The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-12
COMP ROMISE TALK
is ALL BUNCOMBE
TAFT Headquarters Say Roosc-
welt Men Are Trying to Save
Their Faces

Washington, April ll.-Taft head
quarters to-day issued Il statement de-
clariug that tho talk OF compro-
mise candidate Is Roosevelt effort 10
save their faces
The statement follows:
when the Roosevelt forces were do
feated in Indiana, Mr.. Roosevelt and
Senator DIXON charged fraud
'Wncn MIR. Roosevelt got only seven
out of ninety delegates In New York
he denounced the result az a criminal
farce
When senator La tolletts trimmed
Mi Roosevelt in North Dakota, tho
roosevelt manager In that State COM
planned that Democrats voted against
us
Wien the Taft forces won an over
whelmins victory In Kentucky, Soma
TOR Dixon, playing his usual role of
chiet bowler for the under dog mado
charges which have been denounced
as falsehoods. and the Roosevelt man
Hser mas been challenged to prove or
Withdraw his charges
When the Roosevelt followers were
defeated In Vermont Senator Dtxon
announced that he was going to that
state 70 prevent further man burg
lafF' In reply he received singing
rttprt from the Chairman OF the Rc-
publican State committee and NJ.
Roosevelt was called upon Ia stor ~.
insults 10 American citizenship wbini,
senator Dixon has indiscrininately
handed out during the campaign.
When tho Roosevelt crowd Loaf a.,
Miehigan, In purusanoe to their usual
.actlcs' they bolted the convention q,
. "aSne county and set up howl of
steam roller Now they find thoy Wiz
lated ruling OF tho courts and haSa
no standing anywhere.
Cried ESrnud ,nd 49,.
When the Roosevelt ring in Mis-
souri,. composed of State oftic.ha,s
lost in two Missouri districts thav 80.
eo the usual cry of fraud and bolt
ed' but when thoy ran a prim,rv y,
Kansas City. which was 'frama-,,,,
pure and simple. they defended the
latter proceeding as a model OF it's
n -Whioh IL was, but one which no
uecent man would caro- to emulate
When the Roosevelt followin. i,
Oklahoma carried tho State Mr.. Roose-
Eeit himself pointed with pride To tho
result OF this genuine primary where
as as matter of plain. ordinary trnth +
no primary at all was held.
When the Roosevelt forces won 8,
outcome. "e
The lesson carried By this brief
summary of political events. So rar
tho Roosevelt forces are concerned 10
date, in this:
"hen you lose. make a martyr out
OF Fourselr; cry about It loud and long
IN public--anything to mako the peo
pie believe you lost something YOU
never had.
When you win occasionally. pro
claim the outcome from tho housetons
for fear somebody will forget Won ors
running.
But make a srsat noise all the.
time '"e
Further, to summarize tho result or
the Roosevelt activities to date. tho
following may be said:
The campaign OF the ROOSEVELT
managers to date has the earmarks or:
defeat written oil over It, No real
winner evor howls
Thrent Called Farce.
The threat OF the Roosevelt forces
TO contest the Southern delegates now
in the Taft column is farce There
is nowhere any physical evidence OF
any such contest except In Mlsslssip-
pi.
The threats of the Roosevelt man
ayers, privately expressed. that they
may bolt at Chicago 70 a bluff. Its
purpose is to frighten' Southern dele
gates. and 1t Will be called.
The talk of Compromise oandi-
date is n Roosevelt effort to save thoir
faces a loser is always willing TO
compromise.
The talk OF third party Is pure
buncombc. 1t Is in line with the talk,
about bolt.
The upshot OF all tho ROOSEVELT
activities Is that they arc not design
ed to nominate or eleot Roosevclt, bun
TO defeat TAFT
The answer will be found ct Chi
cago. where President Taft will have
more votes on the frst ballot than he,
had In 1905"