Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-06-18
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LINZ UF AHALh
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what thc fate of either may bc, but
WIth Mr 1uuf ucqulosrcurr, or h}
hIs direction, aud lu his interest hlH
followers hive raised an Issue winch
Dos AN important 10 thr country, ~
ls not partisan Issue, 10 H more
than political Issue IL lH great
moral Issue. II we couduur political
th,u, IL we do not resent the kinds
uf WRONG aud injustice mat viii in
luuuumy ancu the whole nation, not
merely our Democratic form ui EuN-
ciumcnl bat our civilization iWrll
cannot endure. " methods adopted
Dos the national committee are app
proved bog th. convention, wh ch D.
about 90 assemble. a great crime will
have been committed. the triumph
uf such prucrrdluFH ut the moment
would mean the wreck uf the Re-
publican party uud % such proc rd
lugs become hahlluul % would mrtu
the wreck ol popular governments
= hr actions ol the lHf leaders Iu iNr
national committee. taken with lhr
active aid uf Mr. lHltH private sDr-
rotary aud of One of Mr Ihua DuhI-
ut uuOerr. ar. muuHuuuH. ana lh'
should hr indignantly condemned If
the moral sentiment of thr whole
country IuuIFht Wp come together
tu protest against q crime Wuirh
strikes straight 40 n. heart Of rNur}
principle of political doprury ana
honesty. "a crime which represents
treason tu thp people. and ln ihr
usuTpatiOu OF the suNrr"iHuty ut tho
people hy irresponsible pullucw
bosses, Inspired hy the sinister lutlu-
pucos of muno'cd privilege. We,
here in this hall are engaged, not
uuly loo 20 night for the rights of every
decent Republican, we are engaged IN
% nght for the rights of every decent
American. whatsoever his party may
be- And, Oh my friends, for one
thing nt least we should bc pro-
foundly grateful. We are more for
tuuutc than our fathers in that there
ls not the slightest tingc Of sectional
ism iu the hrht We are now waglng
The principles for which We stand
are us vital for the south AZ for tho
north. for The east as for the west
We make our appeal to all honest,
iarMghtrd and patriotic Americans,
no matter whore they may dwell
Why r. II. Announced.
when. I'm February last. made up
my mind that n was my duty to en-
tor this night, II Wus after long nnd
careful dclhculuu. ] had become
convinced that MI Taft had definite
0 aud completely abandoned In,
cause of the people and had surreu-
dcr,d himself wholly to. the h.ddings
Of the professional political bosses,
and of the great privileged Interests
standing beside them ! had also be
come convinced That unless did
mako the nEht, II could not he made
at an. ana that Mr rafrs nomination
would come to him without serious
upposiuon The events have justified
! both nay beliefs. ] very earnestly
ask our fellow progrcssiNcs who
/ have supported other candidates, to
remember that one of the cardinal
principles of the doctrines which We
/ hold Ina common, is our duty, norm
ally totally. and In good fa'th, to
abide hy the well thouBht-uut aud
honestly expressed action of "A ma
jorIty.
Nbout "Bosscs.'
"Mr. TAFT at first denied that he
| represented the bosses. His denial
was of little consequence, for his
deeds hclivd his words But ! doubt
II at present hc would venture 10 re
peat the dpniul As II has become
constantly more and more evident
that the people are against him, he
has more and more mdisguisedly
thrown himself into the arms of the