New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-13

Johnson and | agreeing that when we
wished was 10 get the people the chance
to decide for themselves, and that. what
ever our personal views, we should ac-
quieSce in such a decision
Accordingly, the Progressives I'm Cali
fornia, the supporters of myself and Gov
ernor Johnson, gave up the certainty Of
having all the delegates for us and as
| ma tier of principle and justice passed the
primary law Every reactionary paper in
cause all hoped to win under it,
The Legislature of California decrced
that in California, as in Oregon South Ia
kota and North Dakota, the delegates
should be all elected at large. All parties
and all factions acquiesced in the law
and the supporters of the three Republican
candidates for President made campaign
special letter to California which showed
his entire acquiescence In the law
There were no candidates in the districts
at all, and until after the primary was
held there was not a suggestion made about
the district delegates. The Taft members
of the national committee now seat two
Taft men, saving that they come from the
9TH District. As a matter of fact, fourteen
precincts I'm the Attn District overlap the
9Th District. and no man on earth can tell
what the vote IN the 4th District was.
Puts Onus on Calhoun.
After the primary every decent man in
California acqUicSced, but a lieutenant of
Mr.. Patrick Calhoun, the man whom Mr..
Henev indicted has made the contest and
the national committee has actually
seated two Taft-Calhoun delegates from
California, although there were no dis
trict candidates and although no human
being can say what the vote was IN the
district which these men claim
Governor Johnson has rightly said that
II Is an insult to the State of California
To listen to Calhoun's representative III
such a case as this. and he refused to APP
pear before the national committee, saEin6
that he would not try the title OF stoleh
property before the thief who stole u:
Remember that there was not district
delegate elected In California. There were
twenty-siX delegates elected nj larGe ~
majority Of 1900. Mr.. Tafts represcIitn-
tives on the national committee, now Wlln-
out one shadow of warrant OF any knG'
sort or description, steal from the people
Of California the delegates they , ha,n
elected by 1900 majority and present theln
as gift TO Mr.. Taft from the lieutenant
OF Mr. Patrick Calhoun.
| have before me the list Of the thirty
seven Taft national GGmm MI, MEN W tWo
delegates stolen from the people OF Can
fornia by the national Committe.nen az
the request Of the henchmen OF Mr.. AZ AZ
rick Calhoun. The list offers lntercSlub
reading and it is curious to see MI
Rrooker. Of Connecticut, and Mr.. Cr3nc'
of massachusetts,, and Mr. Nagel' Nj ar.
souri,. following behind Mr.. Penrose, NJ
Franklin Murphy. Mr.. Powell 'laE'99n, Nii'
Mulvane, of Kansas. and Mr.. \. NJ. Steven
son, Of Colorado.
Beast and Jungle Moral.
ask that the decent voters Of the coun.
try read Judge Ben lindseys oooN Oh i,e
Beast and the Jungle study whaL ne nj
then appreciate the full significance or tne
action of Messrs. Crane. BROKER and COM
pany in backing up Mr. Stevenson. ,,i,,oo.
OF these thirty-seyen nahonaI ose ma
men who thus robbed the immense ma
jority of the Republicans of california vi
their rights. four represent Alaska' pd no
wall. the Philippine ISLANDS anu - ~
Rico. who don't vote for the President AZ
ali. Twelve represent Democratic states,
none of which voted for Mr.. TAFT at ''io
last election ,,.,,,, ronre-
sent the Republican states every one on
which has repudiated Mr.. Taft al the priss
maries this spring with the eNcepuo, "
Massachusetts. which, however' rSpuu tbe
ed Mr.. Crane. the man through whom me me
vote of Massachusetts has Just been regis
tered in favor OF the theft OF the TWO u@,c
egates in question from me tne p oS ptpirtv
ont Of the thirty-seven Taft members OF
the national committee mere Teii, ,a
only seven men from RepuOlcah staIeSf
and of the seven states, In SIX no PIT
maries were held this spring and the IKE
publican voters had no chance TO express
their wishes.
Viewed as csst-offs.
Those men who are endeavoring to wreck
the Republican party by trying TO PACK ny
national convention with men not elected W
1t as delegates are men Just Tepudlaleu ny
The Republicans of their own states. whose
oficial position in the Republican party
comes TO an end within one week.
These men contend that they are regulars
and sneak as if opposition TO them means
boiling the Republican party.
IL is they who are now irregular. u Is
they who are now profoundly disloyai DOth
to the Republican party and the cause OF
good citizenship. They are boiling from
the Republican party at this moment
Every decent Republican must be loyal
70 the Republicans Of California who by
1900 majority elected their delegates. ana
they can be loyal to the Republican party
only by repudiating the action OF the thir-
tv-seven members OF the national commit
tee who by their votes in the matter nave
shown their profound and abiding diSloy-
atty to the party which in theory they
represent and which in practice they nave
betrayed.
do not for one moment believe that
the convention will ratify this action nv
the national committee. for TO do would
be to betray the cause Of the people. 70
be false to the fundamental principles or
good citizenship and Of American democ-
Iacy and to wreck the Republican party.
When asked II he had decided to 20 TO
Chicago. Col. Roosevelt smilngly replied:
I'm not going in the next half hour
anyway. ] can assure you that this Is
not a disguise" as he pointed TO himself,
sand real self -