El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-06-18

committee with the determination to
nulIify the viii of the people nave
substituted for these men certain
others who have not the slightest
claims to seats in the convention 4
minority of the national cOmmlIlee
composed of honorable men, who nave
voted on every case strictly on It's
merits. have in each case protested
strongly against the action OF the ma
jOriry. showing beyond the shadow OF
a doubt that the men thrown off the
temporary roll BY the majority are en-
titled to seats, by every consideration
OF law and of morals
Only Naked Theft.
81 have carefully examined the
facts in these cases myself and 1 say
to YOU that there is no clement OF
doubt that the men in question were
hOnOrably and lawfully chosen Dy the
people and that the effort of the ma
iOrity TO unseat them represents
nothing but naked theft, carried on
with the sole and evil purpose Of dis
honestly substituting the viii OF the
bosses for. the deliberately expressed
judgment Of the people
at is for the convention 1tSelL 10
decide these cases; and by the con-
vention, / mean the lawfully elected
members of the convention The men
fraudulently put on the temporary roll
by dishonest action Of the majority
must not be allowed TO vote IN their
own cases; and 10 allow the beneLcl-
aries of theft TO vote on one another
cases is of course TO allow them reaL-
ly to vote on their own cases
BY every consideration OF real JUS
tice we are entitled TO have these OF
whom I speak. who were elected by
the people, put on the roll caIl al
once. But we do not ask this Al
thOugh we are deprived of our Just
rights when these men are not allowed
to vote from the beginning, we ask
merely that neither set Of contestants
be allowed to vote on any question
before the convention until the 1000
members of the convention whose seats
have not been contested shall them
selves decide which Of the contested
DELEGATES are entitled TO membership
4 believe that even with the add1-
tiOn Of these fraudu-ently seated dele
gates, Mr.. Tafts supporters are In a
substantial minority of the convention;
and 1 do not merely believe know
that we have q large majority Of the
legally elected members of the con
ventiOn The question involved IN the
action Of the national committee IS
of vastly more importance than my
nomination or the nomination OF any
man.
Crooked Politics and Crooked Business.
The whole system of the corrupt
alliance between crooked business and
crooked politics is at stake in the max
ing up Of this temporary roll call II
these methods were allowed tOfprevau
the Republican party would come 10
an end; for il would cease to be the
party Of the people 1t would pass
under the control Of an Oligarchy OF
the representatives. of the bosses.
and no oyerthrowing that control
would remain available
I'VE refuse to recognize or abide by
this theft OF the rights of the people
by the national committee. 1t is the
duty of all honest members or the con-
ventiOn TO fight that action from the
moment the convention assemblies. 1t
is our duty to the rank and file OF the
Republican party. il is our duty to the
people of this country, to insist that
no action Of the convention which IS
based on the votes of these fraudu-
lently seated delegates binds the Re
publican party or imposes any obllSa-
ton upon any Republicans.
The man nominated by the nation
al committee as temporary chairman,
whoever he may be, must under these
circumstances be considered as merely
an instrument chosen by them to put
in effect their purposes
Puts 1t Up to Root.
If such a man-Whether he be Mr..
Root or anyone else, and whatever his
previous careers willing to accept
an election by the aid of these fraudu-
leltly selected delegates, he at once
becomes the representative of forces
which no honorable man, no loyal Re
publican, can afford to see triumph,
Whether within the party or in our
who are a curse to their land derive
the major part Of their strength from
the fact that in any crisis a number
Of respectable men. although they Op-
pose the evil, do it feebly, and dare
not carry the fight to the end.
we who are in this fight are not
feeble and weakened to carry the fight
10 the end. We ask that, before the
convention proceeds to organize, the
groups Of contested delegates stand
aside and allow their title to be passed
upon by the remaining uncOntested
delegates. This viii not only be in
strict accordance with common sense
and justice, but in accordance with the
practice prevailing under the rules OF
congress in the organization OF the
house in the matter of contested seats.
we rest our case, not only before
the Republican voters. but before the
American people, upon the proposition
first. that the national committee can
not defeat the wishes of the rank and
file of the Republican voters by un-
seating delegates honestly elected, and.
second, that those who are dishonesty
substituted for them by the national
vote in their own cases and to be the
beneficiaries of fraud committed il
their own behalf
s'RuIn Of the Party,
''If Mr.. Taft were nominated it would
mean the ruin of the Republican party.
for the roll call of his delegates as pre-.
pared by the national committee con-
sists. first, of delegates from states
that never cast a Republican electoral
gates from states where the Republi-
can voters were not allowed to express
their preferences third, OF delegates