The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-06
CUMM|NS WILL NOT
 JOIN THIRD PARTY Capers of South Carolina Also Supports Taft BELIEVES IN PARTY Senator Says Problems Can Best Be Solved by Remaining in the Party.
 Bosses Are Inevitable,
 He Thinks

Washington, July 5.--Senator Cum mins of Iowa, progressive republican candidate for the presidential nomina- tion at the Chicago convention. today formally declared against the new party movement led by Theodore Roosevelt and announced his allegiance to the old party
 In so doing Mir Cummins said bosses could not be escaped by organization of new parties and that to those re- publicans who, after intelligent inquiry, conclude that President Taft's renom- nation was the result of fraudulent votes, the nominee of the convention Is the nominee of the republican party He pointed out, however that disap- pointment or individual dishonesty can not be foundation of new party.
 Capers Supports Taft
 John c. Capers of this city, South Carolina member of the republican na- tional committee, who supported Col onel Roosevelt, also formally an nounced his intention to support Pres tdent Tafps candidacy. MT Capers in a statement said that the work or the majority of national committeeman  the steam roller methods Of four years ago"
 aAt that time" he said, in behalf Of candtdate Taft President Roosevelt was one of the engineers of the machine and beIped tlatten out the minority of the committee who were in the same coii- dition when we got through with them as were the 15 men of the committee at Chicago this time. MT Capers was one of the 15.
 "There will always be steam roller in the national committee of both par tiesp he said, until the just and fair thing is done providing for the new national committee to make up the temporary roll and assume office be- fore the convention nomlnates can didate for President
 Senator cuminins statemept was his first public utterance since the Chicago convention renominared President Taft. Mir Cun1mins pointed out that through out his public life he had been fighting to make the republican party the pro- sressive party.
 Believes in Party
 ..r believe.p he said. that we can solye the problems before us more quick Ia, and more successfully through the re- n,,blican party than through any other political organization.
 : Ut was but asshort while ago that the ,rogressive movement in the republican marty took on definite form and yet at thts time three fourths of the republican states are in the hands of progressive re- publican organizations and the member chin of the party is overwhelmingly with us We met defeat at Chicago; prin- cinally because we had not concentrated our energies upon abolition of false and ,,ntust basis of representations but the Ihas,s can and will be overthrown and another system for the nomination of nresidential candidates will be submitted hefore another presidential nomination Is made
 rThe only thing that has happened since the progressive republicans made their campaign for the nomination of candidate for President in the Chicago convention is our failure to control the convention due as many believe. to unfair ar dishonest practices by our opponents. deeply regret the failure and I agreo that dishonest practices without regard to consequences ought to be rebuked anS runished. but I cannot believe that the disapopintment however. profound or the dishonesty of individuals however heinous can constitute foundation upon which to rear a new party.
 Bosses Inevitable
 If we are yigilant these things can never occur again In the republican party and if we are vigilant they can occur in any party old or new. We cannot rid
 
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