Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-08-19

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! they could not assume because, they could moi
control the party organization.
The Kansas supreme court, TO which the Quess
ton was submitted, held that, regardless of the
truth of the charges of fraud and misrepfesen
tation made against the eight Roosevelt electors
it had no power to grant the relief the Taft PEG,
pie asked for. Then the Tafters applied for d
writ of error and the question was carried up to
the United States supreme court. This high
tribunal decided that the Supreme court could
not interfere with the Kansaspr ries.s but that
federal courts might take cognizance of the writ
fof error applications.
The decision was naturally hailed by the Bull
Moose herd as great victory = - :
The. real point at issue however, was not de-
termined, nor could it be legally determined,
and that point is the question of the right or
wrong of the Rooseveltians in Selling the regular
Republican ticket for electors who frankly de-
clared they would not vote for the nominee of
the Republican convention
The Roosevelt leaders argued that the elect
ors were not bound by the action of the conven|
ton, which was, they claim, fraudulent and in
defeat of popular sentiment. They urge that the
electors are primarily responsible to the people
of their state and must represent the ma jOrty
sentiment of that state. No denial is made that
Kansas is a Roosevelt state just now
e Neither thei KANSAS courts nor the supreme
court justices passed. upon the ethical question
raised. Both tribunals regarded the question as
q political and moral, not legal one and de
lined t9'ipterfere with the progress of the pri-
maries. -. .o~ ..:
1Inthe Bull Moose jYbiilation soye OYER the victory,
which may easily be decisive one, the Roosevelt
men seem to; have forgotten that they quit the
Chicago convention denOuncing the Republican
party by name and by membership.
just for instance, Ex-Governor George II. Car
ter enthusiastic Rooseveltian, came back to Ha-
waii with signed statement in which he said {:
"No man who stands for a truly representa-
tive party can stand any longer in the Repub
Hcan party"
Yet in Kansas the Bull MoOsers not only con
tiaued to- stand in the party and under the name
of Republican, but named eight electors Oh the
Republican ticket in the primaries of August 6,
|4hSSs I6psaiIy A fecoEd as opposing the Re-
publican nominee. niR'H 30 ~ - 81. 80 49,.
I. The newspapers of the country ten days ago
carried tYo INTERESTING items oneaof them
rais ~, ,. e. .:s. ~.
sUOpeka, KIM Adg 6 -Progressivisnr swept
Kansas in the primary election today Il
rwAiskeds into nominatioDo as1daepubicans: the
Eight pIesidenfial electors who had declared al
td Eheodore Roosevelt, and on the face
of the returns mp to midnight defeated Com
gresham PIP Campbell in his struggle to re-
tain his seat in Congress, At that hour H. NJ
Gray, Progressive, had lead for the Repub
lican nomination over Campbell, who has been
a stanch supporter of President Taft"
The other, published under a Chicago date
line of August 6 as part of the story of the Pro-
gressive convention in Chicago, says:
"The New Jersey delegation came in shout
ing the same yell it used so often at the Repub-
Heap 8eny ntien. 1t btPught new battle hymns
which, like the Penns4 lvania ditty OF tile sub
iect of>hanging "BoiesI Penrose to sour apple
ati'ee,is Was set to the tune of the Battle Hymn
of the Republic This is the way it ran 1%~ssS
"'The grand old party is a-moldering in
s&s<l, the grave;
>:<< IT came and saved the nation, but itself it
~<~~ cannot save.
- It's Boss Barnes paything and it's Gug-
genheims slave
But we 60 marching on.
The bull moose is coming, can't you hear
/ the warlike tread?
The elephant and donkey are trembling
with dread.
Their game is up; we've got them licked;
they know that they are dead
AS we go marching on"