Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-06-13
PLAIN GAME OF BLUFF
The Post speaks Of the "Steam-Ronr
er" ana the Alleged Presidential
Steal.
From the New York Post. }

Mr. Roosevelt's cries OF naked Inert
are more and more taking on the APP
pearance Of naked folly Some OF his
most vehement charges were dashed TO
the earth in Chicago yesterday by. MIS-
own supporters Deliberately and re-
reatedly and in detail he had asserted
that omen and monstrous frauds" had
been practiced by the Taft adherents In
Indiana. The Taft delegates. he vowed.
represented barefaced robbery. But his
case was Yesterday submitted by his
skilled counsel TO jury Of Atty men. at
least thirteen of whom were his ardent
friends, and by n unanimous vote 1t was
decided that there was not shred OF
evidence to sustain his caluminous as
sertions. II WAS not a steam-roiler
crushing down righteous protests 1t was
simply overwhelming demon stration that
a series OF ISLANDERS and lies had been
emitted by the steam-roarer.
The massing together of Mr.. Roose-
ve,ts railing accusations, and confront
ing them with the facts IA verified by
his own supporters, constitute fearrul
proof Of his utterly reckless violence. On
MAY 5 he said: I'm Indiana Mt TAT
knows wcil that the delegates elected
for him represent barefaced frauds
Earlier than that ne declared In chi
caro- that the State Convention OF In
diana had been carried for Taft "by
fraudulent action which can only be call
ed brutal In its utter defiance Oh ue'
cency" And only yesterday. IN his Out
look article. published by happy co'ncl
dence on the very day that his own foi
lowers at Chicago were giving him th'
lie no wrote OF the deliberate fraud
in Indiana by which Taft was seeking e
profit. was ever unfounded and unscrup
lulous vilification by politician made 81
completely to recoil upon his own head
Without a dissenting voice the nationa
committee decided that the only thin,
fraudulent about the election OF the IN
diana delegates-at-large was the pre-
tence of Theodore Roosevelt that the!
were not duly and honestly elected. tn
case was summed up by Senator Borah
who Ia doing everything he leg1timatel'
can 10 aid Roosevelt: These delegate
we're elected In a regularly called pri
mary by a majority Of 500 TO 1.<O.' n
and other Roosevelt Committeeman ms
sured the reporters that they will vot
for the Colonel whenever his contestant
can show that they have any title 7
( seats. but they all agreed that In In
= diana there was absolutely no case
Vet II was Mr. Roosevelts chosen casa
' Upon II he and Senator Dixon were go'n
3 10 fight TO the end. On the strength OF j
he poured his foul abuse upon tine Pres
= dent What will he do now. when OF
n Of the mouth of his own champions n
= stands condemned ~ wanton siane
l erer?
an editorial in the Outlook
T. declares that the Taft manager
T. are using the national committee for II
e purpose of unseating honestly electe
delegates and seating dishonesty eiecte
delegates who represent fraud as vulgf
D. as bra2en and as svnL'ally open as ar
y ever committed by the Tweed regime
! years ago
= There Is of course. no suspicion or 1
y norance at Oyster Bay OF what is soir
: on at Chicago. Daily bulletins from til
Il place prove that the colonel familiaris
o himself with every phase Of the situate
n as II develops He knows for instano
Il that his own supporters have been givil
evidence of disgust and WEAKNESS Nea
~ AL the votes nave Decl
the few cases in which there we
negatives as well as alternatives. oppo'
ton was more than perfunctory-it "
d heartlrss and hopeless. IT, therefor
there has been fraud. vulgar. brazen ri
cynical 1t has been aided and abetted
:" the adherents of the third-term candida
u. Something different was expected wh
Indiana was reached. Then vas to cor
", a shock to the country, but the drea
" monotony was rot varied. once MOI
NJ the friends OF the Colonel found thei
- selves compelled to line up with the en-
'' my SO fiimsy were the pretcNfs presen's
>" why" said one OF the members OF I
committee, "all the Southern comics
- have become eminent'y respectable TO
" minds after listening TO these Ind'a
* contests" Finally. the committee
u, cided to permit the Roosevelt deieGa'
~" from California, with the exception
two, to take seats In the convention
~ To tell the truth. the whole truth a
nothing but the truth about the prooef
II. inss at Chicago, they have been abe
~ reproach. They have been such
should provoke Endorsement at oys
BAY. They have been such ms sho'
challenge the admiration OF the cham
"a on OF the square deal There has he
fair play instead OF foul. and yet tn
ia talk Of theft and sway and hra7
and vulgar fraud. There has s,'-, hi