The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-08-02
H|LLES FIRES THE HOT
SHOT INTO THIRD PARTY

New York, July 29-Charles ID.
IIilles. formerly secretary to Presl-
dent Taft, and now chairman OF the
republican national committee. gave
out the following statement at the
headquarters OF the republican ma
tional cmmittee in this city.
THE only possible justification OF
the ayowed efforts OF the third term
party leaders 10 induce the repub-
lcan electors in at least six states
to betray their trust and east their
votes in the electoral college for
former President Roosevelt would be
the truth of the charges that Presi-
dent Taft was nominated by the
fraudulent seating of sufficient
i number Of delegates TO affect the
choice OF the national convention.
There is no truth in the charge,
whatever Mr. Roosevelt and his as
sociates know there is no truth In
it, and they have been attempting
by yociferation and reiteration to
becloud the fact that they have no
proof to offer. They would drown
out all attempts to establish the
/ truth by persistent cries OF thief
and fraud
1 "Of the 228 contests which Mr..
Roosevelt ordered to be brought be-
fore the national committee, his POI
litical managers voluntarily abandon.
ed leo. and one of his press agents
announced that these contests were
instituted solely for psychological ef-
feet, and in order a table OF dele
gates elected might not reveal the
large majority Of legitmately elected
delegates instructed for President
Taft.
This gross misrepresentation OF
the republican party has attained
proportions far greater than fac
tional quarrel We're the charges
/ true, ii would be national sean
dal For that reason, the proper
authorities have caused to be pre-
pared complete review CT all the
controverted cases, review which
! it is the duty of every loyal Ameri-
| can to read. A resume of this will
/ be published more or less fully in
/ the newspapers of Monday morning
and copies Of the complete state
ment will be available to all who
write for them to the republican ma
! tional committee at its headquarters
i in the Times building. The docu-
ment furnishes all the facts in every
4 contest
/ Alabama Case Cited.
why, take the state of Alabama.
Mr.. Roosevelt through his political
managers asked the national COM
mittee TO nnseat twenty-five Taft
/ delegates. Twenty of the contest
ants We're thrown out by the prac-
tically unanimous vote OF the COM
mittee and one Roosevelt committee
! man remarked: Il am convinced
/ that the country will be astounded
by the fiimsy character of the Roos-
! evelt contests. There was no steam
roller in operation; the committee
voted in accordance with its con-
victions and as il was compelled to
on the evidence
Mr.. Roosevelt confessed his own
knowledge of the fraudulent charac-
ter of his contests and testified TO
the justice of the committees work
when. at Oyster Bay on the night
the committees action was taken, he
showed to the republicans of the
press section OF his confidential
list of delegates. The list showed
that Mr.. Roosevelt expected only
two OF his contesting delegates In
Alabama to be seated and Mr.. Roos.
evelt added: We hadn't counted on
any but those two Yet he sought
to cast cloud over the title to the
twenty other seats
An Old Maxim.
When you go seeking equity. do
equity That is an old maxim of
equity law and a just one. Mr..
Roosevelt. pretending 10 seek equity
from the republican national com.
mittee. sought to induce that commit
tee to unseat at least 160 regularly
erected delegates, and IN their
stead to seat Roosevelt delegates
whose election he had admitted
was fraudulent-ad admitted II by aban-
doning the cases either before the
national committee or before the
time came to present them to the
committee on credentials Of the
convention.
What would you think of a law.
yer who advised his client 10 bring
238 suits knowing there was Justice
If in any, at least, in only seventy
prejudice the most just court on
earth? But that is precisely what
Rooseyelt's lawyers did in the case
OF the republican national commit
tee. Why? They knew the revela-
ton OF the fraudulent character of
their cases in one contest after an
other must prejudice the court
against them and thus tend to lose
any OF their cases which possessed
merit.
Were they fools to pursue such a
course? No. They were wise, IL
INSCRIPTIONS politicians. They came