Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-06-13
fornia which showed his entire acqui-
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fornia which showed his entire acqui-
escence in the law.
There were no candidates in the
districts at all and until the primary
was held there was not suggestion
made about the district delegates.
The Taft members OF the national
committee now seat two Taft men,
saying they come from the Fourth
district. AS a matter of fact fourteen
precincts in the Fourth district over
lap the Fifth district and no man on
earth can tell what the vote in the
Fourth district was.
After the primary every decent
man in California acquiesced, but
a lieutenant of Mr.. Patrick Calhoun,
the. man whom Mr.. Heney indicted,
has made the contest and the nation
al committee actually has seated two
Taft Calhoun delegates from Califor-
mia, although there were no district
| candidates and although no human
being can say what the vote was in
the district which these men claim
Governor Johnson rightly has
said that it is an insult to the state of
California to listen to Calhoun's re-
port in such a case, and he refused to
appear before the national commit
tee, saying he would not try the title
of stolen property before the thief
who stole it. Remember that there
was not district delegate elected in
California. There We're twenty-six del
egates elected at large by a majority
of 1900.
Mr.. Taft's representatives on the
national committee now, without one
shadow of warrant of any kind, sort
or description, stole from the people
of California the delegates they have
elected by 1900 majority and pre-
sent them as a gift to Mr.. Taft from
the lieutenant of Mr.. Patrick Calhoun.
have before me the list of the thir-
ty-seven Taft national committeeman
who thus have presented Mr.. Taft
with two delegates stolen from the
people of California by the national
committeeman at the request of
henchmen of Mr. Patrick Calhoun.
The list offers interesting reading and
it is curious to see Mr.. Brooker. of
Connecticut, and Mr.. Crane. of Massa-
chusetts, Mr.. Nagei, Mr.. Taft's per-
SOIldl iioii Nhiooouii,
following behind Mr.. Penrose. Mr..
Franklin Murphy, Mr. Powell Clay
ton, Mr. Mulvane, of Kansas. and Mr..
A. M. Stevenson, of Colorado.
II ask that the decent voters of
tie country read Judge Lndsey's book
on The Beast and the Jungle:' study
what he has said about Mr.. Steven
son and they will appreciate the full
significance of the action of Messrs.
Crane, Brooker and Company. in
backing up Mr.. Stevenson. OF these
thirty-seven national committeeman
who thus robbed the immense major
ity of the republicans of California of
their rights, four represent Alaska,
Hawaii, the Philippines and Porto
Rico who don't vote for president.
Twelve represent democratic states,
none of which voted for Mr.. Taft at
the last election. Then there are some
fourteen who represent the rcpupn-
can states. every one of which has re-
pudiated Mr.. Taft at the primaries
this spring with the exception OF
Massa chusetts, which, however, re-
pudiated Mr.. Crane, the man through
whom the vote of Massachusetts, has
inst been registered in favor of the
theft of the two delegates in question
from the people of California.
This makes total of thirty out
of thirty-seven members of the ma
tional committee. There remain but
seven men from republican states and
of these seven states, no primaries
were held in six this spring and the
republicans had no chance to repre-
sent their wishes.
II do not for one moment beneVe
the convention will ratify this action
bv the national committee for to DO
so would be to betray the cause OF
the people, be false to the fundament,
al principle of good citizenship anu
to wreck the republican party