The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-07-08
THOU SHALT NOT STEAL,

Col. Roosevelt has repeatedly an
nouneed that his new party will have
for its central principle the command
ment Thou shalt not steal.' Accord
lngly it is worth while to note, (al-
though In view of the Colouel's many
twistings, turuings and reverses of him.
self, it is not surprising to see,) that he
Is felicitating himself with much salts
faction upon the prospect of a big steal
OF the Republican party name and pres
tiee in Illinois and other States. He is
recently quoted ms saying; "In nli-
nois 1T appears that we control the
State situation, and that my electors
viii run upon the regular Republican
ticket. II his electors run upon the
regular Republican ticket, what be-
comes Of his third party movements
And one NAV fairly ask whether. if
they run upon the regular Republican
ticket, that is not plain case of appro-
priating the party name and position of
the party to which Col Roosevelt does
no longer bclong1 In short, plain
theft.
The same sort of thieving tactics,
which Col. Roosevelt congratulates HIM
self upon in Illinois, is planned also by
Col Roosevelt 8 friend, Governor John"
son Of California, who makes no secret
of his intention to turn the Republican
name and strength. so far as he possibly
can, over to the Roosevelt interests in
Gf,fa h.
publican party which has nominated
President Taft, appear as new organi.
zation, without name, claim, prestige,
or history, seeking by petition to get its
candidates for electors upon the ticket,
johnson also is strong in his quotation
of the commandment, "Thou shalt not
steal;' and yet he is even more fully
alive than Col. Roosevelt himself, if
any difference can be traced. to the ad-
vantage Of stealing the Republican
name and party position for Col Roose-
velt in California
Governor Stubbs Of Kansas takes the
same plan of theft for his State that
Governor Johnson does in California
In Michigan, Governor Osborn, one
of the yeasty Roosevelt men, is more
honest. He repudiates the Taft nomi-
nation, but comes out openly and
squarely for Governor Wilson, and says
there is no need for any third party IN
Michigan; he and the Roosevelt hackers
in that State will fight openly and
squarely for the Democratic candidate,
and by SO doing they will be truer than
Roosevelt himself TO the commandment,
Thou shalt not stesl'
In Ohio the Roosevelt effort to cap
ture the Republican State organization
utterly failed. When the convention
was had which sent the delegates at
large from Ohio to the Chicago conven-
tion, President Taft's supporters had
390k votes and Roosevelt 3621h votes.
Last week the same delegates met in
an adjourned session of the convention
TO nominate the State ticket President
Taft's supporters in that convention
now numbered 1921, while Col, Roose-
velt had fallen off to 301 - so that
the effort to steal Ohio under the motto
Thou shalt not steal,' was wretched
failure. and President Taft is shown to
be a large gamer over his strength in
the former convention, with Roosevelt
corresponding loser.
1t seems a clear case that the steal
ing that is planned under the command
ment "Thou shalt not steal,' must
come to grief. IF Col. Roosevelt is 90.
ing to organize new party, as he now
claims. that Of course is his privilege;
but to have his supporters in any State
operate under the name and organiza-
tion of the Republican party, is utterly
dishonest and the baldest hypocrisy and
larceny.