Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-06-10
Ex.PREsipENr REVIEWS ALA.
sAMA CONTEST BEFORE MA.
r,oNAL COMMITTEES.
PARTY IN
GRAVE DANGER At PRESENT
Dsneuness Men in Control Of Party
Machinery -"Thsft Not . Test Of
Regularity" Ne Declares = Appeals
to Republicans Of Nation to Rally to
Save the Party.

upon Saturday night by Colonel Roose-
welt to protest against the action of the
republican national committee in ruling
on the contest for seats in the national
convention from the Ninth Alabama
district The colonel served notice on
his opponents that, in his opinion. the
party as whole would repudiaSe
nomination il it were obtained in de
fiance of justice"
He declared that every man who
wishes to see the party continue to
exist should protest at once against
those who are deliberately trying to
wreck it,
The leaders," said the colonel,
speak as if they were the regular re-
publicans. do not concede that theft
is test of regularity"
Colonel Roosevelt's statement was
given on; after conference which
lasted all the afternoon He was in
constant touch over his private wires
during the day with Senator Dixon and
his other lieutenants in Chicago. He
also consulted with a number OF his
supporters who visited him.
Colonel Meets Advisers.
ne COlOnel tdlheu With men
from a number of states. Among them
were Arthur Hill. Of Boston; Governor
Bass of New Hampshire: Charles H
Thomson, of Vermont; Dean w. D.
Lewis. of the University Of Pennsyl-
vania law school. and Howell F. Lea
and E. VI. Reilly. of Kansas City.
Colonel Rooseveit's statement was a S
follows:
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national committee in unseating the
two duly elected delegates in the Ninth
Alabama district and replacing them
by men who have no more title TO sit
IN the republican convention than they
| have to sit in the democratic conven-
ton. would like to make as serious
an appeal as is in my power to every
good citizen who regards the republican
party as an instrument for good gov
eminent which it is wicked lightly to
( destroy.
1 Alabama is entitled to twenty four
/ delegates in the convention. AS regards
| several Of the districts where there
| have been contests. il is my sincere
! belief that the right was as much on
/, our side as on the side OF our oppon-
ents
= Dull III tHSSS dist1:Sts TIC. vas
room for honest doubt and. talking the
matter over with Senator Dixon. we
/ both agreed TO advise the Roosevelt
members OF the national committee to
support no contes: in any district where
there vas room for reasonable doubt
as to the right OF the Roosevelt dele
gates to be seated
Voted With Majority.
nj, tha 1oh
tricts IN question. the Roosevelt men in
the national committee voted With the
1 ma jor;ty, and this. in spite of the fact
that as have already said, we regard
the claims Of the Roosevelt men in GER
tain of these districts as being as good
as those OF their opponents.
But in the Ninth Alabama district
two Roosevelt delegates had been I'M
questionably elected The facts are as
follows: The republican committee OF
this district composed of thirty mem
berg. met TO call the convention. Eigh-
teen members were favorable to my
candidacy, twelve to Mr.. Taft's.
The Taft men conceded that this was
the regular district committee and be.
/ gan by participating in the meeting
hu: as soon as it developed that the
Roosevelt men were in the majority
the twelve Taft men left the meeting
and called convention Of their own
leaving eighteen members. clear ma
jority Of the regular committee, to cal
1.-THE regular convention in which tn
Roosevelt delegates were named.
|. Contest 10 Unfoundsd.
/ No serious evidence was presented
before the national committee to con
trayene these facts. The contes
AGAINST these two regularly elected
iRooseyelt delegates mad literally II
foundation whatever. even of the mos
himsy description. There was no NOR
ground for unseating these delegate
{ than there would be for example. II
J ,,nseating the Taft delegation from
/ Rhode Island. or In any district in an
I state where there is no contest what
! ever.
? Yet the nationa! committeeman wh
are supporting Mr.. Taft voted to un
seat the two men properly elected an
Ito seat in the national convention tw
men who as have said. literally hav
D no more right to appear as delegate
: in that convention than they have
= ;appear in the democratic national con
ivention.
"They represent nothing whatever ]
the republican party except the de
termination Of certain members OF tn
. national committee, who have them
! selves been repudiated by the repubil
can party, that the majority Of tn
iparty shall not be permitted to decid
whom they wish to be the nominee fe
!. A president.
says laws Are Lax.
Now I wish to call the attention
7 not only Of all good republicans. b,
Of all good citizens. to just what tn
9 type Of nomination means. Az ~
. there 10 no law to governe nation
b terminating conventions rs there 10
, teoSsen national eiections-sstho In &c.
!. tain states the nomination OF cand
dates 10 carried on under the Law
those states precisely ~ are the s;e
tons.
Because Of this lack Of federal In
= acts, which, II done to influence Gle
lions, ~o s..s. &c &c criminal can he nesn
trated with impunity 20 far 40 nation
nominations are concerned. But this
= difference in legality and not
morality.
- sAsain: and again we have sent
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