Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-04-22
THE PEOPLES VOICE. .

II is one Of the peculiarities of the Roosevelt
campaign that when he wins a victory that vie
tory is the peoples voice and is precisely what it
ought to be. Whenever he loses. the victory is
not Of the people, but of the BOSSES of the in
terests, and Of seoundrellsm generally His
blatant self-eonceit and inordnate greed disqual-
NY him from considering any questions of this
kind dispassionately or upon their merits The
measure with him is always his own advantage
whatever tends to that is good and whatever
works against it is evil.
And yet the evidence is clear that there is
no greater participation by the people in the
primaries which yield Roosevelt delegates than
IN those which yield Taft delegates In Illinois,
for instance the republican vote at the last presi-
dental election. amounted to $4,000 OF these
23O,OOO suffced to give Roosevelt a tremendous
victory over President Taft in Illinois That is
10 say, little more than one-third Of the total
republican vote east for Roosevelt gives him
majority of upwards of 100000 Results like this
can hardly be considered conclusive in favor of
primaries, or IN favor Of the proposition that the
people are better represented in primaries than
IN caucuses and conventions We doubt very
much. says the Salt Lake Tribune, whether any
political contest which has been decided by eau
cuses and conventions where the interest was
as keen everywhere as IT is this year, was ever
participated in by small number of the party
voters with such tremendous results for the sue.
cessful candidate. When but little more than
one-third of the total party vote will give a ma
Jority like that to any candidate, there is good
ground for challenging the proposition that the
people speak through caucuses and conventions
On the general proposition that the presi-
dental primaries the correct thing and that
whenever they are for Roosevelt they are good
and whenever they against him they are bad
the New York Sun, under the title 'tThus Spake
Iarathustra. Z" has the following biting bit Of
irony:
! am for presidential preference pri-
Nyh | |
get them Presidential preference pr.
maries that show preference for anybody
else than me are the tyranny for an UNI
scrupulouS minority over an honest major
ity There is but one absolutely trust
worthy and wholly incorruptiblc presi-
dental preference primary; il is in my
mind and my count II is as much the
duty OF decent citizens 10 oppose a presi-
dental preference primary that does not
produce plurality for me as To support
amy district or other convention that pro.
dnees delegates for me
And We are 10 have this sort Of thing in.
definitely prolonged. according to the colonel :
most recent talk 4 think We are going Ia win
the fight this YEAR bat If we don't we are In for
three years 81 the war said b. al Creston Iowa.
recently It's dismal outlook Clearly il is
Roosevelt ! dea % intreneh himself Ia his rela.
ton o. the republican party ia the same position
that Bryan has 81 Icing aerupied toward the dem.
ucraiir party. and then arr a. have q party
Dictator and awitatar Ia each 1T the two errnt
parties. and The people viii have no rssi frnm
their aggressive rlamnr