Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-07-08
PAULHAMUS
BOLTS TAFT
President Of Washington State
Senate Will Not Support
the President
BIG LEADER REVOLTS
With Chicago Convention
Crowd In Control We
Can Make No Progress
BIG LEADER REVOLTS

y do not favor the Taft ticket.
says State Senator w. II. Paulhamus
Of Sumner Wash. who adds that he
does favor and stand for the truly
regular republican party" with Colo
mel Roosevelt at it's head.
Senator Paulhamus is president of
the state senate, and one of the lead
ing republicans of the state. For
years he has been one of the leading
figure among the Roosevelt men at
the Aberdeen Convention. In his
statement Senator Paulhamus refused
to quiet title to the name of the re-
publican party, in favor of the Taft
forces that ruled at Chicago He says
in his statement, which is dated June
%:
Condems Acts at Chicago.
Now that the Chicago convention is
over it is time for Washington Repub
licans to make inventory with view
to ascertaining the value OF the assets
which that convention bequeathed US.
For my own part, | cannot find that
the assets are of any value. The So
called Republican convention deliber-
ately and absolutely repudiat the Re
publicans of Washington Way, then,
should these Republicans support the
nominees Of that ccnventiCn-a con-
vention to which their delegates we're
fairly elected but in which they Were
denied the right to participate. The
Republican party of this state. as t
will hereafter be constituted, Will be
made up of the voters who stand for
the principles advocated and ennncia-
ted by the Roosevelt forces at the
Aberdeen convention and of those who
believe that the peoples will was
thwarted when an overwhelming vic
tory won fairly at the primaries was.
by fraudulent machine methods, ren-
dered unavailing There can be no
doubt in the mind of any observant
or fair-minded person as to the politi-
cal sentiment of this state touching
progressive policies 1t is safe to say
tnat at least so per cent CT our Wash
ington Republicans are in the true
sense progressive. Should this so per
cent. be dominated by the other 20
per cent? AS one of this 80 per cent
! frankly say MOI
Not a Republican Convention.
"Nor do l believe that the conven-
tion in Chicago was Republican con-
vention 1t was merely an augmented
meeting of the national committee.
framed up to renominate President
Taft-regardless of the party's will
and the national convention simply
ratified the frame up handing back
to us it's pickedticket to accept
and swallow. 1t is not ticket nomi-
mated by majority of the delegates
chosen by the people, ut ticket Sc
lectcd by national con 'tteemen who
have held over from years ago,
and who for the most have since
ben repudatt by the / ublicans of
their respective states.
Washington Majority Ignored.
81 do not believe that Mr.. Steven
son of Colorado, who was Washing
TOMS mouthpiece on ta2 national COM
nittce, was qualified to speak for the
Remblcans Of this commonwealth re-
spepting whom they desired for pres
idential nominee lct, this is exact
ly what was done. In other words,
the national ticliet,so far as the state
of Washington is concerned, was
named in utter disregard of the wish
es ot a vast percentage of our Repub-
licans, and the man who represented
us is not only not one OF our own
people. but is a man who knows moth
ing whatever of our peculiar needs OF
requirements. Mr.. Stevenson not only
misrepesented us on the natona
committee, but he also voted against
seating our duly and regularly elected
delegates.
Cracks at Leaders.
Il realize, to be sure. that some o.
our so-called leaders will undertake t(
crack the whip and talk party regu
larity.' Now, party regularity is
perfectly proper and commendablt
rule of conduct when no principle has
been trampled on or when the party
will has been decently regarded. Blu
in the light of recent history and un
der existing conditions, party regu