Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-06-18

venson Is, whose help Mr.. TAFT and
his associates accept in the present
movement to rob the people Of their
right to rule themselves.
The big bosses. he continued. who CON
troll the national committee represent not
merely ths leading captains Of mercenary
politics, but the great fnanc!ors who
stand behind these leading captains. These
political bosses are obnoxious In them
selves, but they are even more obnoxious
beCauRe they represent privilege In its
most sordid and dangerous form.
Predicts Wreck of Party.
The action Of these mon is in no sense
regular" as they claim to be. They in
no way represent tho people: they in no
way represent the rank and file Of the Re
publican party, and theft and dishonesty
cannot give, and never shall give, a title
TO regularity. One thousand and aeventy-
eight men are TO meet here in convention
to decide tho future of the Republican
party, At least seven out of eight Of
these, among them those who really rep
resent the people, are against the nomina-
ton of Mr.. Taft.
1t is the duty of all OF them. their FIRST
duty, to throw out OF the convention every
man frauduiently seated there by the ma
tional committee. If the convention proves
false to the cause OF the people. II It re-
cords the will OF the bosses whether yet
unbeaten, as In New York and Colorado,
or beaten, as In Massachusetts and New
Jersey, in Pennsylvania and in Kansas. It
Will wreck tho Republican party; II viii
put back the cause OF democracy; It Will
DO false to every principle OF honor and
: Justice. | cannot with honesty or pro
pristy stand in any shape or way for the
action Of the national committee. neither
by accepting that committees nomination
OF the temporary chairman nor by accept
ing its decision as to the seating and I'M
seating OF contested delese tons. l hold
that the convention itself la of right the
only Judge of the qualifications OF Its own
members.
From Washington, California. Arizona
Texas. Kentucky, Indiana. Alabama and
certain other states the people elected
certain delegates. who are legally and
morally entitled to sit In the convention.
The diseredited politicians making up the
majority of the national committee with
determination TO nulllfy the Will OF the
people have substituted for these mon
certain others who have not tho slightest
claim to seats in tho convention. BY
every consideration Of real justice we are
entitled to have the men elected by the
people put on the roll call at once.
Convention Should Decide.
But we do not ask this. Although we
are deprived OF our Just rights whom
these men are. not allowed to vote on the
beginning, we ask merely that neither set
of contestants be allowed to vote on any
question before the convention until the
thousand members Of the convention
whose seats nave not been contested shall
themselves decide which of the contested
delegates are entitled to membership. |
believe that, even with the addition OF
these fraudulent delegates. Mr.. Taft's sup
portera are In a substantial minority OF
the convention, and / do not merely be-
neve. l know, that W. have a large ma
jority OF the legally elected members OF
the convention.
We refuse to recognize or abide by this
theft of the rights of the people by the
national committee. II IL our duty to the
people of the country TO insist that no nc
ton Of the convention which Ia based on
the votes of these ~frsudulently seated del
egates binds the Republican party or Inn
poses any obligation upon any Republican.
J The man nominated by the national COM
mittee RS temporary chairman, whoever
he may be. must under these circum-
stances be considered as merely an instru-
ment chosen by them for their purposes