The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1912-06-14

Jersey, who was defeated as n delegate
in that state, MIR. Mulvanc. who has been
regulated in Kansas. Mr.. Penrosc. who
has been repudiatcd In Pennsylvania;
Mr.. Mckinley. WHO has been repudiatcd
in Illinois, Mr.. Gugenhcim. of Colorado.
How do those bosses hope to nominate
Mr.. Taft? What they did in the rhir-
tcenth Indiana district yesterday supplies
the answer. have said. and the acts Of
my supporters have made good my words,
that | do not wish one delegate seated
for me II there Is "A reasonable doubt In
his case The members of the National
Committee who are my supporters have
LEANED backwards in every case where
there was 50 much rs "a color Of claim
that the question was even In doubt.
They have DECIDED only where the case
was so clear that no honest man could
doubt. In the Thirteenth Indiana dis
trict the convention which assembled
to elect two delegates to Chicago con-
tanned a clear and uncont ested majority
Of Roosevelt men. But the chairman. a
Taft man. refused rollcall and declar-
ed the Taft delegates elected on viva
voce vote. whereupon the majority OF
delegates. Affidayits of all members OF
the ma jority were laid before the COM
mittee, showing that "A clear majority
Of the members of the convention by
their own sworn statements had voted
Tor Roosevelt. and three other affidavite
members were submitted showing these
three men Had voted neither for Koose-
welt nor Taft so that the proof was alb
solute that its Taft delegates had OBJ
tanned only minority Of ~ convention
Yet the National Committee seated th,
two men the frauducncy of whose claiuss
had bycn thus shown.
Unfortunately there is no law tn touch
the astounding misconduct of which the
National Committee has been guilty. and
which 1t has sanctioned in the acscs in
which have come before 1t. II the con-
test was one for the nomination of an
Alderman In New, York City and obscure
men In the Democratic and Republican
parties who were acting election Of
flcials in given district were guilty of
such conduct and their guilt was proved.
they would he sent 10 the penitenttary
But ahe great and powerful politicians.
and special privilege business who are
now perpetrfting the same kind of wrong
on an infinitely larger scale. are immune
because as yet, unfortunately. the law
does not touch nominating conventions.
Nevertheless. the wrong they commit
against the people is far greater than Il .
wrong done the people by the little poll
ticians. such as those ! have spoken of.
for those men are engaged In thwarting
the right of the people to express their
will as to who shall hold the highest
office in the gift of the people, the prcsi-
dency of the United States. Mr.. Taft
assumes, and Messrs. Barnes. Penrose.
Mulvane and Company assume. that the
presidency Is to be treated as IA gift
within the bcstowal of the politicians in
defiance of the duly expressed wish OF
the people. Such conduct comes danger
ously near being treason to the whole
spirit of our Institutions. to the whole
spirit OF democratic free government.
do not believe than the people will toll
crate such conduct. nor do believe that
sober Republicans will consent to see the
Republican party sacrificed to please the
BOSSES whom the party has repudiatoi.
III the National Committee continues
as It has begun.I believe its actions will
be repudiated by the convention"