The Holbrook news. (Holbrook, Navajo County [Ariz.]) 1909-1923, 1912-11-29

and litter and in throwing -on graver.
small stone or screenings as filler
The finest dust is to be discarded.
Moreover. this filler must be of ma
terial not easily reduced to an impal-
pable powder under traffic. Every
means must be taken to prevent the
carriage of dirt and litter on to the
traffic mat, as by providing frequent
! ly cleaned approaches. The IN
avoidable Accommodations of dirt and
litter must be removed before each
storm. More oil should perhaps be
added from time to time during the
season to keep the bitumen percentage
high and the water shedding qualities
of the mat unimpaired The expense
involved in these measures is obvious.
So impractical. therefore. seem all
the present exDedients for preventing
this greasy mud that the trouble seems
like necessary wet weather evil of
oiled macadam.
changed his mind and called a meet
Ing of the committee for April II
This committee called a 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
been 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 faith with |
which one of them used the proxy in |
trusted to him. The Taft delegates in
this case bolted 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: per-
manent organization effected. the re-
port of the committee on resolutions
adopted and delegates pledged to Taft
were elected The undisputed evidence
Indicated that fragrant attempt had
been made to deprive Taft of this dis
trict. to 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 the Fourteenth district there were
fifteen counties in the district. When
the executive committee met at San
Antonio to make up the temporary roll
there were ten members of the COM
mittee present whose right tn act was
Of whom six were for Taft
and four for Roosevelt There were
four other Roosevelt men present
whose right to vote was disputed aud
who were clearly NOT entitled to repre-
sent their county at that meeting. One
of them held the proxy of the commit
teeman from Kendall county. who WAS
dead. and The proxies from three other
were held. two by postmas-
Iers and one by an assistant postmas-
Ter. while under the election law of
Texas no one who holds an office of
profit or trust under the United States
shall act as a member of an executive
committee either for the state or for
my district or county The temporary
roll was made up by Taft members.
having clear majority without per
hitting these men to act under their I
proxies. There WAS contest over the
delegation from Bexar county. WIFI
the city of San Antonio Full
,onsidera ton WIS given TO this contest.
)ut the testimony was Overwhelming
hat Taft carried the county by vote .
If four or five To one. On the proper ,
Jasis the total vote in the district con-
'ention WIS Sixty-seven. of which The
lumber instructed or voting for Taft I
vas thirty seven and One-half. rhe c
lumber voting or instructed for ROOse- {
'elt twenty eight and one-half. not vOt- Y
ng one. The Taft delegation was 6
therefore, seated at Chicago