The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-06-21
FULL TEXT OF ROOSEVELTS STATEMENT
OUTLINING POSITION ON POSSIBLE BOLT

cessful frauds was entitled to all these
80 delegates. All the 80 possessed
for instance. clearer titles than tho
uncontested Taft delegates. from New
York city and as to 20 of them. theil
titles were as flawless as those of any
other delegates in the convention.
Mr.. Root was elected and Governor
Deneen's motion for partially cleans.
ing the roll of fraud was defeated by
the vote of these 90 fraudulent dele.
gates; the last being vote on d
straight moral issue. the result OF
which in my judsment ought to rem
der 1t impossible, for any man longer
to take part in the proceedings of the
convention. as now constituted. The
fifty. In each case. therefore, if II
had not been for the hitherto success.
full rascality which placed these fraud.
ulent delegates on the call and per-
mitted them to vote the causes Of de-
cency would have wone. Mr.. Nc
Govern would have been elected in
place of Mr.. Root, Governor Deneen's
motion would have prevailed and the
republican national convention would
now have been exercising In good
faith the highly honorable and vitality
important function Of honestly repre-
senting the wishes, the Judgment, the
interest of the plain people who ma Ike
up the mass of the republican party.
Instead. it now represents nothing but
successful political fraud. perpetrated
in the interest Of political and finan-
cial privilege.
Ruling Denies Fair Play.
Il understand that Mr.. Taft nas
announced that no one of the stolen
delegates will be allowed to vote on
his own case but that all will be al
lowed to vote on one anothers case.
Such ruling is a sheer denial of JUS
tice and fair play. This case bears no
analogy to ordinary cases where con-
testing delegates have no connection
with one another and where there is
considered. All these 90 fraudulent
no general conspiracy which must he
delegates were seated at the same
time by the votes of the same national
committee even to serve the same pur-
pose. The credentials committee to
try their cases includes three of their
own number in the states Of WASH
ington. Arizona and Texas. which with
their delegations were stolen. This
committee selected as its chairman the
leader of the Guggenheim delegation
from Colorado who had already as a
natlonal committeeman assisted in ini-
tlatfng the very fraud upon which he
is now to sit in Judgment.
Nothing that this committee may
do Is entitled to consideration. and
In considering what they do It will be
we'll to keep in mind the remark made
In private by one Of the national COM
mttteemen. who. when asked why they
had stolen SO many more delegates
than were needed for their purpose,
answered that 1t would enab BILE the Gre
dentials committee to make a show Of
generosity by unseating some, while
retaining number amply sufficient to
accomplish what ends they have in
view. Moreover. 1t is we'll to remem-
Der that the fraud is equally great and
equally reprehensible. Reprehensible
whether the fraudulent delegates ac-
tually vote on the nomination for
president or whether they are merely
to create situation which renders it
necessary for them to vote on the
nomination for president. II the roll
is not purged en- masse Of these fraud
ulently elected delegates, the whole
election of the convention is tainted.
The committee on rules has lust.
against the protest Of the progressive
members. provided for the perpetua-
ton Of the national committee in the
form responsible for the scandalous
outrages which have at this moment
brought the republican party to the