Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1912-05-10
DECLARES HE WOULD BE SURE
TO WIN IF EVERYBODY HAD
A VOTE
BOSSES ARE AGAINST HIM
THE FORMER PRESIDENT SAYS
HIS OLD TIME ENEMIES ARE
FIGHTING HARD
He REPRESENTS A TYPE
1T is HIS BELIEF THAT HE IS
THE ONLY CANDIDATE WHO
HAS A SHOW TO WIN

New York, May 10.-The Roosevelt
committee today gave out the follow
ing copy of letter from Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt to R. A. Caswell,
Minneapolis:
New York, May 10, 1912.
Hon. R. A. Caswell, chairman of
the Roosevelt committee and clerk
of the supreme court. Minneapolis,
Minnesota:
Il wish it had been possible for
me to go again to Minnesota Unfor-
tunately it is physically impossible.
Nine states have now held presi-
dental primaries, or their equival-
en-North Dakota, Wisconsin, Illi-
nois, Pennsylvania, Nebraska, Ore
gon, New Hampshire, Massachusetts
and Maryland. These states, the only
ones in which there has been free
chance for the expression of the pop.
ular win, are to be represented by
256 delegates in the Chicago conven-
ton.
Forty of these delegates are in
structed for President Taft and ZIG
are against him. he mas carried bui
two of the nine states New Hamp-
shire and Massachusetts in
Massachusetts the Roosevelt delegates
at large were elected by over twice
the majority which Mr.. Taft obtained
on preferential vote.
in all the nine states together
about three out of every four of the
republicans who voted at the prima-
ries were against Mr.. Taft. II prima-
ries could be held in all the states
there would undoubtedly be no sub
stantial variation from these figures,
and Mr.. Taft could by no possibility
have 200 votes in the Chicago con-
vention.
"Mr. Taft's chance of renominatioE
lies solely in securing at Chicago
delegates not in the primary
states, but in the convention
delegates not in the not in the pri-
mary states, but in the convention
states, where delegates are chosen
under the old sytsem, and even in
those states he can only get them
where the state is ruled by boss.
AFTER a prolonged experience OF
me as president practically all of the
big bosses in the republican party
dislike me so heartily that they op-
posed Mr.. Taft's nomination because
l favored it. They were afraid that
Mr.. Taft would give them the same
kind of trouble that I gave them.
After three years and half ex
perience Of Mr.. Taft since he has
been elected, these same raen have
turned around and heartily favor hi:
denomination. They were opposed t.
me four years ago as they are op
posed to me now. They were oppos
ed to Mr.. Taft four years ago wher
they had not tried him as presiden
and they heartily support him now
These men include, for instance
Mr.. Balinger in New Hampshire
Mr.. Aldrich in Rhode Island, MI
Penrose in Pennsylvania, Mr.. Kealin,
in Indiana, Mr. L4orImer In Illinois
Messrs, Guggenheim and Evans II
Colorado, Mr.. Cahourn and tn
Southern Pacific railway crowd ii
California, and the Amalgamate,
Copper crowd in Montana, and in you
own state they include Mr.. Smitl
and Mr.. Tawney. The fight is a ns
tion wide fight of the plain peopl
against the bosses.
"There is Just one candidate whor
it is possible to nominate against tn
bosses and that is myself. Ever
vote for every other candidate fror
now on Is in reality a vote for Nj
Taft The fight is against the bosse
In Minnesota, as It is everywher
lelse. A vote for Mr.. Taft is a vos