Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-08-09
THE TRUTH ABOUT
THOSE DELEGATES
Roosevelt Contests lnstlgaisd
! to Deceive the Public.
ALL BUT "a WE'RE ABANDONED

u nat ms frDvUAfs WnfcN psctnsu
Thsss Contests In Favor Of Mr.. Taft
wsrs Right In G~sry instaocs--rhs
Rsmslnins 1914 Contests Were Frivol-
Gus, and Their Prompt Abandonment,
Reflects Upon the oenuissnsss and
Validity Of the asmaindsr.
Washington, July 2D.--nere ara the
facts Ia relation 10 the contested seats
a. ths Republican national convention.
II Is 3 summary OF detailed state
naent going carefully into all OF the
eases. q statement 80 thorough that II
sskss up 100 pages OF printed matter.
This statement II signed BY Mr. Victor
nos4wateF. chairman Of the former Ito
publican national Committee; by Mr.. J
Al. DeYlee Of Colorado. chairman OF the
committee on credentials OF the Repub
liesn national convention. and by Mr.
Charles H. 1liies. chairman or the
present Republican national committee
The total nnmber Of Delegates sum
noned 10 the convention under It's call
was LOIS. with $40 necessary 10 a
cholce. Mr. TAN had 56i votes on the
Efa and only ballot and WAS declared
the aOmlnee There were instituted
a3aiuai x'sS OF the delegates regularly
elected Tor Taft contests on behalf OF
Roosevelt These contests were ayow
sdly lrssigaied not Tor the purpose OF
really securing seats 10 the convention
moi for the purpose OF adducinR eyi.
dsnce which would lead 6ny respect
abs couri % entertain The contests, but
Tor the purpose ~ decelying the public
into the belief lhnt SIR Roosevelt had
naors votes than be really had. as the
conventions and primaries were b.
progress fpf the selection OF delegates
This i not ouly necessary inference
from the character Of the contests. but
It was boldly afoWee by the chief edi
tof ~ the newspapers owned bg Sir
Nausey. wao has been Ma Hoosevelts
chief apsuelai and new paper sup
porter rhe 2ss contests were reduced
b. abandonment 70 seventy four
The very fact ef These i0i frivolous
contests itself reflects npon ghe eenu
ieeaes ard validity 81 che remainder
8he seventy faur delegates include sis
sl ietse from Adfona. four az large
FROM Keaiueky four ~ large FROM Ia
1lsaa. ~ at large from Michigan,
eight ~ mffe flOia teEas aud eight az
iagae ffum Washington aud also two
district dolsgaies eseh from the Ninth
Alehams the Fifih Arsansn, fhe
4hHiteuih lHdlaua ihp Seventh
Tielth md Eleventh Kentucky. the
abifd Okahema. the secune reones
SEE an1 fgon eaeb ~ nine districts the
First Second Fourth fifth sovrufn.
Eiehth Nlnih Tealh and Fourteenth
81 fesas
coNTEsrgp DELEGATES AT
LAHoE
Arizona.
III fhe Aflznna convention there wore
nlneiS three votes an toe deieealee-
SIS So number were 10 be selected Al
large The counties we're entitled 10 So
iect their Delegates through their conn
~ committee OF by primary Ia Ono
county. Marcepa. majority ct the
committee decided 70 select It's dele
gates aud q minority 20 have prl
mary Ia other counties there were
sQme contests. and the sitae commit
Zee. following the usage Of Che national
commiltee. gave = hearing 10 an con
fesiants Ia ORDER 20 make up the tenn
pofary roll There was a clear major
~ of the Taft delegates among the
delegates The committee I
made Up the temporary roH and then
there was a boil. sgxsy four remaining
80 the bail aud twenty-five withdraw
Ing thcrefrom THE ease OF the Taft
majority was 50 clear that Il Is dlficuit
10 understand why contest was made
indiana
IL indlana the four Taft delegates at
large were elected 10 state conven
ton 10 which Marion county. Ia which
Indianapolis Is situate. WAS entitled 10
~ votes primary was held In In
iianapolis. al which Taft polled 5000
aud Roosevelt 400 votes This gave
Taft los delegates 10 the state CONVEX
ti0E from Marion county. and II they
g ere properly seated the control or the
spasentiou BY a large majority was
soncedcd 20 Taft Attempt was made
10 impeach the returns from Marion
sopnty by charges q fraud and repeat
InK. These charges were Of general
character. without specification except
~ 70 one ward out Of tftesn wards.
And Thea the impeachlng witness al
mitied be could not claim fraud enough
10 change the result IN that ward The
national committee. upon which there
we're nfieen aati.1aft men. rejected
The Roosevelt contestants and gave the
Taft delessies their seats By unaul-
mons vote SenatoF Borah and Mr
Frank kellogg both Roosevelt men.
made speeches Ia explaining the votes
In which they said that the case turned
wholly on tbe Marion county primary.
and as there was no evidence 10 I'm
peach the result certified. the title Of
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