The Washington times., 1912-07-24

DEFENDS SEATING
AT CHICAGO OF
TAFT DELEGATES
Mondell Addresses House
on Action Of Con-
fla vention.
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the plans for the launching Of the third
party movement In various Republican
States, particularly In Pennsylvania.
THE Democrats of that State by q
large and enthusiastic majority express
ed their preference first. last and all
the time for their beloved fellow citi-
zen. the honored and respected Speaker
of this House. He had a majority of
the delegates In the Democratic ma
delegates at baltimore voted for him
on nine distinct roll calls. BY all rea-
sonable and proper rules he was the
was ruthlessly snatched from him with
out warrant, justification or excuse.
IF there are any electors anywhere
who have any sort Of Justification for
cred obligation which rests upon an
elector to vote for the candidate Of
the party that placed him In nomina-
tlon, they are the Democratic electors
81 assume. however. that they. like
the man they honored with their votes.
are honest citizens and therefore no
such thought has entered their minds"
Denounces Finn.
Mr.. Mendell drew the contrast be-
tween Missouri and Pennsylvania in
denouncing william Finn to noini-
nate the same men on the Taft and
Roosevelt tickets in the Keystone
State, and in declaring that the
Champ Clark supporters had as
much right to start q new party as
had the Roosevelt supporters. He
said:
''The claim that Colonel Roosevelt
was denied the nomination at Chi
cago through the larceny of dele
gates is not only expected to con-
tribute directly to the third party
movement, but 1t Is expected to con-
tribute even more potently indirectly
by furnishing the excuse for the most
iinpudent and revolutionary plan OF
political larceny ever conceived. 1t Is
proposed to steal the livery and Sc
cure the benefits of Republican State
time, repudiating the party and can
didates. 1t is difficult to. conceive a
more shameless proposal Of pure
giraCy. than this In s Psnnsy,vania. m Wv n a
publicans of the State expressed a
preference for Mr.. Roosevelt for
President He was not nominated
but the men who were temporarily
ship by a third of the Republican
voters are expected, I am told, to
continue to fly the Republican flag
at the InaStneaQ ana secure WnHVtVet
benefits can be thus obtained with
the expectation Of eventually, what
ever happens, scuttling the ship after
having gotten away with the cargo.
Final Defense of Taft.
In conclusion, Congressman Mondel
reviewed State by state the history oi
the contest cases and the evidence be.
fore the credentials committe, making
this final defense Of the Taft nomina.
ton: .S-a.aa ..
AS admitted by the Roosevelt man
ayers themselves, they started out de-
liberately at the beginning of the pre-
convention campaign to create con
tests. A large number of these contest,
were pure fiction, the contesting dele
ons ShoR f S held Se at ct heS
month or two after the regular con
ventions. Many of the contests which
arose at the time conventions were helt
based on the f1imsiest pretexts. TIL,
great number of cases Of convention
In which a disturbance was created
and the uniformly violent character o
the same, gives ample ground for tn,
belief that It was part Of the genera
plan of the Roosevelt managers.
The proposition that electors on tn
ticket in ST States M which
shall, after having received the supper
which their position on the Republics
ticket assures, cast their vote for tlN
candidate Of third party has its al
legged excuse In downright and persist
ent prevartcation on which rotten foun
'lation 1t lays its proposal OF treason
able larceny, r.s s..
No one is justified in condemning tn
action of the Republican convention OF
mere hcarsay as has been largely done
and to be informed is to be convince
there is no ground for criticism. Tn
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spirit of fairness, in harmony with part
history and for the best interests Of tn
party and the American people. TIL
tegrity has temporarily misled man
good and well-meaning people, but tn
truth will triumph, the party be win
dicated in its action, and its candidate
elected E 30. -. =