The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-04
THE NATIONAL Committeeman.

party rules. and double assumption
of partinlitv and intcu, 10 defraud.
1t is a revolt against party rules be-
cause the party rules and regulations
provide precisely how the National
Committee shall he made up by the
party itself in the National Conren'
tion assembled IL is double assump-
ton o! fraud in that il is practically
an allegation tina, the prcscat Nailona!
Cul mittce will deal unfairly with the
contested seats, in the interest of lrcs-
ident Taft, and il is also assuhP-
tion that the new National Commi''ee'
men VIII deal with equal unfairnesS
ii they can get the seats, in the ihtei
est Of Col. Roosevelt. From this NJ
tempted overthrow Of the party rui'S
| and procedure and double assu'hP''""
of fraud. the desperation OF the ho''e
yelt case NAV be gathered; fof snro.S
a cause which requires the settIng ao'N0
Of UNMARRIED party usage and P'oc.uu'e
| in the interests of given cahd'oa,e'
and that suspects fraud in the p'esen'
committee and expects fraud IN IT'S own
| interest from the new committeemeh'
must be a desperate one.
The National Committeeman are pro-
yidcd by the auadrennlal conventions
for tbc purpose of making arrange
ments for the convention that is to be
held four years later. This is the sPe-
cial and avowcd purpose OF providing
tbe National Committee. aside rom
yesting in that committee the party :
interests and action whenever party
action NAV be called upon. The party
committee made up four years ago
would naturally expect, as all commit
tees so made up have expected, ana
have acted, to arrange prelImlnaries
for the National Republican ConVen'
tion. Thus far the present committee
men have had no functions 10 perform
| The Roosevelt programme is, therefore.
| TO cut of the present committeeman be-
fore they have done anything at all,
thus unseating them before they nave
had an opportunity to perform the
functions especially entrusted TO them
by the National Convention four years
ago.
1t has always been the case that the
delegations from the several states
have gone to the National Convention
prepared to present the name OF a Ma
tional Committeeman from their State
When the porper order Of procedure
has arrived in the convention, tht
States arc called in their order, anc
the chairman Of the State delegation
names in open convention the choic'
of that State for National Committee
men. The conventions which sent tn
delegations have been accustomed t.
name the National Committeeman
the same session that they chose thei
delegations. The fact that these com
mirteemeu are named n considcrabl
time before the assembling of the con
vention by the different States has nev
er been urged as reason why tn
committeeman should take immedlat
charge They have never met with th
committee prior to the oncomlng con
yention, they have had nothing TO d.
with the routine work, and they are un
prepared, having no authority what
ever from the National Convention I
act. They are not National Commit
teemcn because they are chosen
their different States, but only attc
, that choice has been ratified in tn
National convention by due procedur
when that order of business is rcache
and the call on the States is made,
. is then and then only, on the rat,hci
ton Of the National Convention ltsel
that the State choice for Nation
Committeeman becomes valid, and TN;
choice is made by the National Comm
y. teemen in fact, in place OF lu expe
taucy The fact that some of the y
tional Committeeman have been chose
bv popular primaries in various of Il
i States gives these persons no great
- claim to assume their functions on t.
~ National Committee than has heret
: fore been the case as to the Nation
Committeeman chosen by the sta
. conventions These committeeman
~ expectancy stand on precisely t
same basis, whether chosen by p
mary or by State Convention. 1t
IN idle to talk about National Comm
" teeman chosen BY State at prlma
~ having a different standing with
'e spect to the National Convention tn
~ has National Committeeman chos
VIC BY State convention: they are on p
ISL cisely the same footing. They
'in merely the States choice. waiting
ratification Of that choice by the
iIo tional Convention in the due course
va. the transaction of its business.
q But to insist that because these CO
lar mittcemeu have been chosen by
me States, either at primary elections
ma. at conventions. they are therefore
An titled now TO take their place as q
an mitteemen. is notion that violates
a.y preccdents and all proper ideas OF
method Of giving a Natioual Comr
teeman his authority He does not
,ost IL from his State: his State simply
ion. sents him as a candidate TO the
late tioHaI Convention. Ii is true that
for convention usually ratifics the che