The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-18

Taft did not stand the chance to get
a. single delegate. His led captains
recognized this fact and prevented the
people from voting: he and they dis
trusted the people. with reason; and
with equal reason, they trusted the
tana and Mich gan Mr.. Taft won del.
cGates. to the snickering delight oil
every friend OF privilege and boss!sm
in the land. whose relish is p cu!iarly
keen in seeing delegates Won against
the Will OF the people.
How States Lined Up.
These Republican primary States
cast over two-thirds of the Republic
can vote in the electoral college. In
them the people spoke. qney went
for me, and st!ll more over
whelmingly against Mr.. Taft. In
the other states that went Republic
can eight years ago no primaries were
held. and in all but one the politi-
clans had nearly complete sway. In
these states Mr.. TAFT secured i76
votes, secured 80. Mr. Cummins 10
OF the Republican states. therefore. /
received the Overwhelming majority OF
the delegates wherever the people could
express themselves. and taking these
States all told In spite OF Mr.. Taft's
trrumphs in the States where there were
no real primaries. ] received i35 del
tSdt those winch the ma
tional committee has stolen. az
against the 2iS for Mr.. TAFT. the 80
for Mr.. La Toilette and the 10 for
Mr.. Cummins. To put Z in another
way, l squarc!y carried twenty one OF
the old Republican States. and these
States cast 263 votes in the electoral
college-within three OF a majority OF
the total electoral vote MIR. TAFT
carried enough States (wherc there
were no primaries) to give him 81
electoral votes. Mr. La Toilette car
r!ed two states with Is electoral
votes. Mr.. TAFT and MI cummins di-
vded one state with Is votes There
remain states which. although Dem
ocra;ic at the last election, contain a
gnuine Republican party. States !iKc
North Carolina and oklahoma. where
there were primaries, and where
carried every delegate exccpi three
1t thus appears that in the Rcpub-
lican states Mr.. Taft was beaten TWO
to one. and that III the Republican
States which held primaries where tn:
rcon!c tou.d express their dcsi.oe, he
was beaten hy over seven 10 one.
call our attention to one s'gnifcan.
feaiIre in t. attitude of The Iait
paI"rs IL chrorlcling Mr. Tati's We
t"i ic. and d"'tats. Whenever thoir
headlines announcc ed defeat for Mr..
Taft it meant that there had been
vote by the people themselves In n
primary state. Whenever during the
last ten days they have announced j
victory for Mr.. Tart 1t has meant that
Mr.. Tafts representatives in the ma
tional committee have thrown out
delegates elected by the people at
lGrSe to rccrcscnt them. Ny victories
have been won before the and by the
pc ople, Mr.. Taft's have been won by
the bosses and by the representatives
of special privilege. by the national
committee ana by bcss-cont;o led CON
vcntions OF machine politicians.
carried Washington at the polls. he
carried IL before the national com
mittce. He never has had, and has
not now. a chance with the people:
and ! have just as little chance
wherever the crooked type of poll
tician has power. If l am nominated
ii will be because whenever they had
n chance the verdict of the people cy-
pressed in millions OF votes has been
over two to che in my favor II
Mr.. Taft is nominated il will mean
the ruin of the Republican party; the
roll call of his delegates as prepared
by the national committee consists
first. OF delegates from States that
never cast Republican, electoral
vote: second. OF oss-controllcd dele
gates from States where the Repub-
iican voters We're not allowed to ex-
press their preference; third, of dele
gates stolen from me- and fourth and
given him by the people-the- last.