Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-10
Taft Told How Roosevelt Men
Would Secure Electors.
ATTEMPT MOSTLY IN WEST
Conference at White House Relates
to Situation Confronting Republicans
AGREE TARIFF Is THE ISSUE
Visitors to President in Absolute Ac-
paign Will Be Made.

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Charges that the Roosevelt party il
trying to steal republican electors il
various states. and is in fair way OF
making good on the theft, were made a
the White House today by republican
leaders who conferred with President
Taft
The conference related to the seriou.
situation in Kansas, South Dakota
Pennsylvania, California and other states
where the Roosevelt leaders have thing.
in splendid shape to support Roosevelt
men for electors under the cover anl
guise of republican electors.
Those who talked with the Presiden
and Secretary Hilles were Representa-
tives Burke, Moore and Campbell, the
former vice chairman OF the republican
congressional committee, the second sec
rotary OF the committee, and Mr.. Camp
bell vitality interested because Of the pro
gram of the Roosevelters in Kansas. Re
publican congressional candidates are in
volved in nearly all the states and il
the republicans hope to elect repub
lican House in November they must gel
the complications cleared up. Repre-
sentative Mckinley, chairman of the re
publican congressional committee. hae
seen the President earlier in the day.
1.-THE cardinal plank in the Roosevelt
platform is Thou shalt not steal" Rep
resentative Burke told the President ane
Mr.. Hilles. but in South Dakota thu
third party people have already proceed
ed to attempt to steal the republican cleo
toral vote Of the state, the plainest anc
most rotten game Of theft ever tried II
American politics The same game Is be
ing followed in other states. and the worst
of 1t Is that In some places, possibly, thu
regular republicans will be helpless"
Denounces Action in South Dakota
Senator Gamble OF South Dakota, who
also saw President Taft, denounced the
game in his state as a steal and told the
details. The republican state committee
there met to nominate electors. as pro
vided In the law, and to attend to Other
business. The committee proceeded tt
nominate straightout Roosevelt men a.
electors. to be placed on the ticket az
republicans, and admits that II they arr
elected in November although sailing
under the name OF republicans, they viii
vote for Roosevelt. The Taft republicans
1t Is stated, have the recourse in thai
state Of putting regular republican elect
ors on the ticket by petition, and this !!
likely to be done.
The conference today, however, related
largely to the situation in Kansas, where
the first test Of strength between thu
Roosevelt and Taft men Will come
August 8. in the primaries to be held tina
day. These primaries will be for thu
nomination, as republicans, OF a full STATE
ticket. congressional candidates. state
legislature and electors. Gov. Stubbs an
Senator Bristow are both out for Roose
welt, and claim that If the Roosevelt
electors are nominated in the primare:
they can and will be put up as republi
publican nominee, but will vote fol
Roosevelt in the electoral college.
The regular republicans in Kansas ar
working like beavers to defeat thi
scheme, but do not know whether the.
will succeed. The Taft republicans hav
put up ticket of electors and the Roose
welt people have done the same thing
The Roosevelt people will sail under tn
name of republicans, the Stubbs program
being not to bring the new party nam
into the game. but permit the who'll
scheme to be worked out under the pre-
tense Of republicans.
Taft Men Have No Defense.
II the Roosevelt electors carry the
ticket the Taft men, under the Kansa!
uCISuSc
They cannot put up another ticket by
petition. or otherwise. and would be put
in the position of having to vote fol
democratic electors to prevent Roosevelt
carrying the state or remaining away
from the polls and letting the state go t
Roosevelt. The Taft men hope to wir
with their ticket of electors, but they
have the full state administration anG
machinery against them. and are dubiou,
as to how matters will turn out.
Their one ray of hope Is that some o.
the electors nominated by the Roosevelt
people will decline to become parties {,
q plain steal Of the electoral vote of tn,
upon the republican ticket they will vot
for Taft for President in the electora
college. Taft candidates for electors il
the primaries are willing to withdraw |
pledges Of this kind are made by tn
Roosevelt men.
Senator Curtis and the Kansas delexa
ton in the House are preparing to leav
| for their state to line up for the primar,
fight.
Representative ]. Hampton Moore
speaking OF the complex conditions. said
Affects Congressional Candidates.
| IL there are to be separate tickets 70
electors republican congressional candi
| dates may suffer In the states affected
We cannot fully comprehend this situa
don until tho Roosevelt party program
is announced. In Pennsylvania we no,
| have the assurance Of the republican stat
chairman. Mr.. WATSON, that regularl
nominated congressional candidates ar
not to be interfered with by the thir
party. but that every effort will be mad
/ to uphold those republican nominee
whose records upon the tariff are a
| right.
"Mr WATSON has declared against tn
democratic national platform, which mean
/ that democratic nominees for Congress
| are not to expect help from the Roost
Welt or Finn republicans. The preseI
confusion arises from the controvers
| over electors. and We are In g. fair wa
OF having that Strengthened out. / hay
advised some Of our democratic friend
not to bet too heavily on Wilson in Penn
sylvania just yet
Henry G. Wasson. chairman OF tn
republican state committee OF Penn
sylvania talked with President Tai
last night about the mtx-up there. TIL
Finn republicans. who controlled I'll
state convention that sent delegates t
lChicagO, nominated ticket Of elector
and the threat Is that every one c
these electors will vote for Roosevelt
liz they are elected In November, re
gardless of posing as republicans. Nd
WATSON says he hopes the anomalou
condition will be adjusted.
The mix-up in more than half a doze
states threatens to tax the ability 9
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