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Show (TEJAisl OBJI4S T NOT STEAL' Roosevelt Says New Party Will Not Violate Vio-late Its Precept Now York, July n."N0 honest man who was put on as a Republican elector at the primaries last spring can fall to recoid his ote against AI-. Taft." This was Colonel Rooseelt's replv today to the suggestion that the new party is violating its precept, "Thou Shalt Not Steal." by the announced intention of haIng Republican electors elec-tors in certain states olo for him. "The time iB coming." said he, "when a pickpocket seeks to distract attention from himself by a cry of thief at the man whoso pocket he has Just picked I am amused at tho members of the national committee speaking about stolen cctors Mr Tnft Is not the nominee ot the rank and file of the Republican party He is 'the fraudulent nomineo of the Rarnes-PenrosL'-Guggcnheim machine which lias nullified tho wish of the great majority of the Republican partv. "If an) elector named at tho primaries pri-maries last spring Is to act honestly, honest-ly, he will either ote for me or not run for Hector at all. Mr Taft is not entitled to the elector named Ly Mr Pcnroso, Mr. Guggenheim or Mr Barnes He la not entitled to any elector named at tho primaries. It Is a flagrant act or dishonesty to nsk any elector to vote for .Mr. TafL" Mr Roosevelt was asked his opinion opin-ion of the pioposal of Senator Cummins Cum-mins for an Investigation in Iowa of the circumstances under which Mr. Taft was nominated. He said he saw no necessity for such an Investigation Investiga-tion "It does not need ten minutes' investigate in-vestigate tno determine tho facts in the case," ho said. He roferred to the action of the national committee in the Washington, Washing-ton, California, Arizona and Kentucky cases, saying that in all these casoj? it was self-evident that fraud had been committed. "Tbo national committee acted on the theory." sold ho "that tho Intrusion Intru-sion of the people into politics was unwarranted Impertinence - |