The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-07-06
GOV. CUMM|Ns
LEAVES ROOSEVELT
Personal Disappointment No Ground
For Third Party He says-No
Worse Than Years Ago.

Washington, Jsly Senator Cunl-
Minis of Iowa progressive republican
candidate for tho presidential nomna
ton at the Chicago convention, QUAY
formally declared against the new
party movement led by Theodore
Roosevelt, .aad announced his allegi-
ance to the oil, party. In SO doing, Mr..
Cummins said bosses could not be es-
capped by organization of new parties.
He pointed out, that disappointment
or individual dishonesty cannot be a
foundation for a new party.
John c. Capers of this city, South
Carolina member of the republican ma
tional committee, who supported Col
onel Roosevelt, also formally announc-
ed his intention to support President
Taft's candidacy Mr.. Capers in q
statement, said that the work Of the
majority of the national committee was
not one whit more severe than the
steam roller methods of four years
ago.
"At that time, she said, in behalf
of candidate Taft and under the direc-
ton of President Roosevelt ] was one
Of the engineers of the machine and
+. helped fiatten out the minority OF the
committee, who were in the same ron
dition when we got through with them,
as were. the fifteen men of the COM
mittae at Chicago this time Mr..
Capers was one of the fifteen.
"There will always be steam roller
in the national committees of both
parties he said, until the just and
fair thing is done. providing iof the
new national committee to mats up
The temporary roll and assume oaiee
before the convention nominates
candidate for president
Senator Cummins statement was
his first public utterance since the
Chicago convention renominated Pres
jdent Taft. Mr.. Cummins pointed out
that throughout his public life he had
been fighting to make the republican
party the progressive party
Il believe" he said, .sthat we can
solve the problems before Us more
quickly and more successfully through
the republican party than through any
other political organization.
s.It was but a short while ago that
the progressive movement in the re.
publican party took on definite form
and yet at this time, three-fourths ol
the republican states are in the hauds
of progressive republican organiza'
tions, and the membership of the party
is Overwhelming with us. We met
defeat at Chicago; simply because we
had not concentrated our energies up
on the abolition of false and unjust
basis Of representation; but the basis
can and will be overthrown and an
other system for the nomination OF
presidential candidates will be sub
stituted before another presidential
nomination is made. agree that dis
honest practices without regard te
consequences ought to be rebuked and
punished, but cannot believe that the
disappointment, however profound, OF
the dishonesty OF individuals, however
heinous, can constitute a foundation
? upon which to refer new party. II
we are vigilant, these things can never
occur again in the republican party
and if we are not vigilant, they ~caf
occur in any party, old or new. We
cannot rid ourselves of bosses by o.
ganizing another party. 1t is no more
difficult to deprive the. old bosses oi
power than to prevent the appearance
of new ones.
"For these reasons and others which
may be easily deduced from those
have given, shall not join the new
party, but shall continue to use all the
strength have to influence the direct
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