The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-10-31
WHY | CANNOT VOTE
FOR MR.. ROOSEVELT

best of all teaching is that by cX-
about to lead him into trouble, he
shifted the responsibility onto sommo
one else, by denying his own action
and dcnouncing somebody as liaI
as in the case OF sending Mr.. StOreI
to Rome to influence the Pope in an
American appointment.
There is an old adagc TO the effect
that ii man who lives in "A glass
house should not throw stones. Now
Mr.. Roosevelt has denounced the Re-
publicans as thieves, saying that they
stole his delegates in the State OF
Washington, two OF his in the State
OF California, some in Texas and some
in Ohio | am not pronouncing judg-
ment Let us suppose it is true. On
the other hand the Republicans say
that Roosevelt instituted contests. OF
had il done by his agents, against
more than two hundred delegates,
while his own supporters on the Ma
tionll Committee say there was not a
particle OF ground for THESE contests
for more than seventy-five. They
say that he did it in the hope that
ed seats would be allowed "A voice in
passing on the credentials. and there
foer he attempted to steal outright
at least one hundred and twenty i've
delegates. ! am not passing Judg-
mcnt. Let that stand. But all OF
US know that Mr. Roosevelt claimed
that it was wrong for the National
Committee to decide the contested
ltu ~ whiIn in his M 4
held in August, his national commit
tee did he same thing only tn y did it
within closed doors What a differ
ence it makes whose OK is gorcd
Now there is not a particle of
doubt that if Roosevelt had controll-
ed he Chicago convention and been
nominated. that ne would have ac-
cepted and worked in harmony with
these bosses that he is so actively de-
nouncing now. A boss is a leader
in some other party. viii some one
tell us the distinction between PEN
rosylvania and tlinnsylvania. All
can tell is that one is Taft and the
other Roosevelt But Mr. Roosevelt
seems to look upon Finn as Il patri-
otto leader.
Roosevelt seems to favor the con-
stitution of the is or to ignore it
as it suits his passing purpose. For
instance he is this year very free
with his criticisms OF judges and
wishes their decisions recalled under
certain circumstances. In the Out
look of Nov Is. 1911, little less
than a year ago, in an editorial en-
titled The Trusts, The People and
the Square Deal" Mr.. Roosevelt says
This statement by the way applies
also to the question of 'usurpation' by
any one branch OF our government
OF the rights of another branch. 1T
is oDntendcd that in these recent de-
cisions the supreme court legislated !;
so it did, and it had to; because con-
gress had signally failed to do its
duty by legislating. For the SUI
preme court to nullify an act of the
legislature as unconstitutional eX-
cept on the clearest grounds is usur-
patton; to interpret such an act in
an obviously wrong sense is usurpa-
ton; but where the legislative body
peritntlessy leaves open a field which
it is absolutely impcra tive, from the
public stand point, to fill, then no
possible blame attaches to the Off
Gals who step in because they have
to, and who then do the needed work
in the interests of the people. The
blame in such cases lies with the
body which has been derclict. and not
within the body which reluctantly
makes good the dcreliction." The
supreme court legislatcd. 1t had to
do so. I'll deserves credit for so do
ing. Does that show any regard
whatever for the constitution of the
land! And yet he is asking the peo-
pie to again elect him president of
the country whose constitution he is
willing to set aside on mere preteXts.
LaFollette in referring to his ac-
tons of the ChiCa 20 convent ion
makes use of the following language
-"Roosevelt at Chicago. backed by
money derived from the stock water
ing operations o; the steel trust
and the harvester trust, organizing
what are now confessed to have been
fake" contests as to nearly two hum
dred delegates in order to control the
Republican convention and secure his
own nomination, refusing to aid in
the making of IA progressive platform
bound to have the nomination OF de-
stroy the Republican party. was a
most striking example of instructed
power and unworthy ambition.
Roosevelt had as great opportunity
to serve the progressive cause at Chi
cago. as Bryan had at Baltimore. But
Roosevelt was serving the man. not
the cause. He wanted one thing
he wanted thhe nomination. And
yet he did not have enough votes to
nominate himself upon any honest
basis He did have enough delegates
in that convention ultimately to have
nominated a real progressive and a
dopted strong progressive plat
form. He could even have nominated
Hadley on such a platform, and pro-
gressive republicans could have sup
ported him in much the same spirit
as hundreds of thousands of them
will now support Wilson. But
Roosevelt would not consider Hadley
He would have no one but himself.
At the first suggestion of Hadley. he
ordered the third party manoeuvers,
lest he lose his followers"
This is pretty severe condemna-
ton of the eX-president to come
from man of LaFollctte's stand
ing.
Roosevelt would have us believe
that he is much concerned about the
laboring people and yet he was the
most extravagant president the cOun-
try ever had wonder how many
of the day laborers who seem to be-
lieve so strongly in him know that it
took seventy five thousand dollars of
the peoples money to run his stables
e., Of ttt-n nd hat