Evening journal., 1912-08-13

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the contest was repudiated by Roose-
velts most loyal follower and was de-
cided unanimously" Mr. Vale said.
'-This left seventy-two delegates
which Roosevelt refers to as the "stol
en- delegates"
Wanted to Control.
Mr.. Vale explained.
why we're the contests brought
and abandoned? The Roosevelt men
wanted to prevent from voting in
that convention every contestee whose
seat had been contested. They eyolv-
ed the novel proposition that no man
whose seat was contested should have
allowed to vote not only on his own
contest or any other contest That
would make it possible for minority
TO control the convention and would
have made possible the larceny the
Roosevelt men proposed to perpe-
trate"
Mr. Vale said the rule that the con-
vention adopted was that no man
whose seat VS. contested should have
a right to vote on the merits of his
own contest. Isn't that reasonable,
he asked.
Mr.. Vale said: 1T is the rule gov
erning all parliamentary bodies. The
Roosevelt rule proposed would mean
simply that a few men would control
the convention. for Il is possible not
only for 250 men to be contested, but
for 999 to be. leaving but one man
out of convention OF a thousand to
conduct the business OF a convention.
You can see the absurdity of such a
l. 4.I -.
simply the rule prevailing in all
parliamentary bodies"
Taking up the cry Of fraud. Mr..
Vale said the people want to know
and have right TO know whether
the great party that has had their de-
votion has by It's actions forfeited
their devotion. 81 have never perpe-
trated a fraud In my life," exclaimed
Mr. Vale, "and I am here to say that
no fraud was perpetrated In the Chi
cago convention on Theodore Roosc-
welt or any other man"
MIR. Vale then took up the contests
State by State, and explained the rea-
sons that caused the committee 20
decide the contests as they were de-
cided The reasons he gave arc sub
stantially those that have been print
ed IN these columns.
Disproved These Charges.
After summarizing the contests, Mr..
Vale took up the charge often made
by Roosevelt men that i'm every con-
test brought by Taft men the Taft
delegates we're seated and in every
contest brought BY the Roosevelt men
tho Roosevelt delegates were defeat
ed To show this was untrue he
pointed out that Governor Hadley of
Missouri headed the contest of Mis-
souri, delegates at large in behalf of
the Roosevelt forces. The National
committee, recognizing the validity OF
Hadley's claim, seated the delegation
OF which he was the head, although
he was the recognized Roosevelt
leader" Mr.. Vale said "The conclu-
sions / have reached are the conclu-
sions of four men, whom l have seen
In the public prints TO discuss the
contests" Mr.. Vale quoted Senator
La Toilette, the progressive leader.
as saying that IL Roosevelt had secur-
ed every vote he claimed he was en-
titled to he would not have had a
majority of the convention. The writ
ers say the only fraud attempted in
the convention, as they saw Il, was
that Of the Roosevelt followers in try
ing 10 have sealed delegates who were
not entitled TO seats Nicholas Muir
ray Butler. president Of Columbia
University. in his article, Mr.. Vale
pointed out, says he would not have
decided any of the contests other than
they had been decided, although he
would have pondered seriously tho
Texas contest as the one creating the
most doubt In his mind. Professor
Hur - IA.
analysis OF the result says no fraud
was perpetrated TO the extent of steal
ing seats of men entitled to seats.
Governor Hadley, too. says there was
no fraud.
Il do believe It was with pro-
conceived and deliberate stealth that
the contests we're brought so that II
Roosevelt could not win he could at
tempt to wreck the party that had
honored him. said Mr.. Vale II have
no sympathy with the man who in the
guise Of false charges attempts to
elevate himself. | believe any man
other than TAFT or Roosevelt could
have been nominated had II not been
Tor the selhshness OF Roosevelt"
Mr.. Vale then told Of the ovation
TO Governor Hadley in the conven.
ton. and how 126 Roosevelt men de-
sired 10 be released by Roosevelt SC
they could vote for Hadley but were
held TO their instructions by tn,
threat that any man who left hin
would be branded as dishonest
Roosevelt held the awful threat o
an accusation of dishonesty ovel
every man TO prevent any man tax
ing the nomination" said MIR. Vale
you hear persons ask. why didn'
you nominate a third man?' The
answer is that Roosevelt's inordinat'
selhshness prevented many delegates
from voting the way they would hav,
liked TO.
Believes Honest Nomination.
Il for one believe as firmly as
believe in the principles of the Re
publican party that if ever man was
honestly nominated by honest dele
gates, It was President Taft The
third party movement will be a fail
ure because it is not based on az
element Of truth.
Convince yourself before you e
70 the polls In Novemher-and yol
can convince yourself-that Taft wa
honestly nominated. Study the prin
ciples for which he stands. Tw'
great principles struggled for su
premacy in the convention that fran
ed our constitution. One was tn