Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-06-18
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how any man with any prcteuslons GO
honorable feelings could IAN to ar-
ccpt tho verdict Hut Mr. Iaii'
lleuttnauts headed by Senator pNr-
ton, undertook to steal from the pro-
pie their right 60 deliver what YER
dict thcy chose. Their task was no
more reputable than amy form oi
burglary and WAS FAR moro damarlnH
10 the community than burglary
They we're successful, They succeed
ed in getting from tho city ui tleNt-
land which had repudluted Mr. Tan
90 I nt the polls, a delegation OF
politicians which was 10 tO ln hls
favor This delegation turned thu
scale at the state convention aud
earned Mr. Tafts cfluslvc gratitude
hy stealing for him from The people
OF ohio the six drlrgutcs-at- large lie
was not entitled 90 these delegates.
my second example ls the national
committee itself Tho rcc ut action
Of the national committee illustrates
well what has happened 200 our coun-
ty In the twisting of nominal repre-
sentative government away from lts
original purpose until 70 becomes
thoroughly mrcpresrntauNr aud mis-
representative. An this party ma
chiuery was origlnally drslsn,d sim
Ily in order tO make the VIII of ihu
party genuinely effective. IL had no
other purpose then, II can have mo-
other Legitimate purposD now uu-
tn within a very few years mo- man
would have been hluzru uuugh iu
openly announce that thls WAS not
lts purpose, Il has been reserved
for Mr.. TAFT and his friends lu this
crisis openly 90 act ON such am nH-
sumption. The other day Hl ul MI,
TaftB adhereuts on this national COM
mittce stole from the people of Cali
foTnla their right % give thrir votes
of California TO the men Of their
choice. These 81 politicians, none uf
whom lived In California, assumed to
override the win Of ono-quartor of 90
million OF California voters who had
recorded their will at the primary.
The thirty-seYcn men who du i've in
California have given seats tu two
Taft men. whom the quarter NJ q
million California voters had refused
10 seat. These two TAFT delegates have
no more right 10 sit IA the Bcuunli-
can convention than they have to sit
I'm the Democratic convention, They
were defeated IN California by about
| ~, 600 majority; a majority greater
than Mr., Tafts entire vote,
MT Taft sent an urgent appeal Ia
California just before the primary
election, an appeal which showed
his complete aoquiescence In what
was done, and unless he was pre-
pared then to protest, II was dishon-
orable to protest afterwards, Yet
on the plea OF II henchman Of Mr.
Patrick Calhouns, 81 adherents of
Mr.. Taft on the national committee
robbed the people Of California OF
their rights and seated the two Taft
Calhoun delegates. OF these thirty
seven men, four represented the ter
ritories OF Alaska, Hawaii the
| Philippines and Porto Rico. Twelve
represented states that went Demo
cratic four years ago. Fourteen
came from Republican states. every
one Of which had repudiated Mr.. Taf
and his committeeman at the pri
maries held this spring. In other
words of the 81 Taft men, one, II
Mr.. Tafts interest, realized the over
whelming majority Of the RepublI