Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-04-20
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Bosses OF q mschine which was sup
posed to have been wrecked long ago.
Dehauchino Oklahoma

Bosses OF a mschine which was sup
posed to have been wrecked long ago.
Debauehins Oklahoma.
Another illustration Is furnished by
the third district Of Oklahoma. In
this district when the convention as
sembled the Roosevelt delegates num-
bered 646 and the Taft delegates ITO.
The Taft men controlled the chairman
and other officers OF the district COM
mittee. When the latter found they
were outnumbered they withdrew with
the otAer. Ito Taft. delegates and held
q coayensa3a q thoarsoWn. The Roosa.
Wit men,. ogtnunbsrins the TAFT SUP
porteEs nearly four to one, proceeded
10 slect delegates pledged to support
Theodore Roosevelt. The boiling min.
ortty elected two delegates pledged to
Taft. Under no principle Of right OF
Justice could the TAFT delegates estab
lish tho slightest claim to seats In
the convention. But under the organi.
cation system. merely because the dis
trfct committee was controlled through
federal ONCE holders by the Taft ad.
ministration,. tho Taft delegates are
heralded to the country as the regu-
larry elected delegates and the men
chosen by the overwhelming majority
Of regularly chosen district delegates
and. directed to support Theodore
Roosevelt must appear before the ma.
tional committee at Chicago rs con-
testants ''' -
If the national committee pursues
organization methods they will be re-
fused admittance to the convention.
Tactics In Indiana. -
In. the first Indiana district, where
former Senator Hemenway directed
the Taft forces, the Roosevelt men
had ffty-two-out of ninety-seven mem
bers OF the convention. But here
again the organization controlled the
district chairman and the district
committee proceeded to organize the
convention in behalf of Taft, seating
arbitrarily and without permitting a
vote by the convention, number of,
contesting Taft delegates. The Roose-
and could not make themselves eff
fective except by resorting to physical
force. Under these conditions they
withdrew from the convention aud or
ganized one Of their own and elected
their delegates. Although holding .
clear majority os the Convention, they
were forced to assume the attitude of
boilers in order to. escape the TAFT
steam roller, and the delegates they
have chosen are also classed as con-
testants. The same methods have
been pursued in other districts.
Elected by Corruption.
The plain and obvious result OF
these outrageous proceedings Is that
Of the total number of delegates
claimed for Taft in states where the
party has fighting chance
In the election, nearly AL OF them, II
not quite all, have been illegally elect
ID By the. exercise Of the worst form
of corruption. that which deplives the
voters themselves Of any voice In the
selection Of men who will assume to
represent than In naming . candidate
Tor the presidency of the United
States. The continuance OF these
win In . short time disclose
general political conditions IN the
United States more startling and
more abhorrent than was ever known
before. It cannot fail to become evil
lent that conSciencsless men con-
lrolisd BY patronage, By their own
Eresa ~ poWers and b. The particular
special interests they represent are
sesaged IN . great oonspiracy to steal
Erom IL Amerdcan people thsif Fight
u sslf.gpvernmeat fhsy are pussu-
1g rule q ruia policy. ths eject Of
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