Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-07-05
FOR PRESIDENT:
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.

THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
"The convention vote by which Pres
ident Taft claims the republican nomi-
nation is 81 out of a total Of LOIS. o.
these 223 comes from territories ana
states that have not cast an electoral
vote for a republican president since
reconstruction days. They represent
only the demoralizing Of federal serv-
ice in the democratic south, with the
effect of DISTINGUISHING the republican
voters in the north.
Seventy come from New YORK,
selected at primaries which. IN the
words of the anti Roosevelt w orlo'
would make Tammany Hall blush
"Michigans delegates at-large Were
chosen by violence. HemenWays tWen-
ty from Indiana, according to the evil
dence, by the votes Of 'repeaters. ana
so it runs. Only eighteen Tart dele-
gates from Massachusetts can trace
their credentials back to the people.
And direct primaries were everywhere
fought by the Taft engineers
Roosevelt delegates elected by the
people, to the number of twenty-five. In
Arizona, California, and Washington
were unseated by the national COM
mittee In the state of Washington the
Taft delegates represent Balllnger ana
the coal land grabbers. just as in Colo
RADIO they represent Gusgenheim, and
in Montana Amalgamated Copper
THE Taft leaders did not pretend TO
have any legal claim to the delegates
from Texas
1.-THE republican states and the re-
publican voters chose Roosevelt, but
southern officeholders and predatory
wealth have used violence and fraud
in an attempt to give the name 'repuo-
lican' to their choice for the presi-
dency.
Furthermore, they have adopted the
same bad rules to govern the conVen-
ton four years hence, thus proposing
10 dischanchise the republican voters
again
mo free man can acquiesce in this
debauchery of his party and remain
free.
"If such action should be condoned,
thep residency would become self-pre-
petuative, as in Mexico.
The only question to be considered
is the most available means to regain
the popular selection of the president
1.-The Tribune does not believe that
nine-tenths Of the republicans should
allow themselves to be driven from the
party Of their fathers by the one-tenth
composed of tobholders, land grabbers.
and tariff robbers.
"Certa inly such q nnorentous step
should only be taken by the active
leaders after they have demonstrated
it's necessity to the rank and file.
Let this course Of action be
adopted:
Ascertain what electors now nomi-
mated propose to follow the choice OF
the people in their states and what
ones will obey the stolen convention,
Request the officials who make up
the ballots to put Roosevelts name at
the head Of the republican ticket.
Wherever possible contest the theft of
the name republican thru the courts.
wherever possible use the existing
republican machinery.
I'm states that misplace Taft's name
in the republican column, form the
third organization to elect Roosevelt
president. cooperating with the repub-
lican nominees for other offices if pos
sible. but II these nominees condone
the theft Of the presidential nomina-
ton, or attempt to profit thereby, nom
mate candidates against them.
Republicans need not be dominated
by officeholders or driven from their
party by land grabbers."