New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-28

tns' iTbore is NO other possible interpre-
tation 10 be put upon such acuoh' ~ II a
mere matter OF elemental deceney VI" .shdiI
contest is 10 be fair me lnspeGtLi9 1Ses
as matter of course represent DOM HiIi os
have received to-day from JudgG, = coro.
IT, Duel. chairman Of our eNecutINo tbe
mttee I'm New York City. cltlzeh ol t thc
highest type. formerly judge ." toar-
bench, always a man of the utnloss' 80; 80
lessness and the highest standard OF me
nav add mat even before I left yester-
day afternoon two or three iltll nc -, MOI
around to me protesting tndt theA ~ r,ben
being given al opportunity 10 vote ~
,hev went 10 the pollS, that they couIp ~
find any Roosevelt tickets; that theIc Val
no Roosevelt watchers that theN W. w, ,,i,,an
treated and that no prQtccton wa" SoiIcc
IN them when they appealed to inc POI, ~
end had TO call up the ComnhSS'VgIirI to
rolice over the telephone and ask mn o ~
issue orders that the. police Hhoulu
the voters I'm their right TO pom.
Roosevelt Men Kept Out
Judge Duel telcgraphs me that III ny w
Tth Assembly District, where W iiIdIl NJ
pin is the leader, every one oil inc 'I7"T
1ioc,ion ipsnectorg was removed ana anu
Roosevelt men substituted. ,.1, ,c
In ten election districts Of the -olu ~
sembly District the ballots did no' rnliinr
until S-o'Clock in the evening. Inc poihs
rlancs had then been filled up WIN w
Koeng-Taft men, who occupied NV Inc
manning time i'm voting anu saNtp IL
ROOSENCll men llO NilahN' W
rolls closed at 2. och A.
I'm three election districts OF the -0ln NJ
sembly District the ballots 9'q ~ no 90
rive until four minutes of 3, ana mere "- a',,
,hc Taft-KoeniC men had taken posseSS!ITn
OF. the polling places ana the! NJ 20 WV
Roosevelt men out until it was 100 iat'' or
I'm the 18th and 18th election ulSult'S "a
rho Goth Assembly, District, when lue pduo'
boxes were opened, our Watchers saw =,
eTal bundles of ballots with irolh W. -, ~
Ave ballots folded I'm each Noteu % IT, U,
so in each election district twenty OalIots
we're voted over the number OF Ieu .,
corded as voting All these paIi az Of The
marked in the Taft column, III sP'e Vi INV
protest of our watchers. .-.-,.. 40 ra,,,os
In The o3d Assembly District the ndncS
Of the Roosevelt delegates were not Prln'eu
on the ballots AT all ,,,....,. .ho o,,irc
in the 9th Assembly lnsuiSI NV tiInt
Roosevelt ticket was left on thc Odi!oi,
There Was sImilar omission IN the l''h
nm staten Island. where Mr.. Chauncc!
NJ Denew was running for delegate on me
Taf ticket there were sin election us
.tricts where ballots did not arrive az All
nine election districts where tneE al Nc,
after O'Clock, and seventeen ""''' wv
arrived after o'clock. 49,. tooso-
Welt ticket was misprinted so that Ine uelS
yates appeared TO be running tor the Nd
tional committee instead OF the hd'o"o'
In MANI of the districts the ballots Of s were
,nace was left under the Roosevelt empleul.
epa spa .S, voters aid not understand that
what was below was the Roosevelt 'i'Ne'
a all. ,-,,..- a.. Roosevelt
d.iesatss we're at the bottom of the ucket,
and the ballots were folded I'm Su,n W.
AZ 10 make II practically tmpossipIe I"I I VA
voters 10 refold them in case they Gpehe'
+hom IN i'm order 10 ind where IN" N"os'
welt delegates we're.
Bread and Butter Politicians Voted
The Independence League men never got
snv ballots at oil in many OF the eleCuor
djstricts throughout the city. In eiectoh
,iistrict after election district both ~ tur
County of New York and IN the oInI
Of Kings, the numbers OF which are giN en
ne ballots did not arrive untl -" 'loCh1 y,
o'cioci az almost o'clock Nine O'Clock
VAS the hour for closing, and Vhen me
ballots arrived at either four minutes -,
. o'clock. A happened in some cases or AZ
efteen minutes 10 Q o'clock or Twenty-Five
minutes Of o'clock. most Of the oralildiE
decent citizens the men on whom mao u
DEPEND had gone home, AgainS, nom VII W.,
he nrofsssiopaI bread and butter pohu
Hans and these Of course, stood through
the whole time and were m ne poiii,sS
booths voting, and did not leave me ~. po bonI
booths until after CLOCK, "hel NV "'''
for closing had come, -. ,,o5
In short the election machinery was uSe9
as unscrupulously as IN the ga OF ~. 0ff
names of Roosevelt delegates were lef' on
the ballots ballots were Inisprin'ed' We're
folded in such way as to teaAe N9ttIS, S'.u
in numerous instances We're nol g,,,.e ftar
the polls had opened and in some instances
not before twenty minutes or qualleI ~
an hour before closing. our eiecuoh IN
spActcrs were removed whenever II Nd.S
thought they we're not with the machine.
Primary a Criminal Farce
A. have said. such primary contest IS
not merely a farce, but 'rlmllal 'dlt'
The men nominally elected as us result
men like MIR Parsons. Mr.. GriSCom ana the
rest cannot. IL they wish to prestrN" tl'I
regulations as honorable men, CohSeHl W
accept positions as delegate. ne ItT" ',ta
in such a primary are IN no sndI', o. "a
iapresentatiye Of the Republican parry ana
have no binding force whatever on 'h' NJ
publican party. -. ...l.,z,,
TALLY what was done I'm Indiana ana loiO-
RADIO. Against all the money, az the pdli?9u-
age all the efforts of the heci'hg nlatulu'
I'm Indiana with nothing but the pam w
mic of the state to rely on. carried the
state convention handsomely ana then uE
fraudulent action which can Only DC CdIIt'
brutal i'm its utter defiance Of decencN, near
~ two hundred delegates were thrown out
and the will Of the people reversed, Ee
men honestly elected, OF course d'CIlheu ~
abide BY the result and held a ssparaIa
ronyentioD They would have been derelct
jn their duty had-tl1ey not done So TOT lue
Keeling-Taft state delegation IN ihnlamd
does not represent the people at all ana us
actions are in no shape or way rtpIeStH'd[
tive OF or binding on the rank ana HE OF
the Republican party IN lhdldnS:. -,
The same thing was done in 'otorado 9y
,ha Cugeenheirn- Evans machine. OUTSIDE
~ Denvsr I'm spite Of every species OF at
tempted trickery and foul play, we carried
. majority of the delegates. but NC were
S.aten by the most outrageous methods IN
Denyer itself by the Guggenheim-tVans
machine II you wish 10 kno" Just pIS-
cisely what the Guggenheim- Evans peopir
,anrSsent and what they are | ask You 10
read Judge Ben" Lindseys BOOK NJ
Resst and the jungle" Hunt up the career
OF men like Phil stewart Th2 si maze Inc
although moi I'm the Republican party' mas
stood Straight with us In this contest ana
compare them with the RECORDS OF MesStS.
C.ugeenheIm and Evans and theh luuGe loI
Toureelf5 Witch side represents the cause
~ the plain people which SIDE represents
tbs 'c cause sec" Of decency and honesty in poiti-
cal and business hfe. -;,..,,,,;,,.,,. oar
,.ied three districts, and Yet IN eacn as
trict q boiling convention mas oeeh oItam,
ized: a convention which Canhot p lr1'| ~
20 represent a tenth part OF me Eo'eIS w
tbs Republican party but which Is 10 ne
sent 10 the Chicago national convenuon ~
tbe hope that the same tactics VII 2e s H.,,
mere that were successfully trled IN nv"
York and .DenxeT and in Indianapolis
opeonen4s Using Foul Means"
in all these places our opponents have
shown that they wished 70 VIII DI ,aany
will not abide by the decision or the people
we ask nothing except that the people
themselves be permitted 10 say what they
want. There never has been clearer line
up in the history OF this. country than ne
present lineup. Now. men Of illlhois, II Is
Tor ,,nn TO sec that your Legislature really
represents you. and gives you genuine
direct primary whore YOU can express Your
preference for President and make tne
legislators understand that 10 XIII the bill
by dodgng the vote is even meaner than
voting against it,,
In his speech AT Concord Pfesluehl IslI'
according to stenographic report for