Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1912-06-13
8AY TAFT NEAR COMMITTING
TREASON IN CONTESTS
SIDE SHOW OCCURS FRIDAY
Barnes Of Taft Forces Agrees There be
No Compromise and Says Roose-
welt Sees Defeat

publican national committee and on
President Taft, Colonel Roosevelt pro
tested Tuesday night against the
course of affairs at Chicago.
In statement he said Mr.. Taft as
sumed ''that the presidency is to be
treated as a gift within the bestowal
of the politicians, in defiance of the
duly expressed wish of the people,"
''Such Conduct Colonel Roosevelt
wrote, "comes dangerously near being
treason, treason to the whole spirit of
our institutins, to the whole spirit of
democratic free government.
The former president laid especial
stress on the action of the committee
in seating Taft delegates from the thir
teenth district of Indiana, notwith-
standing the fact, he said, that the
Roosevelt men clearly were in the ma
j0rity in the convention which was
called to elect these two delegates.
Colonel Roosevelt s statement says in
part:
"The question at Chicago becomes
clearer with every vote of the national
committee. 1t is simply whether the
people have the right to nominate
whom ever they wish for the highest
office in their gift, or whether by de-
liberete theft and fraud certain ma
chine leaders, acting in the interest of
sn1 ix-1 81 H. al
to deprive the people of this right.
"We are face to face with the
question whether the people rule the re-
publican party or whether the party is
to be ruled by the discredited bosses
whom the people have repudiated.
''Who are the regularss The great
majority of the republican rank and
file who have just overwhelmingly re-
pudiated the bosses, or the bosses who
have just been overwhelmingly repud-
lated by the rank and filea The COM
mitteemen like Messrs. Penrose, Null
vAne, Murphy and company have no
claim to speak for the republican party,
have no claim to consider themselves
regular, They have just been repud-
lated by the republican party. They
have no wish for republican success.
Their actions make it evident that in
their anger at the party that has re-
pudiated them they now seek to bring
the party to share their own disaster. -
Roosevelt Theatricals Friday.
Chicago, June ll.-Roosevelt leaders
announced tonight details of mass
meeting for Friday afternoon which
will be staged in Chieago's largest the
atre as a spectacular preliminary to the
opening of the republican national CON
rention next Tuesday.
Congressman VIM. Kent of Calfor-
mia, in announcing the proposed dem.
onstration, said the principal addresses
would be made by Judge Lindsay of
Denver and Attorney Francis J. Heney
of San Francisco. 1t is probable that
Governor johnson of California and
Governor Stubs of Kansas, will speak
bo'oioPiuehts touaN lHulcdIeu lnaI
the fight between the Taft and the
Roosevelt forces in the sessions of the
national committee for contested seats
almost was equalled by the -.sgum
shoeo campaign being made for unin.
structed delegates. Both sides here
decided to attempt to get possible
balance of power through this source.
Although many of the uninstructed
delegates have been pledged by state
leaders to Taft or Roosevelt, campaign
managers privately have expressed
ability to secure a block of fifty or
more for their candidate.
In case the decisions by the national
committee in the contest cases send
President Taft and Colonel Roosevelt
into the convention on practically an
even basis, the uninstrucred delegates
may determine the final outcome of
the fight.
X. r. Mccormick of Chicago was
named today by VIM. Finn of Pitts
burg, as chairman of the committee to
direct the activities of Roosevelt dele
gates before and during the national
convention.
Cummins and LaFollette men were
busy Tuesday with plans for further
ing the candidates. of their favorites.
Judge McVickar of Des Moines and
former State Senator Maytag of Iowa
said large Cummins demonstration
would be held in Chicago on Saturday
night. It is planned to bring dele
CATION Of 1000 or more Iowans into Chi
cago. U. 8. Senator Kenyon will pre-
side at the Cummins meeting.
Barnes Hoots at Compromise.
A murmur of gossip suggesting a pos
sible compromise candidate which
swept through the hotel Hobbies today