El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-06-21

up the mass of the Republican party
Instead 1t now represents nothing but
successful political fraud. perpetrlted
in the interest of political and finan-
cial privilege.
Unfairness of Root.
7 understand that Mr.. Root has an
nounced that no one Of the stolen del
egates will be- allowed to vote on his
own case, but that all will be allowed
to vote on one another's cases. Such
a ruling is a sheer denial of justice
and fair play The case bears no
analogy to ordinary cases. where there
be considered as whole.
e'Fraud, Fraud, Fraud"
"AlI these 80 fraudulent delegates
were seated at the same time by the
votes Of the came national committee
men, TO serve the same purpose The
credentials committee appointed TO try
their cases includes three of their own
number, from the states Of Washing
ton, Arizona and Texas, where the del
egations were stolen by the national
committee. This committee selected IS
its chairman the Guggenheim delegate
from Colorado who had already, as ma
tional committeeman, assisted in initi-
ating the very frauds upon which he is
now to sit in judgment.
To show Generosity.
Nothing that this committee may do
is entitled to consideration and in con-
sider;ng what they do, it will be wen
to keep in mind the remark made in
private by one Of the national com
mitteSmen, who, when asked why they
had stolen so many more delegates
than were needed for their purpose,
answered that it would enable the Gre
dentials committee to make a show Of
generosity oy unseating some, while
retaining Z number amply sufficient TO
accomplish all the ends they haze in
view.
Fraud Just as Great.
Moreover, it is wen to remember
that rne fraud is equally great and
equally reprehensible whether the
fraudulent vote on the nomination for
president or whether they are merely
used to create a situation which rem
ders it unnecessary for them to vote
on the nomination for president. II
the roll is not purged is mass of the
fraudulently elected delegates the
whole election Of the convention Is
tainted.
Refuse to Recognize People.
1.-THE committee on rules has, against
the protest IF the progressive members,
provided for the perpetuation of the
national committee in the form respon-
sible for the scandalOus outrages which
have at this moment brought the Re
publican party to the breaking point,
and they have explicitly refused to rec
ognize the principle Of popular presi-
Dental primaries and have made the
national committee supreme over the
people in the matter of primaries"
"SOme Respectable Support"
Unfortunately in our political life
the INSCRIPTIONS man who commits
wrongs such as these. can usually count
on having some respectable men sup
port him and other respectable men
oppose, but cease their opposition at
the point when it would become really
effective.
In this connection, the INSCRIPTIONS
men who are the leaders have already
received support from the former class
of respecta BILE men and they count
upon seeing representatives OF the lat
ter class, who have hitherto voted
against them, fear to take the decisive
step of sundering connection with the
fraudulent convention itself
Such are the facts about the nation
al convention as now constituted I
decline any longer to be bound by any
action it may take I decline to regard
as binding any nomination it may