The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-06-19
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10. 1912.
WANT COMPROMISE CANDIDATE

WANT COMPROMISE CANDIDATE
The bitter fight among the rival cup
porters of MI. Taft and Mr.. Roose-
welt for the republican presidential
nomin alton is suggesting to many
members of the party the advissbility
of nomin sting q compromise candidate
who is not directly involved in the
controversy. It is announced in q
press dispatch from Chicago that the
Montana delegates are in receipt OF
kilograms from their home state I'D.
vising this course, and it lie assumed
that similar requests are being made
to other delegations.
This appears to be the best solution
Of the factional fight that has develop.
ed, and which promises to increase in
bitterness until the nominati is
awarded. Each of the factions, prob
ably, is partly right!and partly wrong
in its contentious; it has been q siren.
nous campsign:forldeleg ates ever since
Mr.. Roosevelt's candidacy was an
nounced, and underline conditions ex-
letting in many Of the states there prob
ably we're unfair methods used in
electing delegates, and tricky work
done by professional politicians who
sought to perpetuate their power. The
whole business:has become 90 nauseat-
ing to American citizens who believe
that q contest for the presidential
nomin alton should be conducted with
come degreesofsdignity and decorum,
that the substitution of a compromise
candida ate wouldIbe welcomed ss q re-
lief from the turmoil and buster that
has char acterized the Taft and Roose.
welt campaign.
The impartial observer of recent
events at Chicago will not be deceived
by the noise that has been made BY
either faction. 1t i~s..evident that many
OF the contests brought against what
we're known as Taft delegations had
no merit whatever.i but q few OF them
undoubtedly were entitled to q fair
hearing and q favorable decision. The
national committee, unfortuna tely,
was 60 composed that its decisions
invited criticism and resentment -
fourteen of it's members having been
repudiated at primaries held in the
states they represent; ten coming from
states that never cast an electoral
vote for q republican candida ate; and
four representing territories that do
not participate In presidential cleo.
tions. The decisions rendered by the
help OF these members may possibly
be j~usti6edlby the weight of evidence,
% they see it,:.but they are ~discredited
in the estim ationlof the public ss a
prejudiced tribunal. A verdict from
such . sourc is:not acceptable o. tha,
OF . truly impartial jury.
The most sensational development
Of the psstjiew days is the intimstion
that, In the event Of INSTRUMENTATION Of
Mr.. Taft, 1t is probable that friends
of Mr.. Roosevelt will be chosen as
presidentiallelectors in states that are
favorable to his candidacy, these men
to vote for Mr.. Roosevelt in the
electoral college. II is figured that In
such q mixup no candidate would have
. majority in the electoral college and
the stu alton would require recourse
to this provisionsof the constitution:
"The person having the creates
number ofIvotes for president shall be
the president, if such number be 6
majoritysof the whole number OF cleo
tors appointed; and iflno person hav,
such majority lin the electoral col
lege) then from the persons havini
the highest number not exceedin,
three on the list OF those voted for q
president, the house of representa-
tives shall choose Immediately b.
ballot the president. Q But in choosin
the president the votes shall be take
by states, the representatives fror
each state having one vote; q quorul
for this purposel shall consist OF
member'or members from two.third
OF the states, and . majority OF all II
states shall be necessary to . choice.
To add to the prospective compile,
lions, 1t is figured that the submissic
of the presidential puzzle to cougres
would result in q deadlock of tn,
body, twenty-five state delegations |
ing republican, twenty-five democrati
and four evenly divided between r
publicsns and democrats. The que
ton would then arise: Where are v
1t?
HELENA, June 12.-Four indictment
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