Middletown transcript., 1912-06-15
80 evaRY sArURDAY MoRNINe
KIDDLETOwN, DEL, JUNE Is, 1912
THE PEOPLE CONDEMN TAFT

begun by him, that sought to end
the reign of Special Privilege
and Trust domination.
From the very first Taft, has
repudiated those pledges, and
even given the lie to his own ut
terances in the hustings, by
forsaking the cause of the
people, to surrender himself,
and so far as he was able, every
department of the governn ent
into the hands of the mauraud-
ing, law defying Trusts.
The indignant people in no
less than twenty-five states have
rebuked this reasonable course
Ky defeating every Taft-support-
ing governor, senator, or repre-
sentative that has had the hardi-
hood to face their wrath at the
polls! Twenty-Five states lost
from the Republican column, if
Taft bourbonism is to be deemed
progressive Republicanism!
Only wilfully blind partisans
or tools of the Trusts, could fail
to see that these cumulative re
Dukes were plain warnings that
the people we're disguised with
Taft, and angry at his treason.
Last Fall and Winter some of
the big dailies in various parts
of the country, had ''straw
votes" taken in the most fair and
careful manner possible, to learn
the real sentiment of the people
in their choice for president.
Extreme care was had 10 make
these votes representative, by
taking them from a wide class
of voters, and in large mum bers
in some cases over 10000 vot,
ing.
The results of those tests
showed a uniform rejection cf
Taft by enormous majorities.
Candid minds saw in those re.
peated adverse verdicts further
proofs of a public sentiment
strongly hostile to Taft's candi-
dacy.
Then on the heels of all this,
came, month after month, over.
whelming majorities against him
and in favor of Roosevelt at the
primaries in many states, not a
single state holding a fair pri.
mary failing to show such an ad.
verse majority.
Even in Penrose-boss.ridden
Pennsylvania a crushing vote
was given against Taft, and final.
ly, his own state Ohio, utterly re.
pudiated his treason by the de-
cisive majority of nearly $4,000!
No president was ever so repeat
edly, so totally rebuked and re.
jected by the whole country!
On the eve of the Ohio primary
Taft weakly admitted that its
vote would settle his candidacy.
No doubt left to himself this big
lump of clay in the hands of the
politician pOtters would have
quit his hopeless hunt for a re-
nomination which be confesses
has "humiliated" him.
But his masters the conspira-
tors for the Special Interests,
need to use him a while longer,
and so this everlasting wobbler
is now claiming that his nomina.
ton at Chicago is surel
How does he hope to get it? |
The theft in Ohio of the six dele |
gates at large after a popular
of 81, 900 against him at
the primaries, (Which theft Mr..
Taft smilingls accepts), shows
how the National Committee ar e
using the same Ohio tactics in
deciding all contests for Taft. To
do this they are brutally defying
not only the voters who have
elected Roosevelt delegates, but
with insolent disregard of all
honesty ana decency, the very
statutes of sovereign states are
being overridden. Fifteen of the
members of this Committee
Penrose, Murphy, and Crane are
sampies-have been with sweep
ug majorities repudiated by the
Republican voters of those Is
states whose vote is almost one
lalf the total vote of the party!
These men, who shortly cease
o be members of the National
Jom mittee because kicked out
~ the people, are now in the
ace of law and fact, controlling
hat committee for Taft and
ipecisl Privileges handful of
epudiated bosses usurping the
light of the people to chose
heir own candidate for presi.
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