Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-06-18


have been no substghtiai opposition TO
the forces 81 reaction md Of political
CroDkcdnesg.
Let taose progrcssiycs who stand
for principle aid yshO arc concerned
with TIM fortunes of amy particular
man only as q means for securing tri-
umph Of principle. ponder these facts
and roraln Ga this crisis from playing
into the hands of uu1 enemies.
lar Taft "a first denied that he rep-
resented the hosses This denial WINS
90 little consequence for his deeds 0e-
lied his words. s3u, / doubt II at pres
ent he woMlg vcaturc to repeat the de-
nial. As IL mas become constantly
more and more evident that the people
are against him ne hts more and more
undlseuiSedly thrawn himself into the
arms Of the bosses Here In CIlcago
a. thla moment he has never had one
chance 81 success suve what was
given him by the actions Of Messrs.
Crane. Barnes, Brooker. Penrose,
Murphy GuSgenheim. Muvane,
Smoot. New and their associates IN
cheating the people out % their
rights lie was beaten so overwhelsn-
ingiy by the people themselves IN the
states where primaries we're held that
ln the lass state in which he spoke. In
NOW Jersey. he permitted himself to
be betrayed into the frank admission
that he expected To be nominated be-
cause he believed the national COM
inlttee would stand by him. One
member ~ hts own cabinet repre-
sentlng state that has repudiated
him. has been worklne hand IN glove
with the other TAFT memDcrA 81 the
national committee under the lead OF
MIR Pcnroac Of Pennsylvania. Mr.
Crane Of Massachusetts, Mr.. Mulvane
az Kansas. Mr.. Murphy OF New Jersey
s g. ~ ali
of whom have just been repudiatcd hy
their own states, a. steal from thu
people tho victory which the people
have won. Last February Il was evil
dent that Mr. Taft WIS the accepted
Representatives 0f the bosses, OF the
men who uphold the combination OF
crooked politics and crooked business.
which has been the chief source not
only % our political but 81 our social
and Industrial corruDtions. II has
now, hlas become evident that Mr..
l Feft Is willing 10 acqVlesce In and TO
condcne and 20 accept the fruits Of
any course of action on which these
meh embark even though such action
represents treason, as well as destruc-
tion 10 the Republican party To witch
they nomlnally belong and also trea
son "a the cause 90 the American peo-
| pie as whole
/ Among the national committeeman
I who have taken part In this conspir-
acy there are a number OF men who
/ IN the ordinary relations OF llfo are
1 doubtless decent ana reputable preo-
/ ably these men excuse themselves to
/ themselves for what they are now do.
/ nag on the ground that they are not
( committing what the law recognizes
/ as a crime, Il may well be doubted
, whether on the whole our country
| does not suffer more frem the mis-
n AZ. a
I ing on their c0nscienceR only the OBJ
legations ~ law honesty than Il suffers
/ from the misdeeds Of actual criminals
The wrong 90 the American people,
/ the damage Go the country, by aurh
I action a. these national committee
men have taken IN deliberately seek.
Ing o. nullliy ana overthrow the VIII
I az the people, leRtlmately expressed
1 AA 60 their choice Tor president, is inc
/ iiniielg creator tnan the wrong done
\ ~ the tempted cashier or the bfbed
! election official
/ ~ lhe Same way there ARE sfill in
I certain parts 90 this country repre-
sehiAiiNea of g class Ear from uncom-
mon a quarter Of century ago, "A
class which regards an election az a
/ EAme without rules In which Il ia
merely "a sign of cieveruoss % swim
! die and cheat. Evidently the major
/ ~ Of the men whose acticns we conn
/ plain ~ on the national committee
( siill occupy this attitude toward nQm-
nations although some 0f Thorn may
even have PASSED beyond Il as regards
I elections. But on the committee and
associated with them are men reputed
60 BE- respectable. yet there are cer-
tain representatives % ar. TAFT that
gives ua cause 20 wonder whether
I there are nor FAR worse influences De-
hind the action Of the committee than
any az which I have guessed MI
SieYenRon Of Colorado has appeared
on ine committee now holdlne the
L proxy OF one OF Mr.. TattH delegates
now that of another Judge Hen B
isndHey ~ his book The beast ana
the Jungle mas given ver8 graphic
account of M, steVeneon'a political
activities 10 Denver
our upppnCnts here IN Chicago to-
day have Waeed such q bitter and uu-
| serupuloua hght for inc very reason
mat this ~ NO ordinary foclionRl con.
test. The dig bosses who control the ma .
tlonnl committee represent not merely
/ tht captains ~ mprgcnary politics.
| but the great crooked hnancinfs who
stand behind those led captains. Those
political hpases are obnoxious IA them-
selves because they represent priV-
ilege in ~ most aordid sud dangerous
form. The majority Of the national
committee in decldine me cases be-
fore them have practited political
thcf IN every form. from highway
robbery 20 petty larceny The come
mllieemcu responsible for such acr
zion need a. he taught that the ma.
uunRi committee WAS created 10 be
the servant and not tho master 81 the
plain men and women who make uu
the puik uf tho Republican PARTY.
The party hCionga 20 ihc millions ii
inc rank ana nle. ID does not beiona