Omaha daily bee., 1912-07-25
No Delegate improperly Deprived Of
His Seat.
CONTESTS ARE PURE FICTION
Started with Intention of Furnishing
Excuse for Steal.
PURE PIRACY NOW. PROPOSED
Attempt Being Made to Capture
State Replblican Organizations
and at Same Time Repudiate
Party and Candidates.

WASHINGTON, July N.-Specific de-
malls of the claims of the Roosevelt man.
ayers that their candidate had been i'm
properly deprived Of delegates in the Chi
cago convention in the contested cases,
I brought either before the national OF
credentials committee, was made in a
speech delivered in the house todsy by
Representative Mondell of Wyoming who
was a member of the credentials CON-
mittee. He characterized the contests as
mere bluffs" without shadow of sub
stantiation.
'The claim that Colonel Roosevelt wal
denied the nomination at Chicago through
the larceny OF delegates" Mr.. Mondell
said, was not only expected to con-
tribute directly to the third party move
ment, but was expected to contribute even
more potently by furnishing indirectly the
excuse for the most impudent and revo-
1utionary plan OF political larceny ever
conceived. 1t is proposed to steal the
livery and secure the benefits of repub-
lican state organizations, while at the
same time repudiating the party and can
didates.' 1t is difficult to conceive more
shameless proposal Of pure piracy than
this.
Contests Pare Fiction.
"As admitted by the Roosevelt man
ayers themselves, they started out delib-
erately at the beginning of the pre-con
vention campaign to create contests" said
Mr. Mondell. "A large number OF these
DO fi,ki %ha tSy,ur
delegations claiming to be elected at con-
ventions, which, II held at all. were held
month or two after the regular conven-
tions. Many of the contests which arose
at the time conventions were held were
the result Of prearranged bolts based on
the flimsiest pretexts.
THE proposition that electors on the
republican ticket shall cast their vote tor
the candidate, of O. third party has It's
alleged excuse in downright and persistent
preyarication on which rotten foundation
it lays its proposal Of treasonable lar
csny."
Roosevelt Will Sound Keynote.
CHICAGO, July A-one part Of the
program for the national progressive
party convention was settled today with
the announcement that Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt would address the delegates in
a keynote speech at the Coliseum the
evening Of the first days session, August
5. 1t was pointed out that the speech
would follow the address of President
Taft accepting the republican nomination
August ! and would precede Governor
Wilson's acceptance speech August T.,
T The colonels friends say he will have,
therefore, an excellent opportunity to con-
trast his position and principles with the
views OF both old party nominees.
Chauncey Dewey was selected today by
the advisory committee as sergeant-at-
arms of the national convention.
Oklahoma Progressives Organise.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okl., July N-The
progressive party of Oklahoma was
launched at state convention here to-
day. All the policies favored by Colonel
Roosevelt were endorsed and delegates
instructed to vote for him for the presi
Dental nominee weres elected.
Captain Frank Frantz Of Bartlesville
called the convention to order and A. A.
Davidson Of Muskogee was made chair
man.
The convention was composed exclu-
sively Of white delegates.