HIE TRUTH ABOUT !
THOSE DELEGATES
EmmW Contests Instigated
to Decelye tfis Public
m BUT 74 WERE ABANDONED
Examination of the Facta Shows
That tha Tribunals Which Decided
-Thee Contests In Favor of Mr. Taft
l.Wora Right In Every Instance The
H afteinaining 164 Contests Were Frivol-
heuua. and Their Prompt Abandonment
Reflects Upon the Genuineness and
.Validity of the Remainder.
- IKaxrts In relation to tbe contested seats
; iln tbe Republican national convention,
sit te a summary of a detailed state
nnxBt going carefully into all of tbe i
. -ses, a statement so thorough that it
-, stakes up 150 pages of printed matter.
-".TMsetateinent is signed by Mr. Victor
; TOosewater. chairman of tbe former Re
vriKtHcan national committee; by Mr. J
,3X Devine of Colorado, chairman of tbe
committee on credentials of tbe Repub
lican national convention, and by Mr.
sOnarles D. Hlllea, chairman of tbe
i present Republican national committee.
.The total number of delegates sum-,-jjnone3
to tbe convention uuder its call
xaras 1,078, with 640 necessary to a
-efioice. Mr. Taft had 561 votes on tbe
ftrst and only ballot and was declared
tlie nominee. There were Instituted
against 238 of the delegates regularly
elected for Taft contests on behalf of
XSIoosevelt These contests were avow
rwadly instigated not for the purpose of
tieaily securing seats in tbe convention.
saat for the purpose of adducing evi-
(fence which would lead any respect-.i-sljle
court to entertain the contests, but
:3&w ttie purpose of deceiving the public
: nto the belief that Mr. Roosevelt bad
.snore votes than be really had, as tbe
. conventions and primaries were In
progress for the selection of delegates
"Tiis is not only a necessary inference
trta tbe character of tbe contests, but
-iSt was boldly avowed by the chief edt
itr of tbe newspapers owned by Mr.
SkJansey, who has been Mr. Roosevelt's
'lef financial and newspaper sup
HJidrter. The 238 contests were reduced
kiiby abandonment to seventy-four.
The very fact of these 164 frivolous
intests itself reflects upon the genu
tiJieness and validity of tbe remainder.
":8The seventy-four delegates include six
sst large from Arizona, four at large
rfexnn Kentucky, four at large from In
itdlana, sis at large from Michigan,
-eigfct at large from Texas and eight at
rg from Washington, and also two
3istiict delegates each from tbe Ninth
-Alabama, the Fifth Arkansas, the
Thirteenth Indiana, the Seventh.
J&2skth and Eleventh Kentucky, the
"XStird Oklahoma, the Second Tennes
:Hfcse and from each of nine districts, the
SFirst, Second. Fourth. Fifth. Seventh.
2&Agiit. Ninth, Tenth and Fourteenth
Texas.
CONTESTED DELEGATES AT
1
LARGE.
Arizona,
In the Arizona convention there were
EOiaety -three votes. All the delegates
ffistx in number were to be selected at
C!rge. The counties were entitled to se
lect their delegates through tbeir conn
rty committee or by primary. In one
stsiwnty, Maricopa, a majority of tbe
- st-fnoitttee decided to select Its dele
g&ea and a minority to have a pri
pmary. In other counties there were
T-euiae contests, and the sttae com mil
's te, fallowing tbe usage of tbe national
Lyiamltte, gave a bearing to all con-r-jssta-nts
in order to make up the tern
tjwary rol-L There was a clear major
dty f tbe Taft delegates among the
nacwtitested delegates. The committee
t :xJe up tbe temporary roll and then
t-itfcre was a bolt, sixty-four remaining
Vim tbe ball and twenty-five withdraw
tfis therefrom. The case of the Taft
iawjority was so clear that It is difficult
sua) amderstand why a contest was inude.
. , Indiana.
tfai Indiana the four Taft delegates at
Oarge wre elected In a state conven
r"Sn to which Marlon county. In which
Indiana polls is situate, was entitled, to
U2S votes. A primary was held In In
rXanspotl. at which Taft polled 0.000
rand Roosevelt 1.400 votes. This gave
"JTCt !0i delegates in the state conven
tion from Marlon county, and If they
wwere projierly seated the control of the
-wuiventlon by a large majority was
- otaceded to Taft Attempt was made
impeach the returns from Marion
-iMwat.v by charges of fraud and repeat
ill. These charges were of a general
:mcacter, without Secificatiop except
:s to one ward out of fifteen wards,
rami then the Impeaching witness ad
justed be could not claim fraud enough
Pt ctiange the result In that ward. The
i-Mtitfual committee, upon which there
're fifteen anti-Taft men. rejected
tle totiMvelt contestants and gave the
TTaft delegates their seats by a unanl
c.noiis vote. Senator Borah and Mr.
EKrank B Kellogg, both Roostve't men.
erautde speeches In explaining the votes
Jtn which Hiey said that tbe case turned
vwfaeUy on the Marion county primary,
-.-smi as there was no evidence to Im
i. peach the result certified, the title of
oUe Taft delegates was clear. This Is
convention whose proceedings
ralWsJ forth such loud charges of theft
r-arxj frod from Mr. Roovelt
Kentucky.
'r7 Kmtnky a contest was filc.i
i-fcr'1" !J Uiree of the four delegate
at lava. The fourth Tan delegate
seat was uncontested. Tha three con
testants admitted they were not elect
ed by the convention which sent the
Taft delegates or by any other. They
only contended that if the Roosevelt
forces had had a majority they would
have been elected. There were 2,330
delegates summoned to the convention
by its call. There were 449 of these
whose seats were coutested. If all of
these had been conceded to Roosevelt
It would have made the Roosevelt vote
297 votes loss than a majority. The
appeal to the committee on credentials
from the decision of the national com
mittee was abandoned, as It ought to
have been.
Michigan.
Id Michigan the state convention
had In It about 1.200 delegates. There
were only two counties in dispute or
contest One was Wayne county. In
which Detroit Is situated, and tbe other
was Calhoun couuty. The evidence
left no doubt that the Taft men car
ried by a very large majority Wayne
county, but It was Immaterial whether
this was true or not because, leaving
out both Wayne county and Calhoun
county, the only counties In contest,
the Taft delegates outnumbered by
several hundred the Roosevelt dele
gates, and tbey had a clear majority
out of the total number of votes that
should have been In the convention.
Tbe contest waa so weak as to hardly
merit recital.
Texas.
In Texas there were 249 counties, of
which four hava no county govern
ment The 245 counties under the call
of tbe convention were allowed to have
something over 1,000 delegates, repre
senting them, who were given author
ity to cast 248 votes. Of the 245 coun
ties there were ninety-nine counties in
which the total Republican vote was
but 2,000, In fourteen of which there
were no Republican voters. In twenty-
seven of which there were less than
ten each and In none of which was
there any Republican organization and
in Done of which had a primary or con
vention been held. It was shown that
Colonel Cecil Lyon, to whom had been
assigned as referee the disposition of
the patronage of the national Repub
lican administration for ten years in
tbe state, had been in the habit of con
trolling the Republican state conven
tion by securing from two federal of
ficeholders in each of these ninety-nine
counties a certificate granting a proxy
to Colonel Lyon or a friend of his to
represent the county as if regularly
conferred by a Republican county or
ganization. The national committee
and the committee on credentials and
the convention after the fullest investi
gation 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 to be cast , by the
other 140 counties In which there was
a- Republican organization and in
which primaries or conventions were
held. The two committees therefore
held such ninety-nine proxies to be
illegal and not the basis of proper rep
resentation. Tbe 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
152 votes, and out of that the Taft
men had carried eighty-nine counties,
having ninety votes. This gave to tbe.
Taft men a clear majority In the state
convention and with it eight delegates
at large.
WASHINGTON.
The contest In Washington turned on
the question whether tbe Taft dele
gates appointed by tbe county com
mittee in Kiug couuty, in which Seattle
Is situate, were duly elected to the
convention or whether a primary,
which was subsequently held and at
which Roosevelt delegates were elect
ed, was properly called, so that its re
sult was legal. Tinder tbe law tbe
county committee had the power to de
cide whether It would select the dele
gates directly or should call a primary.
In some counties of tbe state one
course was pursued and in other coun
ties tbe other. In King county the
committee consisted of 250 men. tbe !
majority of whom were for Taft, and
that majority, acting through Its exec
utive committee, selected tbe Taft dele
gates to the state convention. Mean
time the city council of Seattle had re
districted the city. It before had 250
precincts. Now substantially the same
territory was divided up Into 3S1 pre
cincts. Tbe chairman of tbe county
committee was a Roosevelt man. He
bad been given authority by general
resolution to fill vacancies occurring In
tbe committee. A general meeting of
tbe committee had been held after tbe
city council bad directed the redisrict
ing of the city. In which It was re
solved, tbe chairrnau not dissenting,
that representatives could not be se
lected to fill the 331 new precincts un
til an election was held in September,
1912. Thereafter and In spite of this
conclusion tbe chairman assumed the
right by bis appointment to add to the
existing committee 131 precinct com
mitteemen, and with these voting in
the committee it Is claimed that a pri
mary was ordered. There was so much
confusion in the meeting that this is
doubtful. However, the fact is that
the Taft men protested against any
action by a committee so constituted
on the ground that the chairman bad
no authority to appoint the 131 new
committeemen. Tbey refused to take
part In the primary, and so did the La
Follette men. The newspapers report
ed the cumber of votes In the primary
to be something over 3,000. The Roose
velt committee showed by affidavit tbe
number to be C.000 out of a usual total
Republican vote of 75,000. The action
of the chairman of tha committee in
i ... . ,, . .
iwv"" " ' y.c..iit,
ine oiu co'uinmce via, 01 course, w
youd bis power. The resolution au
thorizing Mm to fill vacancies, of
course, applied only to those places
which became vacant after they bad
been filled and clearly did not apply to
131 new precincts. It could not In the
nature of things apply to a change
from the old system to a complete new
system of precincts created by the city
council, because if they were to be
filled the entire number of 331 new
precincts different from the old must
be filled. One system could not be
made into the other by a mere addl
tlonalappolutment of 131 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 250 took
in electing Taft delegates who made a
majority in the state convention was
the only one which could be recognized
as valid.
CONTESTED DISTRICT DELE
GATES. ALABAMA.
Ninth District.
The Ninth Alabama contest turned
on the question whether tbe chairman-
of a district committee had power to
fill vacancies, whether a committee
man who bad sent his resignation to
take effect only In case be was not
present being present, should be pre
vented from acting aa committeeman,
and third, on the Identity of another
committeeman. The written resolu
tion under which tbe right of the
I chairman to appoint to vacancies was
claimed showed on Its face that the
1 specific authority was written In In
different writing and different colored
pencil between the lines. A number of
affidavits were filed by committeemen
who were present when the resolution
was passed to show that tbe resolu
tion contained no such authority. This
gave rise to a question of fact upon
which a very large majority of both
the national committee and tbe com
mittee on credentials held that the
lead pencil Insertion was a forgery,
that the chairman did not have the au
thority therefore to appoint to ...the
vacancies, and therefore the action of
bis committee was not valid. This
made It necessary to reject the contest
ants. The committee decided the two
other issues of fact before them In
favor of tbe Taft contention, although
the first decision was conclusive. -:
ARKANSAS.
Fifth District
In the Fifth Arkansas the question
was one of the identity of one faction
or the other as the Republican party.
This convention followed the example
of the convention of 1908 In holding
that what was known as the Redding
faction was not the Republican party,
that It was a defunct organization and
had only acquired life at the end of
each four years for the purpose of
using It In the national conveption.
The contestants were therefore reject
ed. It was shown that the other or
Taft had been In active existence as
the Republican party, had nominated
a local ticket and had run a congress
man. CALIFORNIA.
Fourth District.
The Fourth California presented this
question: Dnder the state law the dele
gation. two from each district, was
elected on a general ticket, in a group
of twenty-six. Egh delegate might
either express his presidential prefer
ence or agree to vote for the preslden
Hal candidate receiving the highest
number In the state. In the Fourth
district the two candidates from .that
district on the Taft ticket expressed
a preference for Taft. but did not
agree to vote for the candidates hav
ing the highest state vote. These Taft
delegates In the Fourth district re
ceived a majority of 200 more than
the Roosevelt delegates In that dls
trict The national call forbade any
law or the acceptance of any law
which prevented the election of dele
gates by districts. In other words, the
call of the national convention was at
variance with the state law The state
law sought to enforce the state unit
rule and required the whole twenty
six delegates to be voted for all ovei
the state, assigning two to each dls
Met on the ticket to abide the state
w4ile eiecaon, wniie me itepuDiicH"
national convention has Insisted upon
the unit of the district since 1HS0. That
has' tieen the party law This conven
tion recognized the party law anil held
It to be more binding than that of the
state la"w and allowed the two dele
gates who bad received In the Fourth
district a vote larger than their two
opponents assigned to that district, to
become delegates In the convention
This was clearly lawful, for a state bus
ny power to limit or control tbe basis
of representation of a voluntary na
tional party lu a national convention
The fact that President Taft by tele
gram approved all the twenty six dele
gates as representing him Is snld to be
an estoppel against his claiming the
election of two of those delegates In
their Fourth district What Is there
Inconsistent In his approving the can
d'dacy of all his delegates and tlx
election of two of them? Why should
he be thus estopped to claim that part
of the law was Inoperative because In
conflict with the call of the convention?
INDIANA.
Thirteenth District
tn the Thirteenth Indiana there was
no question aliout the victory of the
Taft men. because the temporary chair
man representing the Taft side was
conceded to have been elected by one
half a vote more than the Roosevelt
candidate. This one-half vote extended
through tbe riotous proceedings, and
although It was not ss wide as a barn
door It was enough. The chairman put
the question as to electing the Taft
delegates, and after continuous objec
tion lusting three hours declared tit
rote carried. The Roosevelt men rhna
prevented a roll call and then bolted.
KENTUCKY.
Seventh District.
In the CMveuth Kentucky district the
total vote of the convention was 115.
There were contests from four coun
ties, Involving ninety-five votes. Ac
cording to the rules of the party In
Kentucky, where two seats of creden
tials are presented those delegates
whose credentials are approved by the
county chairman are entitled to par
ticipate In the temporary organization.
On the temporary roll the Taft chair
man was elected by ninety-eight votes
and forty-seven votes were cast for the
Roosevelt candidate. The committee
on credentials was then appointed, con
sisting of one member named by each
county delegation. The majority re
port of the committee was adopted
unanimously by the convention, no del
egation whose seats were contested
being permitted to vote on Its own
case. As soon aa the majority report
of the credentials committee had been
adopted, the Roosevelt adherents bolt
ed. There was not the slightest reason
for sustaining the coutest for Roosevelt
delegates.
Eighth Distriot.
The Eighth Kentucky district was
composed of ten counties having 103
rotes, of which eighty-two were neces
sary to a choice. There was no con
test In five of the counties, and al
though the Roosevelt men claimed that
there was oua In' Spencer county no
contest was presented against tbe
seating of the regularly elected Taft
delegates from that county. This gave
the Taft delegates eighty-four rotes, or
two mora than were necessary for a
choice. In other words, assuming that
the Roosevelt men were entitled to all
tbe delegates from the bounties in
which they filed contests In the dis
trict convention there remained a clear
majority of uncontested delegates who
voted for the Taft delegates to Chi
cago. OKLAHOMA.
Third District
In the Third Oklahoma district the
question of the validity of the seats of
the delegates turned on the constitu
tion of the congressional committee,
which was made up of twelve Taft
men and seven Roosevelt men. The
chairman, Cochran, was a Roosevelt
man and attempted to prevent tbe ma
jority of the committee from taking
action. The chairman was removed
and another substituted, and thereupon
the convention was duly called to order
on the temporary roll prepared by the
congressional committee, which was
made the permanent roll, and the two
Taft delegates to Chicago were duly
selected. Every county In the district
had Its representation and vote In the
regular convention, and no person
properly accredited as a delegate was
excluded or debarred from participat
ing In Its proceedings. Cochran and
his followers bolted after his deposl
tlon. Assuming that all the committee
who weut out with him had the right
to act on the committee. It left the
committee standing twelve for Taft
and seven for Roosevelt, so it was siui
ply a question whether a majority of
the committee had the right to control
its action or a minority. The bolting
convention which Cochran held was
not attended by a majority of tbe duly
elected delegates to the convention. It
did not have the credentials from the
various counties, and its membership
was largely made up of bystanders
who had not been duly accredited by
any county In tbe district Its action
was entirely without authority.
TENNESSEE.
Second District
In the Second Tennessee district
there were fifty-nine delegates uncon
tested out of a possible total of 108 In
the convention. There were forty-nine
contested. The Roosevelt contestants
In the forty-nine refused to abide the
decision of the committee on creden
tials and withdrew, leavlug fifty-nine
uncontested delegates. These fifty
ulne delegates, part of whom were
Roosevelt men. remained In the con
vention. appointed the proper commit
tees', settled contests and proceeded to
select Taft delegates. There can be
no question about the validity there
fore of their title.
TEXAS.
First District
The only remaining districts are the
nine districts from Texas. Of these the
Plrst district was composed of eleven
counties, each county having one vote,
except Cass county, which had two
The executive committee, composed of
one representative from each county,
made up the temporary roll, and tn tbe
contests filed from two counties seat
ed both delegates with one-balf vote
each. The convention elected the two
Taft delegates, giving them ten and
one-quarter votes. Each county was
represented in this vote A minority
representing one and three-quarters
votes bolted the regular convention
and held a rump meeting. The na
tional committee by unanimous tot
decided the contest In favor of the
Taft delegate.
Second District '
In the Second Texas district there
were fourteen counties. Two counties
were fouud not to have held conveu
tlons and one county to have no dele
gate present The convention was
then constituted by the delegations
that held regular credentials. The re
port of the committee on credentials
was accepted upon roll call, and then
tbe representatives of five counties
withdrew from the hall. Tbe repre
sentatlves of four of these counties
held a rnmp convention. The regular
convention remained in session several
hours, appointed tbe usual committees.
Which retired and made their reports,
which were accepted, and elected two
Taft delegates to the national conven
tion and certified their election In Uia
form to tbA national committee, which
without division asked for, held them
properly elected. ,
Fourth District.
The Fourth Texas district consist
or nve counties, eacn having one voo
tn the district convention under tna
rail. One county, Rains, chose nn uncon
tested delegation, and that one was for
Taft. The other four counties sent
contesting delegations. The contest
ing delegations apieared 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 tbe only
uncontested delegation of the conven
tion, withdrew to another place and
held a convention and elected Taft
delegates 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 regularly
elected delegates. The national com
mittee held the title of the Taft. dele
gates to their seats valid by rlva voce
rote without calling; for a division.
Fifth Distriot
The Fifth district of Texas la com
posed of Dallas, Ellis, Hill, Bosque
and Rockwall counties. Dallas county
cast more Republican rotea than all
the other counties of the district put
together. The call for the congrea
slonal convention allowed each county
to aend 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
tbe Taft delegates were seated. ..Taft
delegates wera seated on the temporary
roll from two counties, and Roosevelt
delegates from the three counties, and
the representation In tbe convention
was fixed at one vote for each county
without regard to the number of dele
gates In tbe convention or the num
ber of Republican votes cast In such
county. A minority report of the dis
trict committee was presented, protest
ing against the ratio of representa
tion adopted. The chairman of the
convention objected to the presenta
tion of this minority report Falling
In this be abandoned tbe platform and
left the ball.
The convention thereupon elected a
new chairman and a new secretary, ap
pointed a 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 to 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 ball, where they or
ganized a meeting at which It was
claimed the Roosevelt delegates to the
national convention were elected. The
Republican vote for the district for
1908 was as follows: Dallas county,
2.0t!8; Ellis, r.!)4: Hill. 414: Bosque. 2M:
Rockwall. 38. 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
veston, 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 da Lyon himself bad classed these
three counties as unorganized and with
out party organization.
Tbe convention met In Galveston.
Tbe executive committee met prior to
the meeting of the convention to make
np tbe temporary roll of delegates. The
executive committee had before It tbe
question of having the three unorgan
ized counties represented In the con
vention. The executive committee re
fused to recognize them. When thjs
action was taken by the executive com
mittee a delegate from Houston county
and tbe 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 tbe credentials
committee.
Eighth District
In the Eighth congressional conven
tion a split occurred over the majority
and minority reports of the executive
committee as to the temporary roll.
Tbe Roosevelt followers controlled the
executive committee, but did not have
a majority In the convention, which
adopted the minority report and gave
Taft five and one-half votes and Roose
velt two and one-half votes. This re
sulted In the election of the Taft dele
gates, who were seated by both the
national committee and the credentials
committee.
Ninth District
In the Ninth district the district
committee was called hy Mr. Speaker,
a member of the committee, and not by
the chairman The chairman refused
to convene the committee because be
claimed that all the delegates from
Texas to tbe national couventlon must
be elected In tbe state convention, that
Colonel Lyon, his superior, bad thus
directed blm. Tbe district committee
was called. Seven members attended
the meeting. The district convention
was called on May 15. Eleven counties
out of the fifteen responded to tbe call
and took part In the convention. Three
counties were not represented, and In
one of these there was no election.
After this convention had been called
tbe chairman of the district com mitt e
changed bis mind and called a meet
ing of the committee for April IT.
This committee called a congressional
convention to be held on May 18. But
there was no publication of the call,
which bad to be thirty days before tbe
convention, until April 21. Tbe Taft
convention seems therefore to have
been duly and regularly convened,
while the Roosevelt convention waa
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 bulldiug or
ganized another convention which con
sisted of delegates from six counties.
Proceedings were regularly held; a per
manent organization effected, the re
port of tbe committee on resolutions
adopted and delegates pledged to Taft
were elected. The undisputed evidence
Indicated that a flagrant attempt bad
been made to deprive Taft of this dis
trict, to which he was justly entitled.
The national committee sustained tbe
title of the. Taft delegates and alter
nates by a practically unanimous vote.
Fourteenth Diatriot.
In tbe Fourteenth district there were
flfteeu counties in the district When
the executive committee met at Ban
Antonio to make ud the temporary roll
there were ten members of tbe com
mittee present whose right to act waa
nndisputed, of whom six were for Taft
and four for Roosevelt. There were
four other Roosevelt men present
whose right to vote was disputed and
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
counties were held, two by postmas
ters and one by an assistant postmas
ter, while under tbe 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
any district or county. The temporary
roll was made up by Taft members.
having a clear majority without per
mitting these men to act under their
proxies. There was a contest over the
delegation from Bexar county, which
contains the city of San Antonio. Full
consideration was given to this contest.
but the testimony was overwhelming
that Taft carried the county by a vote
of four or five to one. Ou the proper
basis the total vote In the district con
vention was sixty-seven, of which the
number Instructed or voting for Taft
was thirty-seven and one-half, the
number voting or Instructed for Roose
velt twenty-eight and one-half, not vot
ing one. The Taft delegation was
therefore seated at Chicago.
CONCLUSION.
The purpose of this resume of the
contests In which there was any shad
ow of subs auce has been to Inform
those who have not time or inclination
to read the longer and more detailed
account of them contained in the larger
pami)4ilet It is not essentlial to make
Mr. Taft 's title indisputable that all
men agree on every one of the Issues
raised. They were decided by the tri
bunals which uniform party usage had
made the proper tribunals to decide
such contests. If those tribunals acted
In good faith mistaken Judgment would
not invalidate their decisions. As a
matter of fact, an examination of the
facts show that the tribunals were
fight In every Instance. There Is not
the slightest evidence that I hey were
moved by other than a mere desire to
reach a right conclusion. Ou the other
band, tbe action of the Roosevelt men
in bringing 100 contests that they
promptly abandoned strongly tended
to show tbe lack of good faith In tbe
prosecution of all of them. Those who
support President Tnft can well afford
to stand on the record In this case and
to asseverate without fear of success
ful contradiction that the delegates
whose seats were contested were aa
fairly seated In this convention aa In
any in the history of the party.
GREAT MASS OF PROOF.
Reports of 30,000 Cases of Kidney
Trouble, Some of Them
Heppner Cases.
Each of some 6.000 newspapers of
tha United States is publishing from
week to week, names of people in ita
particular neighborhood, who have
used and recommended Dosn's Kidney
Pills for kidney backache and urinary
sorders. This mass of proof includes
over 30,000 testimonials. Heppner is
no exception. Here is one of the
Heppner cases.
A. S. Burch, farmer, Hfppner, Ore
gon, says: "for about five years i
ad gravel and kidney trouble. 1 here
waa much pain through my kldneya
od at one time I waa laid np for two
weeks. Tbe doctor a treatment help
ed me slightly, but it wss not until I
tried Doan'a Kidnev Pills that I re
ceived any great benefit, Ihis prepar-
tion has done so much for me that I
gladly recommend it to other kidney
ufferera. "
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York, sole agents for the United
States.
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