The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-06-13

other suggestions in contemplation ia
Il rump national convention at which
Theodore Roosevelt shall be nominated.
The friends of Presiden. Taft nave no
sympathy with and on the contrary
r"pudiate any suggestion from what
over source that the Chicago police will
not do Their duty in the coming national
convention.
That the police in the convention
hail will be actuated by motives other
tn an the protection of lives and propc-i V
and the upholding of the honor Of the
City of Chicago as law abiding com
munitv is a slander which canno, be- too
strongly characterized. They will Toe
policemen. not door keepers.
THAT William Finn and his associates
may think otherwise is a matter for their
own consciences. Mr.. Finn. however
will shortly discover that Chicago ,s not
Pittsburg."
DIXoN's sTArEMENT.
Senator DiIon for the Roosevelt cam
raigners issued the following statement
tonight;
The saturnala Of fraud and larceny
now in progress under the auspices Of
til. national committee took On rev
responsiveness to-day with the anno,.ncr-
uent "f tho committee action IN the
case of California. " was thought that
tn. limit Of folly and iud.Cencv had
already ben reached by this uoOmed
and passion drunk committee. who IN
/ the las few days have ISSUED the jariy's
credentials To bogus delegates. recking
with fraud and straight from the cesslools
OF Southern corruption.
/ The amazed public has heard the plea
Of party regularity uttered by these
so-called trustees Of the party on behalf
Of conventions from which HONESTLY
elected delegates were excluded by thugs
and gun fighters. But to-day the ugly
mask Of treason hove in sight.
Hitherto il was supposed that the
national committee We're content with
the political emoluments of pocket picking
and porch climbing. To-day. however.
they cssayed the role of the apache and
But a lot of crooks JOY riding on a
steam roller reck little of such infirmitics
the fact that the voting in the State Of
California under the law had nothing to
do with the dist ricts; nor Of the fact that
President Taft had come into the State
and appealed for support. to he expressed
under the terms Of the law.
Honor. decency. respect for the law
' long ago have Withdrawn from the fetid
atmosphere that hangs about the ma
/ tional committees q room.
TRUE, the g,lillotine Quivered little
because the hands that worked it trem-
bled a bit. 1t strains the nerve 10 lop
w wv VI us.icSu'cS
by the voting and the fighting citizenship
Of great Republican State But tho
knife came down, after q momcntary
hitch. and there were two less delegate es
representing self-respect and honesty
to reckon with when the hour of reckoning
arrives.
AS W" turn our gaze from this sicken-
! ing debacle. surely we shall find that the
! President Of the United States will stcrnly
and indignantly rebuke, disavow and
reject such action in his behalf
"Surely after his appeal Of May IL to the
, voters Of California and his submission to
their verdict, he will abide by il like "a
man of honor and truth
But no to our shame as a nation he
it said Tor said il must he. Tho jackal
Of Pat Calhoun, worked under the very
eyes and in the presence and under tho
nervous, tense and close direction of MIR
Hillcs. the personal representative of the
President and of the Secretary of Com
mcrce and Labor. MIR Nagel, and of the
assistant Secretary OF the Treasury, Mr.,
Bailey
From small retiring room Just of
hc national committee chamber direc-
lions came, and to il reports were borne.
In and out of the committee room passed
the representatives Of the President.
They SAW what WAS going on. They heard
what WAS stai'ri iii-y inal,i",l with ap-
proval ana hailed the California result;
with every manifestation ot satisfact ion
and Of pleasure.
such is the story Of the rape of Cali.
forniA."