The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-07-09
THE ROOSEVELT CONVENTION.

Ih6 hooSEVELT CONVENTION.
The call for the Roosevelt conven.
tlon is published. Signatures from
most of the States appear to the call,
and some of the States have furnished
numerous signers Col. C. f.. Loose
signed for Utah, which il is fair to
presume means that Col. Loose no
longer considers himself member of
the Republican party. but gives In his
adherence TO the proposed new party
His place, therefore, upon the National
Republican committee is presumably to
be speedily filed His resignation
having been rendered, it ought to be
accepted now without further delay
The call as issued is simply an as
semblage of general expressions OF dis
content, very similar to the rebellion
set on foot by Absalom against his Ia
ther David, where Absalom met every
discontented man at rhe gate OF the
| city, inquired into his cause, and pro
nounced Judgment in his favor there
and then; and Absalom said, moreover,
"Oh that / were made judge in the
land, that every man which hath any
suit or cause might come unto me, and
| / would do him iustice!' That ap-
pears to be about the position and
claim of the Roosevelt party. Roose-
velt promises everything, if only there
by he may get to the Presidency.
There is no actual statement of
grievance in this call. and there is no
definite plan of relief. 1T is made up
altogether of generalities, which may
mean one thing or another, but 1T all
welt S personality and ambition,
hungry cry 10 be President. And Col.
Roosevelt's long-winded telegram to
VIM. A. White Of Kansas is equally
vague, gossipy, and indefinite. The
combined pleas simply mean that
Roosevelt is sick TO be President
again, and is CRYING and bowling be-
cause the people do not all get in and
support his desires, while his sugges-
tion that he ought to have the support
Of the Republican organization in Re
publican States Is both preposterous
and dishonest.
IL will be remembered that before
the Roosevelt delegates TO the Chicago
convention dispersed to their homes,
they held an informal or Tump conven-
tion of their own, nominating Col.
Roosevelt for President. It seems,
however, that this is counted as moth
ing; and the wonder naturally would
be. therefore, why they got together
and made that fruitless nomination.
In addressing his delegates at that
home and reflect on the matter, and If
at a later time they chose to get to-
gether and name him for President, he
would run; but if they thought some
one else should be preferred, then he
would labor diligently in the interests
of The nominee. whoever he might be.
This, however. was mere piffle, because
as matter of fact the movement is
wholly personal TO Roosevelt, and it
would be ridiculous TO nominate any
body else. Besides that, Roosevelt has
set his mind upon running for Presi-
dent this year, and if such an appa-
rentiv impossible thing should happen
as that somebody else should be nom
mated at the convention called by Mr..
Dixon for August 5th. in Chicago,
there would be another bolt, and the
result would be that Roosevelt would
head not third, but fourth party.
The whole proposition is to nominate
Roosevelt for President. Without his
nomination, there is no vitality in
third party. and no life TO the bolt
from the Republican nomination,
Senator Dixon refers to his call as
a New Declaration of Iudepend-
euce.'' But the original Declaration
OF independence was one of specified
grievances and enumerated wrongs TO
say that the declaration put forth now,
presenting no specifications Of griev
ances, no mention of any definite
wrongs. is like the great Declaration Of
Independence, is TO confuse not only
language and ideas, but to overturn the
best patriotic traditions Of the people
of the United States. 1t shows that
Mr.. Dixon is bard put to II TO get
! something definite to lay before the
people; and as he has nothing more
definite than the generalities carried
in the mere windiness of his call, he
endeavors to cure the defect by giving
mis- statement name which in no wise
| its. But the whole tumble is fair
example of illogical, unreasonable, and
indefinite, blind beating OF the air
| Roosevelt movement.
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