The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-07-29
Roosevelt Replies to the De-
fense of the Chicago Con-
vention Action, Issued at
the White House.
SIMILAR TO THAT
OF SEN. LORIMER
Colonel Says 1t Was Down
right Theft by Taft's Lieu
tenants, and Barefaced
Fraud"
National News Association)

(NattOnal News ASSoc1at1on1
{ OYSTER BAY, July 29.-Theodore
Roosevelt today reiterated his charges
that President Taft was dishonesty
nominated today. In reply to the de-
tense of the convention action, issued
at the White House yesterday. the
former president issued a statement
declaring that downright theft had
been committed by Tafts lieutenants
and had it not been for this the presi-
dents denomination would have been
absolutely impossible"
Colonel Roosevelt condemned the
Taft defense as similar to that of Sen
ator Lorimer by those who sought
to prevent the Illinois man from be-
ing ousted by the senate.
The Colonels statement follows:
81 saw in the papers that Mr.. Root
said that he would have voted for
the Texas cases. DR.. Butler is said
to have declared that he would have
voted for the Washington cases. Sew
eral are reported to have said that
they would have voted for the Califor-
mia cases. If these cases alone had
es alone had been reversed, Mr.. Taft
would not have been renominated.
Considered One-Third.
Look at the three articles l wrote
for the Outlook entitled "Mr. Taft's
Majority" Thou Shalt Not Steal and
The Steam Roller This attempted
defense of Mr.. Taft does not contro-
single statement l made. l did not
consider one-third of the cases
could have considered. I took merely
a few cases which were notorious and
where there was no possibility of dis
putting the facts. These cases alone,
had it not been for the down right
theft perpetrated by Mr.. Taft's lieu
tenants, would have absolutely pre-
vented all possibility of Mr.. Taft's
nomination.
IF honestly organized the conven-
,tion would have been against Mr.. Taft
by over 100 majority. Moreover, aside
from the stolen ninety delegates which
gave the fraudulent majority Mr..
Taft's vote was made up three-fourths
lby the rotten borough delegates from
those southern states where there Is
no real Republican party and which
have never cast Republican elector-
al vote and from the handpicked dele
bates Of Barnes, Penrose, Guggenheim
and company from the north.
Fraud Barefaced.
II wish to state with all emphasis
that there is no room for honest doubt
las to what happened at the Chicago
convention. The fraud was barefaced
and shameless as any fraud ever com
United at the election by the Tweed
machine in those days when there was
mo pretense of holding a fair election
In New York. In private conversation
the real directors Of the Taft forces
do not merely deny this but glory in it
land some times they incautiously ex-
press these sentiments In public. Col.
Roosevelt points out that at least nine
tenths Of the senatorial leaders In the
theft Of the Chicago convention were
also leaders in the fight to retain Mr..
Lorimer in his seat in the Senate and
concludes that the fraudulent nomina-
tion Of Mr.. Taft and can be defended
only upon grounds which would justi.
~ Lorimer's election to and his re-
tention in the Senate.