Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-22

in Chicago represents a. negligible mini
mum of the rank and file of the republic
can party But what 1t has done and
what it has provided for the future offer
material for very serious consideration.
THE old national committee, chosen by
the politicians four years ago, made up
a temporary roll. including some ninety
fraudulent delegates who had not been
elected by the people, and thereby they
controlled majority Of the convention.
This fraudulent temporary roll in turn
chose fraudulent credentials committee,
and all the fraudulent delegates voting on
, one another's cases thereby made up the
permanent roll which constituted the
| fraudulent convention.
Then this fraudulent convention chooses
| a new and not less fraudulent national
committee Now, gentlemen, there are
| those who ask US 20 stay in the party
which has just fraudulently nominated
| for the presidency a man who inspired
| and profited by the fraud
| They ask us to submit to 1nfamy IN
| the present on the ground that perhaps
| we may be able to prevent such infamy
/ in the future They seem to forget that
| the vicious circle has been completed. and
/ that this fraudulent convention has pro-
vided in it's fraudulently chosen national
committee means whereby they can
hope once again four years hence and
with the like impunity to overthrow the
| will of the majority of the voters at the
| primaries.
Must Break ''Vicious Circle"
The national committee. over whose
selection and retention in office the voters
| have no control whatever, makes up the
fraudulent temporary roll call which con-
| trolls the national convention. The ma
| tional convention thus fraudulently made
up nameSs another national committee
and the new national committee, conSu-
tuted the old one, has already shown py
tuted he old one, has already SHOWN py
it's actions that it can be trusted TOUR
years hence to repeat the misbehavior OF
the old one.
'"rhe vicious circle must be broken. The
powerful crook political bosses have and
ought to have no feeling but contempt
for the honest man who submits to their
violent and INSCRIPTIONS dishonesty II
| we permit fraud of this kind to triumph
we do shameful thing. and show either
that we are faint at heart or dull of con-
science.
LAS for the principles for which stand.
l have set them forth fully in the many
speeches l have made during the last TOUR
months while making an active contest
for the nomination which l won, and out
of which have been cheated by the man
who feared to see these principles reduced
to action.
Fundamentally. these principles are
| first that the people have the right to
rule themselves, and can do SO better
than any outsiders can rule them; ana
second. that 1t is their duty so to rule
| in a spirit of justice toward every man
| and every woman within our borders and
to use the government so far as possible
as an instrument for obtaining not merely
| political but industrial justice.
For Honesty and Fair Play.
I'VE do not stand for these principles
as mere distractions any more than
we stand for honesty and fair play as
mere distractions. We seek to apply
them practically in every relation of lie
where we have power. We stand for
honesty and fair play. We practically
| apply the commandment. Thou shalt not
steal and we wish to give a square
deal to every citizen of this republic, so
! that he may have chance to show the
| stuff there is In him, unhelped by privi-
| lege himself and unhampered by privilege
for others.
Il hold that we are performing high
| duty in inaugurating this movement, far
| the permanent success Of practices such
as have obtained In the fraudulent con-