The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-23

we VIII not say to the young men OF
the nation. who. reading political
| prophecy with their patriotism an,
longing to catch step with the part,
| OF their fathers, that We have nothing
| tetter to offer them at this hour thar
| this new declaration of human rights
| that a discarded political committee a.
its right holds greater power than
majority OF over 100000 voters w
! do not bolt We merely Insist tina
you. not we. are making the record
And we refuse to be bound by 1t. w,
have pleaded with you ten days. w,
| have fought with you five days for {
square dead" We fight no more. w,
lead no longer. We shall sit in pro
shall Judge u.s."
Rooscveit's Position.
Mr.. Allen read the following ad-
| dress from Colonel Roosevelt:
"A clear majority of the delegates
| honestly elected to this convention
were chosen to this convention to MIN
| mate me. Under the direction and
with the encouragement of Dir. Taft
the majoritS of the national commit
tee by the so-called steam roller
methods. and with scandalous disre-
gard of every principle of elemen-
tary honesty and decency. stole eighty
or ninety delegates. putting on the
temporary roll call a sufficient num-
! Der of fraudulent delegates to de-
| feat the legally expressed will of the
people and to substitute a dishon-
est for an honest majority.
THE convention has now declined
to purge the roll OF the fraudulent
delegates themselves, who all sit as
| these fraudulent votes had not thus
been cast and counted the conven-
! ton would have been purgGd OF their
| presence This action makes the con-
vention In no proper sense any long
err a Republican convention represent
Ing the real Republican party. There
| fore, 1 hope the men elected as Roosc-
Welt delegates will now decline to vote
on any matter before the convention
l do not release any delegates from
his honorable obligation to vote for
ME IL he eotcs at all, but under the
actual condition l hope that he will
not vote at all.
The convention as now composed has
no right to represent the voters of the
Republican party. 1t represents moth
Ing but fraud In overriding tho will
of the rank and file of the party. Any
man nominated by tho convention as
now constituted will be merely tho
beneficiary OF this successful fraud; It
would be deeply discreditable to any
man to accept the conventions nomi
nation under these circumstances. and
any party man thus accepting 1t would
have no claim to the support of any
party man on party grounds and
would have forfeited the right to ask
the support of any honest man OF
any party on moral grounds.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
| After the hullabaloo over the Col
onel's statement, and Mr. Aliens re-
marks were over, the regular program
was taken UP.
| First came the report of the rules
committee. It was brought in by Sen
ator Clark. OF Wyoming. The Taft
leaders had decided not to have the
new rules brought up just then. so
Representative Watson moved to lay
/ this report OH the table.
Platform L. Read.
| w. X. Coleman, of Pennsylvania.
| Roosevelt member of the rules COM
mittec presented minority report
| This was also laid upon the table upon
motion OF Mr.. Watson. and then en-
! Vice President Fairbanks. chairman OF
the committee on resolutions. came
forward to read the platform The
Taft men cheered him go get a
bottle of buttermilk." said g. man In
the delegates toward the platform
was shown when Mr.. Fairbanks read
the declaration that the Republican
/ party believed in government OF the
lpcoplc. for tho people and by the peo-
} pic Hoots and groans went UP from
the hall.
After this, however. the delegates OF
both factions gave fair amount OF
lattcntion to the reading of the plat
form.
No minority report on the platform
was presented by the Roosevelt men
! Senator owen. Of Wisconsin,. Offered
the La Toilette platform containing
the Senator's well known doctrines.
Fairbanks moved to lay the La
Toilette platform on the table. There
were cries OF mo-" but when Senator
Root asked IL two State demanded q
roll call, there was no response. The
Porto Rican delegates got their turr
then. and Mr.. Fairbanks proposed thi'
1 plank as an amendment to the ma
jority report which was agreed to:
1--WE ratify in all Its parts the plat
form OF 1908 respecting citizenship
! to the people OF Porto Rico"
Mr.. Barnes. of New York. demanded
roll call upon tho platform. 1t wa
4 seconded by Indiana, and Colorado
4 When California was reached in tn,
! roll call OF States Governor johnson
got up and said: California declines
to vote"
A great cheer came from the Roose
welt men. and many In the gnllerie
applauded. Chairman Root ordere
the delegation to be polled. Their
Il was no answer as the names wer
4 called until the names OF two seate,
= TAFT delegates were called. wheI
they voted aye. there was storm O
boos
q When Idaho cast eight votes 70
= the platform. showing that her dele
gates had refused to follow tn
Colonel. It was the turn Of tho Tai
men to cheer. Maine refused to yot,
4 All the stats whose deieBa tior
q were divided demanded poll Of thei