Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-06-28
NO CAUSE FOR SORROW.

President Taft has been renominat
ed by the Republican national con
vention and today is the legitimat
and regular nominee of the party
He secured that nomination in tn
regular way, and by methods tina
have prevailed in this country since
the party has been an organization
Much has been said about STEALS
and "thievery" and the overthrow of
the will of the people, = yet the fact
remains that not a single move was
made at the recent convention by
the faction of the party that nom
mated Mr. Taft that did not have
the authority of precedent behind
it, and that has not been done at
every national Republican conven-
tion in history. The steam roller"
occupied prominent place in the
convention news, especially i'm ROose-
welt newspapers, yet there never was
more fragrant and outrageous op-
cago in 1908 under the management
of Theodore Roosevelt Those who
have read the history of that con-
Vention, or who remember it's deliber-
ations, know that this is true. At
that time we were not all Taft men.
In fact there was a widespread sem
timent in this country opposed to his
nomination. But Roosevelt dominat-
ed the Republican party. . He said |
Taft was the man, and he immedi-
ately proceeded to see that he was
nominated, He left no stone unturn-
ed to secure victory, and he manipu-
lated matters so that Tafts opposi-
tion was inconsequental. He simply
obliterated it, and forced the dele
gates to take their medicine. We
said, well and good" Taft is our
candidate because he has been nom
mated by our party Nothing was
heard then, about the steam roller"
of the steal of delegates" or the
overthrow OF tn. will Of the people. ,
Why, then, should an incident that ,
passed unnoticed in the convention ,
of 1908, and previously i'm all other (
conventions, to a more or less extent, q
at once grow to such Importance i'm I
1912? Simply because the man who t
was most expert in manipulation, d
found himself facing a condition of \,
which he was the accepted exponent. c
Dnly this time he was the one who d
'elt the iron heel OF the organization. h
II appears to The Observer that n
here is considerable real, raw bun a
'ombe in this yell about the steal "
# delegates. II is made to iniiu- I,
nee the people, and create the belief Il
hat some horrible crime against h.
hem was committed at Chicago, and g;
ct, when YOU come right down to
rass tacks' as the saying goes, what la
re facts? II is stated that delegates al
Tho were elected by the people at b,
he primaries. were unseated, and ST
TIERS selected by the Taft controlled In
'ational committee. were seated. The m
observer insists that this is untrue mn
elegates were elected by state wide in
rimarles i'm oregon, Ohio. Illinois. TT
ennsylvania. Massachusetts,. New to
'rsey. Maryland. pledged to vote CO
II Roosevelt. No attempt was made tn
unseat them. They were regularly re
ected and performed the duty at I'M
e convention with which they were fr,
structed, or could have done so. 70,
ID they desired. In Washington. IN,
e delegates to the state convention WI
IRE not selected by state wide pri- sit
aries. Some Of them were chosen an
county conventions and. in some he
unties. by primaries. But it is
arged that in most instances these Co
maries were not regular. and were ha,
led. managed, and under the con- der
! OF the Roosevelt men. In most siti
tanccs the Taft supporters abso- me
ely refused to take any part what pa
r in them. when the conventions sui
embed in Aberdeen. the Taft zen
~ was the regular one. There can the
no question about that Il met am
called by the regular state central ed.
lmittee. and organized according 7
custom. The Roosevelt support bet
meanwhile. had rented another and
and set up a convention OF their are
j. An invitation was extended % of
n 70 affiliate with the Taft men the
he regular convention. but they can
gnantly spurnea the offer and sho
{ ahead and nominated and CON
TED their own set % delegates % .
y were thus certainly irregular. and
the national committee. and sess
? the credentials committee. we who