The Republican journal., 1912-07-04
Great Crisis Met.

o,.dsnt Butler of Columbia University
F' Gam, up the Work of the Chicago Con-
'' .,ion-Taf's Nomination Title Tn;
',4sd-C Contests Fairly Decided Only
That Had Any Basis-The Facts
..,,t the Platform Committees Work.
IJook upon the action of the Chicago
,o+ion in renominating President
:, and in adopting platform of con-
.s,ye and orderly progress as having
,bs greatest crisis which has con-
.,,s5 the American people since the
~. var, declares President Nicholas
,.,.rsy ButIer of Columbia University,
~. iotsrvlew in the New York Times.
w. Pr.rr was not only one of the dele
.,.. the convention from that county,
mas a member of the Resolutions
-.a-s selected to draft the first
y,..f gHe party platform.
@.y.sr was this crisis which has been
y metz was the query sug-
Nr. Buffers announcement.
V Mas really at stake" he an
..,.- wrstly, twas the preservation
" sentative form of Govern
us provision for the judicial
.1 # private rights, from an at
r..l Mas in essence and principle
a ~. IN character. Had the forces
1rderly progress been over
..-.a. M that convention, we should
.... ..rr wei on the way toward estab-
.,. -se United States an imperial
y, oracy Its my own opinion,
M ~. ls-abat Of many delegates, that no
Email. noJs attack upon the govern
S.r has been made, save in the doc
. a'. 4 Notification and Secession"
n- Tut.er Is especially concerned and
..+--5r. over the charges which have
,.'5 made 70 the effect that the contests
u, gates brought by the Roosevelt
....-. wa unjustly decided.
''..-..s- e4s been such elimination and
,.rg,B re- J5ration of charges by the
a,.qg4 rpporters, explains the Co.
',m..4 PRESIDENT, ":that those of US who
.' card for our personal regulations
i.s.!.as .tIs necessary to explain to the
-ibr arge that the majority of the
,1rr-rryn was not in reality composed
@ rr.vees OF robbers. Every contest
a.s decided fairly and squarely by the
.s.a committee, and later by
NJ. amlttee on credentials, and
.s. ol the convention itself. TIE
,m..rf ought to know and all Re-
mb,oar anu Independent voters who feel
aspo.s ta support Mr.. Taft ought to
g,5a lls what the facts are.
GRs ACTS OF THE CONTESTS.
oIfe proposal that sixty-eight, or
,.r.a'r-a ght, or ninety-two delegates
these suggestions were made at one
ir- 81. mother in some form-whose
;..;s o1c- contested should net be per-
niu-l Sc take part in the organization
n th- convention was preposterous.
,salur Root ruling on this point was
n staat accord not only with law and
ir- as-nr but with common sense. Had
fsl.sa Otherwise it would be within the
ua o. any person or group to insti-
t-r- enough contests, with or without
an lass 10 disqualify a large part of
H- convention and to turn it over to the
nflr'. No delegate whose seat was
contest was permitted to vote on his
ul @ or any subsidiary motion re-
5ML aeet!y thereto.
lts ,aA Of the so-called fraudulent
a- gales mas Just this amount of justi-
tcuna al3 no more. There were con-
tg Pc Iuur cases: Arizona, California,
Iel4s s4 Washington. which in my
llgr.- were worthy of serious consid-
Ha-'a because either of the questions
9.i.g II ot law that We're involved.
lra naming contests were either
yl.- r Impertinent. Most of them
hal 1,- started by artificial stimulation
-tl- aylegates had been elected, for
iit purpose of influencing the public
Of. other ) ates, as we'll as the
Ugr.a Itself.
Before casting my vote on the con-
'fs seals in Arizona. Texas and Wash
G-'. took the most competent adj
4d get from lawyers who had
s- Le violence and the arguments,
AZ. at EJ personal or partisan in
-s-., t.e matter, and | was guided
Ement.
".-I were the merits of the con-
lt'+ A#g- You refer?" DR.. Butler
s-a-....
Au2ola case seemed perfectly
4-r .-7 Tue reply. THE Texas case
@- gt a.ternative of accepting
..sen under the auspices of
@' Lyon in accordance with his
Eu. r, based on Federal pat
h'a delegation chosen by and
a.. DIR -.p.b.lcans of the several con-
E1- ricts of Texas. 1t is not
a Tr 'ena IN the North as it ought
g'f .t tine IeXas convention consists
" .-s from more than $50 coun-
.s' about 100 of which there is
"--"'p" Republican organization.
L.a 1n Jehalf of these 100 coun-
.-. n-a. less, Mr.. Lyon himself re-
s' @ votes proxies. Under his
pau h i-7 Republican vote in Texas
"a. Id. asc, from about $50, 900 to less
sA a.|h That his system of select
rt .'.e3-i-s was farce and fraud on
E ny and the public was to me per-
'e.. .ent
r, .''.H X toll CdSe presented eie-
a ~ u, EraVer doubt than any other
,'a5 mai Mas considered. While, with
. .,. .'n- at my disposal, | might have
s ons 'o Inherent conclusion, l felt on
,a lAe statement of the two oppos-
az ta5''ss and on examining the briefs
r,, YEN unsel, that | should not be
3' a' Do Voting to unseat the Taft
n.1 -ae ease 2i California was, in my judg.
~ '"' 'hg clearest of all, although it is
Ia, I'e about which the greatest uproar
I.. 0s7i raised In the California case
s~, , IS no. material difference upon the
mrlD he question arising there is
Psss.} '0e If Jaw. 1t is a rule of the
g1'''-3n party, finally established
,s,. NAs struggle against the parti-
- u ID. unit rnla in tho cnnuantinn