The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-06-20
ROOSEVELT Calls
UPON FOLLOLIER.S
TO ORGANIZE BOZ r.
Tells Them He is Done But That They
Shouldn't Give Up The
Fight
SAYS TAFT MAJORITY IN
CONVENTION is UNL AWFUL
Roosevelt Members of Credentials Committee Bolt Commit
tee Meeting Twice But are Told to Keep Up
Appearances to the Last

Chicago.-"So far as am concern
ed, declared Col. Roosevelt. to his
delegates and advisers in an address
early this morning, II am through.
III you are voted down hope you, the
real and lawful majority of the con-
Ventlon, will organize as such, and
you will do 1T if you have the cour-
age and loyalty of your convictions. :"
| Il am speaking to you," said Col.
| roosevelt, "as man whom some
OF you have done the honor to state
that you wish to nominate as presi-
dent. When l went into the race /
made my appeal to the people. Most
OF the delegates were chosen at the
direct primaries by the people. 1
made my fight squarely. said, and
some OF you heard me, that if the
people decided against me, that l
would have nothing to say, but that
IL the people were for me and the
politicians tried to cheat me out of
the nomination, would have a great
deal to say.
II went before the people and won.
Now the committee and a proportion
OF the convention which is made a
majority only by the aid of delegates
not elected, but chosen by the nat
lonal committee, are trying to cheat
me out OF the nomination. They can't
do it. AS far as l am concerned, it
| makes no difference. But it is not
me they are cheating, it is the peo-
pie; the rank and file of the repub-
lican party.
II did not want to give you ad-
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what to do. The opposition majority
yesterday was majority only be-
cause the votes of fraudulentiy seat
ed delegates were counted. Mr.. Root
received 70 or 80 stolen votes.
To add insult to injury, the COM
mittee on credentials organized by
choosing as chairman Mr.. Devine,
the national committeeman who had
taken part in the very theft on which
he had passed as member of the
national committee.
AS far as / am concerned, / am
through. 1 hope that today when you
go back to the convention hall, you'll
at once adopt a resolution that not
one of the fraudulently seated dele
gates shall vote on any question on
the credentials committee or in the
convention.
Don't lie down again, if they
beat you by fraudulent votes. There
is no use in voting to cut out the
fraudulent vote and then being beat
en- by the fraudulent vote, say you
are very sorry and go home. l hope
you will then take the position that
you decline longer to submit to hav-
ing any delegates frauduleutly seated
allowed to act as judges of their
own cause or vote on the reports of
the credentials committee.
II hope you will refuse any longer
to recognize majority thus compos-
ed as having any title, in law or NOR
ais, to be called a republican conven-
ton.
1--WE have by fair means elected a
majority of the delegates, and hope
you will not permit our opponents,
having failed by fair means, to beat
you by foul means and swindle the
people out of victory that they
have won.
"If you are voted down, l hope
you, the real and lawful majority of
the convention, will organize, and
you will if you have the courage Of
your convictions"