The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-02-07
GETTING READY FOR THE
ROOSEVELT CONVENTION.

Rooseve!cisra Is sweeping The state.
A few Weeks ago il was thought TO
be at - height, bat eler* day adds
70 the r.n.ler @: supporters, the =
:husissm I'D tbs determination 20
MAKE n Roosevelt vote so sweeping
IRA q wave .: enthusiasm having its
inception in North Dakota. will
sweep ,fe. III whu:a country and
convert ;ho Insulating INTO firm be-
Hears and loyal supporters.
Ramsey County, has decided Oh a
COUNTY convention to insure q large
dedication - 'he state convention in
Grand Forks FEBRUARY 90. The plan
is 4 c~oc.meHdable one and it would
he a good iGaa Cor as many counties
as possible 70 follow this plan.
The state convention will he COM
posed Of the masses but in order
that counties close 10 Grand
Forks may not have any advantage
over thos, AT a distance. the county
voting power VIII be based on some
uniform rule 50 that all will share
alike. IN this way If Grand Forks
county has .tva hundred Republicans
III the convention il would NOT have
more voice or vote than would a
county in TN extreme western part
of the state in proportion. h pur-
pose of the state convention is to
crystalline and put into lighting order
the Roosevelt sentiment in h state.
The only qualification of q delegate.
whether ne ONE of his OWL Volt
lion or as the representative of a
county, is that he is q Roosevelt
Republican. It should not be for
gotten that every man h can sc
qualify himself and possibly can do
SO, should attend the convention.
From the SLOPE rome words of en-
thusiasm. a prominent and infuen-
tial Republican of Mandan, and by
the way me of the first and strong
est boosters in the Roosevelt V
ment. writes the Times as follows:
" nave this neck OF the wood
corraled and propose to send dele
.:atcs TO your convention. We had
planned calling a mass convention Of
wcst slope Roosevelt men. but it will
be useless if there is a convention
in Grand Forks"
The slope and Ramsey county are
fair illustrations of the Roosevelt
work. They arc probably no strong
' = AZ lil'iI sentiment l1ldIl III toulI~
'."s. Thc list of seconds to the mo.
ton for "A convention made by j. W.
Scott is a fair index. Many Of those
lists have been subscribed to a state.
mint that the communities repre-
sonted are strongly for Roosevelt,
inne Of these statements being less
than threc-fourths of the party. 1t
"ould be so near unanimous tina the
nnnnSifinn would mt krnu. IN u-a
in the running. if it were not for the
still lingering though rapidly dissi-
p@ting belief that the movement is in
some mysterious way in the interests
If President Taft. Some Republic
cans honestly believe this. and a few
others are making it = rope TO drag
ont old political corpses thai have
long lain in the sepulchre. The first
class are open minded and fair; the
other class would not be convinced
though an angel Spake.
Those who have been following the
contest in the east whore the fight is
between Taft and Roosevelt. are
familiar with many things which
provo that the president and his po-
litical advisers are endeavoring in ev-
cry Nay possible to head off the
~ i!b IN p6St llluSs
tration Of their desperate tactics is
in New Jersey. n state conceded to
Taft before Roosevelt was suggested.
That state has q presidential prefer
cnce primary the same as North Da-
kota. 1t does not require a declara-
tion of his candidacy by a candidate
for president-the same as North Da-
kota. The legislature of the state is
now in session and the Taft machine
is ~erdeavoring to have a law rushed
through which will require n prcsi-
dental candidate TO declare his can
didacy else his lame will not be put
on the primary ballot. That would
either force Roosevelt to declare
himself n candidate and so give the
Taft following q chance TO proclaim
TO the country that Roosevelt is seek
ing the office instead of the people
demanding him. or it would prevent
his followers from voting for MIN in
the primary. and then the opposition
could declare the alleged Roosevelt
sentiment was all m~oonshine, or that
Roosevelt would refuse the nominal
ton because he would not declare
his candidacy to secure n state. It
was a cunningly contrived piece of
political c%ngenuity, and should ION.
vince any n that Taft is after Roos-
evelts scalp. 1t is difficult to see
wherein Rcosevelt's candidacy is in
the interest If Taft when the latter
is taking such desperate means to
kill him off