The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-28
That Is Opinion of ID. W. Null
vane Today.
Says That All Contests Were
Properly Decided.
MANY WERE TRUMPED UP
Especially True in Southern
Districts, He Asserts.
California Case Decided in Line
e. With Committee Rules.

Calm. confident. inscrutable as ever,
D. w Mulvane, ex-national commit
teeman. is back from the Republican
national convention. Mr.. Mulvane was
delayed several days after the ad-
journment of the convention. He was
a member of the subcommittee on ar
rangements and debts had to be paid
and the loose ends closed UP for
clean sheet for the new committee
Mr.. Mulvane is well satisfied with
the work of the convention and he de-
tends warmly the work of the COM
mittee. The cry of fraud made py the
progressives is without foundation, ac-
cording to the former committeeman
from Kansas.
Mr.. Mulvane was willing to discuss
anv or all of the contests. Take the
Ninth Alabama case" said MIR. Null
vane. '.about which they made such
fuss Cecil Lyon, committeeman 1IoI,
Texas and a Roosevelt man clea I
+brough. voted with the majority on
that case And so did the progressive
from Wisconsin.
.'Some of these southern contests
brought by the Roosevelt supporters
we're too ridiculous for consideration.
r,I7e1- were trumped up by Roosevelt
boosters after the regular conventions
mad been held. We came upon the
trail of these trainers OF contestS ali
h
..The washington case, you ask? Inc
bennington state committee made out
a roll OF the convention that gave I'l'
2 majority and the Roosevelt "eieS,.CSH
InIted and held another convention
w, recopnize,l the reguia' convention.
go in california we followed commit
a. sod narty precedent The Repupn-
can committees have always helu lhat
3 convention is com9oSSd OF cehSrtS-
sjonaI district units. or can uecl!'e
that we do not recognize any state 10"
hat obliterates the congressional unit
In california Taft carried one congress
s5onal district and we gave 1t 10 MN
as a matter of principle.
Expects Taft to Win.
Mr. MuIvane expects to see Taft VIII
In November in spite of the Juror rdlS-
"a nv the progressives over the COM
,71j+tea roll call prepared for the con-
vention. I'VE filed a list of Taft deIe'
gates for Kansas continued Mr. Mill
vsne 80 that we would nave eleclo-S
in case the Roosevelt nominees Aci
electors should withdraw. L DO not
expect any of these nominees to stay
ON the ticket unless they can support
raft They could not in honor &C
snvthing else if they allowed their
names to stay on the ticket under the-t
of Taft
Mr.. Mulvane aDplauded the act OF
william Allen White in resigi'ing as
committeeman unless he could support
Taft Stanley, the young progressive
from wichita, who was elected to thS
mace. had declared that he would sup
r,rt Taft.
Dave Mulvane is satisfied with his
york in Chicago. He discussed the
whole matter frankly and sincerely as
a matter of business He patiently
went into the details of any contest he
is asked about. 1t was all matter OF
fact and only thing to do from his
standpoint. When asked about Sena- |
tor Borah of Idaho who led the Roose- !
welt fight in the committee, Mulvane
said: "Oh, he is all right, but ne
talks too p.;ch.'' That was the whole |
story in few words. Mulvane and
his friends talked little and did much. !
The Roosevelt people did little but
we gave them plenty of time to get 1t
ill out of their systems, said Null |
vane, smiling grirnly.
Heney a Ffrebrand.
Heney of San Francisco was de- |
scribed as a firebrand by the Kansas |
Taft committeeman. Hadley made |
good appearance and had a good voice. |
The Hadley ovation was corker and
simon pure. He was an able man. |
But Mulvane declared that Roosevelt |
was Jealous of the Hadley ovation and |
cut the Missouri governor after that. !
Roosevelt Quarreled with most of his |
said Mulvane. HE quar- |
relied with Revel, Stubs and Hadley. |
No there was no talk of a compromise
from the Taft leaders We could not
do it. Roosevelt had already de- |
clared that if there was a compromise
candidate it would be he. The offer
would have to come from the Roose-
Welt men after that. wouldn't it? We
had to nominate Taft and we did.