The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-05

by the extraordinary ruling Of Chair
man Root that when delegate an
swera present. but not voting his
alternate shah be above ed 10 vote.
Always provided that alternate is a
Taft man and the delegate n Roose-
Velt man.
According to the statement, rhe
cases OF California. Arizona. WASH
ineton and Texas cover thirty votes.
The change of these thirty votes,
which, it IS claimed, riehtfully be-
longed to Roosevelt. would have de-
feated Taft and reversed ali the i'm
purtant actions Of the convention.
Eonr Cases Summarized.
Tire four cases are summarized as
follows:
"California's twenty-six delegates
were elected, pledged To Mr.. Roose-
Welt who carried the state by a ma
1ority Of 1900 over Taft. AS has
been shown. the Taft forces arbi-
Earily seated their own delegates
from the Fourth district, when Roose-
Welt Delegates had been elected. This
case affords a curious commentary on
Mir Tafts declared attitude in favor
Of popular primaries.
''Texas-~The delegates at large
from Texas were chosen at the rcgu-
g In favor Of Roosevelt. only r
out of 249 counties In Texas instruct
cd for Taft, and OF these ~. only / 3
participated In the regular convention,
The Taft delegates were admittedly
elected by a boiling minority, yet
they were seated. on the claim that
the Terrell election law of Texas,
which fixed the basis of representa-
ton. was unfair" and the boiling
minority fixed n basis of representa-
ton for themselves
"Washington-Ther were s6S dele
gates to the Stae convention, of which
263 uncontested, were for Roosevelt.
and o. uncontested. for Taft, Three
hundred and four seats were contest
ed. In order to get a majority, the
I Taft mer had to get at least 983 Of
these contested delegates. They did
this by oustlng 12l legally "lected
Roosevelt delegates from King coua
ty alone, and putting IN l21 Taft
men. appointed by subcommittee
which had been declared out Of
existence by the Kings county central
committee. They aid IL by diatribut-
ing tickets Of admission 10 the con-
vention hail az Aberdeen only TO the
delegates for Taft Roosevelt dele
gates, whose credentials had been
urevioasN approved by the pro- Taft
state committee, were denied adrnis-
sion as well as those whose seats
were contested The Roosevelt dele
gates, being in the majority held Il
convention at Aberdeen and elected
delegates To the national convention,
headed by Senator Miles Poihdoxtcr.
AZ tho Roosevelt convention SOL mon
We're In attendance while only i0l
attended the Taft convention. Yet at
the national convention the Taft dele.
gates were the only ones counted.
Arizona committee made a
fraudulent temporary roll call by
seating TAFT delegates from two coun-
ties where Roosevelt delegates had
beer elected ana thus controlling the
convention The Roosevelt delegates
refused to recognize t1is and this re-
sui was two conventions held stimuli
taneouslY In the same hail, eacn Of
which selected civ delegates at large
TO the national convention. The seat
Ing al the Taft delegatea by the state
committee was contrary to the nrac-
tice OF the party and. on merits. The
Roosevelt delegates were clearly elect
cd as Welt a. on technicalities. In
county conventions notably Gochlse