Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-06-20
ROOSEVELT ADHERENTS DECLARE
THEY WILL FORM NEW PARTY
They Will Renounce Allegiance to Both Republican and
Democratic Organizations and Steer Middle Course
Under New Name~Rider Is Declared
Nominated by the People.

! States, and that Mr. Roosevelt and his
followers will not recognize the ma,
tonal Republican convention as regu-
lar unless the Hadley motion to GUST
| the y contested delegates was adopt
ed, was the declaration of Colonel
Roosevelt and his campaign manager,
Senator Dixon at o'clock today.
Dixon Announces Decision.
Colonel Roosevelt and Senator
, Dixon conferred after the morning ad-
lournment and when they concluded,
| their discussion, Mr.. Roosevelt was
rushed through the crowd at the Con.
gress hotel to his luncheon room and
! Senator Dixon announced the cOnclu.
| sion that had been reached.
We will not recognize the legality
of this so-caIled Republican conven
tion until it purges itself of the IS
| stolen delegates enumerated in Gov
ernor Hadleys motion of yesterday
| The nomination for President al
ready has been made. The American
people have named Theodore Roose-
i welt and elected majority of more
than 100 delegates to this convention.
! These delegates must be recognized
or we will not recognize the conven-
tion as the regular convention OF the
Republican party.
| IF the convention does not unseat
/ the IS delegates what will happen?"
Post Backs Up on Story.
! THAT will coma 1afar INvo Will ,,-oi+
developments on this before taking
any further action" replied Senator
! Dixon.
/ Colonel Roosevelt arranged for a
private conference with his leaders
to be held Immediately after luncheon.
Not all the delegates will be admitted.
| The statement that Roosevelt has re-
leased his delegates is untrue" said
/ Senator Dixon. 'No such action has
! been taken. Roosevelt could not re-
| lease the delegates from the states in
which direct primaries have been held
| if he wanted to-
| Ex-Governor Post who was respon-
sible for the original statement that
! the delegates had been released, said
later in the day that he had been mis-
taken.
ROOSEVELT LEAVES 1T
TO HIS FOLLOWERS.
Chicago, H., June 20.-Theodore
Roosevelt before his political advisers
and a personally selected number of
delegates instructed for him. late this
afternoon read a statement of his DO
sltlon in the Republican nomination
fight and left it to them to dycide
what position they would take in the
struggle. Mr.. Roosevelt called before
him, two delegates from each of the
states which has supported him and
the leaders in his campaign. After
outlining his position declaring that
he would continue his fight for the
principles he had outlined from the
beginning, the colonel left the room
and the delegates and leaders sat
down to deliberate what should be
done, A protracted session was eX-
pected.
Colonel Roosevelt returned to the
conference at $3.50 p. m, walking arm
in arm with Governor Hadley of Mis-.
souri, to the meeting room.
The Roosevelt delegates after two
hour session and after listening to
Colonel Roosevelts outline of his po-
sition in the fight, adopted resolution
providing that they should participate
in the regular convention at tonight's
session and in succeeding sessions
until it became apparent they could
not longer take part in the proceed
ings.
The caucus of Roosevelt leaders al
SO determined that between sessions,
Ipon the action of each session as it
may effect their position.
Following is the full text of the
statement issued by Mr.. Roosevelt this
afternoon:
"On behalf of these principles,
made my appeal straight to the peo-
PIE themselves. l went before them,
| made my argument in full; and ev-
cry move made was in the open with
out concealment of any kind. The op-
position to me was extraordinarily bit
ter, for | was opposed by the practi-
cally solid phalanX of the big, consci-
enceless beneficiaries of special priv.
ilege in every form, and of course the
many big newspapers which are con-
, trolled by or in the interest of the
bosses and special privileges.
Nevertheless in the appeal of the
people, won.
In many of the Republican states
{ and of the Democratic states where
there is a large and real Republican
party, primaries of different kinds
were held, and a substantial express
, sion of the will of the people was OBJ
, tained. In these primary states, some
100000 voters, the rank and file of
+ the Republican party, cast their votes;
| beat Mr.. Taft considerably over two
, to one. In these states, l obtained six
delegates to Mr.. Taft's one.
Nearly three-fourths of my dele
gates came from these primary states
where the people had a chance to ex-
lpress themselves. Mr.. Taft's strength
as indicated by the two roll calls al
" ready taken, consisted chiefly (aside