The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-06-21

the roll of fraud was defeated by the
vote of these 80 fraudulent delegates;
the last being a vote on a straight
moral issue, the result OF which in
my judgment, ought to render 1t i'm
possible for any man longer to take
part in the proceedings OF the con-
vention as now constituted. The ma
iority in each case was slightly over
so. In each case, therefore, If it had
not been for the hitherto successful
rascality which placed these fraudu-
lent delegates on the roll and permit
ted them to vote, the cause OF decen-
cy would have won; Mr.. McGovern
would have been elected in place OF
Mr.. Root, Gov Deneens motion would
have prevailed and the Republican ma
tional convention would now have
been exercising in good faith the high
honorable and vitality important func-
lions of honestly representing the
wishes. the judgment and the inter
ests of the plain people who make up
the mass of the Republican party. In
stead, it now represents nothing but
successful political fraud, perpetrat-
ed in the interest of political and f.
nancial privilege.
81 understand that Mr.. Root has
announced that, no one of the stolen
delegates will be allowed to vote on his
own case but that all will be allowed
to vote on one another's case Such
ruling is a sheer denial of justice
and fair play. This case bears no
analogy to ordinary cases where con-
testing delegates have no connection
with one another and where there is
no general conspiracy which must be
considered.
And where there is no general con-
spiracy, which must be considered as
whole, all these 80 fraudulent dele
gates were seated at the same time
by the votes of the same national
committeeman, to serve the same
purpose. The credentials committee
appointed to try their cases, includes
three of their own number from the
states of Washington, Arizona and
Texas, where the delegations were
stolen in mass. The committee sci
ected as its chairman the Guggenheim
delegate from Colorado, who had al
ready as national committeeman as
sisted in initiating the very frauds
upon which he is now to sit in judg
ment
Nothing that this committee may
do is entitled to consideration anC
in considering what they do it will
be we'll to keep in mind the remarl
made in private by one of the nation
al committeeman, who, when asked
why they had stolen so many NOR,
| delegates than were needed for thei
purpose, answered that 1t would en-
able the credentials committee L
make a show OF generosity by unseat
| ing some, while retaining numbe
amply sufficient to accomplish all tn
ends they have in view Moreover
IL is will to remember that the frau
is equally great and equally repre-
hensible whether the fraudulent de
egates actually vote on the nominG
ton for president or whether the
are merely used to create a situatio
which renders IL unnecessary 70
them to vote on the nomination 70
president II the roll is not purge
in mass of these fraudulently electe
delegates the whole action of the COZ
vention is tainted
The committee on rules has jus
against the protest Of the progress
i've members, provided for the perp
tuation of the national committee |
the form responsible for the scand
lous outrages which have at tn
moment brought the Republican pa
~ to the breaking point; and the
have explicitly refused to recognize
the principle OF popular presidentil
primaries, and have made the natlo
al committee supreme over the pc
pie In the matter of primaries. u
fortunately in our political life Il
p unscrupulous man who COMM
wrongs such as these, can usual
count on having some respectful
men support him and other respe
table men oppose him. but cease the
opposition at the point when 1t wou
become really effective In this co
, nection the INSCRIPTIONS men wi
are the leaders have already receiv,
support from the former class of n
+ pectable men; and they count up,
; seeing representatives OF the latt
class, who have hitherto vot
; against them, fear TO take the dec
i've step OF sundering connection wi
the fraudulent convention itself.
Such are the facts about the I
t1onal convention as now constitut,
: | decline any longer to be bound
5 any action II may take. | decline
3 regard as binding any nomination
{ may take. ! do not regard SUGGEST
: fraud, and deliberate political the
II as constituting a totle to party rel
y larity or claim TO the support
, any honest man Of any party.
II II hope that the honestly elect
II majority will at once insist upon
E immediate purging OF the roll in
+ entirety and not piecemeal by
f. convention. If this purging Is
n accomplished hope the homes
o elected delegates will decline all I
n ther connection with convent
le whose action is now determined. {
r. has hitherto been determined by
ne majority only by the action Of
OIL fraudulent delegates whom the c
n vention has refused to strike from
al rolls II the leaders of the hone,
d elected majority disagree from
ls in this matter and wish for my ca
or to defer for the moment this act
eu then ! most earnestly hope that
~ least they will insist upon voting
y. on the cases OF these fraudulent
IN egates In block and not separat
ca We cannot afford to pardon a Il
el on condition that he surrenders
the stolen goods.
ep III the honestly elected majo
81. OF the convention choose TO proc
OF | with hnulnnnu md 10 nominal. -.