The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-26
SUMMING TT ALL UP,

The consensus of newspaper opinion
| as expressed in the editorial columns
of the papers of this country. all coin
eide that the work done at the Chicago
convention was invaluable to the liber-
| ties of the people. 1t maintained the
anti third term tradition, and perhaps
future generations may hold that this
was its greatest work; it shut off the
demagogic assault upon American pre-
cedents and American institutions. That
work reaffirmed and made sure the
basic principles Of our republican IN
stitutions, throwing off tho idea that
the mere clamor Of the public ought or
right to take precedence over the calm
determination Of judges learned in the
law who, in the course of their official
duty, pass upon cases and principles Tor
the preservation Of the institutions
handed down by the fathers through
which the Liberties of the people are
protected and assured.
We find in the San Francisco Chroni-
Gle the following we)lJudged editorial
in approval Of the work Of that conven-
ton:
The public will judge the Chicago con
vention by It's official acts. and not py
what is said by uproarions moos IN 'ns
streets and hotels, or even on the iiooE VI
the convention Itself.
II nrnperlv elected as temporary chair
man one who would, in the customary
address. recite the accompanying Oh
the Republican party. during the last lous
years, and not one who would be expected
10 hefoul tho Republican nest.
1t refused TO arbitrarily unseat sew
enty-two delegates whose seats We're con-
placed on the roll by unanimous vote OF
the national committee, until II should
have received the report OF its own COM
mittee on credentials,
In other words. 1T refused to become
mob instead OF a deliberative body.
When the committee on credentials met
II resolved that II would consider no
cases in which contestants had not np-
neaied from the decision OF the national
committee. and would not. take up any
In which the action of the committee had
been nanimous-Roosevelt members as
we'll as Taft members voting to seat
them.
Nobody can, in good faith. question the
propriety Of that action, and yet 1t raised
a riot IN the Roosevelt camp,
AS to the cases to be taken up, the
committee found that sufficient time had
not been allowed for full presentation.
and came before the convention and
aSkeu lot Qeiay uTIll tnls morning, WneTS-
upon the convention adjourned.
That is all that the convention has
done thus far. and nobody can honestly
say that in all respects its action has not
been dignifed and appropriate.
.Of course the proceedings leading up
to the action have been neither dignified
nor appropriate, but they have enabled
the country to see the character OF the
Roosevelt campaign. 1t Is unpleasant for
us here in California to note that the
most conspicuous leaders In promoting
disorder were among our own representa-
tives or, at least. men from this State.
Even Roosevelt himself seems to have
recognized that they were injurlng his
cause. but he ought not to have called
our own Mr.. Heney an ass. It was
Roosereltian. but improper.
They are horribly excited in Chica 60,
but the contag1on has not spread. Here
In California the crowds which eathered
about the bulletin boards were Interested
not in the convention proceedings, but
the baseball score.
This Judgment is at once reasonable.
sound, and along the lines of the best
thought and deliberate determinations
of the American people.