Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-12-11
Bull Moose Chief Declares
Party is Here to Stay with
Principles That Must be Ad-
hefed to,
COLONEL EXTENDS HIS
THANKS TO WORKERS
Finn, MunSey Perkins and
Bird Are Singled Out to Re-
ceive Praise from Leader in
Last Campaign,
ll,y Marnlnr journal special Iea.ea wIrcl

Luot OdV itpNiSil
NY Morning journal special Leased wire)
Chicago, Dec. l0-Colonei Theo-
dorc Roosevelt and George w. Per
kins. of New York. were the leading
| figures az the national conference OF
the progressive party todaN Colonel
Roosevelt. digressing from a prepared
address. delivered Il vigorous attack
upon the Idaho supreme court for it's
decision during the recent campaign
regarding presidential electors. Mr..
Perkins took the center Of the stage
when 1t became known that certain of
his fellow progressives had started
movement TO Dust him from the ma
tional executive committee because of
his former corporation connections.
Pointing out Mr. Perkins and calling
him by name Colonel Roosevelt de-
clared that the New York financier
was one of the men he WAS proud to
have as fellow worker In the pro-
gressivc party. Later IN the day MIR.
! Perkins made a speech in which he
asserted that always he has been for
progressive measures and that he re-
scented any intimation that he was q
convert to the cause.
! Taking up the Idaho supreme court
decision Colonel Roosevelt said:
II am asked by j. II. GIpson. pro-
gressive state chairman of Idaho, on
his behalf to present to you In a few
words Il concrete illustration in which
the court has done the greatest injus-
ticc To the people and IL seeking to
do worse injustice.
IN Idaho the election law makes
no provision for the election of pFesi-
DENTAL electors no provision at all.
! The supreme court construed 1t so us
to permit the republican and demo-
Icratic electors TO be put on the ticket
! by constituting a provision which pro-
lvided for the election OF constahles
land other officers To include presiden-
| tini electors. | think they were quite
right In such a construction; II was
very loose construction, but neces-
sary. Hut when 1t came to the pro-
grcssivc party they made the tightest
kind Of tight construction. They con-
Htrued that the progressive party
could not get on the ticket because.
under the section providing for nomi-
nations by petitions. the highest num-
her Of votes declared to be necessary
for the establishment of II ticket by
petition was 400 in the case OF state
officials.
''rhey declared that the electors
were not state officials ana that
therefore the republican and demo-
cratic electors could go on the ticket
until the provision was permitted the
election Of constables and other off
GERS Vet the progressive ticket could
not be nominated by petition because
the highest number or Vntes heces-
sary tp nominate by petition was 800
for state Officials. Ihey SAID the
electors were not state officials.
The supreme court OF the uhi,eu
States has held more than once that
they We're not national Officials II
was distinctly held that although
they exercised Junction IN national
politics. they exercised 1t exactly as
legislators did who elected uhlteu
States senator. SO the supreme court
of the nation has said they are not
national officials and the supreme
court of idaho SAID they were not
state officials.
II defy amy honest ana intelligent
man to read that decision of the su-
fi'ti' ''''A W. 'Ne'''' .%''>~ ~c'''t'-~'~
the laxity OF construction by when
they construed statute which ala
not make any provisions Tor electors
ut all to permit the republican ana
democratic parties to vote on the
electors, and the auibbling ana the
technicality OF construction by which
they construed the statute to pro-
hibit the progressive party from get
ting electors