The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-06-07
THE REASON WHY ROOSE.
WELT MANAGERS ARE CON.
TESTING DELEGATION
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procedure was according ia the rules
ana customs of the national organiza-
fion Of the republican party clearly
suggesting. as has been openly charE-
CO. tina his course WAS hcing guided
from national headquarters.
During the night previous to the
meeting of the state committee, twsn-
tE-one pro-Taft members of the state
committee met in secret caucus at
Aberdeen and resolved 20 vote as a.
unit for the seating of all or a suf-
f'clent number of Taft delegates to
give the administration party control
OF the convention. regardless of the
mer1s of any contest. This dctermina-
ton was the subject of open boast by
some of these who attended the eau
Gus.
ON May IA. at ? o'clock in the norm
ing. the state committee met and pro-
ceeded TO the consideration of contests.
Notwithstanding the fact that few
counties had filed credentials or pa
Fers pertaining to contests. as it was
not generally known thai the state
committee was assuming to pass upon
contests. Without prior notice or
warning. a set of rules for the resula-
tlon OF tho state committee and for
the organization of tho state V
ton was proposed for adoption. These
rules. covering five typewriter pages.
were forced through the committee by
the Taft members. without affording
oI p%ortunity to examine them. The
Roosevelt members of the committee
We're unable to secure a copy of said
rules.
These rules. il subsequently, appear-
ed. placed the temporary organization
or the convention entirely in the hands
of the chairman of the state central
committee. and further provided that
no one should DO admitted to the state
convention without Identification. and
a ticket signed by him.
The committee then proceeded to
pass upon contests. The most IMPORT
ant involved the 121 delegates from
King county. The solid Roosevelt
delegation had been elected by a pcpu-
lar primary held on April -. This
prlmarE election was ordered by the
nun central committee of King county.
when was only a subcommittee of
the central committee appointed two
years previous to conduct the CAM
Palsn OF that Year. was discharged and
dissolved and its authority revoked.
s~unsequentlN to this action of the cen
tral committee with reference to its
subcommittee, the latter, without
NSNt Nn'ShN'iNS anu Mlllltul dulllOTltN
from the central committee, of which
1t claimed to he a part, and consisting
NJ only twenty men. selected a full
delegation of III delegates to the state
convention, all Of whom We're hand
picked Taft supporters.
The Spokeslman-f2evieN. referring TO
the King county contest In an editorial
on May Il. took notice of the current
rumors of arbitrary action on this con-
test, saying:
Who Rules.
The state convention is Ia
express the will of tho republican yot-
ers of the state of Washington. 1t can
not hope to truly represent the mem
hers OF h party unless it is made up
OF delegates who represent the party.
The question of whether IL DELEGATION
picked by twenty men or one elected
by 5000 men nd at a primary
Is the representative delegation can
not be lodged. To try to hide behind
a technically and to thus overcome the
Will OF the people is not fair play. 1t
makes no difference whether it is a
Iaft delegation or II other kind of a
delegation, right is right and wrong
cannot be mad right"
Notwithstanding the facts. DESPITE
the unassailable title of the Roosevelt
delegates, unlnecdful of the solemn
warnings of which the one quoted is
only typical, addressed to the conven-
ton by the press OF the state. the COM
mittee unseated the Roosevelt dele
gates and enrolled the picked
delegates selected by the ousted sub
committee of the central committee.
In the minor contests all Taft on
testants were seated until the commit
tee felt ssured hat they had riveted
control of the temporary organization
of the convention. Then the commit
tee tentatively agreed to seat the
Roosevelt delegation from Pierce and
Cla1'am counties, assuming that they
could do SO without jeopardy to the
Taft control of the convention. The.
committee then adjourned to meet
again at . O'CLOCK ON the evening prior
to the opening of the convention.
Later 1t became known that the
committee. for the purpose of etsb-
fishing the machine control of the con-
vcntion by a wider margin, contem-
plated resembling it's action favorable
to he Roosevelt delegates from Pierce
and Clallam counties. BY this time
the h~igh-handcd tactics of the ma
chine had SO inccnsed h great body
OF the delegates to the convention that
serious disorder was feared. The sit
Cation was dangerous. The governor
OF the state was aroused from his
sleep at O'Clock in the morning OF
May IA with an appeal to come to
Aberdeen and try to restore order. Tic
left his hone in Olympia mt 5 O'Clock
by automobile. and after a hurried trir
to Aberdeen. Immediately appeared
before h committee and said, with
solemn warning:
Governors Warning.
The people demand fairness and
4 1CfIrn lr m rs~ At.
Hish is you duty. Personally am for
Taft. but if the majority of the nennle