The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-28
c. D. H|LLES FIRES
THE OPENING GUN
Issues Statement Attacking
Third Party Leaders
TO EXPLAIN MONDAY
Defense of Action of Chicago Conven-
tisr will Be Given Out--Alabama
Conteyts Good Example
Of the Whole

| New York, July 27.--Charles ID. Hilles.
formerly secretary TO President Taft
and now chairman of the republican ma
tional committee, gave out a statement
today at the headquarters of the re-
publican national committee in this city
as follows:
THE only possible justification of the
avowed effort of the third party lead
ers to induce the republican electors in
at least six states to betray their trust
and cast their votes in the electoral
college for ex-President Roosevelt
would be the truth of the charge that
fraudulent seating of sufficient num-
Der of delegates to affect the choice OF
the national convention.
There Is no truth whatever in that
charge. Mr. Roosevelt and his asso-
ciates know there is no truth In 1t, but
they have been attempting, by vocifer-
alton and reiteration, to becloud the
fact that they have no proof to offer
They would drown out all attempts to
Of thief and fraud
Filed Fake Contests
"The third term party Is the self-con-
| fessed sponsor for 100 fake contests
by which 1t attempted 10 secure fraud
ulent control OF the national convention
and now It has the temer.ty to ask the
American public to believe that in the
remaining 7S contests the right was all
on it's side.
''Of the 23S contests which Mr.
Roosevelt ordered to be brought before
the national committee his political
managers voluntarily abandoned 16O
and one of his press agents announced
that these contests were Instituted
solely for psychological effect and in
order that table of delegates elected
might not reveal the large majority of
ed for President Taft.
This gross Misrepresentation of the
republican party has attained proper
tions far greater than a factional quar-
rel. Were the charges true. 1t would be
national scandal For that reason the
proper authorities have caused to be pre-
pared a complete review of all the con-
troverted cases. a review which 1t is the
duty of every loyal American to read.
resume of this will be published more
or less fully In the newspapers of Mon
day morning and copies of the complete
statement will be available to all who
write for them to the republican national
committee at It's headquarters in the
Times building. The document furnishes
all the facts in every contest.
Alabama Contests
"why, take the state Of Alabama. Mr..
Roosevelt. through his political managers.
asked the national committee to unseat
| % Taft delegates. Twenty of the con-
testants were thrown out by the practi-
cally unanimous vote of the committee
and one avowed Roosevelt committeeman
remarked L am convinced the country
will be astounded by the flimsy character
| of the Roosevelt contests There was no
steam roller in operation: the committee
voted In accordance with Its convictions
| and as 1t was compelled 10 on the evil
der1ce Mr. Roosevelt confessed his own
knowledge OF the fraudulent character OF
his contests and testified to the Justice OF
| the committees work when at Oyster
Bay on the night the committees action
was taken he showed to the representa-
tIyes of the press a section of his CON
fdential list of delegates. This list
showed that Mr.. Roosevelt expected only
two OF his contesting delegates in Ala
bama to be seated, and Mr. Roosevelt
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