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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-23
THE VALEDICTORY OF
THE ROOSEVELT FORCES
Henry J. Allen, of Kansas, Speaks for the De-
feated Followers of the Ext President
on Floor of the Convention.

sas. Oklahoma, West Virginia AMI
North Carolina, that all these majori.
ties added together went down under
the mere rulings Of q political commit
tee.
We will not join YOU in saying TO the
home state Of Abraham Lincoln that
the 10000 majority by which We de-
teated Mr.. Taft and his managers In
Illinois was overruled by those very
managers, with the consent OF those
who have arrogated powers never in
tended 10 be there.
Mr.. Payne sought to question the
Republcanism Of these great Republ-
can states Yesterday. Until he can
show a better record than is shown by
the results of this type of conservative
leadership he is estopped from crltl-
cism. When Theodore Roosevelt lett
the White House four years ago ne
left YOU an Overwhelming majority In
both branches of Congress. he left you
an Overwhelming majority IN all the
great Republican states, he left you 4
record on which you could elect Mr..
Taft, he left you a Progressive pro-
yrarnme to carry forward. That pro-
gramme was buried beneath an ava
lanche Of words at Winona, and eigh'
teen Republican Governors were buried
beneath an avalanche Gf votes which
rebuked recreancy 10 party pledges
4 big majority in the lower house
gave way to Democrats and in the
Senate was reduced to mere major
itv. SO much for your conservative
leadership, Mr.. Payne.
We will not participate with YOU IN
completing the scuttling Of the shin
We will not say to the young men OF
the nation. who reading political his
tory with their patriotism, are longing
10 catch step with the party Of their
fathers. that We have nothing better
10 offer them a this hour than this
new declaration Of human rights, that
= discarded political committee as It's
last act holds greater power than a
majority Of over two million voters.
We do not bolt We merely insist that
YOU. not we. arc making the record
And We refuse to be bound by II. We
have pleaded with YOU ten days. We
have fought with you five days for a
"solyare deal" We night no more. We
rlead no longer. We shall sit in pro-
test. and the people who sent us here
shall Judge us.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-23

powerful crook political bosses have and
| OUGHT to have no feeling but contempt
| for the honest man who submits to their
violent and INSCRIPTIONS dishonesty. "
we permit fraud OF this kind to triumph
we do a shameful thing, and show either
that we are faint Of heart or dull OF con-
science.
7 have set them forth fully in the many
speeches | have made during the last four
months, while making an active contest
for the nomination. which l won ana out
of which | have been cheated by the men
who feared to see these principles reduced
Fundamentally, these principles are
First that the people have the right 10
rule themselves, and can do so bette.
than any outsiders can rule them, ahc
second. that it is their duty so 10 RUE
in a spirit Of justice toward every ii ns,d
and every woman within our ooloeI ass,st bio
TO use the government. so far as posslpis,
as an instrument for obtaining not mereis
POLITICAL, but industrial justice.
We do not stand for these principles az
mere distractions any more tnan W. hstrar.
for honesty and fair play as mere aos.iaiiE
tons We seek to apply them practiGa. -
i'm every relation Of life. where we o.
power We stand for honesty ana ,a sI
nIay We practically apply the coHhidilu
pn,eyt 'Tb6u shalt not steal and We
wish TO give a square deal TO every , C..iSen
Of this Republic 50 that We NC ~ rim.
chance TO show the stun Iltle - ~ -
vnbaIned nv privilege himself, and unham-
pered by privilege for others LID,
hold that we are performing nign
dutv in inauquratirs this movement. tor
the permanent success Of practices sue"
as have obtained in the trauouIenh, . i
vention that has just closed us s
IL Iic. and we are performing the most
natriotio Of duties when we set our faces
ike flint AGAINST such wrong
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-23
WOODRUFF OUT AGAIN
He Resigns as Leader of Brook
ign Party Organization.

Chicago. June ok Lieutenant Gov
ernor Timothy L. Woodruff announced
tonight his resignation as leader Of the
Republican organization in Brooklyn. In
his notice TO Reuben L. Haskell. secre-
tarv Of the Kings county committee
Mr.. Woodruff says that in his judgment
the destruction Of the Republican party
&c inevitable as a result Of this national
convention.
Mr.. Woodruff's telegram SAYS, in part:
Tho utterly ruthless subversion OF the
,nnular will expressed by our fellow Re
ppUbIicans Of the great Republican states
E., The national committee, the committee
~ cradentials and, finally, by this fraudu-
eny constituted Whereby the ne
~, ,oitticaI Judgment. inevitable, as told
nv fellow BROOKLYN DELEGATES, ,, when Ig theg
81 ,iit..sIf regarding the situation. compels me
10 lake this course
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-23

and elections by upsetting the results at
their own pleasure.
The convention which to-day closes It's
discreditable career here in Chicago rep
resents a negligible minimum Of the rank
and file of the Republican party But
what II has done and what il has provided
for the future offer material for very serl-
Gus consideration. The old national com
mittee, chosen by the politicians four
years ago, made up a temporary roll, IN
Guiding some ninety fraudulent delegates
who had not been elected by the people,
and thereby they controlled a majority or
the convention. This fraudulent tempo
rary roll In turn chose fraudulent Gre
dentials committee. and all the fraudulent
delegates, voting on one anOtherS case.
thereby made up the permanent roll which
Then this fraudulent convention chooses
a new and not less fraudulent national
committee.
Now, gentlemen. there are those who
ask us to stay in the party which has just
fraudulently nominated for the Presidency
man who inspired and profted by the
fraud. They ask us TO submit to infamy
In the present on the ground that perhaps
We may be bic to prevent such infamy
in the future. They seem TO forget that
the vicious circle has been completed. and
that this fraudulent convention has pro-
vided in It's fraudulently chosen national
committee a means whereby they can
hope once again four years hence and with
Ike impunity to overthrow the will Of the
majority Of the voters al the primaries.
The national committee. over whose Sc
lection and retention in office the voters
have no control whatever. makes up the
fraudulent temporary rollcall which CON
trolls the national convention. The ma
tional convention thus fraudulently made
up names another national committee, and
the new national committee, constituted
by the same elements that constituted the
old one. has already shown by its actions
that 1t can be trusted four years hence
10 repeat the misbchavior Of the old one
The vicious circle must be broken. The
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-23
A GREAT VICTORY,
SAYS PRESIDENT TAFT
Continued from hrst pas'

which has been achieved cannot he over
estimated. An over this country pdtri-
otto people tonight are breathing more
freely that most serious menace 10 our
republican institutions has been averted
nv the action of the Chicago convention.
"Tt IS NOT necessary tonight 10 speak
or the result iG November or Of the
issues which will arise between N" Re-
rubIican and Democratic parties In tn"
Presidential campaign 10 follow II VIII
ne time enough 10 do that after TN" ao-
,iou Of the Baltimore convention. II rs
enough now 10 say that, whatever may
rarnen I'm November. great victory for
the Republican party and the people 81
tho United states has already been Won
, Tho marty remains as great, powerful
,rganization for carrying out its patri-
otic principles as an agency ~ real prog
r.ss In tho development Of the nation
along the constitutional lines dpon
which it Was constructed and has ever
been maintained. and its future oppor-
,Dnitv for usefulness IS as great "a its
achievements in the past
President Taft. with Mrs. Taft and
pobort 4. Taft. received the news Of his
denomination as soon as the vote i'm the
convention had reached $40. The Presi-
dent was on the south porch Of the White
Houso. where the press dispatches were
brought "a him by messengers as fast
as thew were received in the executive
Offices.
The President remained at the White
House until after II o'clock, when he
went to the executive offices and pre-
pared the statement printed above. He
was In excellent humor, his hearty laugh
resounding through the corridors and
. ,.-,,,,e ~ the executive offices
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-23

Chicago, June 22-The address Of
Henry ] Allen, Of Kansas. speaking for
the Roosevelt forces at the close Of the
Of the contested cases by
the Republican convention was as fol.
lows
Gentlemen Of the Convention. We
have reached point where a majority
of the Roosevelt delegates feel that they
can no longer share in the responsible
ity for the acts of this convention. We
have contended with you until we have
exhausted every parliamentary priv
ilege in the effort 10 have placed upon
the roll the names of men legally
elected,
When by using the votes Of the dele
gates whose rights to sit in this co.,
vention are challenged you took a po-
sition which places the power of a po-
litical committee above the authority
of 1900 majority, elected in legal
primary in California, We decided tina:
your steam roller had exceeded the
for no rollcan. You have now com
pleted the seating of all contested dele
gates, using the votes Of the contested
delegates to accomplish your purpose.
We cannot in justice 10 ourselves
share the responsibility of a conven-
ton which has said 70 Ohio--the homo
Of President Taft-that majority of
1900 voters. obtained in a legal pri-
mary election, must stand aside for the
political dictum of a national commit.
teeman discarded by that same major
ity. We cannot become parties with
you in a declaration TO Pennsylvania
that q defeated committeeman. sitting
In an obscure room Of this building,
can nullifv the 10000 majority by
which PENNSYLVANIA gave expression q
her wishes.
We will not put ourselves In a posi-
ton to be bound by any act in which
you say 10 the majority who rejected
Mr.. Taft in New JERSEY. 10 the major
ity which rejected him in Wisconsin.
10 the majority who rejected him IN
Minnesota. 10 the majority who re
iected him in Maine, 10 the majority
who rejected him in Maryland. 10 the
majority in South Dakota, 10 the ma
iority in North Dakota, which gave
him only 1900 votes out Of $1,000; 70
the uaiorities which rejected him in
Nebraska, in oregon, Minnesota, Kan
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-23
TRUMP" CONVENTION
NAMES Roosevelt
Continued from first page.

Continued arr page
the hall by Cpp Minnesota dele
cation, which joined the California delegation the
delegation the followed Minnesota
headed by Ex-Governor Fort
Cecil defeated Texas
leader his down the aisle with Sidney
Bebe national of the District Of Columbia
Mrs Theodore Roosevelt Mrs Nicholas Longworth Miss Ethel Kermit
early occupied box the stage When
Lonwo waved and
of the cheers While this demonstration was
going on some Of the Ohio delegation arrived well
Mississippi Roosevelt delegates entered the
their headquarters and announced the election Jackson
of the Massachusetts, delegates with
and all the time next arrived
POLICE PERKINS
When George Perkins copanionway the
policeman stopped him. and he had difficulty explaining his
Mrs Roosevelt who witnessed the encounter was OBJ
served to laugh heartily
When the hall had packed joined singing
America which the Roosevelt delegates greeted Governor Johnson as
speak delegation this the nonariva OF
the Pennsylvania delegation causing comment ~
Governor Johnson us
always fraud especially fight fraudulent
The delegates majority of the legally elected delegates 10
the Republican National Convention They to do right mere ana
The Governors speech was interrupted with wild
the people of California You came
here with the like gno the will of rotten boss in pennsyl
in Senator Mashu
Theodore Roose
welt By fraud he has been robbed of that which was his We the delegates
free uammeld have here nominate him tonight
These words brought the audience its " with shout Governor
Johnson then described the Roosevelt campaign
Controller PGendeas then introduced and made the nominating
American between party affiliations and
According honest
delegates candidate had the largest number OF was Colo
Roosevelt
o land will him November
resolution koose
Colonel Roosevelt escorted to the hall
nit ] by S Sp'o Dxn 's sfot p
paue FIVE minutes
When said he would the nomination
another frenzied demonstration ,
Governor Johnson said MI Roosevelt you you the honestly
friends this with Coliseum cnVen-
1T fitting that convention born theft
delegation
the National Committee
been got SO that
should end appropriately
expressed qualification delegates who stood by him
When Colonel Roosevelt platform and
bare of the band which
Time the Old Town Tonight
dismissed the after calling on the delegates to
meet
issued Illinois
4
calls would be
would be il field OF the
OF
and national Offices with the
will be Endorsed
serving Republican which sympathy with the
Roosevelt
pledge the candidates for electors
opposed Colonel Roosevelt
adopted
different TO meet local conditions
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-23
QUOTES THE COMMANDMENTS.

am in this fight for certain princi.
oIes, and the first and most important
Of these goes back 10 Sinai, and is EN-
bodied in the commandment, Thou shalt
rot steal" Thou shalt not steal nonli.
nation Thou shalt neither steal in poll
tics nor in business. Thou shalt not
staaI from the people the birthrieht OF
=, -. - .,,la tbeposeIuae
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-23
NEW NATIONAL Committeeman

-Lioaqo June 22.-Vacancies on the Re,
publican National Committee were ni'eo
today as follows:
California-Russ avery.
Tn,,isiana-Victor L.oisel
6rcRon-- Ralph Williams.
I'm Carolina-Joseph w. Tolbert
ooTrrressee-Newell Sanders,
District OF Columbia-Chspin Brown
U.s. % a deadlock in the Massachusetts
,Onat1on, no committeeman from that
.tstr has yet been chosen
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-23
TAFT FAVORS HILlES
Says Secretary Is His Choice for
Committee Chairman.

Washington, June 22.-President Taft
declared tonight that he "as much In
favor of having his secretary, Charles D.
Hilles, for chairman Of the Republican
National Committee. He expressed a
high appreciation Of Mr.. Hilles's work In
the pre-convention campaign.
When asked If he would take the
stump this fall. the President replied
that he considered II likely that he
would
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-23

TO It's elimination Who is the man who
,brough, this country 10 rs present pros
p4rit1@'
shout o: Teddy Teddy started a
Demonstration that interrupted Or. Butle-
for several minutes
Dr. Butter reviewed the public life Of
President Taft. and concluded with the dec
laration that time after time. when the Re
publican party had been threatened with
defeat the threat had been exploded before
the election
Michael Olbrich Of Wisconsin then
placed Senator La Toilette in nomination
The Republican party is face TO face
With the gravest crisis In its history saio
Mr. Olbrich. There rs more at stake IN
This convention than the rise or fall OF In
o!vidusl ambition. We are confronted with
no mere matter Of temporary party success
or defeat. no question Of winning or losing
single election. The life Of the party Is
In the balance"
Mr. Olorich dWelt at length on the growth
Of monopoly and the grip Of special inter
ests on the Industrial political and gov
ernmental life Of the country He paid a
glowing tribute 10 the record Of La Toilette
and declared the people demanded such a
tnan for President, and would. II he were
Dominated. elect him by "the mightiest ma
,orty in history"
Olbrch's speech was interrupted by the
Covering from the roof girders Of red'
Rhite and blue pennant. 10 which vas at
iached picture Of President Taft.
chorus Of jeers cheers. catcalls and whistles
interrupted the speaker, and Chairman Root
had trouble In ouieting the crowd TO allow
Norich 10 proceed
When Olorich concluded after forty
minute speech. there was denomination
Tor La Toilette. carried on b. the Wiscon-
SIN and North Dakota delegates on the
hoor and by many I'm the galleries Several
women in the galleries displayed pictures
OF me Senator 10 help along the enthusiasm.
which continued for upward OF ten minutes.
Robert NJ. Pollock of Fargo, y. D. sec
onded the la Toilette nomination in brief
speech. In which he declared that La Fol
ls,te could do for all the states what ne
hsd done for his own state.
This ended the preliminaries. and at :23
p m. the call OF .he states and the voting
began.
When Illinois was called Governor De-
nsen announced that many OF the delegates
felt that under the Illinois primary Ia"
They would be bound 10 follow their IN
structions and vote for Colonel Roosevelt
The roll OF the delegation was called, the
vote being. Taft z Roosevelt 81. not voting
n absent q
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-23

,-,
', i'u 5s.a,a ~ pooee,el, men
/ sea-..,7.7 conceive rreeen. and refused
~ ,'e' ,.,o,..,,,, Doc, orGerod that their
- 49, naI,.d ~ ,beir stead This
-, h-o,,o the eto~0, The Roosevelt men
-..'.e - fo.t ,,,d reared.
SI,al- 60 iau,-sb,ding state and
10, l..., e. 10 g,,,n s,aaI,re,r shouted
VIZ 49, 5,,ooato,
=, D., .d,.arcad 20 tho front Of
.,o nia,sorr, and said:
..,t 49,. delosa,a sent here bv the state
- ,,sssa,huee,+s refuses 10 do his duty.
ri, aI,.,,a,e will he called on 10 do a."
:. vassacb,eatts the al,ernates OF the
,.,..a,a,-..-,srge elected a. the primaries
80 Ill LEDGE m taft.
,,.L,,s.,t,
'"'
As the clerk called mo YOU d" ~ WV,
delegates-at-larse answered.
no, Young. Nv a,rarad t,onis,,,n II
called, out ONLY TWO "nsN' w. -, =.
ANTHONY OF Ne" b7ulo'"'
Adams 81 N''''s''I' 'o'.-S ~. ...,.
senator hoo' r"l'4 ,'1' .,,,- 49,.
vote was chfNenged the ru'' u 'a'',"e Wv,
alternstes ~ delegates WI" ie'"s' W ~.
would ne fol fwea - ne smaTIrd from the
states where there was no challenge and no
roucou ~ tho state
,f,er the disorderlv rollcau had been
completed the vote was announced - i'''
%, not voting IS
North Dakota cast the hrst vol" Tor Ia
Toilette. Her ten oelega,eS Vo1Tu sol'-'o .
PENNSYLVANIA voted Iatt, - husheS' L.
Roosevelt, 2, not vo'ing' o. neS' "e''
the hrst votes for justice hus''S.
Washington's fourteen votes cast al 30
2. m. swung a majority tor lal'' aHo WIZ
rest OF the roll went on IN CONFUSION.
The delegates had kept tab on me Fo'Ins
and realized that Taft had won IN" ho",lI'a.
uoI ra,, deIegates stood on chairs
and cheered while the vote was aIlhou",.
az tart o'l. o aheort s. present
Cummins II; Hughes . sDs'"'' o. present
| but not voting oiA.
Immediately on the lorna, -, D.
by Senator Root OF the NOM" 'i"I -.
ident Taft the rolca" 10. ,G'''''''
| 70. Vice-Presidert was ,l,... 80
Before n began ho"e'er'
spectators STOOD "hlI9 NV o.
America and m" S'sr ''P'"So
rer"
with much dficulty sufnclent H"s' a.
,ee.ored 10 hear the chairman ANNOUNCE
mont
A., vork Names Sherman
,,a,ded n New York and
AlaD Je."S.,S 0Icott took the platform 10
d" 49, President sherman
'eno''''I n1oo,,s sneecb did not last three
MI -, I, ras received without en-
nnlhu' ,.,Io-~,., Dausberty. for Ohio.
thusiasH"' lend for sherman s
merely Hlo'ON
nomination. 49,, 80, ,,,,ho,,t fur
Inc an ...- ,.,,u Pennsylvania was
Their noiniha 'lo". -. tLra,z rose in his
reached lheh y. ''''
place. ...,..o,. : ,or,,nate
ION neI'aH % '".'' ....s er,,ara uae M
Boies PenroSe' III s"'u''N'
second
There were Il" o'heT
the call OF the roll on the Nice-Presldeh-
tiaI nomination was begun.
Idaho was the first state that failed 10
support sherman. It's eight votes went
10 Governor Hadlev Of Missouri
Iowa put Borah on the list, giving MN
her ten Roosevelt votes
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-23
coIonel RooseVelt's Acceptance
IN accepting the nomination 'oIohe
Roosevelt said

Gentlemen: thank You rGrof iTT No ,he TS Sw
lhatloi.ii octed delegates 10 the Republican
Convention who rSnressnt the bo ao oari
ing Lh' 'Peniblican primaries prior 70 the
Invention S,T and who represent the Wish o.
The majority of the lawfully elected mem mem.
- ~ the convention. | accept the nom
inafion subject to but one condition .,.,
'Thig has now become contest "hlCIl
o, he settled merely along the old
party lines The principles t taa5 are ,f a.
IAN lions Of our democracy itself They
aye in no sense sectional. They should
snneal TO all honest citizens, east anI
aest north and south, they should appeal
70 ali right thinking men: whether kepuo-
iicans or Democrats, without REGARD "
feel that the time has come wher
not only all men who believe in progress
sive principles, but all men who belley'
in those elementary naxlrs OF public
md nriyate morality which must under
lie every form OF successful free gov
eminent, should Join in one movement
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-23

Chicago. June % The new Roosevelt
party was born tonight amid tumuIt IN
Orchestra Hall. after the regular Repuh-
lican convention had named Mr.. Tart
and Mr.. Sherman. The nomination for
the Presidency was offered 10 Colonel
Roosevelt by the following resolution.
We delegates and alteruatcs 10 the Re-
rublicau National Convention. repro sHntlhg
a clear majority OF the voters OF IN" ~
publican party IN the na'lou, ana rtp.r
aepting a clear majority Of the dtl'ShI'S
and alternates legally elected 10 the CON
vention in meeting assembled make Ut"
following declaration. . =
we were delegated by majority OF
tho Republican voters Of our respective
districte and states to nominal" theodore
Eooecvelt in the Republican Nat"nil
Convention az the candidht" or our pa.
for President, and thereby CARR our lne
vii NJ the voters IS expressed 81 the
primaries We have earnestly ana con-
scientiously striven 10 "NeCui" me r"l,.
mission intrusted 10 us by the parry
For I'VE DAYS We have been denied luT-
tice in the national CONVENTION. mus
roqrIlt has been accomplished by me &C
,ion Of the now dcfunCt national COM
r,ittee I'm placing upon the pI".iinlhdI
roll Of the convention, ana theTepl sea-
ing upon the floor Of the convention. q
3cieut number OF traudulculN '.''''t
dairgates TO control the proceedings "l
~ Convention These fraudulent dele
gates once seated. hay" by concerted az
Ton with one another, put themselves
,nor tho permanent roll, where they con,
'nI,,,tc an Influence sufficient 10 coulIol
,bs convention and defeat the VIII 81 inc
ar,v as expressed at the primaries.
Va have exhausted every know Ih,an7
=. hasd off this conspiracy ana I" PIE
W 49, This fraud upon the popular VIII
hut without success -..,.o,,io,, ba,r-
iC. were sent to this convention pLdl
,,g the most specific instructions 10 pa
IrIsador, Roosevelt In nomination dS lnS
lnvJ;datc of our party for President ana
I,iberefore deem It to be- our duty o
We out those instructions III tne on, ON.
Ideal and feasible way ieHhd'i'''e
oPen o 90 be II Resolved. That We rep
lueetIny the majority Of tn" voters OF thS
TGst,i,bIican party and Of the delegate ana
hePu,atss legally elected TO the hopu"l'a,,h
a!l.t tu,,sI Convention. in complldh'' WIN
Na'IoI. sStructions from the party Nolri' :,
our Li S,nln,inate Theodore Roosevelt as INC
ueIdjJate of our party loT ne JIM ot
TDarnnIident of the United states ai.u ,t "n
RI ',nnn him 10 accept such hoIllli ,lt,
ca. .o%npnliance with the VIII OF t"e paw
voter no II further Resolved, That q CON
~ h. appointed by the chaH 10 l "it,,
mite ,jfv Colonel Roosevelt or the acIioh
WIZ talsen. and request him 10 appear W.
r. ne in this hall as soon as 'onNe'''''''