Show REGULARS ISSUE STATEMENT declare contests at chicago wert settled upon their merits washington A statement approved by president tatt taft defending his hia nomination by the chicago convention was waa made public at the white house on sunday it reviews every contest before the republican national committee and the ithe credentials committee of the convention and asserts that each contest was mottled logically upon its merits the statement was submitted to lo the cabinet at a recent meeting and received the approval of the ilia presidents president s official family the statement which Is a lengthy document 0 of printed pages Is a detailed dental denial of tho the charge that the r of president tafts was waa accomplished by the seating 0 ot fraudulently elected delegates to the convention ven tion |