The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-07-25

prise after the convention you seem
to nave gone to pieces" The
glamor and noise of the anti-Taft
crowd must have been sufficient to
carry you Off your feet. You arc too
Old q politician 40 lot Noise and
buncombe deprive o of your judg-
ment and sense of right. OF course
o attempt to justify your course
by accepting the charges OF theft as
we'll sustained, and that the only
course left to the public is to over
throw any person or party against
whom such a charge is, made. You
need not be told that such charges
are false, or that they are made just
for political effect. You know this
as we'll as any one. You know that
If Colonel Roosevelt had beer nomi-
mated BIZ that convention by the
votes OF the same delegates he would
have said nothing about stealing"
VoteG. You know that the "roller"
used was the one alwavs. in use in a
convention, the one used most Wig
orously by Mr.. Roosevelt in 1908,
and the n he tried to use in this
convention. You know that a con-
vention must be run on just that line
as long as conventions have the
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nm said this in his speech in this
city last week, and the only fault he
'ould find was in hat such a system
is still in vogue. We all deprecate
he fact that Il convention can be
run in such a manner, but aGmii
that till some regular systematic
,hange is made nothing else can be
expected. Mr.. Roosevelt and his, fol-
overs knew that such a result was
not only possible, but probable, and
be had not thought it the proper
thing he should have done his squeal-
ing before submitting his claims to
the convention. He thought best to
1ubmit his chances in the hope that
he had delegates enough to carry
md he would doubtless have used
a steam roller just as he did in 1908
If he could have had his way. |
think YOU will agree with me in this.
Now the question arises what
should the people of South Dakota
do under the present circumstances.
The writer has been a republican
or a good many years, but is not
% stuck on party names as to be UNI
willing to change when it seems best
o do so. You have without a doubt
a right TO go into any party you
moose. n to take YOUR paper to as
'ist that party. The writer thinks
, President Taft most nearly repre-
ients his sentiments in this cam
paign. This is my right. But
, please tell me how | am to vote my
E sentiments in this campaign. | am
i republican and want to vote for Taft
electors. How am | to do it? You
= may say that j and men of my class
may have Taft electors put up by pc
S tition. We may, but by what right
are we compelled to do this? Our
electors would have to go on by pc
/ tition as independent electors, and
we would be placed 1T a great disad.
vantage. We are the regular repup-
licans of the state, because we stand
by the national nominee and plat
6 form. Why are we forced to get on
the ticket as independents? Is that
the boosted Square deal?' We are
n given to understand that the cleo
tors, named by the so-called state re
: publican convention are determined
to vote for Mr.. Roosevelt. You ma!
say that doubtless they will inform
U us in time so that we can vote fol
some one else if we want. This is
not the case, and it seems to me that
y you are simply saving that to put of
any action till too late to file names
. of electors. There is no doubt tina
you and others who support the HUI
ron convention intend to join tho
Roosevelt third party. Then by
what system of ethics do you reach
the conclusion that you should have
your electors called the republican
electors? No one denies your right
to have such electors, and no one
cares what you name them, but you
have nc right to call them 'rcpubli.
can electors as long as your inten.
e ton is to do all in your power to de
I feat the regular nominee of the ma.
tional convention and to endorse 9
5 platform not in conformity to the
n they adopted. i am not opposed
u to your having any kind of a party
you want to, and any kind of a plat.
Z form, but you nave no right to posi-
. ton on the ballot.
What have said refers e%ntirel,
to national candidates and platform
There gems to be no occasion fol
. any disagreement on state. congress
sional, county ana legislative candi-
dates. But would you be much Of
Tended if | told you that the course
: taken by the so-called "progressives'
, in this satte would look p%roperl.
clothed only when wearing bristles!
we are told that we may vote foI
q Wilson electors if we do not like tic
vote for the Roosevelt electors put UP
by the state convention. We do not
: care to vote for Wilson electors, but
doubtless a great many men will dc
S so rather than to submit to such
t gag rule' as we are offered. We
should not have to vote for democrat
t ic electors in this republican state.
We are entitled to a place on the bal
lot under the name republican," the
+ name we have borne for fifty years,
and the name to which we are en-
titled in this campaign. This name
, is not the name of the party hat con-
trolled the Huron convention, and
; to put the names of the electors nom
mated at Huron on the ballot as re