The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1912-08-03
The Truth ABOUT
THOSE DELEGATES
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winch recommended the Hehunk OF the
Taft delegates from Hill county and
the adoption OF the minority report Of
the district committee as 10 the basis
OF the representation In the convention
Both these recommendations were
adopted. and Taft delegates to the ma
tional convention were thereupon elect
ed by a vote OF eight 10 three. The
Roosevelt men thereafter retired 10 the
south end OF the ball. where they or
gained a meeting Mt which IL was
claimed the Roosevelt delegates TO the
national convention were elected. The
Republican vote for the district for
1908 was as follows: Dallas county.
2.06s: Ellis. 594: Hill. 414: Bosque. 266
Rockwall. 80. Both the national com
mittee and the committee on creden-
tails sustained the Taft delegates
Seventh District.
The Seventh congressional district OF
Texas is composed OF the following
counties: Anderson. Chambers. Cal
weston. Houston. Liberty, Polk. San ia
cinto and Trinity. Polk. San Jacinto
and Trinity were without proper party
organization. In Texas county chair
men must be elected by the voters in
each party. No such election was held
I'm any OF these three counties. In two
OF them Colonel Lyon assumed 20 ap
point chairmen. which he had no right
to do. Lyon himself had classed these
three counties as unorganlzed and with
out party organization.
The convention met IN Galveston.
The executive committee met prior %
the meeting OF the convention TO make
up the temporary roll OF delegates The
executive committee had before IL the
question OF having the three morgan
lied counties represented IN the con
vention. The executive committee re
fused TO recognize them. When this
action was taken by the executive com.
mittee a delegate from Houston county
and the alleged representatives from
the three unorganlzed counties with
drew from the meeting and proceeded
10 organize another convention. and
upon this is based the contest. which
was rejected by both committees. the
national committee and the credentials
committee.
Eighth District
In the Eighth congressional conven.
ton split occurred over the majority
and minority reports OF the executive
committee as to the temporary roll
The Roosevelt followers controlled the
executive committee. but did not have
a majority In the convention. which
adopted the minority report and gave
Taft Ave and one-h half votes and Roosc-
welt two and one-half votes. This re.
suited in the election OF the Taft dele
gates. who were seated by both the
national committee and the credentials
committee.
Ninth District.
In the Ninth district the district
committee was called by Mr. Speaker.
a member OF the committee. and not by
the chairman The chairman refused
10 convene the committee because he
claimed that all the delegates from
Texas TO The national convention must
be elected in the state convention. that
Colonel Lyon. his superior. had thus
directed him The district committee
was called Seven members attended
the meeting The district convention
was called on May Is. Eleven counties
out OF the fifteen responded 10 the cali
and took part In the convention Three
counties were not represented, and in
one OF these there was no election
After this convention had been called
the chairman Of the district committee
changed his mind and called a meet.
ing OF the committee for April IL.
This committee called congressional
convention to be held on May Is. But
there was no publication Of the call.
which had TO be thirty days before the
convention. until April 81 The Taft
convention seems therefore to have
teen duly and regularly convened.
while the Roosevelt convention was
not. The Taft delegates were seated.
Tenth District
In the Tenth district the decision
turned largely upon the bad faith with
which two members OF the district
committee voted In the seating OF dele
gates and upon the bad fahh with
which one OF them used the proxy In
trusted To him. The Taft delegates In
this case boitod and left the hall and
Immediately In the same building or
ganized another convention which con
sisted OF delegates from six counties.
Proceedings were regularly held; a per-
manent organization effected. the re
port OF the committee on resolutions
adopted and delegates pledged to Taft
were elected The undlsputed evidence
indicated that a Migrant attempt had
been made to deprive Taft OF this dis
trict, 10 which he was justly entitled.
The national committee sustained the
title OF the Taft delegates and alter
mates by a practically unanimous vote.
Fourteenth District.
In fha Eaurtaanth dfsfrfct thar were