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Show JpLLETTE IN WILT UPON MR CHEF mot Contrasts Bryan at nore With Roosevelt at Jcago, Greatly to Dis-jMdyantage Dis-jMdyantage of Latter. JjSM'wilson WILL lfm LARGELY BENEFIT fJJes "Bull Moose" Leader SqX .Wrecking Republican Jity in Order to Satisfy mSeIfish Ambition "BiSHINGTON, July 12. Under ffiwt he caPtion "Tho Cas f r. Fw1 Mr- Roosovolt, ' ' Senator La hiK Follotto has written the ol-jlBttUtorial ol-jlBttUtorial in tho current number "JWoUotte's Weekly: :H;im at Baltimore, forcpoing all w;of his own nomination, mar-".all mar-".all his -frccsi braving Tam-f Tam-f 0ftnd tho trusts to rescue his 1 llKm teir domination, carrying j jJlKention for the adoption, of the rogrossive Democratic platform n ftKfrcd and tho nomination of the 1 lB''greS3'V0 Democratic candidate ijJBc, was a toworinR figure of VBower and patriotic devotion to ghtcousncss. - lBevelt at Chicago, backed by derived by stock watering op- JsHrof the steel trust and the bar-ItfSpnist, bar-ItfSpnist, organizing what are now "d to havo been fake contests , VSesrly two hundred delegates in fl wWrcontroI the Republican conven-5 conven-5 iV eecurq his own nomination, ; ggiBto aid in making a progrossivo 'B, bound to have the nomination 'p5woy the Republican party, was ' ?Bitriking example of misdirected jjwnd unworthy ambition. I" jfc for Himself. jBcevelt had as great an oppor-ii'mmQ oppor-ii'mmQ serve the progressive causo a&ifcf?. as Bryan had at Baltimore. jjiiMMseveri was serving the man, .Icausc. He wanted one thing . i-eBkination. And yet he did not LydBiough votes to nominate him-Tfcn him-Tfcn any houest basis. He did 'jBpugh delegates in that conven-(uBimatel3' conven-(uBimatel3' to have nominated a pressive arid adopted a strong alHfce platform. lie could even SWminated Hadloy on such a plat-."lBDnd plat-."lBDnd progressive Republicans jKive supported Hadley in much """fce spirit as hundreds of thou-VjB thou-VjB them will now support Wilson. aB;'Hadley nor Wilson are vcter-tJfcho vcter-tJfcho progressive ranks. Neither ''ffKhas been tried by tho sevor-'Ar'Bt. sevor-'Ar'Bt. Both appear to be men of LJfcals, whose records, though taJKfe promise. 'JMKvliooscvelt would not consider PKr Ho would have no ono but At the first suggestion of JBBe .ordered the third party ma-j'lest ma-j'lest ho lose his followers. TttHie hod the evidence to prove AYjWift could not be honestly ancl uSaBiominated why did he not di-lieutenants di-lieutenants to present that :,m to the national committee iifWcb to the convention and to tho -so I'loarly that tho convention lifBnot have ' dared to nominate :iiBnd that Taft could not, in hon- -Bye accepted tho nomination, if El' JReason Obvious. 'JQlBe reason is obvious. An analy-'Wjtho analy-'Wjtho testimony will, I am con-" con-" '-8liow that neither Taft nor 1 GBfclt had a majority of honestly .jMflarly elected dclogatos. This, fJ&TOnaf:ers on both sidos well un-i'Jii un-i'Jii B' oln candidates were trying f&VBt'a sufficient number of fraudu- JBjsreclenlialed delegates, added to , regularly chosen to support him, "ure control of tho convention rttf?Mj; "steam roll" the nomination. fD'Bp. a nrocoediim with which each foflBpguaipted and which each had l!pnod in nrior conventions. jy J)a explains tho extraordinary St IBy olsltooscvolt. Ho could not SPon such au analysis of the ovi-TjMP ovi-TjMP would prove Tuft's regularly delegates in tho minority with-yc.vilablv with-yc.vilablv siib.icctintr his own alBy'y credent ialcd delegates to an ption so critical as would ox-falsity ox-falsity of his own contention iHBB.e had an honestly elected mu M ' the dolegales. Ho thcroforo chose to claim everything, Mviraiitl, to bullv tho national dfMfteo and tho convention and wJr !18 crt':it(il a condition which jafBjpako impossible a calm investi ;a'cs lon merit, carry tho 'f"n by storm, JBplt's Purpose. f 'Bat tn,B is tno tri10 psychology tof jKi005'011 Proceedings becomes Mf plain. Uc Wlis thoro to force 4 V1 noininalion or amnsh tho con-w;ts con-w;ts not nct'G to preserve the integrity of the Republican party and make it an instrument for tho promotion pro-motion of progressive principles ami tho restoration of Government to tlip people. Otherwise he would have directed di-rected his fioor managers to contest every inch oT the ground for a pro-irrcssivo pro-irrcssivo platform before tho committee commit-tee on resolutions and in the convon- tl0But Mr. Roosovclt was not governed gov-erned by a suggestion of that spirit of hich patriotic and unselfish purpose ot which Bryan furnished such a . magnificent mag-nificent examplo one week later in the Democratic convention at Baltimore. Instead, he filled the public oar with sound and fury, no ruthlessly sacri-flccd sacri-flccd ovorything to tho ono idea of his boine tho ono candidate. He gagged his followers iu the convention without with-out putting on rocord any facts upon which the public could bnso a definite intelligent judgment regarding tho validity of Taft 's nomination. Ilo submitted no suggestion .as to a platform plat-form of progrossivo principles. He clamored loudly for purging tho con-yention con-yention roll of tainted delegates without with-out purgiug his own candidacy of his fainted contests nnd his tainted trust Huuport. Ho offered no. reason for a bird party excepting his own over; mastering craving for a third term. |
