The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-06

nress their views of the result at en-
90 in that way or at that tiine
lNJei+shef the primary law nor any oLNet
law or custom provides any metilou
anneal from national conVeHCAOi-
r. Won refuse to be bound pJ
a+io,3 Of the national convention, that
is vour privilege but you cannot ap
neal to the primary. Your name e.
he on the ticket as a candloaIe
nomination as a sRepupIcdll 80, q
Nothing you can say can mar All
20 n5idate as d Roosevelt elector:
60 3l H'a4o,e IN kansas cannot change
80 s+a+us If YOU are nominated III
August it will be as Republican e
60 and nothing you can say, anu NJ,
iDr ANYBODY else can say OF oo, -. III
n1ele Won a candidate as a ftoo90N
or DebS elector
IF following that, you are electeu -,
November it will be as RepuDhCan
1Ioetor and in all honor bound to sup
mort the Republican nominee.
ieoaTv bound; oh, no! Untl now
has never been necessary TO nav q % - a :,
to that effect. The white hohol VI e.
American citizen has always peeh SUD u,
Gent until these days of square oeal
80 "raforrn.' No man has ever yet
been guilty of the perfidy of that ACT.
EI1en moor old Bill White would not
remain on the national commute
haps. his sense of humor saved NJ -
s. Sartin refused to remain canul pl..
fo, membership in the county colIr
- Perbans his appreciation Oh
+Il inconer11ity of such a thing saved
him.
uovinor formed a favorable OPINION
| 20 80 had hoped, and in fact beheVee
vo,1r sense of decency and honor "o"iu
have saved you. .,,,o,,-
You complain of the Cn!caso 0oi 49,, =,
ton II was conducted in the usual
..aC111ar manner anu Win
e.,II "a FREE (some of it entirely too
free) discussion.
Mr.. Taft was nominated maze q
1ca banpened Roosevelt was not nom
mated and does not claim TO De- a. az
has been well stated oy Hoose. ca
Ia 10. =, vo1r congressional district:
s.'The facts are that Taft was NOM
| ina+ed nv the Republican national con-
| vention and Roosevelt makes no clenipi
| 20 have been made the nominee OF tnat
| marty He treated the nomination =
! President Taft with silent contempt
| and with his leaders, or part OF them
/ --i+bdreIv and organized a new party
/ Tbev did not bolt and nominate MT
/ roosevelt as a Republican candidate
/ in opposition to the action OF the con,
/ vention which nominated Tart.
| T,ba claim that Roosevelt should nave
| 80, terminated is not enough to entitlt
hin, n the electoral vote of the Hepup'
| 1jcan marty. If the electors OF tnt
/ various parties are not in honor boune
to support their own party nominees
/ then political parties are not worthy o
their names.
| The national convention is the su
nrenne court of the party. From its de
/ cision there is no appeal to any ONE
partv tribunal. AS in other cases yol
still have the right to go out behind tn
| harm and cuss the court, but you can
disregard its decision
D "a he convention CanQO
/ cornnel the Republicans of Kansas t
support any man it sees fit to nominate
True. my dear boy, entirely true. 1t
action does not compel you or an
other man to vote for Taft You are en-
tirelv free to vote for Debs. or Wilson
For roosevelt, or John Smith. but yo1
cannot do so on the Republican ticket
The supreme court OF the party ma
said who can go on the RepuDiica
ticket and nobody else can go on
Such eminent progressives as Sena
tors IaFoIIette. Cunmins, Borah an