his to
represent the county as if regularly
conferred by a Republican county or
ganiZa ton. The national committee
and the committee on credentials and
the convention after the fullest investi
CATION decided that these ninety-nine
in which the Republican vote
was so small and in which there was
no Republican party. no convention. no
primary. no organization. was not the
proper source for a proxy TO give a
vote equal to that to be cast by tie
other l4G counties in which there was
4 Republican organization and in
which primaries or conventions were
held The two committees therefore
held such ninety-nine proxies to be
Illegal and not the basis OF proper rep
-esentation. The two tribunals who
heard the case decided that they should
ieduct the ninety-nine votes from the
otal OF 2i5 and give the representation
o those who controlled the majority |
# the remainder The remainder was
80 votes. and out of that the Taft |
men had carried eighty-nine counties. |
having ninety votes. This gave TO the !
Taft men a clear majority in the state |
and with ii eight delegates |
Il large
WASHINGTON.
The contest in Washington turned on |
81, 9,