El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-06-10
SAYS PARTY WILL
REPUDIATE ACTS
Roosevelt Makes Vigorous
Protest Over Decision in
9th Alabama District.

HfOU6SC over DGclSlO1 LII
9th Alabama District.
Oyster Bay, N Y, June 10.-The Re
publicaus of the country were called
upon tonight by Col Roosevelt to pro-
test against the action of the Repub-
GCan national committee IN ruling on
the contests for seats IN the national
convention from the ninth Ala bama
district. The colonel served notice
on his opponents that, in his opinion
the party as whole would repud1ate
a nomination if it were obtained IN
defiance of justice" He declared
every man who wished to see the party
continue to exist should protestl at
once against those who are del1ber-
ately trying to wreck it"
THE leaders," said the colonel
speak as if they were the reSular Re-
pubIcans- do not cOncede that theft
is a test Of regularity"
Col. ROOsevelt's statement was given
out after a conference which lasted all
the afternoon. He was in constant
touch over his private wires during
the day with senator Dixon and his
other leutenants in Chicago. He also
consulted with a number of his sup
pOrters who visited him.
Roosevelt talks.
Col. Roosevelt said in part:
I'm view of the action taken by the
national committee in unseating the
two duly elected delegates in the ninth
Alabama district and replacing them
by men who have no more title to sit
in the Republican convention than they
have to sit in the Democratic cOnven-
ton, I w0Ild like to make as serious
an appeal as IS IN lay PO~e1 u every
good citizen UhO regards the EepI5li-
can party as an instrument for good
government which it is wicked lightly
to destroy.
Alabama is entitled to "A delegates
in the convention. AS regards several
nT III eHr ffF -lrflr-s nnr~ haaa
contests. IL is my sincere belief that
the right was as much on our side as
on the side of our opponents. But in
these districts there was room for hon
est doubt and talking the matter over
with senator Dixon, we both agreed
to advise the Roosevelt members of
the national committee TO support no
contest in any district where there was
room Tor reasonable doubt as to the
right of the Roosevelt delegates to be
seated Accordingly, in all the Ala
bama districts in question the ROose-
Telt men in the national committee
voted with the majority.
Roosevelt Had Two Delegates.
But in the ninth Alabama district
two Roosevelt delegates had been IN
quesuOnably elected The facts are as
follows; The Republican committee
Of this district, composed Of 50
members, met to call the convention
Eighteen members were favorable to
my candidacy, y TO Mr.. TaftS. The
district committee and began by par
ticipating in the meeting, but as soon
as it developed that the Roosevelt men
were in the majority the y Taft men
left the meeting and called a cOnven-
ton Of their own, leaving Is mem
bers, a clean majority Of the regular
cOmittee, to call the regular cOnVen-
ton in which the Roosevelt delegates
were named.
NO serious evidence was presented
before the national committee to con-
travene these facts. There was no
more ground for unseating these dele
gates than there would De for exam
pie, in unSeatlng the Tart delegates
from Rhode Island, or in any district
in any state where there is no contest
whatever. Yet the national commit
teemen who are supporting Mr. Taft
voted to unseat the two men properly
elected. and to seat in the national
convention two men who literally have
no more right TO appear as delegates
in that convention than they have 10
appear In the Democratic convention
They represent nothing whatever n
the Republican party, except the de-
termination of certain members OF the
national committee, who have them
selves been repudiated by the Repub-
lcan party. that the majority of the
party shall not be permitted TO decide
who they wish to be nominated for
president.
"As yet there is no law to govern
national nominating conventions as
there is to govern national elections
although IN certain states the nOmina-
ton Of candidates is carried on under
the law OF those states precisely as are
the elections
Again and again we have sent to
the penitentiary election officials for
deeds morally not one whit worse than
what was done by the members of the
national committee who unseated the
two properly elected delegates in this
ninth district OF Alabama and substi-
tuted for them men who have no more
right to vote in the national conven-
ton than repeater has to vote ut an
election.
Nine Of these committeeman come
from the Republican states Of Illinois,
Kansas, Missouri, New Jersey. North
Dakota Ohio. Oregon. Pennsylvania
and West Virginia. Everyone of these
nine national committeeman has been
repudlated by his home voters Not
one will succeed himself. Each Of
them represents a state which at the
recent primaries has declared over
" helmingly against Mr.. Taft. The
nine committeeman are for Mr.. Taft
the delegates from their states are
eight to one against him.
Wants Square Deal.
1t is in view of these facts and Of
what these facts foreshadOw, that !
wish to make an appeal TO the sober
judgment of all men who believe that
the usefulness Of the Republican party
has not ended The question is now
merely whether the deliberately ex-
pressed judgment of the great major
ity Of the rank and file of the Repub-
llcan party is to be no less deliberately
nullt1ed by the very men whose lead
ership has just been repudiated by this
same majority
A nomination obtained By the votes
Of delegates seated in utter defiance
Of justice as these two Alabama dele
gates have just been seated, would be
worthless to the man obtaining il. and
would be Indignantly repudiated bv
the party as whole Apparently certain
national committeeman and certain
of the bosses, who from the ouf-
side influence the national COMMITTEES.
have yet to learn that the rank and
file of the Republican party must be
treated as the masters and NOT thn