Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1912-06-26

gates will now decline TO vote any
matter before the convention.
do not release any delegate from
his honorable obligation to vot'
for me if he votes at all, but I'M
der the actual conditions I hop,
that he will not vote at all.
1.-THE convention as now com
posed has no right to represent thu
voters of the Republican party
It represents nothing but fraud
in overriding the will Of the ranh
and file of the party.
SUCCESSFUL FRAUD.
"Any man nominsted by the
convention as now constituted
will be merely the beneficiary OF
this successful fraud. 1t would
be deeply discreditable to any
man to accept the conventions
nomination under these circum-
stances, and any man that &C.
oepted it would havs no claim to
support of any Republican on
party grounds and would have
forfeited the right to ask the sup
pont of any honest man of any
party on moral grounds.
"THEODoRE RoosEveLT.
Allen closed amid a tremend-
GUS demonstration which showed
promise of lasting long, like the
other, but it was checked by the
gravel.
At last Chairman Root rushed
out to the front and said:
II hope it will be understood
in this convention that friends of
Mr.. Taft must pay the same re-
speot to speakers on the side ia
voring Mr.. Roosevelt as the advo-
Gates of Mr.. Rooevslt have paid
to speakers on the other side."
There was q cheer and it was
quiet for some time.
After getting underway in an
effort to close up its business the
Republican national convention
was forced to halt and mark time
by delay in the reports from the
credential committee.
The convention worked steadily
90 long as material tor it's pro.
ceedings was forthcoming from
the credentials committee, and q
dozen or more contests were put
through under the gravel. In
each case Taft delegates we're
seated.
It WAS 10:48 when Chairman
Root dropped his gravel. The
floor was in confusion and the
aisles were crowded with delegates
seeking their seats. Chairman
Root, when semblance of
quiet had been restored, intro
duced the Rev. John Wesley Hill
of New York who opened the pro-
ceedings with prayer.
Shortly after Senator Root had
called the convention to order
Governor johnson, one of the
Roosevelt leaders, left the coven-
ton hall. His reason for 90 do
ing was explained in the following
statement which he gave out:
CIV. JoHNsoN's STATEMENT.
II shall not sit in this conven-
tion during the nomination nor
shall 1 consider myself in any
manner bound by its acts. Not
only was a fraudulent roll foisted
upon US to defeat the will of tbs
people, but the law of the State of
California, passed by that State
and acquiesced in by the Presi-
dent and every faction in Oalifor-
MIA, has been nullified. The ba.
sic right of the people to rule and
the fundamental principle of the
direct primary have been outraged
aud denied. Az the Governor of
California, sworn to uphold its
laws, I feel that my duty is plain.
and that my selfrespect demands
that I shall no longer remain in
the convention.
"All of the California de'ega-
tion are in thorough accord with
me and desire to retire with me,
but have requested them 70 re-.
main to carry out the general
plans OF the, Roosevelt delegates. u
The first report from the com.
mittee on credentials dealt with
the Mississippi delegates-at.large
It recommended the seating of the
Taft delegates. The Roosevelt