The Coconino sun., 1912-08-09
THE TRUTH ABOUT THOSE DELEGATES

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 form to the national committee, which without diIision asked for, held them properly elected.
 Fourth District.
 The Fourth Texas district consists of i've counties, each having one vote in the district convention under the call. One county, Rains, chose an uncon- tested delegation, and that one was for Taft The other four counties sent contesting delegations. The contest Ing delegations appeared before the congressional executive committee to present their claims, but the commit. tee arbitrarily refused to hear any. body. Having exhausted every effort to secure a hearing, the four contest. ing delegations. together with the only uncontested delegation of the conven- lion, withdrew to another place and held 6 convention and elected Taft delegates to the Chicago convention The congressional convention which elected the Taft delegates was com posed of more than majority, and, indeed. of practically all the regularly elected delegates. The national com. mittee held the title of the Taft dele gates to their seats valid by viva voce vote without calling for a division
 Fifth District.
 The Fifth district of Texas Is com, posed of Dallas. Ellis. Hill. Bosque and ROckwall counties Dallas county cast more Republican votes than all the other counties of the district put together The call for the congres, Sional convention allowed each county to send not to exceed four delegates. but made no reference to the basis of representation of the respective coun- ties composing the district. There was a contest from Dallas county. but the Taft delegates were seated Taft delegates were seated on the temporary roll from two counties. and Roosevelt delegates from the three counties. and the representation In the convention was fixed at one vote for each county without regard to the number of dele gates in the convention or the num- Der of Republican votes cast In such county. A minority report of the dis, trict committee was presented. protest ing against the ratio of representa- ton adopted. The chairman of the convention objected to the presenta- ton of this minority report Failing in this he abandoned the platform and left the hall
 The convention thereupon elected a new chairman and a new secretary. ap- pointed committee on credentials. which recommended the seating of the. Taft delegates from Hill county and the adoption of the minority report of the district committee as to the basis of the representation in the convention Both these recommendations were adopted. and Taft delegates 10 the na- tional convention were thereupon elect ed by a vote of eight to three, The Roosevelt men thereafter retired to the south end of the hall, where they or ganized a meeting at which 1t 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. 3S. Both the national com. mittee and the committee on creden- tials sustained the Taft delegates
 Seventh District.
 The Seventh congressional district of Texas is composed of the following counties: Anderson. Chambers. Gal weston. Houston. Liberty, Polk. San Ja- 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 in any of these three counties In two of them Colonel Lyon assumed to ap- point chairmen, which he had no right to do. Lyon himself had classed these three counties as unorganized and with out party organization.
 Ine COnNenIlOD met m GalVeStOn. The executive committee met prior to the meeting of the convention to make up the temporary roll of delegates. The executive committee had before 1t the question of having the three morgan. ized counties represented fin 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 unorganized counties with drew from the meeting and proceeded to 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 f~the executive committee as to the temporary roll. The Roosevelt followers controlled the executive committee. but did not have majority in the convention. which adopted the minority report and gave Frs- f4 a l.