The evening world., 1912-05-10

The Roosevelt committee to-day gave
out q copy of a letter sent to r. A.
Caswcll, chairman OF the Minnesota
Roosevelt committee. in which Roosevelt
declares that there is just one candidate
whom 1t is possible to nominate against
the bosses, and that Is himself.
THE letter follows:
81 wish 1t had been possible for me
to 60 again to Minnesota. Unfortunate
ly II Is physically impossible. Nine
States have now held presidential pri-
maries. or their OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Da-
kota. Wisconsin. Illinois. Pennsylvania.
Nebraska, Oregon. New Hampshire.
Massachusetts and Maryland.
These States. he only ones In which
there has been a free nance for the
expression Of the popular will. are to
DO represented by 26 delegates In the
Chicago Convention. Forty Of these
delegates are instructed for President
Taft. n 2l6 are against him. He has
carried but two Of the nine States
New Hampshire and Massachusetts,
while In Massachusetts, the Roosevelt
dslssatss-at-large were elected By yer
twice the majority which Mr.. Taft OBJ
tanned on preferential vote.
In Maryland the majority against
Mr.. Taft was about the Same. proper
0onateiy. al the majorities for him In
Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
In the other seven States the majoritiea
Ssainst him range from we to one to
twenty to n In all the States to-
osthsr about three out Of every foui
Republicans who voted at the pr-
naries were against Mr.. Taft.
IL primaries could be held in all the
states there would undoubtedly be nc
substantial variation from these figures.
and MIR. Taft could by no possibility
have two hundred votes In the Chicago
Convention.
"1Gr. Taft's chances Of renom1n.
osdon lie solely in securing 1t Obi.
eaGo dsleSatss who win misrepre-
sent the Will OF the people. He can
ret these delegstss, not In the pxd-
mary States, but In the convention
Oestss whore delegates are chosen
under the old system, and sven IN
these States he can only ret them
whore the state 10 ruled By . boss.
"Aftsr . prolonged experience Of
~ - 6kOD40OAb RHoOSAOSA4y oAA Va
ths BIG bosses In the Republican
party dislike me % heartily that
they opposed n. Tsft's nom1na-
ZION beoauss I favored II. They
were afraid that M. TAFT would
give them the same kind Of trouble
Nat I had given them.
"Aftsr three years and Q half
experience OF HI. TAFT since he has
been elected, these same men have
turned around and heartily favor
his rsnominat1ou. They were op.
posed TO ms four years ago, ana
they are opposed to me now. They
we're opposed TO H. Taft four
years ago when they had not tried
support him now.
these men include, for instance
M. 0allinger In New Hampshire. Mr.
.Aidr1ch In Rhode Island. Mr.. Penros'
In Pennsylvania, MT. Healing IN In
diana, Mr.. Lorimer In Illinois. Messrs
Guggenheim and Evans IN Colorado
Mr.. Calhoun and the Southern Pacih'
Railway crowd in California. and tn
AmAlgamated Copper crowd in Mon
tAna; and In you own State they in
Crude Mr.. Smith and Mr.. Tawney.
"The fight 10 . nationwide fight o
~ plain people against the bosses.
"xhsrs = just ons candidate
Whom II - possible to nominate
agaaast the bosses. n that u my
SELF"
Every vote for wary other oandidat
from now ON II In reality . vote 10
Mr.. Taft. Tho fight 10 agaAnst tn
bosses: It IL . vote for Lortmer. 10
Penrose. for G~uggenhedm, for Gallinge
and for all tho rest OF them; and It I
vote for these mon whether II 10 cas-
Ia Minnesota or in Massachusetts, O
IN Ohio. or New Jersey " California.
u became . candidate only whom
: became convinced that no other
progressive candidate could By any
possibility bs nominated sGainst
19r. TAFT The contest has sons
% far - to make II now evident
that Z certainly ~ be nominated
against M. Taft, ana that either
shall bs nominated or else Q re-
dictionary viii b nominated.
1T u also evident that not only ever
progressive Republican. but every ma
who believes In decency and honesty l
politics, who IL against boss rule an
for the genuine rule Of tho people an
Is for the elimination Of special priviles
and for efficient endeavor to ecu &c
cial and Industrial justice, can aohiev
his purposes only by supporting m
candidacy.
my personal interest 10 Of no col
TERN one way or the other. but II hal
pens that at this time ] typify ar
,mbody the great cause which can onl
be furthered by supporting me. Almo!
Everywhere l have been able to appea
personally In this campaign and fgi
the bosses we have beaten them. and
,sk that Minnesota stand beside Orr
ron and Illinois. Pennsylvania and NJ
Sraska. Maine. Kansas and Maryian
n this fight.