Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1912-07-19

! Charles K. Case, Seattle; Edgar c.
Snyder, Seattle; }. G. Kelley, Walla
Walla; G. G, Corbaley, Spokane; q.
A Lanham, Wenatchee A. E. Elmer
son, Ellensburg; Willis r. Lebo, ABB
erdeen: W. II. Dickson. Tacoma
Arthur w. Davis offered the fol-
lowing resolutions:
I'VE, republicans of the state of
Washington, in massmeeting as
sembled, re-afflrm our allegiance to
the principles of the republican party
! as advocated by Abraham Lincoln
and Theodore Roosevelt.
we believe In the rule of the ma
jority Theodore Roosevelt received
an overwhelming majority of the re-
publican votes of the nation as a
candidate for president, and he re-
cetyed a majority of the legally elect
ed delegates to the Chicago conven-
ton. When the national committee
oyerruled the expressed will of the
majority the action of the conyen-
ton thereby became fraudulent and
illegal, and no republican Is in any
sense obligated to support William
II. Taft, the willing recipient of a
stolen nomination.
Theodore Roosevelt is the choice
of the republican party for president
and his candidacy will receive our
support. TO that end we petition
our campaign commi ttee selected at
the Aberdeen convention to take such
steps and to use any and all honor
able means to give all progressives
an opportunity to express their true
choice in November
BE it further resolved, That we
call upon all progressive republicans
to join with us in repudiating the
would-be party bosses who sought to
seize the convention at Aberdeen and
so emphatically to express them
selves in the party primaries in Sep
TENDER that the republican party of
the state of Washington may go un-
mistakably on record as the party OF
political progress"
Attorney Thomas Page protested
against the adoption of the resolu
ton.
They put US on record as being
republicans" he said, and we are
told to do as we have always done,
follow the orders of the men higher
up. The questions involved in these
resolutions have been fought out by
the counties of the state and it seems
we are now asked to ratify the ac-
ton. refuse to take orders from
Senator Poindexter, Roosevelt or
anybody else, and | want to see the
whole ticket nominated from head
to tail"
1--WE see now" said Ole Hanson,
tention to the big fellows years ago
and more to the precinct commit
teemen. Go into the primaries and
lick them or you are not the party
| take you for"
Mr. Davis read a telegram from
Senator Poindexter, in which the SEN
Roosevelt, and that the Washington
electors representing him should be
placed on the ballot.
j. F. Cronin, one of the local pro-
gressives who was a delegate to the
Roosevelt state convention, made the
following statement to the Post-In
telligencer last night:
II was at the conference of pro-
gressiye Republicans today. but did
net take part in the deli berations, for
! the reason that | did not consider 1t
conference of the real progressiyes.
rogressiyeism to me means primar-
| lily a subordinatiOn OF party preJu-
dices to progressive principles, But
not single man present. by either
word or action, gave expression to
this fundamental. If anyone present
other than myself entertained this
lded, 1t Is apparent lhdt ne, llhe NY
self, felt that 1t would be a waste
Of words to call the attention Of such
a partisan gathering to 1t. I'm short
the gathering gave many indication
of being dominated by men whose
eyes were turned toward the fodder
rack. There were some third party
enthusiasts like our old fr.en
/ "Warhorse" Bill White and OK
Mayor Byron Phelps, who. believe
that a third party is necessary to real
political progress. but these We're in
the minority by about 40 to /
La Toilette says, and 1 am salts
fled ii is true. that had Colonel
Roosevelt taken the same position at
Chicago that Colonel Bryan did at
Baltimore. he might have secured
even better results If Roosevelt