The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-07-16
THE NEW PARTY CALL.

canization and mass and delegate con
vention TO be held in Provo on th
eth day of the present month Thi
! convention will organize 4 Roosevelt
! party. and il will send delegates t
the Roosevelt convention 20 he held u
Chicago on August 9Th. The notice
also states that the second State con
vention of procressivcs will be helc
in September, probably in Ogden, whcr
the new party viii nominate 2 ful
State ticket, including Presidential
electors.
The convention call is signed by Mr.
Wesley *. Walton as chairman, and
by other prominent gentlemen in tho
different counties Of the State. Tho
signing OF this call by Mr.. Walton as
although it was known that Mr.. Walton
is strong Roosevelt man, II is not
easy to see how he gets this prominence
over Col. Loose. who has proved his
devotion to Roosevelt by his works.
even to the betrayal of the pledge
given by the Republican State conven-
tion which sent the Colonel as a dele
gate to the Chicago convention on June
18th, and at that convention, in spite
of the fcalty which had been pledged
for him TO President Taft. Col Loose
showed his devotion to Col. Roosevelt
by trying to pack the convention
against Taft in Roosevelt = interest,
on bogus contests got up through sheer
fakery, and as admitted by the chief
Roosevelt publisher, for ''psychologi-
cal effect -; who stated explicitly that
most Of these contests were never ex-
pected to be taken seriously.
There is no doubt but that the citi-
zens engaged in this movement have a
perfect right TO their liberty of action,
that they have Just as much right to
support Roosevelt as anybody else has
to support President Taft; they have
a right to have mass and delegate
convention. or two conventions. or any
number Of conventions, if they find
them desirable. They have right to
organize third party in the State
If they wish to do so, to call it n Pro-
gressive party, Bull Moose party,
or Third Term party-anything they
like; but it would certainly add
strength to the party if they would IN.
struct their delegates to Chicago to
nominate somebody else than Roose-
velt; for Roosevelt is a played out can.
didate before the American public, be-
cause of his outrageous egotism, his
and his untrustworthiuess.
No one can tie to him for a minute,
becaue they never know where he will
be at the expiration of that minute,
No pledge binds him, no obligations
control HIM, no matter how publicly
put forth by himself. He is a man
whom it is impossible for broad minded,
citizens TO support, because
of the unreliability Of his character,
and the uncertainty of his position on
any question. He will agree to GER
tain thing today, and tomorrow he will
be found opposing it. denouncing as
iars and thieves those who claim that
he was ever in favor Of the proposition
stated.
A party of principle cannot afford
20 Rave a man like that as leader.
,or can it afford to trust its fortunes
20 the uncertain mercy of man whose
,nlv actuating motive appears TO be
his own egotsm, and his thirst for
'ffice. At Chicago he refused to give
lis assent to the nomination of Gov.
3adley Of Missouri; he refused to al
ow his delegates to 90 to La Toilette
'r Cummins, or to anyone other than
and yet by his own showing
lie did not have enough delegates in
nat convention TO nominate him
Even if all the delegates in all the con
.nsts where there was the slightest
moving for reasonable contest had
'een admitted 10 add to the strength
'or Roosevelt, the majority OF the con
'ention was still! heavily against him.
BY reason OF Roosevelt's selfishness
md MS uncertainty both as to words |
md acts. and his consuming selfish.
less and egotism, those VINO wish 10 |
rganizc n progressive party are max |
ne vast mistake in ent!rsting the |
leadership OF that party TO Theodore |
Roosevelt.