The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-08-05
Otherwise He Will Not
Accept Nomination
at Chicago.
HIS ULTIMATUM
IS DELIV Erred
Proposes to Make Confession of
Faith" Then Delegates May
Take Him and His Doctrines,
or They May Look Around
for Another to Lead
Them.

New York. August +-The National
Progressive party must accept Colonel
Theodore Roos. velts political doctrines
il ne is TO be It's STANDARD bearer. He
said late to-day. as he started for Chi
cago. tina, he would insis, upon max
ing IFS confession Of faith" to the
delegates before the committee which
is to draf, the platform makes It's final
renor, and that he would not accept
tho nomination on platform which
did not NEE, with his approval
coionei Roosevelts speech was orig
inaliy scheduled for Mondsy night.
Whom d, was suggested to him
ery be postponed. he sen, word 70
mis- managers that he would not CON
sent to dclay until after the platform
had been presented 70 the conventioa
Advanc- copies OF tho speech reached
the leaders OF the new party several
DAYS ago The Colonel said nothing,
however 70 indicate that the suggestion
for 4 delay in the delivery % tire speech
was due to tho impression Of those
who had read it
lfrnnk and Fearless.
Colonel Roosevelt; said that In mis-
speech he mad dealt fully Win all the
great political questions of the day.
He spoke frankly and fearlessly, nc
said. and believed tina; thr convention
ought to be fully apprised of MS View s
before ratifying the tentative nomina-
tion which he accepted az Chicago last
month He contends that Il vas upon
question Of principle that bee left tine
Republican party. and nov that he has
u. tilt.
Of principle In the leadership OF the
new movem mt His declaration of
poiiiicnl 70 IN, c sid. is one which viii
be termed either socialism or anarchy,
ana PROBABLY no'u but represents his
convictions. He goes 10 Chicago To
make these views known and to re-
ccivc the presidential nomination only
II they are Acceptable in their ,ubstan-
tial provisions to the new party.
According 10 the presen- arrange
mont Colonel Roosevelt viii deliver his
speech Tuesday This plan. he said.
was satisfactory 20 him. rs at that;
time the platform committee Viii not
have completed its work
Colonel Roosevelt LEI; oyster Say
carly in the afternoon for this city.
where at : O'Clock he took a train
which is due in Chicago carly in the
morning He was accompanied only
cN Mrs. Roosevelt ana MS secretary.
Criticizcs Taft.
TIL. acceptance ~ President Taft of
Mingo Sanders WHO was sergeant
of the colored Infantry regiment dis
charged from the army for pslticipa-
tion in the Brownsville riots. as "a mes
sengor led Colonel Roosevelt to crit
icize the President charply. Sanders
took the stump in the Ohio primarS
tight between Colonel Roosevelt AID
President Taft
Sergeant Miugo." said the Colonel.
was the oldest and most respected
noncommissionod officer in the compa
mics. which. on the recommendation of
Secretary Of War Taft. We're discharged
without honor in 1905. ana OF whom
Nh Taft as Secretary OF War IN 1905,
smoke as follows:
1t goes without saying that II the
guilty could be ascertained. thcy should
and would De punished but the guilty
cannot be asccrtained. and the very
impossibility OF determining who arc
the guilty ones makes the whole bat
TALON useless To the government as an
instrument for maintaining law and o.
der. The only means of Kidding tho
military service OF "a band of would he
murderers OF women and children ami
actual murdercrs Of one man is the
discharge Of the entire battalion
If Nh Taft dld not tell tho truth
about Mingo Sanders and his colleagues
in his repor, as Secretary Of War. from
which have quoted above. Then his
conduct needs mo Characterization by
me-. II he did toll the truth then his
reinstatement Of Mingo Sanders in tho
public service is still less in need of
any characterization by me"