Bisbee daily review., 1912-08-15

and his friends as well as of all re- publicans in the state. Following the national convention. Governor De- neen refused to desert the party which had honored him many times with office and of which he was then the candidate for governor but Roosevelt. or his leaders insisted on the organization of third party in the state, and the nomination by 1t of a full state ticket By thus throw. ing down" Deneen and others who had worked and fought for him Roosevelt has undoubtedly lost the votes of many republicans who supported him in the primary, but also voted for Deneen and the other party nominees. Had he instead asked that electors favoring him be placed on the ballot fin that state. and not asked opposi- ton to the republican state candi- dates, many of whom were friendly to him, he would doubtless have secured many republican votes which he has now turned to Taft as in voting against the Bull Moose candidates for state office most of the voters will at the same time vote against their leader. The Pantagraph of Blooming ton, Illinois in commenting on the situation there says:
 'The Pantagraph has been no spe- cial champion of the governor. but has aimed 10 treat him fairly. That will continue to be the policy of this paper. And in the pursuit of such a policy it becomes necessar.r to sErak out when the governor is not given fair show and a square deal. We are frank to say the present occasion calls for a word in his behalf.
 ''The course of the Roosevelt men who are now seeking the defeat of a third party state ticket is Q remark able exhibition of party ingratitude.
 Tt is so conspicuous a case of re turning cvll for good as 10 involve moral tuTpitude. If ever there w;'S a party under obligations to the favor of any man. the Roosevelt peop!e in Illinois aie under CbliG2' iJn to Gov ernOr Deneen
 He r1laI -ha Legislature toseil CT 10 em7ct a residential pre:c: entirl primary law through their wishes. After the enactment of ;he law only 9 few days remained for inc people 10 dec C.a Cn president.
 Meantime Roosevelt entered the state ani sI,rred his followers to en- thusiasm iE a series Of speeches which grossly misrepresented the at titude Of President Taft with refer ence to the senatorial scandal in Illi- nois. There was no time to reply to these unjust accusations before the primary came on. That they in fluenced thousands Of votes there can be no question.
 If Governor Deneen had planned to frame a situation favorable to Roosevelt and against Taft he could not have done it more completely. We by no means charge that he had any such purpose but this does not alter the fact that Colonel Roosevelt was the decided beneficiary of the sit uation produced"
 i The editorial then goes on to cite | how Governor Deneen was nominated | in the primary that gave the Illinois delegation to Roosevelt in the con vention.
 "Deneen is to be punished for not i nominating Roosevelt when he did everything in his power to that end, |" reads the editorial further down.
 He is to be punished furthermore 1 for abiding by the action of the Chi. ! cago convention. when he was doing what has been honOred usage in dele gate bodies in al lthe history of party nomination"
 The editorial winds up with this:
 "Of all things, the Roosevelt men
 Of Illinois have the least ground fol complaint against Governor Deneen. He has done everything except for
 sake the republican party and go into
 new and strange organization, and
 this they never expected him to dc when they nominated him and sen i him as a delegate to Chicago.
 The governor has played fair ana kept faith. He is entitled justly to the votes of all Roosevelt men who arr amenable to the appeals of gratitude
 and is entitled to the support of the friends of President Taft because h' has recognized the binding force o the highest tribunal of the republicar party"
 THIS DATE IN HISTORY"