The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-14
THE COMMITTEES FAIRNESS

The fairness of the Republican Ma
tional committee in its treatment of
the contested cases before it, is being
vindicated daily, The flimsy character
Of almost all Of those contests is mani
fest from the fact thst even Col. Roose-
welt himself gave up the most Of them,
as in the case of Alabama, whcrc Of
all the contests submitted, there was
but one that he considered important
enough to put upon his claiming list.
And so, for the most part, the vote of
the committee has been unanimous in
rejecting the Roosevelt contests, show
ing that the ability Of the rascals who
got them up by no means matches their
intent at political scoundrelism. The
charges that are flying about with re-
spect TO purchases OF delegates from
the South. either bv money or by
promise of office, will be held in sus-
picion bv the public until names and
facts are produced Failure OF such
production will bc held to he an sban-
donmept of the charge.
Senator Borah, the Roosevelt man
ager before the committee, has usually
voted for the Taft delegates, stating
that he had personally examined into
the contests and found no merit in
them
Again, the fairness of the committee
was manifested when, after justly Civ
ing the contested delegations from Mis-
sissippi to the President, the committee
gave the four delegates at large from
Missouri to Col. Roosevelt This was
evidently the Just thing to do; for al
though the charge was made that be.
fore going into the Republican State
Convention of Missouri pledges had
been given by the controlling Roose.
welt element that the delegation would
be shared, and although these pledges
were violated and all four delegates
were chosen as Roosevelt men, it is
clear that the committee could not take
any notice of those pledges. 1t was
bound by the official procedure of the
Missouri State Convention and so held
itself. and voted accordingly Giving
lut uclCSdbts al re lIOHl hllsSOuTl W
Col. Roosevelt was evidently the right
thing to do. The district delegations
in dispute seeing that the committee
was entirely fair in its action, got TO-
gether and apportioned the district
delegates fout of court - as one might
say, and abandoned the contests, thus
expediting the work of the committee.
1t has been a clear case all along
that the committee was not only dis
posed to be impartial and candid in its
decisions Of the contests, but that it
actually has been so. The wells Of
Roosevelt and his claquers to the con-
trary go for nothing in view of the
evident disposition Of the committee to
be fair. A minor incident also indi
Gates the fairness of the committee,
where it refused to exclude Mr.. Heney
as member of the committee on his
proxy from Thomas Thorson Of South
Dakota Mr. Heney might properly
have been excluded as not being a resi-
proper person to hold ? proxy from that
State; but the committee allowed en-
tire freedom Of action and supported
the claim Of Mr.. Heney to be the mem
Der from South Dakota. in spite OF his
evident bumptiousness and insulting be-
havior
II is good 10 see that the committee
is thus vindicating its csndor and fair
ness so that the American public will
necessarily scout at the assaults made
upon the committee by the Roosevelt
faction. When honesty and Justice are
so evident in the action of the commit
tee, as is the case, howls against that
body will 90 for nothing.