Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-06-28
The Mountain "LabOred.

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uous labor the Convention of once a
powerful party nominated the two
men they are attempting to force
upon the people as President and
Vice President - William II. Taft
and W. 7. Sherman. 1t was only
after the evenly divided Convention
had exhausted every device for a
compromise with Col. Roosevelt the
only method that seemed possible
for harmony, that the regulars took
the bit in their teeth, and with the
small majority "cut-and-dried by
senscless precedent whereby the Ma
tional Committee absolutely die
tated to the party its manner of Or
ganization. and adopted a platform
and named the candidates to run on
it.
While the regular" classify the
minority, who could not stand these
raw methods as insurgents" and
boilers. they strenuOusly maintain
that they have been non-partlcl-
pants in the National Conven
ton from the fact that they had
been denied justice at its very
threshold by the arbitrary course of
the committee in placing on the roll
call of members a sufficient number
of fraudulently elected delegates to
control its proceedings. This they
maintain is not boiling the conven-
ton, but the only protest remaining
for simple act of injustice and unfair
ness.
Acting upon this view, "a con-
vention of those believing in "hon-
esty," as they stated it in the call,
was held in Orchestra Hall. Senator
Moses E. Clapp presiding. This
convention was called to order and
addressed by Gov Johnson, of Cali
fornia. The entrance of Roosevelt
was cheered wildly. He was nomi-
mated by wild reclamation and the
nomination was accepted. He said:
Il thank you for your nomination, and
in you recognize the the lawfully elected
delegates TO the Republican Convention,
who represent the overwhelming major
ty OF the voters who took part in the re-
publican primaries prior to the conven-
ton, and who represent the wish OF the
majority of the lawfully elected members
of the convention.
81 accept the nomination subject to
| but one condition.
! This has now become contest which
cannot be settled merely upon the old
party lines. The principles which are at
stake are as broad and deep as the
foundations of our democracy itself.
They are in no senses sectional. They
should appeal to all honest citizens East
and West North and South they should
appeal to all right thinking men whether
Republicans or Democrats, without re-
gard to their previous party affiliations.
81 feel that the time has come when
not only all men who believe in progress
si>e principles, but all men who believe
in these elementary matters OF public
and private morality which must under
lie every form of successful or free gov
eminent, should join in one movement.
Therefore ask you to 60 to your several
homes to find out the sentiment of your
people at home, and then come together,
l suggest by mass convention to NOM
nate for the Presidency progress
sive candidate upon progressive plat
form, candidate and a platform that will
enable us to appeal to Northerner or
Southerner, fastener or Westerner, Re-
publican or Democrat alike in name of
our common American citizenship.
"If you wish us to make fight, | will
make it even if only one state should
support.
wherever in any State the the Repub-
lican party is true to the principles of its
founders and is genuinely the party Of
justice and OF progress, expect to see it
come bodily into the new movement; for
the convention which has just sat in this
city is in no proper sense of the word a
Republican convention at all. 1t does
not reprecent the masses of the Republi-
can party"