The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-06-13

DTCu passed Nv III" OIL N"pub''Hn IOh'iU'
before Gov. johnson came into rowcr. IN"
pro9rcssv"- could have obtained all ~"
delegates without rrsorting to n primary.
This was of course whnt they would have
done If they had b"cn willing to act like the
Taft barnes machine In New York. tho
Taft .Amalgamaied Copprr machine W
Montana. the faC kcaling ina"hin" ~
lnGiaua and the Taft-t'liggcnhc'm inach'n"
iu colorado Tho temptation was very
Strors TO take the delegates without risAins
a primary.
Gov. johnson wrote 10 me for my views.
aayin. that h" felt that even at the "o-l oil
surrcndcrirg tn" advantage the old primary
law gave us In the state We should bc true
70 our principles and give the rcor'" n
chance 10 vote AZ a pr ary for whom they
wanted, wrotn back that ! entirely
agreed with him and urged the passage of
the primary law, Gov. johnson and agr"'-
ing that what we wished was tn got the
people the chance to decide for Themselves
and that whatever our personal views we
should acu'iios"e in s,icl, decision. Ac-
cordingly the progrcssivns in California. the
supporters Of myself ard Gov. iohrson.
ga,c up tho certainty of having a'l tho dele
gates for us and NJ n matter Of principle and
justice passed the primary law. Every re-
ac'iorary paper in the stat" was pleading
for such u law bccarsr thcy hoped TO win
under II. Tho Legislature Of California
decided that in ta,iioruia, a in oregon.
Snut', Dakota and North Dakota. the dcl"-
gates should l." all elected III large.
All parties and all factions acquiesced in
the Law and the supporters of the three
Republican candidates for President mau"
campaign throughout thr state. MIR.
Taft sent p special letter To California witch
showed his entire acduiesccnce in the law
1bcyn ,,p nInfcs in tho districts
at all aud until after The primary was held
there WAS not a s,Igccsst ion made about the
district delegates The Tart members OF
the national committee nov seat two lait
men, sayin. that ther come from III" Fourth
district. As a matter of fact fourteen pr"
cin'ts In tho Fourth district overlap the
Fifth distric, and no man an earth can tell
what tho vote in the Fourth district was.
After the prir,Gr" every decent man III
California a"o,iics"cd. but lieutenant "'
Patrick Calhoun. the man whom Nr. Hcncy
indicted has made the contest and the ma
tional committee has a"iually seated two
Taft Calhoun delegates IRON California.
although there we're no district candidates
and although no human being "an say what
the vote was in tho district hi"' these men
claim. Gov. Johnson has rightly said that
il H. an insult TO the State of California to
listen to Calhoun's representative in such
case as thi. and he refused to appear
before the national committee, saving that
lie would moi Try the title of stolen property
before the thief who stole il. Remember
that there was not district delegate elected
in California.
There we're twcnty-siH delegates elertcI
ut large by ma joriiy OF 17.cD. Mr.. Tat's
representatives on the national committee
now without one shadow OF warrant of any
kind. sort or description teal from III"
people of alifornia the delegates they have
elected by - 900 ma iority and present them
as a gift to Mr.. Tat; from the lieutenant
OF Mr. Pairic, Calhoun.
I have before me the list Of the thirty
seven Taft national committeeman who
have presented MIR. Taf, with two dele
gates stolen from the people of California
by the rational commit teeren at the request
of the hcnchmen of Mr. Patrick Calhoun.
The list offers interesting reading. AMI II *
curiors to see Mr.. Erookcr of tonnecticnt
and Mr. Crane of Ma -sachuse;tS and Mr..
Nacel. Mr.. 1aft's personal representative
from Missouri. following behind Mr.. PEN
rose. Mr. Franklin Murphy. Mr.. Powell { lay
ton. .lr. Mulvane Of kansas and Mr.. \. NJ.
stevenson OF olorado.
lask that til. decent 70, ers Of the c intr'
read .Iudg. Ben Lindsey'~ book ON TN,
Beast and the jungle. study what he hs4
said about MIR. stevenson. and they Will
then appreciate the full significance Of the
action OF Mes>rs. I rane. Brooker and com
pany in ha king up MIR. stevenson. OF these
ihirt.-s"ycn national committeeman who
thus robbed the immense majority Of the
Republicans OF California Of their rights,
four represent Alaska. Hawaii. the Philip
pine Island. and Porto Rico, vho dun't
vote for the President at all. Twelve repre-
sent Democratic States. none OF which voted
for Mr. TAFT al the last election. Then there
come fourteen who represent Ecpuhlcan
States. every one OF which has rrpudiatcd
Mr.. Taft az the primaries this spring with the
exception of Massachusetts. which. how
ever repudiatcd Mr.. crane the man through
whom the vote Of Massachusetts has just
been registered IN favor oi the theft of tn.
two delegates IN question from the people
of California This makes a total of thirty
out o! the thir.y .y-sevcn Taft members OF the
national committee. There remain but seven
men from Republican, States, and OF the
seven States in six no primaries were held
this spring and the Republican voters had
no chance to express their wishes.
These men Who are cndeavoring to wreck
the Republican party 10y trying to pack the
national convention with men not elected to
II as delegates ar" i3cn just repudiated by
tho Republicans Of their own States. whose
off,;al position III the Republican party
comes 10 an emu NllIIu ONE We"h.
These men claim To be regulars and to
speak a. if opposition TO them means boiling
the Republican party. II is they who are
now irregular. II il they who Cr" now
profoundly disoyal both to the Republican
party and the cause of good citizenship,
They are boiling from the Republican party
at this moment. Every decent Republican
must be loyal to the Republicans Of Cali
fornG. who by :. 900 majority elected their
delegates and they can only be loyal to the
Republican party by repudiatinG the action
OF the thirty-scven members of the nat ional
committee who by their votes in the matter
have shown their profound and abiding dis
loyalty TO the party which in theory they
represent and which in practice they have
betrayed.
do not for one moment believe that the
convention will ratify this action by the
national committee. for to do so would be
to betray the cause Of the people. 10 be fab
to the fundamental principles OF good ci,-
aenship aud of American democracy and W
wreck the Republican party.
THEoDorL ROOSEVELT.