The Washington times., 1912-06-10
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temporary roll that will enable them to
and If they need California, Oregon.
Washington. and South Dakota. they
will have their credentials committee
throw them out, or as many of them
as may seem necessary.
That Is the plan. Perhaps there Will
be another failure of the nerve, but II
Is the plan at this moment. In any
event, the acceptance of the Roosevelt
delegates for the time being demon
strates that there are extremes TO
which the committee cannot be forced:
Mckinley was exasperated beyond
measure when he learned that he could
not hold his force for the rough work
in hand.
He yielded. according TO today's
story. only when he found that IL he
didn't yield gracefully his own steam
roller would back up and roll over him.
Then he gave way.
The announcement of the big Roose-
veh victory in California was the SEN
first break. The carefully constructed
dam that Mckinley and his gang had
built to hold back the waters OF gather
ing public opinion. had broken at the
first hard pressure. And no wonder
Sees Volcanoes In Action.
An hour before the committee met
Governor Stubbs OF Kansas was talking
to a group of friends.
II see by the papers this morning that
row of volcanoes has blown III
Alaska" said newspaper man.
Yes, so do L. retorted the governor.
instantly. and volcanoes will be blow
ing up all over Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa
and the whole country inside OF torty q,
eight hours if these burglars so ahead
with the plan they've now determined
on, to steal the delegates from Call
fornia. South Dakota. and Texas. on
top of the rest they are grabbing.
Returns are coming In today from
sections. and they are all alike, the
whole West from Ohio to Pacific coast
Is seething with rage over the plan or
the reactionary forces to steal every
thing they need. no matter TO what eX-
tent 1t carried them.
Two days ago they first whispered
among the Taft insiders. that " worst
came to worst they would unseat the
Roosevelt delegations in California and
South Dakota Each was elected under
a State primary. In California by I2,yD
ma jority. In South Dakota by 5000. NO
matter. there is no claiming or contest
ing delegation In either state to take
the place of the Roosevelt people. NO
contests have been formally filed. Nc
natter those two States would. in all
proba biltv simply have TO go unrepre-
sented, disfranchised II the Roosevelt
delegates were thrown out. No matter
incidentally they would go Democratic
next November by pretty nearly
una animous vote No matter.
Alarmed BY Protests.
Nothing matters. This Job had got
to be pulled and the steam roller en-
gineers bent every desperate nrgy tc
hold their machin together for 1t. Bu'
the voice of the country made itself
/ heard. Telegrams and letters came BY
| hundreds to committeeman who hac
| Joined the Taft forces, warning then
that n they staid through this infamous
programme they had better live abroac
| instead of going back home.
| the progressive States adjacent to Iowa
| are sending word that they are coming
! on to Chicago. The railroad passenger
departments are receiving demands foI
| cars to help In the crowds that they
| ar thus far unable to meet.
| 1T Is a prairie fire that the Taft ma
chinists didn't anticipate. They are
| stricken with fear
Their one and onlv reliance was thu
national committee. They haye no. no
without the delegates from two Z
three Of these States that Roosevelt
overwhelmingly carried. They hav'
been deserted by the terrorized crew o
the pirate craft at the coliseum, ant
they are now in desperate straits
| To make things worse for them, Sen
ator Dixon turned up full of conhdenc
| and cheer this morning. He talked +
the assembled newspapermen a shor
| time before the word came that the Cal
| ifornia delegation had been seated, ant
his air was such that later the new
OF the California victory came. every
body was convinced that Dixon hat
| known II in advance and that he ha,
turned a big trick that the Taft peopl
had been unable to prevent
Southern Delegates Waver.
The Southern delegates. especial,
those from the Mississippi Valley States
required instant attention from the Tai
managers, following the publica tion o