New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-26
Omen Letter TO Roosevelt from
Delegate ReCiteS Them.
WAYS CALLED SHAMELESS"
Assertion Made That Corpora.
ton Money Was Used to Pack
Convention for Colonel.
HIT Ths TrIhura Er-asn |

TTrnro The Tribune Bureau
washington. March Sc. 4 Rausev,
delegate from the 9TH Oklahoma District
10 the Republican National Convention hat
| addressed the following open letter 10 OK
President Roosevelt.
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt New York
Dear Sir. ! have noticed M tive press dis
/ patches \ number NJ times that YOU have
! referred 70 tie election of the two cole
! gates m the frh Oklahoma District ss eN-
! arnpes of the viii Of the peopI" being over
| ridden. YOU state that ~ the state con
|Ncuflnn held later y0u were indo'ssd by
delegates from rue same district TWO 70
! one That Won MAY NOT deceive yourself
| longer and that the voters II the different
states may know IN" exact facts. J Will
state in plain words what every Republican
voter here knows % he tiun.
! At TN" 'oalEstc convention, held January
| 16. 1872. Your supporters had IA" mai"riy
! nf IN" Congress rTWmifin" ana attempted
to organize tho convention 10y TAR or f"ul
means. Tcsoruug 10 = mis'rN and = mis-
count Of the delegates, and when l0r'Sn
| to give Y square do-I' YOU were beaten
I and President Taft Endorsed Jg vote Of
rs IT, O.. md e. W Miller. ni Hugo. and
myself elected a7 Ta'ts instructed del"
gates by EimiIar yo,o 40 more Unfair
means Vas ever USED I'm anr convention IN
override the will Of tho n9'outE than was
! practFed at this contention oy your fol-
lowers.
/ Tho assertion that Won mako that "iha
/ same district sent delegates to the state
convention Instructed FOR Won Two 4" one
us false and misleading A. Inc "rsan'z9
/ tiou Of IN" state convention Won had barely
seventeen delegates ont Of uiu"iF-iHf'',
/ or q smaller vote proportouyt"iv thdu you
1 had at Coalcat". For your further iuior
nation. which may also interest the voters
! generally. I will say shat delegates 10 tH"
I stat" convention wnr" Iu maiotts .or YOU
! Iccausc Of the lavish me-" ~ Monty FUR
uishod by tho representatives Of the stan
! 4 TF.f I.
OF great wealth" Iu your behalf
Money was furnished freely everywhere
60 make Your campaign. some counties Do
ing absolutely hoIght up. and iu tho case
| Cr Usage county A trHulOdd Of 2-p men WAS
run to the county seat to Or"rrTn ana out
vote tho residents with such shameless
met hods Of procedure, n you ar" proud OF
your oklahoma vote, you are welcome 10
Win a fair primary election law in this
state and = ,hdu'" 10 present IN" ISSUE
! iarl" To our Republican voters you "'."n
no overwhelmingly beaten. nave h'"'
VERY cUnscrvatiI" I'm WF statement OF the
facts which Eill d" NuIrh'd for hF any
fair-miudcu person ia oklahoma VINO mas
knowledge Of the facts r,,,er.,
Ardmorc. Okla. March 70 'a.2
As further nIus,ratluE conditions IN Okla
homa. the Taft headquarters made public
to-day tine following statement. which .'
an extract from a report just received from
that state:
Roth Senator Dixon and Colonel RoOe"-
welt, IN advocating primaries as Tn" ouIE
uIan under which the people can register
their choice for President have stated iHal
Oklahoma had primaries. and mat the Oh
Grafton Of the primaries in OKLAHOMA prov ei
the need Of them. The ia'ls IRE judN ph-
lahgIna proves that they register tN"!r
choice. whether under primary or COT
vcntiOn system. IN q signed statement on
Monday Colonel Roosevelt SAID.
IN Oklahoma a convention .n ono ciSlI ,'l
vas held very early. and elected two dele
gates for the President. Then primary
for the state convention was held. and tnAt
Identical district gave TWO 20 or" Np.'
against the President This was a iu."'
Urinary. ] do not know whether li- op-
pOueuts have called u S'dp-h"N primary
Uad Colonel Roosevelt taken the TO BILE
20 GOT Some correct Information. b" would
have found that "a not one county Wa
,bore primary iu the Stat" ~ phIah"W'
Tho delegates 10 tho state convention .'I'
elected under the convention srs'"fn. w."
nrerIrrts In caGcuses. not primaries. "."'''n
iUa delegates 10 m" county COW. h''.... ",'
40 county convention delegate" 90 iu
staic convention. and tho stat" ana d.Ni.l'i
conventions elected the delegate. 2" t''
national convention. Md ms Us VIVA.
poosnvoIt In signed statement. calls a
genuine primary -,..
mont about the fin Oklahoma District Fl.
Ie was about primaries NJ GO. -'.'
,rorn tho ;'r District ln rho stat" con. 'N-
10, ,ycre rD- The President 'Es' H~ iN"|
lad hrcu .u their district convention Prov
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