The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-09-14
SuTAERLAND'S KEYNOTE TALK
BRINGS MUCH APPLAUSE

/ decided by unan nous vote in fayU-
O., President Taft, and two by ma.
Iorlty vote IN favo: Of Taft. Mfr.
Roosevelt, WI en- dppr.sed of this fast,
publicly stated that they had never
counted VI on more than two of these
contested delegates, thereby conced-
ing the frivolous and dishonest char.
acter of twenty-five out of the TWEEN
ty-four.
why do you suppose the confes-
sedly 164 dishonest and frivolous con-
tests were instituted?
81 submit to any man whose mind
Is not utterly lost to all sense of
shame and reason that a more indie.
cent and high handed attempt to steal
1874 votes in a convention has never
been known in political history. The
remaining seventy-four contests which
were decided in Mr.. Tafts- favor by
a majority of the national committee,
a majority of the credentials commit
tee and a majority of the convention
are now claimed to have been dishon-
estly decided. | submit as matter
of common sense that the conceded
fact that more than two-thirds of the
contests were fraudulently instituted
raises fair presumption, II the
question were in doubt, that the re-
naming one-third were likewise frau
dulent." go '''r-'
Senator Sutherland then took up in
more detail the California, Washing.
ton and Texas cases. and continued:
Contests Without Excuse
"A careful examination of the facts
in all these contested cases will show
that in many instances the contests
delegates had been regularly elected.
In others the committees or the con-
ventions were overwhelmingly for
President Taft and comparatively
small minority, without excuse bolt
ed and elected contesting delegations
It will be perfectly apparent to any
farminded person who will read and
consider the evidence that nearly all
OF these contests were of the most
frivolous and dishonest character
Fand in the very few debatable cases
the decision to seat the Taft dele.
gates was clearly right.
I'm all this, certain facts stand out
with startling clearness. and one is
that in spite of the action of the con-
vention with reference to these con-
tests, If Mr.. Roosevelt had been nomi-
mated third party never would have
been formed and Mr.. Roosevelt would
have sought his election upon the Re-
publican platform, which differs so
vitality from that of the third party
platform. This new party holds up
It's hands in holy horror at the notion
OF dishonesty in politics, but 1t never
would have been formed if the at
tempt to steal the Chicago convention
had succeeded, and even now in Kan
sas, California and perhaps other
states it is attempting to procure Re-
publican votes for the third party
candidate by running Roosevelt cleo.
tors in the Republican column upon
the ballot. Believing in the rule Of
the people, this party declares for the
presidential preference primary, open
to all, including white men, south OF
Meson and DiXon's line. Declaring
against bosses and 'bossism.' Bill
Flynn of Pennsylvania naturally be-
comes its confidential promoter OF
purity in politics. Dencuncing the
use of money at primaries and cleo
tons. George w. Perkins, millionaire
trust magnate. becomes its financial
agent. lnveighing against monopoly,
the harvester trust and the steel trust
are quite naturally taken to bosom
and as a guarantee of it's good faith
in denouncing all manner of untruth
and repudiating all kinds and degrees
OF liars, and finding that such COM
paratively trlfling prevaricators as
Ananias and Baron Munchausen are
no longer available, Bill Glasmann of
Ogden becomes it's chief disseminate
or of information in the state OF Utah.
The new party claims to be the pro
sreasive party and erforces its claim
by declaring for all the fads and
isms for which the Populists, the So
ciallsts and Debs party have hereto
fore stood. II the program outlined
could be carried out political chaos
would follow the man on horseback.
II the history OF this world has dem
onstrated anything II is that society
in the last analysis, as a prerequisite
to its existence, must have order,
and the price Of bringing order out
| of chaos Is usually desnotism