New-York tribune., 1912-06-12

clare their will. and where they nave
thus declared II Mr.. Taft has got Out
cne-third of the votes and only ABOUT
one-eighth of the delegates
The vote at the primary IN mos'
states has been large. In Ohio. Tor IN
stance, the vote at the Republican prl-
mary was about so per cent as large as
that at the election OF the last Repuoh-
can candidate for Governor. In OhIo
my majority over Messrs. Taft ana La
Toilette combined was 10000. and my
plurality over Mr.. Taft was 4IO" bul
the delegates Large were chosen by
state convention where the politicians
and not the people had their say.
"Mr. Taft was not ashamed, ai'er nc
had been Overwhelmingly repudiated Dy
Inc people Of his own state, to beg the
politicians to stand by him and to ms
represent the people in his interest. he
sent out a telegram beseechine the poi-
t,cians assembled in convention rot 10
ccssion' 10 the overwhelming sentiment
of the people against him. This gives IN
exact measure what Mr.. Taft means
When he speaks OF the government OF
the people by a representative part OF
the people He means the government ol
the people by politicians who shall mis-
represent the people.
Repudiated. He Says Of Taft.
MY. Taft has been repudiated by the
people. and he now appeals to his rep
resentativcs in the national committee
half OF whom have themselves also been
rcpudia.eG. and asks them to force his
nomination. on the rank and file of the
Republican, party. who have declared
that they 90 not wish him.
Mr.. Taft at one period Of the carn-
Asign said I was unjust to him because
! stated that the bosses were for him
snd the people against him Events have
proved that | was right. The people
we're AGAINST Mr. Taft in his own state
of Ohio. They were against him in New
jersey. in Maryland. ii Maine and in
Vermont They were against him over
,yhclrningly in Pennsylvania, Illinois,
Minnesota Nebraska, Kansas. South
Dakota. North Dakota, Wisconsin Wash-
irgton. Oregon and California. In only
two states where tAey had chance TO
express themselves at all was there even
q swaziland in one case doubtful
plurality for Mr.. Taft
"The people are against him W no
are in his favor? Who are trying to Sc
rure his nomination at Chicago: MI
Barnes Of New York; Mr.. Crane, OF
Massachusetts,. who has been beaten as
delegate in Massachusetts,; FranKlm
Murphy. of New Jersey, who was de-
feated as a delegate in thai state; MT
Nfulvane. who has been repudiated IN
Kansas: Mr.. Penrose. who has been re-
pudiated in Pennsylvania: Mr.. MckinleY'
who has been repudiated in ILLINOIS, ana
Mr.. Guggenheim, of Colorado.
I'm short, practically every big boss
i, the country, every representative OF
the combination Of privilege in politics
pnd privilege in business is personally
or by deputy now working at Chicago 10
overthrow the will Of the people In Mr..
Taft's interest. and this in the teeth OF
the fact that in the states where the peo-
ple have voted they have repudiated Mr..
Taft by astounding majorities.
The Indiana Contest.
How do these bosses hope to nomi-
nate Mr.. Taft? What they did in the
the answer. l have said-and the acts
of my supporters have made good my
vords-that I do not wish one delegate
seated for me if there is reasonable
doubt in his case. The members OF the
national committee who are my sup
porters have leaned backward in every
case where there was so much as
color Of claim that the question was
even in doubt. They have divided only
where the case was so clear that no
honest man could doubt. In the 18th
Indiana District the convention which
assembled to elect two delegates to Chi
cago contained q clear and uncontested
majority Of Roosevelt men. But the
chairman, a Taft man. refused o roll
call. and declared the Taft delegates
elected on a viva voce vote, vhereupon
the majority Of the convention elected
two Roosevelt delegates. Affldavits Of
ell the members Of the majority were
laid before the committee, showing that
. clear majority Of the members Of the
convention. by their own sworn state
ments, had voted for Roosevelt and
three other affidavits OF members were
submitted showing that these three men
had voted neither for Roosevelt nor
Taft: SO that the proof was absolute
that the Taft delegates had obtained
only minority Of the convention. Yet
the national committee seated the two
men the fraudulency OF whose claims
had been thus shown.
Unfortunately there is no law TO
touch the astounding misconduct Of
which the national committee has been
guilty and which it has sanctioned in
the cases which have come before IT,
II the contest was one for the nominal
ton OF an alderman i'm New York City,
and obscure men in the Democratic and
Republican parties who were acting as
election officials in a given district were