Milford chronicle., 1912-08-23

20 and decided unanimously" Mr.. Vail
r said. "This left seventy-two delegate
re which Roosevelt refers to as the "stolen
Is delegates -
WANTED To CONTROL.
g Mr.. Vale explained.
u why were the contests brought and
e abandoned? The Roosevelt men wanted
to prevent from voting in that conven
ton every COntestee whose seat had been
contested They evolved the novel pro
position that no man whose seat was
contested should have allowed TO vote
not only on his own contest or anv other
contest. That would make it possible
Tor minority to control the convention
and would have made possible the
larceny the Roosevelt men proposed to
perpretrate.'
Mr.. Vale said the rule that the con-
Ventlon adopted was that no man whose |
seat was contested should have a right /
to vote On the merits of his own con.
test. Isn't that reasonable" he ask.
ed.
Mr.. Vale said ut is the rule GOV
ernlng all parliamentary bodies. The
Roosevelt rule proposed would mean
simply that few men would control the
convention, for it is possible not only for
zoO men to be contested, but for 99g to be
leaving out but one man out of a conven
tlon OF a thousand to conduct the bust
ness OF convention. You can see the
a0surdlty OF suca a proposition. The
RUE adopted was simply the rule pre-. ,
yaliing in all parliamentary bodies. 2"
laking up the cry Of fraud, Mr.. Vale
SAID the people want to know and
have right to know whether the great
party that has had their devotion mas bv 5
rs actions forfeited their devotion. Il
nave never perpetrated a fraud in my l.
lie, explained Mr.. Vale, land am i
here to say that no fraud was prepetrat
~ IN the Chicago convention on Theo n
lore Roosevelt or any other man
MT. vale then took up the contests h
state oy state, and explained the rea
ons that caused the committee to decide :
ne contests as they were decide. The 7
easons he gave are substantially those h
nat have been printed in these columns
DIoPRONED THESE CHARGES
Alter summarizing the contests. Mr.. o
a e took up the charge often made bv S
men that IN every contest
rought by Taft men the Taft delegates s
ere seated and in every contest brought D
Y the Roosevelt men the ROOsevelt de-
gates were defeated To snow this was 81
nIrue he pointed out that Governor d
iadieY Uf Missouri headed the coutestnf
.lssourl delegates at large in behalf co
the Roosevelt forces. The National 81
'mmlttee, recognizing the validity of
odley's claim, seated the delegation of It'll
men ne was the head, although he was po
e fecognzed Roosevelt pater Mr.
ale SAID. The cone usious have dr.
ached are the conclusions II four men tr,
nom nave seen IN the public prints
discuss the contest" Mr. Vale guotad Gr
nator La Toilette the progressive leader
saying that II Roosevelt had .a,nrad hel
cry vote ne claimed he was entitled IN do
would not have had a maioritv of the
INVENTION. The writers say the only wo
ud attempted in the convention as sor
sy saw It, was that OF the Roosevelt l
lowers IN trying to have seated dele las
es who where not entitled 20 seats
cholas Murray Butler president of Sun
IumOla Unlversity in his article Mr.
lie pointed ont, says he would have
;ded any OF the contests other than
y bad been decided although he Ma
lld have pondered seriously the Texas
test as the one creating the most
lot IN Lls mind. Professor Hart. OF
rvard University in an analysis Of the (
llt' says no fraud was perDetrated to iise
extent OF stealing seats Of men en-.
sd to seats. Governor Hadlev. too x
there was no fraud. e
DO believe it was with Dreconceived ~
deliberate stealth that the contests IN
e brought 30 that il Roosevelt could F6
WIN he could attempt to wreck The
" that had honOred him, " said Mr.. n
E. u have no sympathy with the Hl
VINO IN the guse OF false charges vi
mpts to elevate himself. I believe =
man other than Taft or Roosevelt cL;I,
d nave been nominated lad it not tba
Tor the selhshness of Roosevelt" sgs
r Vale then told of the ovation to 1sss.
9rnor Hadley in the convention and f;n1
now 10 Roosevelt men desired TO c,,if2,,
eleased By Roosevelt so thev vote stsn
tadley but held to their instructions tbsSss
ne threat that any man who left him tro,f
d be branded as dishonest. tbe /
roosevelt held the awful threat of bab;t
'cusatlon OF dishonesty over every We
TO prevent any man taking the abie
nation" said Mr. Vale. and r
ou hear persons ask, "Whv didn't The ,
nominate third man? The answer Swar
1t Roosevelt's inordinate selfshness bv Ar
nted many delegates from voting cent
ay thev would have liked to. Size b,
Ewes HONEST NOMINATION have
Tor one believe as firmly as he. by m
in the principles of the Pen1bIicay pampl
that if ever a man was bonas.i.i about
lated by honest deIegatos ,-VteSsly - @ includ
lent Taft. The third 5srt,, r,'a va monia
Will be a failure because II Is moi who +
on an element of trntb - 40 uo' remed
nvince yourself before yor 90 =. & Co.,
oils in Novemher-~s,d}O - Z" 70 mentic
ice yourself-tbst To q 81 ~. ioe Csh mistak
ated. Stndv Az -. ma5 honestly l'l Kilmel