The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1912-05-30

elected ~ rlsdced Roosevelt men by
Erect vote. The state preference ia
vored Taft, and 80 Roosevelt said the
jelegates-atlsiee oueht to be gulecd
by the declared wish of the state.
Just the opposite cond tion exists in
two of the Massachusetts districts in
which four Taft delegates we're elect
ed, but the preference vote was for
Roosevelt. Taft and his managers
have fatty refused to turn these four
delegates over to Roosevelt.
Taft managers paid no attention 20
the popular will in Indiana, whore
feats of legerdemain at the Indian.
apolis soap-box primaries gave them
the means of stealing the state coz
vention, nor i'm Michigan. where they
started riot as a simple method of
getting the upper hand at the state
convention. while in Kentucky the
title OF every Taft delegate goes back
to crossroads or ward caucus, run
without rules by the head of the local
machine.
In trying to ignore what was actu.
ally a preference vote by districts in
Ohio. the Taft managers are making
revelation of their devotion to mis-.
representative government OF the
party which is a parallel to the mis-.
representative government OF the peo-
pie which Colonel Roosevelt has
charged Taft with condoning.
otfice-Holders Warned.
To bring about misrepresentation
government of the party at the state
convention the Taft managers are
relying on the federal office-holders'
machine, which has been against
Roosevelt from the. outset. The only
argument which has much of an ap.
peal to the average federal jCbholder
is one Of self-preservation. In the
Ohio campaign that argument was not
made by the Roosevelt leaders, and
the postmasters were left undisturbed
to enjoy the pricking of their con.
sciences at their violation Of the rules
against pernicious political activity.
But federal office-holders leaving
their posts of duty 10 aid in ignoring
the expressed will OF the party is an
other matter, and the Roosevelt lead.
ers have served notice on them that
# they stain their hands with that
istration into thinking their hands
are clean. Roosevelt meant what he
said in his Columbus speech, 81 stand
by friends both before and after nom
nation"
Notice that the Roosevelt forces
will fight to uphold in the state con.
venton the verdict of the people at
the. primaries was made by State
Chairman Brown last Wednesday. He
said.
AT the outset OF the presidential
contest in Ohio. | stated, on behalf
OF the Roosevelt organization, that
/ IL was our purpose TO submit the
national issue solely to the district
primaries, and If possible to keep
factional strife out of the state nomi.
mating convention. We assumed, OF
course. that delegates to the state
convention would faithfully represent
the sentiment of Ohio Republicans as
expressed at the primaries. Against
an army of federal oflice-holders our
contest was waged decently, honestly
and without resort to epithet or Wilt.
fication.
"Thirty.two or 33 Roosevelt dele.
gates out OF the possible AZ have been
elected, with an aggregate popular
/ plurality of upwards of 100000. State
delegates now. by every rule of party
honor, are bound to represent the SEN
timent of Ohio Republicans as ex.
pressed last Tuesday
"We serve notice on the federal ma
chine that we shally carry the fight
10 have the verdict rendered last
( Ohio's delegates-at large to the floor
of the state convention. and as much
/ farther as decent politics may re-
quire'
/ Similar notice also was served on
the Taft managers by the Cleveland
Leader, which said: well, this is
what the people are going to do about
, 1t. They are not going to submit to
any such thuggery and thievery. The
PEOPLE have won their fight. And
they are going to keep 1t won, despite
all the CoXes, and Laylins, and
HilleseG that ever were bred The
people are going to have those dele
gates.at-large in spite OF the bosses,
Just as they have taken a majority
of the district delegates in the teeth
OF the bosses"