The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-08-01

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in the regular convention and no
person properly accredited as a del
egate was excluded or debarred from
participating in its proceedings.
Cochran and his followers bolted at
ter his deposition. assuming that
all the committee who went out with
him had the right to act on the COM
nlittee it left the committee standing
twelve for TAFT and seven for Roose-
welt so 1t was simply question
whether a majority of the commit
tee had the right to control its ac-
ton or "a minority. The boiling
convention which Cochran held was
not attended by a majority of the
duly elected delegates to the con-
yention. 1t did not have the Gre
dentials from the various counties.
and. its membership was largely
made up of bystanders who had not
been duly accredited by any county
in Ntle district. Its action was en-
tifely without authority.
Tennessee-Second District.
In the Second Tennessee district
there were ffty-nine delegates un-
contested out of a possible 1Os in
the convention There were forty
nine contested. The Roosevelt con-
testants in the forty-nine refused to
abide the decision of the committee
Eon credentials and withdrew leaving
fifty-nine uncontested delegates,
These tifty-nine delegates, part of
whom were Roosevelt men, remained
lin the convention. appointed the
proper committees, settled contests
and proceeded to select Taft dele
Igats. There can be no question
Iabopt the validity therefore of their
title.
4 Texas-First District.
The only remaining districts are
the nine districts from Texas. OF
these, the First district was COM
posed of eleven counties, each coun-
ty having one vote. except Cass coun-
ty, which had two. The executive
committee, composed of one repre-
sentative from each county, made up
the temporary roll, and in the con-
tests fled from two counties seated
both delegates with one-half yots
each. The convention elected the
two Taft delegates. giving them
10 IA votes. Tach county was
represented in this vote. A minority
representing / "a votes bolted the
regular convention, and held a rump
meeting The national committee
by unanimous vote decided the con-
test\ in favor OF the Taft delegate.
= Second District.
In the Second Texas district there
were fourteen counties. Two coun-
ties were found not to have held con-
yentions. and one county to have no
delegate present. The convention
was then constituted by the dele
/. cations that held regular credentials.
1.-The report OF the committee on Gre
dentlals was accepted upon roll call
and then the representatives of Ave
counties withdrew from the hall.
THE representatives of four OF these
! counties held rump convention.
The regular convention remained in
session several hours, appointed the
usual committees. which retired
and made their reports, which were
accepted. and elected two Taft dele
gates to the national convention,
and certified their election in due
form to the national committee,
Which without division asked for.
held them properly elected.
Fourth District.
The Fourth Texas district consists
fof five counties, each having one
vote in the district contention unser
the call. One county, Rains, chose
an uncontested delegation, and that
one was for Taft. The other four
counties sent contesting delegations.
The contestng, delegations appeared
before tile congressional executive
committee to present. their claims,
but the committee arbitrarily re-
fused to hear anybody. Having ex-
hausted every effort to secure hear
ing, the four contesting delegations
together with the only uncontested
delegation of the convention, with
drew to another place and held a
convention and elected Taft dele
gates to the Chicago convention
The congressional convention which
elected the Taft delegates was COM
posed of more than a majority, and,
indeed. Of practically all the regu-
larry elected delegates. The ma
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