Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-06-18

10 aoquisce In, aud 10 coudonc, and
90 accept the fruits of any source OF
action on which these men embark.
even though mch action represents
treason, as well us destruction 90 tho
Republican party, 10 which thry nom
inall} belong, and also treason To- the
cause ui ihe American people. as "a
whole.
The National Committee.
Among the national committee
men vino have taken pnrl in this con
tpuarN there are number OF men,
VINO, in The ordinary relations uf NE,
are doubtless decent aud reputable
Probably these men excuse them
selves, to themselves, for what thcf
are uuW doing, ou the ground th1t
lhcy are not committing what thD
laN recognize aH crime II may
Wrll be- doubted whether, ON the
whole, our country du,H not suffer
more from the mlsdcedF ul men who
recognize as binding on their cuuEcl
cnco only tho obligations of luW
honesty, than II suffers from the mis-
deeds oi actual criminals. Men like
McHsrs, Crane of Massachusetts,
krookrr of Connecticut ana NnRel Of
Missouri, who trail behind their
holdcr associates, such az MesserH
rrnrosc, Murphy aud MulNanc, arc
doubtless genuinely shocked ut the
misconduct uf dcHultlng bank
cashier or ut the action ~ some
small election Official, who ON cleo
llun duN fulsIhrs the returns, Yet,
the wrong to the American y oplc,
thc damage 90 the country hy such
action aB these national committee
f.N lf Is.Il faI g.
ing to uuIlfy uud overthrow IN viii
of the people legiiimatoy expressed
aa 90 their choice for president iN
Infinitely greater than the wrong done
hy the tempted cashier, or the hribed
election oihc.als, II has 10 me been
both a sad aud strange thing, 10
soc men hitherto esteemed, reputable,
take part iu such action ana 90 see
IL sustained by similar men outside,
In the same way there are stlll
In certain parts of this country rep
rcscnlativcs of class far from un-
common quarter of century ago,
class which regards an election as "a
game,
"Politlc'M Theft"
"The majority OF the national
committee In deciding the cases be
fore them, have practiced political
theft IA every form, from highway
robbery 10 petit larceny and polite
al theft is as dishonest as, and more
damaging than ordinary theft
"Ono thousand and seventy eight
men are 10 meet here n convention
to decide the future Of the Repupll-
can party. At least seven out of
eight of those among them who real
ly represent the people are against
the nomination of Mr.. Taft II Is
the duty OF all of them, their iirst
duty, tu throw out of the convention
every man fraudulently seated there
hy the national committee. The frau
dulont TAFT delegates whom the ma
tioual committee seated, for instance,
from california, from Washington,
from dIuna, from Kentucky from
Michigan. from Arizona, from Ala
hama from Texas, represent nothing
but the deliberate attempt by certain
discrcditcd bosses, TO upset the iree
and honest expression Of the people s
viii. These fraudulent TAFT dele
gates were beaten by the voters OF
Washington, of California, OF Texas
of Arizona. Of Indiana, of Kentucky
and then they were seated by the
people of their own states, In Massa-
] tluS'AlN, lu 4N'N J'ln'Af lh 'h''|'
vania In West Virginia, In Kansas,
In Missouri
pnrty's Future at Stake.
"Messrs. Crane, Penrose and com
pany were so discreditcd IN the eyes
Of the Republicans of their own states
that they were beaten as delegates
to the convention, and yet they ar
rogatc to themselves the right to seat
In the convention from The states Of
Washington California Arizona, Tex
as and the rest have just been beaten
at the polls II the convention proves
false to the cause of the people, II
ii records the win of the bosses,
whether yet unheatcn as in New
York and Colorado, or beat as in
the Republican party il viii put back
the cause OF democracy II viii be
false 10 every principle of honor ana
Justice. II cannot with honesty and
pruprlety stand In any shape or way
for the action of the national com
mittcc, neither by accepting that
committees nominee for temporary
chairman. nor by accepting its dects-
ion as to the seating and unseating
of contested delegations,
There can be- no yielding, no finch
ing on our part We have the peo-
pie behind us overwhelmingly we
have Justice and honesty on our side.
We are warning against hossism,
against privilege, social and iudustn-
all we are wurring for the elemental
virtues of honesty and dcccncN OF
fair dealing as between man ana
man, We are warning to save the Re-
publican party; and the only reward
for which we ask is to put our party