The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-29
.ROOSEVELTS SPEECH ADVISING
HIS FOLLOWERS TO BOLT

do it, he had said. Il will leave that
to you. But | have been asked to
advise you and ! am going to do it,"
Claims He Was Cheated.
81 am speaking to YOU said Colo.
mel Roosevelt, "as man to whom
some Of you have done the honor to
state that you wish to nominate as
President When ! went into the race
| made my appeal TO the people Most
of the delegates were chosen at di.
rect primaries by the people made
my fight sQuarely.
81 went before the people and I
won. Now the committee and nor
ton of the convention. which is made
majority only by the aid OF dele.
gates not elected but chosen by the
National Committee, are trying 10
cheat me out of the nomination. They
cant do it, As far as am concerned,
it makes no difference. But it is not
me they are cheating; it is the people,
the rank and file Of the Republican
party. -
u did not want to give you any ad-
vice, as | preferred to let you decide
what to do, but now ! am going to
give you my advice.
Governor Deneen introduced
very moderate resolution in dealing
. with the four fragrant steals. It ask
ed that the stolen delegates from
California, Washington, Texas and
Arizona should not be permitted to
vote and that the three states stolen
p Washington, Arizona and
, TeXas-should not put their repre-
sentatives on the credentials commit
tee, That motion was voted down by
substantially the same vote that elect
, ed Root over McGovern. sv
, In each case the majority was
, majority only because the votes Of the
fraudulently seated delegates were
= counted 8
Mr.. Root received seventy or
) eighty stolen votes" continued Roose-
welt. "Deneen's resolution was beaten
. today by fraudulent votes, which in
= that resolution were named by the
votes of Texas, Arizona, Washington
and the two fraudulent votes from
e California If those votes had beer
changed the resolution would have
been carried.
To add insult to injury, the COM
mittee on credentials organized by
choosing as chairman Mr.. Deyine, the
National Committeeman who had TAX
: en- part in the very theft on which
S he had passed as a member of the
I National Committee
Urges His Forces to Revolt.
i u hope you will refuse any longer
to recognize a majority thus cumpos-
ed as having any title in law or
e morals to be called Republican con-
u vention. We have by fair means
r elected clear majority of the dele
l. gates, and | hope that you will not
o permit our opponents, having failed
S by fair means to beat you by foul
l. means and swindle the people out Of
the victory they have won.
III you are voted down | hope you,
the real and lawful majority of the
convention, will organize as such, and
} you will do it if you have the cour-
/ age and loyalty of your convictions.
/ Let's find out whether the Re-
I publican party is still the party of
the plain people, the people of the
n United States, or the party of the
g bosses and the professional polti-
81 clans acting in the interests of spe-
II cial privileges.
u 'lf YOU want my advice, would adj
1t wise YOU place no further trust,
+ would advise that you waste no fur
d ther time, would advise that you do
H. not permit yourself to be committed
e in any further way shape or form by
e further association with these men so
II long as they remain in the control Of
e. the convention by means Of a majority
e. controlled in essential part of fraudu-
lently seated delegates who have not
n the slightest right or title to repre-
n sent the rank and file of the Repub-
Is lican party, and are without the
Is slightest right or title to seats in the
n convention"
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III WORLDWIDE FAME.