Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-06-18

iicnn electoral votcs second of boss
controlled delegates from states where
NC Republican voters were not all
lowed 90 express their preferences
third, uf dolcratos stolen from mo.
and fourth, and least Ia impOrtance.
| OF the deloNatCa given him ay the
| pcoplc~-the last who are The emily
| delegates go whom be has any claim
/ ~ right ~ morals. representing but
unc- eighth Of his strength. the other
aeven-eiehths rcprrscutinR the an
scrupulpus tactics of unprinoiplad
machine politicians IN the north. ana
the naked thefts Of The nptional come
/ mittee.
Lot me give YOU two striking Mus
irations Of how Mr. Tafts theory Or
the government OF the peoplc by
representative part" 81 thc people
actually turns out in practice. Ia
onto primary was held fof the dis.
/ triut deieHRrcs but the Taft managers
VINO hbd control 0f the state central
committed refused our request that
there should also be primary vote
Tor the delegates at large. AZ the
primary I beat Mr. TAFT by f7eOO IN
a vote which WAX about eighty pct
cent % that pOlled at the last election
for governor. Il was an oyerwholm-
ing repudiatlon Of Mr. Taft BY the
plain people, - tho rank aud fiie OF
the Republican party IN Ohio. nut
THIS did not affect the state conven-
tiun. sir. Tan Was not above send,
ing an appeal 10 his leaders la the
state convention. hogglng them to
sive him The vote anyhow, Ia spite
~ the way he which he haa been rec
pudiated az the polls In that con-
Ncntion the county ia which the city
of Cleveland stands had some fsfty
delegates. That county had gone
against Mr.. Taft about three Ia one;
he had even run behind LaFoilette
a alN
county had been SO complete that Il
% 10 mo literally incomprehensiDle
how any man with any pretensions 90
honorable feeling could fail TO ac-
cept the verdict bat Mr Taft's iieu-
tenants, headed by senator burton.
undertook 20 steal from the people
theif right 20 deliver what verdict
They chose. Their task VISA no more
reputable than any form OF burglary
and was TAR more damnElng 20 the
community than burglary. Thuy were
successful They succeeded in get
tinR from the city OF Cicveiand, which
had repudlated Mr, TtIt three TO ono
ai the polls. q delegation of politicians
which WAS ten 10 ono ga his favor
This delegation turned the scale at
the state convention and earned Mt
Iaft.s effusive gratitude by stealing
SCR him from the people OF Ohio the
six delegates at large. He was not
entitled 10 these delegates. The pco-
pie Of Ohio who were dcfrnuded ga
his Interest were entitled 10 them.
The people were cheated out OF their
rights because they wefo miArepre-
asked the ohio state convention to|
misrepresent the people and Il mis-
represented the people.
MIR. Taft need never again explain
what he means by government OF the
people by Representative part OF
the people. He has shown Ia actual
practice tbat ne means government of
the people by politicians who shall
misrepresent them in the selfish IN
teress OF someone else.
My second example in the national
committee itself The recent action
Of the national committee illustrates
we'll what has happened In our coun-
try IN the twisting OF nominal rep
icscntatives government away from
its original purpose until Il becomes
thoroughly unrepresentative and mis-
repi esensative, All this party ma
chinery was originally designed Sim
ply IN order 70 make the VIII az the
party genuinely effective. II had no
other purpose then. IL can have no
other legitimate purpose now. I'm
I'll within "a very few years no man
would have been brazen enough
openly 20 announce that this was not
its purpose. II has been reserved f0F
MI. Tart and his friends In this crisis
openly 20 act on sucn an assumption.
The other day thirty-soven Of AIR.
Tatt's adherents on the national COM
mittee stole from The people OF Cali
tOrnio their right TO give the votes OF
California 10 the men or their choice.
These thirty-aeven politicians. none
OF whom lived Ia California, assumed
y 20 override the viii OF the quarter OF
q million OF California voters who
had recorded their win az the pri-
mary These thirty-seven men who
DO not live In California have given
TWO seats 10 Taft men whom the
quarter Of million voters had rec
fused 20 seat These Taft delegates
have no more right To- ST IN the Re-
publican convention than shey have
90 81 Ia the Democratic convention
They were defeated IN California byl
about 1900 majority; a majority
greater than MI Taft'a entire vote.
Under the act of the legislature ail
the delegates ran on one ticket the
faft and Roosevelt Delegates alike
binding themselves 90 abide ~ the
results No delegates were eiecte ISL
the districts. MIR cart sent an ur-
gent appeal to California just before
the primary election: an appeal
which showed his complies acgules-
cence In what WIS douo-+-And unless
ne was prepared then 60 object II
was dishnuuFnble &C. protest after
ward Yet on the plea as q heaes-
man uf MIR. Patrick Calhoun's
thirty-acyen adherents al AIR. Taft
on the national committee robbed tho
people ~ California If their rights
and seated the two Taft Calhoun
delegates. ~ these thirty seven men.
four represented tho territories OF
Alaska, Hawaii tho Philippines and
Forte Rico.
Twelve represented states that
won't Democratic four years ago
Fourteen came from llepublionn
states. every oRe OF which had repu-
dated Mr.. TAFT aud hts committee
men at the primaries held this
spslng. Ia other words, Of the thirty
seven Taft men who IA Mr., Tafts in
terest robbed the overwhelming ma-
iority on the Republican voters of tho
great Republican state % California
81 their rights. sixteen represented no
kopuhlican electoral vote Whatever
aud fourteen represented Republican
states whose voters hy overwhelming
IMPURITIES had repudiated the men
themselves and MF Tart also, az tho
primaries held this spring, There
remain out Of the twenty nine only