The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1912-08-03

the patronage OF the national Repub-
lican administration for ten years IN
the state had been In the habit OF con.
trolling the Republican state conyen-
ton by securing from two federal OF
hcehoders in each OF these ninety-nine
counties certificate granting a proxy
20 Colonel Lyon or a friend OF his 10
represent the county as IL regularly
conferred by Republican county or.
ganization The national committee
and the committee on credentials anil
the convention after the fullest investi
CATION decided that these ninety-nine
counties In which the Republican vote
was so small and in which there was
no Republican party. no convention. no
primary, no organization. was not the
proper source for a proxy TO give a
vote equal TO that 10 be cast by the
other l46 counties IN which there was
a Republican organization and I'm
which primaries or conventions were
held The two committees therefore
held such ninety-nine proxies TO he
illegal and not the basis OF proper rep
resentation. The two tribunals who
heard the case decided that they should
deduct the ninety-nine votes from the
total OF 245 and give the representation
TO those who controlled the majority
Of the remainder. The remainder was
l52 votes, and out OF that the Taft
men had carried elghty-nine counties.
having ninety votes. This gave TO the
Taft men a clear majority In the state
convention and with II eight delegates
az large
WASHINGTON.
The contest in Washington turned ON
the question whether the Taft dele.
gates appointed by the county com
mittee in King county. IN which Seattle
Is situate, we're duly elected 10 the
convention or whether primary
which was subsequently held and al
which Roosevelt delegates were elect.
ed, was properly called. so that its re.
suit was legal. Under the law the
county committee had the power 10 de
eide whether IL would select the dele
gates directly or should call a primary
In some counties OF the state one
course was pursued and IN other coun-
ties the other. In King county the
committee consisted OF $50 men, the
majority OF whom were for Taft, and
that majority, acting through its exec,
utiye committee. selected the Taft dele
gates TO the state convention. Mean.
time the city council OF Seattle had re.
Distracted the city IL before had $50
precincts. Now substantially the same
territory was divided up into 3Sl pre-
clncts. The chairman OF the county
committee was n Roosevelt man. He
had been given authority by general
resolution 20 oil vacancies occurring IN
the committee. general meeting OF
the committee had been held after the
city council had directed the redistrict
ing OF the city, in which Il was re.
solved. the chairman not dissenting,
that representatives could not be Sc
lected 10 al the 33l new precincts un.
I'll an election was held In September.
1912 Thereafter and in spite OF this
conclusion the chairman assumed the
right by his appointment to add 70 the
existing committee l3l precinct com.
mitteemen, and with these voting In
the committee II Is claimed that PR
mary was ordered There was so much
confusion I'm the meeting that this Is
doubtful However. the fact is that
the Taft men protested against auy
action by a committee so constituted
on the ground that the chairman had
no authority TO appoint the 13l new
committeeman They refused TO take
part in the primary, and so did the III
Toilette men. The newspapers report
ed the number OF votes In the primat'
10 be something over 5000. The Roost
Welt committee showed by affidavit thi
number TO be 5000 out OF a usual tofat
Republican vote OF $4,000 The action
Of the chairman or the COMMITTEES ~
attempting 10 add i3l precinct men to
yond his power The resolution an.
thorlzing him 10 on vacancies. OF
course applied only 10 those places
which became vacant after they hnd
been filed and clearly did not apply ITO
l3l new precincts II could not In Dc
nature OF things apply 20 a chang
from the old system - a complete nt
system OF precincts created by the CO
council, because II they were TO
filed the entire number OF 33l njii
precincts different from the old mh
be filled one system could not
made into the other by a mere ADD
tionaI appointment OF 49, committee
men No lawyer will say that such
action by the committee thus consti.
tuted was legal Therefore the action
which the lawful committee OF $50 took
In electing Taft delegates who made
majority in the state convention was
the only one which could be recognized