Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1912-05-08
There Was No TYeachery.

Governor Hadley, in comment
ing upon the Roosevelt members
of the conference committee,
said:
In view of the fact set forth
in this statement, charges of bad
faith are not only false, but come
with mighty poor grace from the
Taft leaders in view of what they
have zone and tried to do in this
campaign to secure the control
If the delegates to Chicago.
For two days these same
men. in disregard of every prin
ciple of political honor and fair
ness, were endeavoring, through
the control of the state commit
Tee, to unseat over POO honestly
elected Roosevelt delegates, in
order to secure control of the
state convention. They finally
weakened because they feared
the just Indignation of the people
if such a plan was carried out.
| For three months those in charge
of the Taft headquarters have
conducted a campaign in this
| state which has been character
ized by every form of political
trickery, the use of patronage,
and intimidation by threats of
rem oval from Office to defeat the
wishes of a large majority Of the
| Republican voters to secure a
Taft delegation from this state
to Chicago.
! In the Seventh congressional
district convention the Taft lead
ers induced Roosevelt instructed
delegates to violate their instruc-
tions and vote for Taft ins II uc-
tiOns. In the Third and Four
teenth district conventions force
and violence were IvsUrted to. in
addition to the unfair use of the
power Of the congressional com
| mitlce in an effort to control the
convention.
At the meeting in St. Louis,
members of the state committee
W ere offered appointments,
threats of removal from Office
we're made and every possible
method was reSOrted to in order
to secure control of the comm it
tee, with the hope of thereby
controlling the convention.
| No promises or agreements
were made with these men that
were not kept. What have they
Iconcedcd to which they are en-
titled? Not single Roosevelt
delegate was given a place in this
convention who was not honestly
Ientitled to it. The Taft leaders
conceded nothing that any hon
est man ought to have hesitated
to freely concede, and they got
all, and more, than they deserved
from the delegates in the state
convention. When these men
failed in their plan to use the
lstate committee to steal control
of the convention, they tried to
compromise by dividing the del
legates at large. When h i ;
4 proposition was refused they
raised the cry of bad faith, and
on the day after the convention
with II delegates, organized {
fake convection in hotel bed room
and elected four delegates to the
national convention.
| want it to be understood tha,
, we will continue the fight to give
to the republican party progress
$ sive principles and policies upor
which it can successfully appea
to the people for support ant
, fair and honest methods through
, which the will of the majOrit.
: will control in every county il
: this state. We do not propOs'
that men who resort to sucl
political methods and policies Il!
have been resorted to by some o
, the Taft leaders in this campaign
= shall control the republican part,
' in Missouri. And in this con
: test we believe we will have tin
e support of nine-tenths of the re
p publican voters.
= Is their anything in all this worl
t that is of more Importance to yc'
than good digestion? Food must b
/ eaten to Sustain life and must be eli
:" gested and converted into blood. Wh