Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-28
DECLARES HE EXPECTED
BUT TWO ALABAMA SEATS
Adds That Attempt Is Being Made
to Keep Down the Truth.
REVIEW OF CASES PREPARED
Document. Former Secretary to
President Taft Announces.
Will Give All the Facts
in Each of the
Cases.

NEW YORK. July 2.-Charles d.
Hilles. formerly secretary to President
Taft. and now chairman of the repub,i-
can national committee. gave out a state
ment today at the headquarters of the
republican national committee in this
city follows:
The only possible justification of the
aVowed efforts of the third term party
leaders TO induce the republican electors
IN at least six states to betray their trust
and cast their votes in the electoral col
iese for ex-President Roosevelt would be
thc truth of the charge that President
Taft was nominated by the fraudulent
seating of sufficient number of dele
gates 10 affect the choice of tie national
convention.
There is no truth whatever I'm that
cHarSe Mr. Roosevelt and his associates
Know there is no truth in it. but they
nave Deen attempting, by vociferation
ana reiteration. to becloud the fact that
lhey nave no proof to offer. They would
GROWN out all attempts TO establish the
fraud.
The third term party Is the self-con-
tessed sponsor for 100 fake contests by
which IL attempted 10 secure fraudulent
control of the national convention and
TOW IL mas the temerity to ask the Amer
ing seventy-eight contests the right was
all on It's side
Voluntarily Gave Up 100.
of the 2ss contests which Mr.. Roose-
Felt ordered to be brought before the ma
t1onal committee. his political MANAGERS
voluntarily abandoned 160. and one Of his
press agents announced that these con-
tests were Instituted solely for psycholog-
ical effect and In order that a table of
Geresa,es Ssres ties ,o elected might not reveal the
delegates instructed for President Taft
This gross Misrepresentation of the re-
publican party has attained proportions
far greater than factional quarrel
We're the charges true 1t would be a ma
tional scandal. For that reason the
proper authorities have caused to be pre-
pared a complete review of all the con-
troverted cases-a review which Ii is the
duty of every loyal American to read
\ resume OF this will be published more
or less fully in the newspapers of Mon
day morning. and copies of the complete
statement Will be available to all who
write for them 20 the republican ma
tional committee at its headquarters In
the Tines building. The document fur
niShes all the facts In every contest.
'Why, take the state Of Alabama. Mr..
Roosevelt, through his political managers.
asked the national committee to unseat
twenty-five Taft delegates. Twenty of the
contestants We're thrown out by the
practically unanimous vote of the conf
mittee and one avowed Roosevelt COM
mitteeman remarked:
Il am convinced the country viii be
aStounded by the fiimsy character of the
Roosevelt con -estS. There was steam
roller in operation: the committee voted
iu accordance with its convictions and as
II was compelled TO on the evidence
Had Confidential List
..Mr Roosevelt confessed his own
knowledge OF the fraudulent character OF
i'is contests and testified TO the justice
az the committees work when. at Oyster
Ray the night the committees action
vas taken, he showed 10 the representa-
ttves OF the press section Of his conf
dental list OF delegates This list showed
that ar Roosevelt expected only two OF
his contesting delegates in Alabama TO be
seated. and Mr.. Roosevelt added, We
had not counted on any but those two
Yet he sought 10 cast a cloud over the
fitle TO twenty other seats.
: When you go seeking equity. do
DUTY That, Is an old maxim OF
equity law and a just one. Mr. Roose-
veft, pretending to seek equity from the
republican national committee. sought to
induce that committee 10 unseat at least
80 regularly elected delegates and in
heir stead to seat Roosevelt delegates.
whose election he had admitted was
raudulent-admitted il by abandoning
the cases either before the national COM
Dittee or before the time came to pre-
sent them 10 the committee on creden-
ttais OF the convention.
Not Seeking Equity.
What would you think of a lawyer
who advised his client to bring e3s
suits, knowing there was justice. il in
any. at least in only seventy eight
Would not such course prejudice the
most just court on earthe But that is
precisely what Col. Roosevelt's LAWYERS
did In the case OF the republican ma
tional committee. Why? They knew
the revelation Of the fraudulent char
acter Of their cases in one contest after
another must prejudice the court
against them and thus tend TO lose any
~ their cases which possessed merit
We're they fools 10 pursue such a
course No. They Were wise il un-
scrupulous. politicians. They came not
seeking equity. but political advantage
They knew none OF their cases nos
.essed merit. But they sought to de-
ceive the public-not TO convince the
court.
ard pressing many fraudulent contests
they could either induce the committee
as matter of political expediency 10
scat some fake contestants rather
than reject them all or compel the
committee 10 reject them all in order
that they might deceive the public
into believing that steam roller meth
DDS had been used. The correctness Of
This reasoning will be shown by the
fun statement of the facts.
Mr.. Roosevelt is too shrewd poll
+iclan had there been real merit in
the contests of the seventy eight dele
gates whose title he said was plain.
ever to have jeopardized them by mix
ing them up with over $50 contests
which he knew and has admitted were