The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-08-01
Bull Moose" Platform

ed at the Bull Moose" convention
here yesterday:
We affirm it as our most deliberate
Judgment that no nomination legal
ly or morally, was made at Chicago
by the late National Republican
Convention, for President or Vice
President; that the organization
proceedings and acts of that con-
vention were so permeated with
fraud that the same are void and of
no binding force; that Taft and
Sherman, the presented nominees of
| that convention, were conspicuous
ly not the choice of a majority of
the Republican voters of the United
States; and that Theodore Roose-
welt was unquestionably the choice
of such majority, and that he is to-
day, in equity and good morals, the
real and true nominee of the Repub-
lican party.
We denounce the conspiracy to
steal concOcted and carried out. by
the discredited majority of the Ma
tional Republican Committee, as
we'll as the malignant contempt
shown by them in all their proceed
1ngs, both. at their meeting at
Washington last December, and at
Chicago last June, for the expressed
wish and Will of the majority of the
voters of the Republican party. To
indorse, condone, or ratify the fraud
ulent acts of that committee, is
morally to become equally guilty
with them Of such acts We believe
1t is better to be right than reg
ular"
We heartily endorse the acts of
our sixteen delegates at the Chicago
Convention. We commend the brave
and courageous stand they took and
maintained against the high hand
ed outrages upon the people per-
petrated by the National Commit
tee, the Credentials Committee and
the Convention.
We declare that we heartily, earn
estly and enthusiastically favor the
nomination By the Chicago Conven-
ton to be held on the fifth day of
August, of Theodore Roosevelt for
President Of the United States; and
the delegates this day chosen by
this convention to said Chicago
Convention are hereby instructed
earnestly to support and to work to
bring about the nomination Of
Theodore Roosevelt for President.
We submit to our fellow citizens,
that the issue presented by the &C
ton Of the Chicago Convention Of
last June is one of the most impor-
tant and fundamental which can en-
gage the attention Of a free people,
involving, as it does, no less than
the very right of the people to ser
| lect their own public servants. We
invite the cooperation with us Of
all good citizens, irrespective OF
former party affiliations, who are
| ready to fight for the rights Of the
people, and their right to govern
| themselves, who are opposed to the
rule of corrupt bosses, and who de-
sire to see the government brought
back to the control Of the people.
|
Governor William E. Glasscock 1t
is honest, clean and able. We are
rejoiced to know that in him we
have as our chief magistrate a man
of pure life, Of honest character
and Of high ideals.
/. We believe party platform Is
a contract with the sovereign people
Of the state, and that the principles
and policies therein enunciated
| when ratified by the election Of
candidates running on said plat
form, should be faithfully and hon
estly carried out by the enactment
Of such principles into law.
2. We believe that the sovereign
party is the people and that theij
power is supreme, and that the!
themselves through and by repre-
sentatives chosen in accordanc,
with law and fixed customs for tn,
sole and only purpose Of carrying
out their will**"%
9. We believe that common car
| ASlS duu puDliC SOA pOl dtlOlIo S1Oul
be required to carry on the bushes
In which they are engaged in "
wholesome and legitimate manner
and that unjust and unfair, discrim
nation in trade should be discoun
tenanced and prohibited, and tina
rates and tolls should be so adjuste
as to protect the public against VI
2 reasonable, unjust and excessiv
= charges, to which and we favor tn
e creation Of a public service con
b mission, clothed with full power an
! authority to protect the publ
r lagainst such abuses.