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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-18
Says Lesson Is Needed.

The committeeman responsible for
such action need 10 be Taught that
the national committee Has created
TO be the servant aud not the master
make up the hulk Of tho Republican
party, The party belongs ia the mil
lions or the rank aud file It does
NOT. belong 10 the h3ndfu of politi-
ciHp$ VII" have assumed fraudulently
10 upset tho viii oi ihe rank aud
ii'c. The action Of those mon is IN
no sense regular as thcy claim IL
lo ne. They in no way represent the
people, they In no way represent the
rank and file Of the Republican par
W and theft and dishonesty can not
give and never shall give title 10
regularity. One thousand and sew
enty eight men are TO meet herc In
convention to decide the future of
the Republican party. At least seven
out Of eight Of those among them
who really represent the people are
against the nomination OF Air. Taft
II rs Tho cutY Gf all of them. their
FIRST duty. TO thrpH out at Tho con-
Ncniiou c"cry man IrIuuulcntiy scented
there lv the nalional committee. '''sc
fraudulent TAFT delegates whom the
national committee seated. for in
stance. from California, from WASH
ington from Indiana, from kentucky.
from Michigan, from Arizona. from
Alabama' from Texas. represent Moth
ing but the deliberate attempt by
certain discre6iIed persons TO upset
the plans OF the people, Those fraud-
ulent Taft delegates were beaten by
The voters of Washington. of Cali
torpts. OF Texas. OF Arizona, of In
iiana. Of kentrlchy--end then they
were seated by The discrediicd polili-
cal bosses who bad just themselves
been beaten by tho people OF their
own states. In Massachusetts. in New
Jersey, IN Pennsylvania, In West Viz
ginia. In Kansas. in Missouri, ,Messrs
Crane. Peprose and company. were
Ao dlscredised in the eyes OF the Hs-
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-18
Stevenson of Colorado.

Mr. Stevenson OF Colorado has ap-
peared on the committee. now holding
the proxy OF one OF Mr.. Tstt's dele
gates. now that OF another. Judge
Ben r. Lindsey in his book, The
heast and the Jungle, has given d
very graphic account OF Mr.. Steven
sons political activities In Denver.
! very greatly wish that every de-
cent man IN the country, every plain.
night thinking citizen who is in doubt
as TO what the representatives Of
Ny TAFT have done on the national
committee, would read this book Of
Judge Lindsey's. III especial. let him
study the part In which Judge Lind
sey refers to Mr.. Stevenson. and then
let him think for himself Just what
II means when Mr.. Taft and his as
socistes accept the help OF Mr., Stew
enson and import him from his own
state Of Colorado TO act for other
states on the national committee. as
one of tho sblest men engaged III
the movement TO rob the people Of
their right To rule themselves.
our opponents here In Chicago to-
day have waged such "a bitter and
INSCRIPTIONS fight for the very rea-
son that this is no ordinary faCtional
contest. The big bosses who control
the national committee represent not
merely tbs captains of mercensry
politics, but the great crooked fin0n-
ciers who stand behind those led
captains. Those political bosses are
obnoxious in themselves. but they
are even more obnoxious because
they represent privilege in its most
sorhtd and dangerous form. Tho ma
lority of the national committee in
deciding the cases before them. have
pr3cticed political theft In every form,
from highway robbery 10 petty lar
ceny And political theft is as dis
honest and more damaging then ordi-
nary th"ft. There Is no law To reach
the offenscs they have committed.
but morally these offensos are far
moro aerious from the standpoint of
national interest than any of the or
dlnarS commercial OF political Of
f"uscs which expose the perpetra-
tors 10 be brought before the courts
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-18
Means Wreck of Party.

VI The convention proves false to
. INC cause Of tile people. if II records
the will OF the bosses. whether vet
unhcaten as In New York and Colo
and New jersey Pennsylvania ana
Kansas. II will wreck the Republican
party. IT win put back The cause OF
democracy. II Will be false 10 every
cannot with honesty or propriely
stand in any shape or way for the
action Of the national committeeman,
neither by accepting that commit
tees nominee for temporary chair
man nor by accepting IT, decision ss
to the rating and upseating OF con-
tested delegations.
The ma lority Of the national com
rnittee have acted with deliberate
dishonesty. majority Of the commit
tee, composed nearly half Of poiitj-
clans from territories and states that
never cast a Republican electoral
vote and nearly bali OF politicians
WHO have Just been repudiated at
open primaries by the people OF their
own states. has stolen from the rank
and file OF tho Republicans from sixty
TO eighty lawfully elected delegates.
has substituted for them an equal
number OF fraudulent delegates, not
elected by the people, and claims the
right TO nuliify the will of the people
by placing those fraudulent dele
gates on the temporary rollcall of
the national convention IN the hope
o. thereby controlling 1t IN the In
tcrest of the candidate and OF the
bosses whom the people have just
now empha tically repud!ated. This
attempt TO bind the convention by
an act of deliberate dishonesty. this
attempt TO defraud OF their rights
The plain citizens of the Republican
party, by the bosses whom that party
has just repuoiatcd. brings in ruos-
tion certain elementary principles:
which lie AT the fouDdat tion not only
OF party procedure and party organ
ization. but OF free government, Of
social order
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-18
Claims Majority.

] believe that even With the addi-
tlon Of these traudulently seated dele
gates Mr.. Tsft's supporters are in
substantial minority OF the conpen
tion. and I do not merely believe,
I know, that we have a large ma
joriiy nt the legally elected members
Of the convention.
The whole system OF the corrupt al
lance between crooked business and
crooked politics Is ar stake in the
making up Of this temporary roll II
has been made up crookedly by the
majority OF the national COMMITTEES
with the purpose of pcrpetusting rho
rule of the corrupt political hoes even
when the people nave declared against
him. n these methods were allowed
10 prevail the Republican party would
come TO an ond for 1t would cease
Ia he the party OF the people IF this
action by the ma jority OF the nation
al committee is allowed to stand pri-
msrles are farce and elections the
idle exercise OF useless privilege.
We refuse 10 recognize or abide by
this theft of the rights of tho people
by the nstloual committee. It is
the duty of all honest members or
the convention TO fisht that action
from the moment the convention as
sembles.
The man nominated by the ma
tlonal committee as temporary chair
man. whoever he may be, must under
these circumstances be considered
as merely AN instrument chosen by
them to put in effect their pur-
poses
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-18
Duty Of Chairman,

II such a whether he be Mr..
Root or any one else. and Whatever
his previous carcer-is willing TO ac-
ccpt an election by the aid of those
froudulcntly elected delegates, ne at
oHce becomes the representative Of
forces which no hounrablo man. no
loyal Republican. can afford 90 see
triumph, whether within the party
or In our national liSo.
We ask that. before the convention
proceeds To organize. the groups OF
contested delegates stand aside and
allow their title to he passed upon BY
tho remaining uncontested delegates.
This Will be not only In strict ac-
cordance with common sense and
justice, but In accordance with The
practice prevailing under the rules
Of congress IN the Organization of the
house in the matter OF contested
seaia
We vii, shIde hr Tho decision Of
the honest and impartial tribunal in
this matter: but We VIII not permit
the franGulently seated delegates 10
sii as judges on their own cases and
perhaps. as result, To overthrow
IN the interests of certain bosses and
of tho beneficisries OF privilege. the
clearly aud deliberately expressed
Judgment OF the plain citizens who
make UP the rank and file OF the
Republican party.
We resi- our case. not only before
the EerubI'car voters. bun before the
American people upon the prorost-
tion H,si. that the ua aticual commit
tee ,auno. de-oat the wl%hes Of The
rnni; and file of tho Rcp,7Iiceu Npt-
ers. ly anscatine delegates honestly
elected. and, second, that those who
are dishonesty substituted for them
by the national committee must not
be permitted to vote on their own
cases and To be the beneficiaries OF
freud committed In their own be-
half, ....-r.
There never has been clearer
lineup than this. the plain poo
pie OF ihc country on tho one
side and on the ot,ep the pow
ers tbat prey. the representatives oC
special privilege IN tho world OF busl-
ness aud their tools and Instruments
In the world OF politics. There can
ba no compromise In such contest
IL Is natural that the representa-
tives OF special privilege. which
knows that special privilege cannot
continue II the people really rule.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-18

seeking 10 nulifv and overthrow the
VIII OF the people, leeitimateIy ex-
pressed in their choice for president.
Is Infinitely greater than the wrong
That is done by the tempted cashier
or the brtbcd election official, IT has
10 me been both sad and . strange
thinS 10 see men hitherto esteemed
reputable take part in such action
and 10 see 1t sustained by similar
men outside
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-18
)OSEVELT DISCLOSES HIS LINE OF ATTACK

publicans of their own states that
thoT we're beaten as delegates to the
convention; and Vet they arrogatc 10
themselves the right 10 seat in the
convention the delcga tes whom the
states Of Washington. California,
Arizona. Texas and the rcat have
JUST bCALen at The nnIIs
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-18
Result in Primary States.

These primary states are scattered
everywhere throughout the country.
from, Maine to California. and it Is
impossible TO doubt that they. give an
accurate measure OF what the vote
in all the Republican states would be
If the people had been allowed a
chance 20 vote. Bpt Mr.. Taft's rep
resentatlves, wherever possible, pre-
vented the adoption OF a primary law,
They prevented it in Michigan. for
instance: they prev yented it In Mon
tana Without question Montana and
Michigan would nave gone for US at
least as strongly as Illinois and Ore
son had there been a primary law.
Before the people OF either state MIR.
Taft did not stand the chance To
get a single delegate. His led cap
tains recognized this fact end pre-
vented the people from voting. He
and they distrust the people, with
res son, and. with equal reason. they
trusted the professional politicians:
and in Montana and Michigan Mr..
TAFT won delegates. 10 the snicker-
Ing delight OF every friend OF pr1vl-
lege and boesism in the land. whose
relish is peculiarly keen In seeing
delegates won against tbs will Of the
people,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-18
Analysis Of Votes.

These Republican primary states
cast over wo-thilds of the Republt-
can vote In the electoral college. In
them The people spoke. They went
overwb elmingly for me and still more
overwhelmingly against Ny Tart. In
the other states that went Repunll"
can eight years ago no primaries were
held, and In all but one she poll
ticians had nearly complete sway. In
those states Mr.. Taft secured 1L6
votes. ] secured 30, Mr.. Cummins TO-
OF the Republican states. therefore,
I received the overwhelming majority
Of the delegates wherever the people
could express themselves, and. taE.
ing these states all told in spite OF
Mr.. Taft's triumphs in the states
where there were no real primaries.
/ received i35 delegates dncluding
those which the national computes
has stolen) as against the 2&S for
MIR. Taft. the IS for NIr. La Toilette
and then 10 for Mr. Cumnlins.
To put Il In another wey, l square
IN carried twenty"one OF the old Re.
publican states, and these states cast
5e3 votes In the electoral college
within three OF majority OF the to-
tai vote. Mr.. Taft carried enough
states (where there were no PR,
maries) TO give him 81 electoral
votes: Mr.. La Toilette carried TWO
states With IS electoral votes: MIR.
Taft and Mr.. Cun,mins divided one
state with IL votes,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-18
Issue Sharply Drawn.

Now let us consider what this
fight has been for. The issue has
neen sharply drawn not merely by
the words OF Mr.. Taft and OF ny
self and OF our supporters, but BIZ
our several actions. I have stood
for the right OF the people to rule
and for their duty so to rule as TO
work for moral. political and indus
trial justice, Mr.. Taft has no less
explicitly stood for a government Of
the people by what he calls .'rep-
while ne favors industrial justice. he
has violently opposed every prec-
teal method advanced for actually
doing away With industrial inj,1s-
tlce, for actually driving privileges
out of Its intrcnchments and for
actually equalizing opportunity. At
the present moment we see before
cur eyes here in Chicago just ex-
sctly what Mr.. Taft's doctrine Of
government OF fine people BY rep
resentative part Of the people really
cejYed electoral votes from thirty
three states. In twenty OF these
states direct primaries have been
held. or, II NOT direct primaries. at
least primaries sufficient TO give ths
people reasonable chance to eX-
press their preferences. In these
twenty states where The rank and
file OF the Republican party had a.
chance to express their preference,
Mr., La Toilette So. That IL, in
those states which went Republican
eight years ago. Mr.. TAFT obtained be-
tween one-sevcuth and one-eig,th OF
the delegates where the people had
a chance to oxpress their will.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-18
,atens the Sword.

n ,hev ask for the sword. said
-hen a. last ne could make hlmselt
4 .'tbev shall have it. -
|'cnel Roosevelt made it plain, in
hence which he interlccted, tnat
Iccisive test in the convention
Lin would be made on the vote
|cnporsrv chairman
i perfectly possible. = said he,
4 under parliamentary ruling the
<ar TO vote upon these fraudulent
Les on the roIIcall viii be by
4 fer the temporary chairman.
nan who under these circum-
q accepts The nomination OF the
~ committee for temporary
nan becomes the representative of
20 Who have been guilty of these
|uus frauds.
appealed 10 ..everv delegate
a for Mr. Taft, who is an hon
ID. ' TO stand with his supporters
|e9nizing the convention.
Lam 4 BRYAN sat in reporters
d tie orchestra pit. He was
loudly when he appeared, but
q even TO make hny7.
zm = newspaper man tonight, -
.'|ained
Roosevelt 5 speech follows.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-18
lin Full.

|frienos and fellow citizens-T
3 you as my fellow Reruhli-
.put also and primarily ad-
you as fellow Americans. fei-
liEens, for This has now be-
much more than an ordinary
light The issue IL both sim
no larger than that Of the per-
~ of any man or that involved
y 1sctionsl or in any ordinary
rontes1. We are standing for
raj fundamental rights upon
ll successful free government
'oe based. We are standing for
l'lTy deccncy in politics. We
Knitting for honesty against
n rnbhory. and where robbery
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-18
SAYS CAPITALISTS
ARE HOSTILE TO HIM
Roosevelt Insists That He Is
Fighting Battle Of the
Common People,

should RESORT unbiusnnely to every
kind Of trickery and dishonesty in or
der 10 perpetuate their hold upon tins
party. and should be eager ca1lous-
~ TO destroy the party II necessary
to prevent its being controlled by IT'S
rank and file. But for this very rea-
son We feel We have a right 10 ap-
peal to all honest men to stand with
ls on what has now become a naked
issuc Of right and wrong. There
can be. no Welding. no flinching on
our part. We have the people be-
hind us overwhelmingly. we haya
justice and honesty on our side. We
ere 'warring against bossisrn, against
privilege social and industrial, we
are warning for the elementary vir-
tues of honesty and dccency. Of fa;r
dealings as between man and man,
We are warning 10 save the Republi-
can party; and the only reward for
which we ask Is TO put our party in
such shape that 1t shall be OF the
highest possible service to the peo-
pIe OF the United States
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-18
Democratic States.

There remain states which al
though Democratic at the last election
contain a genuine Republican parry
states Ike North Carolina and OKLA
homa. whero there were primaries
and where 1 carried every delegnte
except three. II appears that In tue
Republican states Mr.. Tart vas
beat two to one, and that In the Ee
puhhcan states which held primaries
where the people could express tnaia
desires he MAS beaten hy over seven
10 one. I call your attention 10 one
significant feature In the atutooc pi
the. TAFT papers IN afr,s chroIa'"oWS Wbsn. an.
ever their headlines announced q
defeat for Mr.. Tstt, u meant tnaI
there had been vote by the psopls
themselves in primary ssa.a.
Whensver during The iass y,etnry ssM Tor fos
Mr. Taft, II has meant tnat NY;
Tafts representatives In the nauoaa.
committee have thrown out detesases
elected by the people at large 70 .Sp
Won before the people and by 'ns ne
people, AIR. Taft's have been won oS
the ousscs and bv the represehee
tiyes of special privilege, oy tn9 ms
tional committee. and by the oos
controlled conventions OF ts,n niaT"'ns
the polls he carries t oe.ois @ ss
national committee. He never mas
had. and has not now cnsnce ,Ws,,n5n W,5n
tho people; and ] have Jnet a Sill s Il.,,e
change wherever the crooked Type OF
nolItician has power. n am nom1-
na,od n wiu he because whenever
iSsv have 4 chance. the verdict oi
,hc peonle expressed in millions ri
votes. has been over Two TO ono IN
nv fpyor. II Mr.. Taft were numi-
~. /, would mean iha ruin Of ths
Repnbyicsn party: for the. rolcsil OF
his delegates as prepared ny the ma.
tionnl committee consists' hrst, OF
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-18
Rises PARTY
|'H|EFS IN TALK
lat AUDITORIUM
.cIares Delegates Whose
rlection He Contests Must
Mot Vote on Organlza-
tion of Convention.
from Page One.)
,be next name the eroan became

/ &he next name the groan became
aF. ,
n,eserve the peace the colonel
mn his rollcall He said his chief
',orts on the national committee
men who mad been repudlated in
own states.
.sr Colonel Roosevelt said that
,ction of the convention, Ii
In about by the votes of she dele
. fyaudulently seated, would not be
|nr upon the party, there came the
u ontburst Of applause Of the
;rc The crowd leaped up with A
and refused 10 be Quictcd despite
-ojonel's attempt 10 continue.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-18

CONTINUED on Page Eightssn-)
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-09-13
Governor Is an Educator.

Governor West deserves all praise
for his crusade against vice officials;
but the chief good that will come Of it
will be its educational effect 1t will
demonstrate again that the motive for
vice lies deeper than perverse human
nature; It is embedded in the spirit Of
our social order. Our social system is
based upon the principle Of personal
gain for personal advantage. He who
wins over his fellows can have the
good things, while he who loses must
struggle for existence This is the
motive and inspiration Of organized
business. and it is as well the motive
and inspiration OF organized vice, and
Of universal graft. This motive is al
ways present, always supreme-the
moving spirit Of our social system.
Commercialized vice obtains in all the
cities and cannot be dislodged. Graft
is everywhere and cannot be checked.
In spite of reform. in spite of religion,
these will go on increasing with out
developing commercial order. We will
have vice and graft so long as we have
the industrial commercial system that
gives them motive.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-09-13
SOCIALISM IN OUR DAY.

The only party in the field, that has
a square issue for everybody, justice
10 all. partialIty to none, we stand for
equal opportunity to all men and wo-
men alike, the enforcement Of all laws
regardless OF the social or political
standing or Of wealth or poverty. We
demand the public ownership OF pub
lie utilities, the employment Of home
labor on all public works, and Of an
eight-hour day Of labor. and that Of
f.cers are only men and women, and
when elected to office, are the sery-
ants and not the masters Of the party
but are only chosen to represent the
interest OF the whole people. We
therefore present to the people our
chosen representatives. chosen to fill
the positions at the November election
and ask the support Of all voters that
want justice carried out; the pledges
Of the old parties have been farce,
made to be broken as has been proven
for the past twenty years. Yours for
justice in our day,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-09-13
WOMAN'S IDEAL LAXATIVE is
DELICIOUS "SYRUP OF FIGS"

edy is one or two teaspoonfuls Of de-
l!cious Syrup OF Figs. Try this to-
night-you1l feel splendid in the
morning when the sour bile. clogged
up waste and poisonous matter have
been gently but thoroughly moved on
and out Of your system. without neu-
sea, gripping or weakness. Your head
will be clear, complexion rosy, breath
sweet, stomach regulated; no more
constipation, gases. pains and aches.
1t is simply at matter OF keeping
your stomach, liver and bowels clean
and regular. Then you will always be
well-alwGys look well and feel your
best.
But get the genuine-the old relia-
bic. Ask your druggist for Syrup OF
Figs and Elixir Of SIENNA" Refuse
with contempt, the so-called Fig Syr-
ups sometimes substituted to fool you
The true. genuine. bears the name
California Fig Syrup Company; look
for this on the label.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-09-13

All women get bilious, headachy and
constipated-simply because they don't
exercise enough. They don't eat coarse
feed. or enough fruit and green veget-
ables. Those are natures ways Of
keeping the liver and thirty feet Of
bowels active; but very few women
employ them The next best way is
delightful. fruity Syrup OF Figs.
Nearly all ills OF women can be
overcome with Syrup Of Figs alone.
There IS no need to have sick head
ache, backache, dizziness. stomach
sour and full Of gases. bilious spells,
sallowness. coated tongue, bad breath.
bad complexion, nervousness and de-
preston. The surest and safest rem
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-09-13
The Oregon Wool Case

Clyde Aitchison. chairman Of the
Railroad Commission, and officer OF
the Oregon Wool Growers assooia-
ton, departed yesterday for Denver,
where he will attend a hearing to be
held by the Interstate Commerce
Commission on the Oregon wool rate
case. Several months ago the Inter
state Commerce Commission handed
down a decision in the case. but the
railroad companies complained against
certain features OF II and declined to
follow out the recommendations made
along certain lines, and the hearing
will cover all these things.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-09-13
ssO,OOO,OOO Lost Annually by Wage.
Farmers.

DR.. sadler estimates that about $780,
100000 in wages is lost annually to the
American people as a direct result Of
colds. Lost time means lost wages
and doctoring is expensive. Use Fo-
ley's Honey and Tar Compound
promptly. It will stop the cough,
and heal and soothe the sore and
inflamed air passages. Cure your
common colds quickly, and prevent
their developing into more serious
conditions. Foley's Honey and Tar
Compound contains no opiates. Is
safe for children. The genuine is in
the yellow package.