The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1912-10-11
THE REAL TRUTH
ABOUT DELEGATES
The ATTEMPT THAT WAS MADE
TO STEAL THE NOMINATION
FOR ROOSEVELT.
SCORES OF FAKE CONTESTS
Evidence Of Attempted Thefts Conelu
slVs and Overwhelming, While
President Tsft's Title 10 Hon.
sst and Clear,

Why Ia II that thousands oI columns
have been printed and iunumerable
speeches delivered charging the Ma
!ionai committee aud the National Re
publican convention with the theft OF
something like seventy delegates,
while practically nothing has appeared
In print or been heard upon the plat
form ABOUT the attempted theft Of
more than twice as many delegates On
the part OF the Roosevelt managers
IL pot the attempt to stesI. n deter
mined effort TO steal, as cuipable NOR.
ally as an acual theft
The evidence 10 absolutely couclu
sive that the nomination wa not
stolen for President Taft
The evidence Is Just 40 conclusive
hat 4 deliberate plan was formed. of
which he had full cognizAnce TO steal
the nomination for Cot Roosevelt. a
crime which would have been perpe
trated except for the courageous hon.
esty OF the members OF the National
committee and 81 the credentials com.
mittee OF the national convention.
Truth Should Be Known.
II these statements are startling II
Ia because they are new and not be
cause they are not true Col Roose.
welt IN a postmaster IN diyerting ri.
tention from himself by a noisy and
terrifying assault upon others But
the tnmult and the shouting have died
away and II Is time uoN for the Coun.
try to know and consider the truth.
And the truth Ii that very early in
the prs-conveutiou campaign the
Roosevelt managers laid their plans to
prepare the public mind for the charge
that the nomination had been stolen,
provided II went 10 any body but
Roosevelt. They did this 10y instigat.
ing n great number OF contests, utterly
fake contests without. az II was after.
wards admitted, a shadow OF ground
upon which TO rest
The purpose for which these con.
tests we're ln~stigsted WAS frankly
and cynically avowed. even while they
were still under consideration. in a
dispatch from Chicago. written by
Judson G. Wslliver. one OF the most
ardent Roosevelt supporters. In this
dispatch, which was sent TO Mr.. Nun.
sey's Washington Times. Mr.. Wslliver
said:
For psychological effect, a. a move
10 practical politics, II Wal necessary
for the Roosevelt people 10 a con.
tests on the early Taft selections IN
order that q tAbulAtion Of delegate
strength could b put out that would
show Roosevelt holding a good hand
In the game.
"A table showing TAFT. $50: Roose
welt, ~; contested. none would not
be very much calculated 10 inspire con
hdence, whereas o showing Taft
IS Roosevelt, 10; contested 1877
looked very different"
Contests Were Pure Fakes.
In other words, here 10 a frank avow
al that nearly two hundred contests
had been instiSatSd for psychological
effect" a. "a movS In practical poll
tics, to deceive The people into think
ing that Col. Roosevelt had supper
when in fact ne did not have tut
terly fake couIssEs. started for a frau
dulent purpose and with the full know
edge Oh the part OF Col Roosevelt,
tina, their only reason for existence
was 10 deceive ne people and TO pre-
pare the way for the cry OF fraud
when they we're decided against him
This 10 severe language but II ls not
more severe than the facts warrant
for Of tho $50 contests i~nstiEAted by
the Roosevelt managers, 1862 were
thrown out By he unanimous vote OF
the National committee. the Roosevelt
men Joining with the TAFT men In de
clSrinS that they had no ground what
Sver upon which 10 rest. In the fac,
OF this unqusstionSd record. is ther,
nor 'ull warrant FOR charging that the
Roosevelt managers, with the know
edge and consent OF their chief. AZ
tempted 10 steal the nomination.
The command Thou shalt not steal
certainly implies the further command
ment Thou shalt o attempt e
stesl'" And with this attempt "a
steal so indslibly branded upon him
what consideration should he gtyer
the charges Of theft which Col. Roose
welt makes against another?
some Of the Decisions.
Why ara the friends OF President
Taft called upon 70 defend him fol
example from the charges OF havins
stolen the Indiana delegation wher
the TAFT delegates were seated by IN,
unanimous vote Of the committee. Col
R~oOseyelt's own supporters declaring
the Roosevelt contestants had no
shadow OF claim 70 the seats WI,
should II be necessary to defend IN,
president against the charge OF stolsr
delegates in Georgia when only tive
out OF the So mambsrs Of the commit
lee voted against ne TAft delegates
In no cAsS aid ooi. Roosevelt make
louder cry OF frund than in the MichI
gan case and re- tAsre again his owl
friends on the committee declared
the Taft delegates were without doub
entitled 10 their seats.