The Detroit times., 1912-06-20


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Il want TO present 10 you the coun
try-wide indictment against the ACTOR
OF the national committee. THIS ques
ton affects not only the next cam
paign. but also the very existence o
the Republican party itself.
Repeats Roosevelt Charge
Hadlev then reviewed he RooSe
welt meeting OF last Monday and thei
repeated the Roosevelt charge tina
the action or the national committee
was naked threat designed e
thwart the will of the people OF th'
United States"
This assertion was greeted with en-
thusiastic applause as was Hadiey''
statement that he did not know wheth
or the majority would agree with hin
that T. r. was the logical candidate
for president of the United States,
But YOU will agree" he continued
that ne is the greatest power for gooc
in the western world
] Hadley then read the statement
signed by IA members OF the nationa
committee which was prepared by
Seantor Borah for presentation as a
| minority report on the contests. II
held that the delegates In question
should be refused votes until after
their right TO seats had been passed
on by the uncontested delegates to
the convention.
Praises Borah's Ability.
Hadley paid high tribute TO Borah's
ability as a United States senator.
when he referred to his signature OF
the minority report.
He stopped reading the list after
mentioning Borah and Kellogg, but
| the New York men shouted:
Read them all; read them all"
DO you want them all?" asked Had
ley.
I'VE do" shouted New York and
the reason developed when II was
found that William l.. Ward had not
signed the protest.
Where's Ward?' shouted a New
| York delegate.
Mr.. Ward unites in the spirit oil
the protest. said Hadley. but as he
| did not sit in all contests he did not
| sign the formal document"
| A shout went up from the New
York delegation, and Hadley quickly
retorted by shouting:
Mr. Ward does not sign any paDer
merely TO advance the interests OF a
candidate because that man belongs
to his faction. and regardless OF the
merits OF the case
Il guess that Will hold you for
while" shouted Finn from his seat
in the Pennsylvania delegation.
Hadley then referred TO the Cali
fornia contest, saying that II was
shown conclusively that the delegates
from the fourth district who were UNI
seated by the national committee car
ried the state BY $1,000 votes.
So far as Texas was concerned. ne
said, the Taft delegates seated were
chosen by convention which had
only 200 delegates present and repre-
sented only a small section OF the Re
| publicans of the state.
Hadley demanded that all the con
tested delegates be refused votes un-
til their right had been passed on by
the credentials committee. He insist
ed that Watson had misrepresented
some OF the facts in the discussion
yesterday OF the Republican national
committee precedents.
mo man should be Judge in his
own case" said Hadley and then he
referred TO the old English decision
which incorporates that principle.
I'VE submit this proposition with
only this reservation" concluded
Hadley. that these men who are un-
lawfully here shall not be permitted
TO vote on the question of whether
they shall be beneflciaries OF the
| fraud which was committed In their
behalf"
Taft Man Makes Reply.
| For the Taft men the argument
was opened by w T. Dovall, OF
Seattle. He plunged right into the
Washington contest saying that on
the very day that the Washington
convention was held Col. Roosevelt
charged that a plot was afoot TO steal
Washington from him.
THAT statement was outrageously
false" declared Dovall. He then re-
peated the argument made before the
state committee in which II was
claimed that the Roosevelt men, who
were in the minority, bolted the regu'
lar convention and elected their dele
gates In a mass meeting.
so long as we hold conventions
said Dovall. I'VE must hold them un-
der regular rules. No man can claim
seat In a Republican convention
who does not attend the regular con-
vention when called.
TT is utterly false that the state OF
Washington was ever carried by
Roosevelt The controversy arose
over King county, the largest in the
state. The paid manager OF the Roose'
Welt forces packed into the meeting
OF the county central meeting l50
men appointed by himself in order TO
control the committee.
That spurious committee disregard
ed our mandatory law and appointed
the election judges and committees
so that the Roosevelt forces could
have control Then they elected dele
gates at a primary which was illegal
The Taft men refused TO participate
In these unlawful primaries at which
there were cast 5000 votes In com
munity having more than 100000
voters.
1T was on that showing that tho
candidate from oyster Bay elaine
he had carried Washington by vote
OF eight TO one.
Our state committee refused Il
seat these fraudulent delegates. The
Roosevelt forces had agreed TO brint
contests In every county In order &c
disqualify the Taft men on the tenn
porary roll.