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

! they could not assume because they could moi
control the party organization.
The Kansas supreme court, to which the ques
ton was submitted, held that, regardless of the
truth Of the charges of fraud and msreprescn
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 I
writ of error and the question was carried up tC
the United States supreme court. This high
tribunal decided that the supreme court could
not interfere with the Kansas primaries, hut that
federal courts might take cognizance of tile writ
of error application.
The decision was naturally hailed by the Bull
Moose herd as a great victory. ~ = y
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 OF
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 majority
sentiment of that state. No denial is made that
Kansas is a Roosevelt state just now. =: 81
IS Neither,;the KapsRs courts nor the supreme
court justices passed. upon the ethical question
raised Both tribunals regarded the question as
a political and moral, not a legal one. and de,
ciined tosinterfere with the progress of the pri-
Inaries ...., g.: -,
In the lBnll Moose jublation over 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 r. Car.
ter, enthusiastic Rooseveltian, came back to Ha-
wall with signed statement in which he said
,"No man who stands for truly representa-
tive party can stand any longer in the Repub'
lican party :-.~
Yet in Kansas the Bull Moosers not only con-
tuned to stand in the party and under the name
of Republican, but named eight electors on the
Republican ticket in .thetPrimaries of August 6,
A5hs ppepyeg S III y as opposing the Re
publican nominee. nsi u la 81
The. newspapers of the, country ten days ago
carried two interesting items. One of them
reals as f6llowss ri r. '' b.. .''.@ 81 ,*lz",,5
sfop&s, XIII. Aug. e::-Progressivism n,.5 swept
=
Kansas in the primary election today. It
whisked into nomination., ass Republicans the
eight presidential electors who had declared al.
legianpes THEODORE Roosevelt, and on the face
of the returns up to midnight defeated Con
gresham p. p. Campbell in his struggle to re-
tain his seat in Congress. At that hour H. NJ.
Gray, Progressive, had lead for the Repub-
iican- nomination over Campbell, who has been
a stanch supporter of President Taft"
The other, published under a Chicago date
line of August as part of the story of the Pro
gressive convention in Chicago, says:
'sThe New Jersey delegation came in shout
ing the same yeH it used so often at-the Repub-
HeaI convention 1t brought new battle hymn,
which, 1ike the Pennsylvania ditty on the sub
iect ofshanging "Boies Penrose to a sour apple
tree 3 was set to the tune of the Battle Hymn
of the Republic This is the way it ran: - ~
"'The grand old party is amodering in
, h:a* the grave;
+, = 1t came and Saved the nation, but itself it
cannot save.
It's Boss Barnes plaything and it's Gug-. :,
genheim's slave
But we 60 marching on.
""The bull moose is coming, cant 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 60 marching on"