The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-06-22

in seating the Taft delegates. Roose-
yelt expressed hope that his name
would not come to vote in the con-
vention. He didn't want the Roosevelt
delegates to vote in the convention, but
if they did vote demanded that they
vote for him.
| Colonel Roosevelt said: ITO this
convention you were chosen by the
people to nominate me for president.
| Under the direction and with the
encouragement of Mr.. Taft majority
of the national committeeman by the
so-called steam roller" methods and
with disregard to every principle of
elementary honesty and decency stole
eighty or ninety delegates, putting ON
the temporary roll call a sufficient
number fraudulent delegates to de-
feat the legally expressed will of the
people and substitute a dishonest for
| an honest majority
| "The convention has now declined
| to purge the roll of those fraudulent
delegates placed thereon by the de-
| funct national committee and the ma
jority thus accredited was made a
majority only because it included the
fraudulent delegates who themselves
sat as judges on one another's cases.
If these fraudulent votes had not
thus been cast and counted the con-
vention would have been purged from
their presence. This action makes
the convention, in no proper sense, any
longer republican convention, repre-
senting the real republican party.
Therefore | hope you men as
Roosevelt delegates will now decide
not to vote on any matter before the
convention.
81 do not release any delegate from
his honorable obligation vote for me
if he votes at all, but under the pres
ent conditions ! hope he will not vote
at all.
The convention as it is now COM
posed has no claim to represent the
represents nothing but a successful
fraud overriding the will of the rank
and file of the party. Any man nom
mated by the convention as now con-
stituted would be merely beneficiary
of this successful fraud
1t would be deeply discredible to
anU one IN acpant tha convention nm
der these circumstances and any man
thus accepting it would have no claim
to the support of any republican on
party grounds and would have for
feited all his right to ask the support
of any honest man of any party on
any grounds"
Among the delegates unseated by the
committee and who met with Colonel
Roosevelt today were several who
wore a new badge:
Steam -Rollered but still for
The fourteen Washington delegates
who were not seated were loudly ap-
plauded as they entered the room.
Colonel Roosevelt shook hands with all
of the men who attended the meeting.
CHICAGO, June 22.-Colonel Roose-
velt smiled as broadly as usual today
when he went to his conference room.
A large crowd had gathered on the
eleventh floor.
stick to 'em, Teddy" man shout
ed.
Sure We'll stick to EN-" replied
1t was expected today that
Colonel Roosevelt would remain in
Chicago day or two after the con-
vention had adjourned, comforting
" ith the men on whom he will rely for
the support of his National Progress
sive party
A meeting of the Roosevelt dele
gates who were seated in the conven-
ion was called in the Roosevelt con-
terence in the Congress hotel 1t was
that all unseated delegates
would explain their cases to him In
letail.
1t was rumored that at this meeting,
| mass meeting of Roosevelt follow
,rs would be arranged for.