The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1912-10-25
Famous Reformer of California
Labels Bull Moose
Party.
SENATOR JOHN D. WORKS
Says California Progressives Stole @.
O. P. Rights In the Golden State
Crimes Against Franchise Empha-
sized by Courts Ruling-Story by
Man of Nationwide Reputation.

W
sued statement scoring the unprin- |
cipled methods of the Bull Moose
party in California. Coming from al
man such as Senator Works, who has
long been Unidentified with igh.sl
against the encroachments of the trusts
upon the people, his scathing arraing-
ment of the Bull Moosers is worthy
of careful attention.
After reciting the fact that before
the primary election he had published
an article condemning as "treachercusI
and dishonest" the purpose of Roose
welt supporters in California to use the
machinery of the republican party tOl
advance the interests of the third par
ty, for which he was advised by cer-I
tain progressive leaders to resign from
the senate, the senator reviews sub
seQuent developments, saying, in part
1T is admitted on all hands that
under the law of California the pro-
gressives, or new party candidates.
could not have place on the primary
ballot. Therefore any candidate who
was for Roosevelt was barred by law
from running as candidate for nomi-
nation at the primaries. The only
candidate was by petition.
"The law of California provided for
PARTISAN primary elections. This is
absolutely necessary in order TO pre-
serve the rights of the respective
parties. In order to
secure the right to vote at the primar-
les, not for republicans. but for pro-
| gressives, voters who were in fact
progressives and not republicans were
| advised by progressive newspapers to-,
| and presumably did, register as re-
publicans and vote in the republican
booth The voters who were Tor Mr.
| Roosevelt and his new party move
ment, or for Roosevelt without the
new party, and who were registered
as republicans were guilty Of corrupt
practices Their registration a :hdavits
were false and their votes cast in a
republican booth were fraudulent and
illegal.
1T would do progressive NO good
Ito vote in a republican booth by swear
ing that he was republican unless he
could vote for progressive candidates.
Therefore in order to make this STU
pendous system of fraud effective.
progressive candidates must in some
way be placed on the republican bollot
so that progressives masquerading as
!. republicans might vote for them. This
necessitated additional corrupt and
fraudulent practices even more re.
prehensible than others. The law OF
California requires that a candidate
for nomination at the primaries must
make affidavit showing the party to
which he belongs; that he intends to
affiliate with that party, and that he
{; will vote for a majority of its candi.
dates.
eff a supporter of Roosevelt in
tending to support him and affiliate
with the progressive party made suct
. an affidavit then he made false at
6davit, and he made it knowingly ant
willfully he was guilty of perjury
And whether he made the affidavit will
n fully or not, his continuance on thu
republican ballot as candidate aftei
nj he had determined to support tn
r progressive candidates was fraudulen
e and in violation of the letter and tn
spirit of the law. and his nomination
h might be successfully contested on tn
r same grounds.
r Fraudulent Af6davits.
t "Under the peculiar law of Califor
{ MIA, the candidates for the Legislature
r nominated at the primary election, ar
made a convention to nominate can
a | ditates for presidential electors at tn
VI coming election for their parties. B.
making affidavit that they were re
publicans, candidates for the legisla
. ture, who were in fact progressive'
were nominated on the republica
e ticket. Thus. by frauduleu
affidavits, they have gained control 9
the machinery of that party OF whic
they are not members. in the interes
10 of the candidates of another party.
ri "Bv voting as republicans. the pre-
> eressives also secured power to selet
'e that state central committee, not {
6 their own party. but of the republica
y party. to which they do not belonl
and the candidates of which they q
Y, using every effort, fair or foul, to a
&c feat"
Sophistry in Revolution.
The senator quotes from the resol'
tions of the state central comm!st'
m declaring the nominations OF Iatt e
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