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Show TAFTlROWD Big Business Republicans Republic-ans in California to Support Democrats. Los Angeles, Oct. 2C Taking cognizance cog-nizance of what is said to bo tho avowed purpose of Taft supporters to "deliver" the Taft vote in California Cali-fornia to Wilson, the Democratic presidential nominee. Roosevelt supporters sup-porters issued a formal statement here today declaring that Taft had been deliberately betrayed and sacrificed sac-rificed in California and that the charges of fraud and chicunery lodged against tho Progressives after tho Taft electors wero eliminated from the ballot by tho supreme sourt were ar insult to the Republican voters vot-ers of the state. The statemont is signed by Daniel A. Ryan, chairman of the Republican state" committee; Meyer Lissner, national na-tional Progressive executive committeeman; commit-teeman; Chester H. Rowoll, Progressive Progres-sive coinmltteean for California, and John E. Stetson, president of the Roosevolt Progressive league of California. Cal-ifornia. It sets forth In dotall the record of events culminating In the elimination of Taft electors from the California ballot, and declares that while Charles D. II Hies. Taft's manager, man-ager, asked the Taft leaders to circulate cir-culate a nominating petition for the Taft electors, they refused to do so. Tho reason asslgnod for tho efforts of the Taft leaders to Induce Taft Republicans to vote for Wilson Is the desire to strengthen Wilson In tho hopo of dofoatlng Roosovelt. |