The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-06-11

, Z D. s-4FO ~ Ill Il n Ia H. ~ "a
raw things this committee may put
over Col. Roosevelts friends are con;
fident OF the outcome fff'.'
Reports that presidential electors In
states where the primaries were cal:
ried by Col. Roosevelt (regardless OF
the result OF the national conventions
would refuse TO vote for any other
candidate when they reach Washing:
ton after the November election,
brought smiles from even Roosevelt
Franklin Macveagh, secretary Of
the treasury. visited the TAFT head.
quarters during the day and declared
that President Taft would be nomln-
ated on the first ballot.
Things are looking ,betterfOr Prcsi.
dent Taft every DAY. said Secretary
MacVcagh. Ills friends believe that
he will be nominated on the first bal.
lot, thus dlsposiDg OF lot OF discus
sion that might follow. The contests
which the Roosevelt faction has insti.
tuted are not well founded. The action
OF the committee in voting them 10
President Taft with practically unan.
unity Is clear evidence of this"
q MckinIey's Statement.
Congressman William q, Mckinley,
manager OF the Taft bureau, tonight
issued the following statement: II
By the unanimous vote OF the Re
publican national committee today.
including the votes of such well
known supporters OF Theodore Roose.
volt no fSanotar w L. nnrah ~ Idohn.
Frank d. kellogg. OF Minnesota: George
a. Knight. OF California: Cecil Lyon,
of Texas; William l.. Ward, OF New
York; Pearl Wright, of Louisiana, and
Others, the Taft delegates.at-largc
from Indiana were ordered seated in
the coming Republican convention ov-
er the Roosevelt delcGates.atlarge,
who contested their right to their
seats,
Following the action OF the Indiana
Republican state convention In selcc-
Ing the Taft delegates which today
were seated by the unanimous vote OF
the Republican national committee
Theodare Roosevelt In a speech ct the
auditorium in Chicago, March 81. said:
AS ! have said, such primary con.
test New York; is not merely farce
but a criminal farce. What was done
In New York Is substantially what
was done In Indiana. Against all the
money, all the patronage. all the
efforts OF the Heating machine with
nothing but the plain people OF tho
state TO rely, upon we carried the
state, convention handsomely and then
by fraudulent action which can be
called only brutal In Its utter defiance
of decency, nearly two hundred dele.
gates were thrown out and the viii OF
the people reversed. - II
May LIST, in a written statement
issued at Oyster Bay, In reply 10 Pres
ident Tafts speech in Baltimore The
odore Observation-Disclosures said:
I'm Kentucky, Indiana and in New
York city and elsewhere, Mr.. Taft
knows well that the delegates elected
for him represent barefaced frauds.
He Stands guilty OF these frauds;
stands guilty OF approving and en-.
couraging frauds. He deprives all
people OF their right to express their
will as to who has been nominated.
In all these primaries and conven.
lions have stood for absolutely hon.
est and fair play, Mr.. Taft has stood
for crooked Misrepresentation of the
whole people"
This Is most apt illustration OF
the unbridged manner in which Mr..
Roosevelt, throughout this entire cam