The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-16
Was a boomerang.

Dayton. Ohio, May 16.-In the
opinion Of Theodore Roosevelt. the
campaign for the republican nomin-
alton for president has now been de-
cided. He dictated this statement
last night:
THE number of delegates neces-
, sary to nominate is $50. OF the dele
>ssates already elected. without count
insy the contested delegates. l have
more than 500. OF the delegates yet
to be elected / am confident / will
receive enough to insure my nomina-
tion on the first ballot
Colonel Roosevelt's claim was bas-
ed upon table of delegates prepared
by his secretary. According to this
cgates already elected and instruct
ed for Roosevelt without including
any uninstructed or contested dele
gates. Colonel Roosevelt said as he
went over the table that he was as
sured Of enough votes from the total
Of uninstructed and contested dele
gates to he able to state that of the
more than 500. He referred to a
number Of states in which he said he
would receive more votes than are
included in the list Of delegates now
instructed for him. The table. he ad-
ded. did not take into consideration
the chances of obtaining delegates
from Ohio or New Jersey.
A new broom was tied to the rear
platform of the Roosevelt special
train today.
In speaking at Kenton. Colonel
Roosevelt said:
"Of uncontested delegates that
have been elected we now have a con-
siderable majority over Mr.. Taft. On
the present showing it would be inn
possible to nominate him except nv
unfairly and improperly seating del
egates who have no possible claim to
sit In the convention"
Colonel Roosevelt began the sec
onday of his Ohio campaign in Elyria,
where he made speech before
breakfast at 6:4o O'Clock and ended
1t at Dayton last night. He deliver
ed fifteen speeches during the day
to crowds Of large size.
In his address at Springfield, Col
one, qnel Roosevelt criticised President
"a certain Lorimer congressman
from Illinois" said he. "who is sup
porting Mr.. Taft. as his chief Sena-
tor Lorimer. did. has come into Ohio
bringing number of members Of
the two companies of the colored
regiment which were discharged on
account of the riot at Brownsville.
These men are brought here by the
Taft managers to assail me for what
! did at Brownsville. to try to get
our colored fellow citizens to vote
against me.
II always accept full responsibility
for what l do. l did take the action
at brownsville and my Judgment in
taking it has been ratified over and
over again by every competent man
who investigated the matter; by tri-
bunal after tribunal. I want you to
understand that l am not taking back
by one fingers breadth any action
of mine. If should lose every dele
gate in every state in the union by
taking 1t, would take that action
over again.
Il want to call your attention to
the fact that the Taft managers at a
time when Mr.. Taft is in the state
himself, without one word of protest
from him. are trying to use that in
cident to my discredit and to his ad-
vantage. Now I acted on the rec
ommendation Of MIR. Taft when he
was my secretary Of war"
Colonel Roosevelt held a CODY of
the annual report of the secretary of
war for 1906 and read an extract
from 1t In which reference was made
to the Brownsville affair."
There is Mr.. Taft's own report.
upon which I acted" he continued.
II do not shift any responsibility up-
on Mr.. Taft. take it all. But Mr..
Taft should be responsible for his
action too. MIR. Taft recommended
to me. as l have read to you, from
his report. that these men should be
dismissed for a heinous crime. Does
Mr.. Taft now say that when he made
that report to me and submitted It
to congress he said what was no,
true? II he says so let him give his
reasons for his change.
More than that he has for three
years been president and he could
have reinstated every man of that
regiment II he thought that the sc.
tion I took on his recommendation
was wrong. Mr.. Taft. in my judr-
ment. cannot and will not affirm that
his action then taken was not prop
err"