Show some plain political facts very tersely told the taft national committee which act in now new york the other da gave a demonstration of the insolent contempt lor for tile right of the plain people to participate in the management of their political affairs that marked the action of the fraudulent tat taft convention last june it will be remembered that in the contest for the election of delegates to io the june convention at chicago mr air taft was overwhelming ly y defeated wherever the people had bad opportunity to express their de bires at the polls twelve great states held hehl presidential preferential primaries these states sent to the convention tin an aggregate of delegates of these elected by the direct vote of the people mr air taft secured only 46 lie he was beaten nearly eight to one mr roosevelt elt had delegat ce and senator la follette 36 in intone one of these states wisconsin col roosevelt was wag abt on the ballot the other eleven states fave him nearly votes mr air taft in tho tbt twelve states secured votes senator la follette polled the accompanying table gives the vote for the twelve states and demonstrates that mr air tatt taft was waa a minority candidate roosevelt oo sevelt taft la follette new jersey california illinois 2058 Al maryland aryland nebraska north dakota 1876 ohio oregon 1 pennsylvania south dakota wisconsin plurality total progressive vote eVelt and la follette Follet tej roosevelt s name not on ballot he instructed hla his to keer out of the wisconsin fight with that overwhelming demonstration of the will of the voters that taft national committee met la in chicago and brazenly proceeded to steal the nomination for its lt maiter its ro cambers ambers from eight of these states had bad gone down to defeat in the avalanche of roosevelt ball ballota cit in the Tirl uri maries marles dut bait discredited as they were throughout the country repudiated at home they insolently led to impose not their will but the will of the political bossed who own them upon the sor sovereign people advertisement |