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Show ROOT WILL BE OPPOSED Roosevelt Issues Final Statement Concerning His Stand. Oyster Bay, N. Y , June i. Upon the seloctlon of temporarj chahinan of the Republican national contention may han,j the political fortunes of former President Roosevelt Ho decided de-cided last nlglit to oppose v 1 1 li all his strength the beating of Senator Root and Issued a call to all his supporters sup-porters to stand b. him Tho colonel's decision to make a square lEsue of the beating of Mr Root was reached after a consultation with advisers At Sagamore Hill today to-day were Senator DIon. Glfford Pln-chot Pln-chot illlam L rnrd, New York George V Perkins of New Yoik. Frank B Kcllog and Andrew Rahn, both of whom aro from Minnesota and Truxton Beal, a delegate from California After Colonel Roosevelt had completed com-pleted his statement, he brought up the question of whether he is to go to the Chicago convention "After hearing fthnt the men I have seen today have to sa." he said, "m impression is that 1 will not go 1 may rcacho a different decision, if any strong aim tactics are attempted' Following In part is the statement dictated jesterdav by Colonel Roobe-velt. Roobe-velt. k 1 Colonel's Statement. "In the past Mr Root has rendered distinguished service as secretary of state and secrctarj of war But In tliis contest Mr Root ranged himself against tho men ho stand for progressive pro-gressive principles within the Republican Re-publican part that Is, against the men who slaud for making the Republican Re-publican party !u relation to tho ls-bues ls-bues of the present da what it was in tho dajs of Abruham Lincoln He stands as the representative of the men and the policies of reaction He Is put forward bj the bosses and the representatives of special privileges "What has roccntly como to my knowledge makes it clear that it is a question of tho absolute duty of every Progressive Republican to oppose the selection as temporary chairman at Chicago of any man put forward In the interests or the supporters of Mr -Taft in- thi contest. -I bave-beforo-mo a cop of the following telegram, 6ent to a Roosevelt delegate from Pennsylvania, Mr Phillip K. Barber-The Barber-The national committee has selected se-lected Senator Root of New York for temporary chairman of the convention conven-tion at Chicago. It is rumored that tho Roosevelt forces will oppose the action of the committco I am wiring ou In behalf of tho New York delegation, dele-gation, with tho exception of a very few, to ask our support for Senator Root for chairman We bellovo this contest Is tho most serious one which has afflicted the Republican part and that tho attempt to nominate Mr Roosevelt can lead only to disaster dis-aster Tho doctrines which he has advocated wo declared in our platform plat-form at tho Rochester convention to be subvershc of our form of government. govern-ment. Will yon pleaso wire me, New York City, collect, whether we can rely on your support for Senator Root for temporary chairman. '(Signed) 'WILLIAM BARNES, JR." Contest One of Principles. "Telegrams like thU. have been sent to a great number of the delegates, dele-gates, apparently to a great majority majori-ty of them. This telegram makes tho issue perfectly clear. It is one of principles, not persons. Mr. Barnes demands Mr. Root's selection as the sign of the repudiation of tho principles princi-ples for which I stand, and as an endorsement en-dorsement of tho doctrines enunciated at tho Rochestor convention, doctrines not merely reactionary, but of such a character that no party professing them could carry a single state In this union These doctrines are so bourbon bour-bon and reactionary that in every open primary In every northern state slnco tho Rochester convention was held, after full discussion, tho people have ovorwhelmlngly repudiated them 'This telegram of Mr Barnes shows that'lho plan announced In the press Is true, and that the leader and real head of Mr. Taft's canvas at Chicago is to bo Mr. Barnes, whom Mr Taft and his manager have chosen chos-en to represent and embody the principles prin-ciples for which Mr. Taft 6tands, a cholco which casts an illuminating light on Mr. Taft's relations both to tho bosses in politics, and to special Interests in the business world "It inaltcs it perfectly clear that Mr Root 1b pushed for nomination only with tho purpose to secure the defeat of tho principles for which the Progressive Republicans stand, the principles for wi ' he peoplo have declared therabc v oy overwhelming majorities In these states whore theio havo been popular primaries Mr. Root's personality becomes unimportant unimpor-tant In view of Mr. Barnes' telegram. tele-gram. "There havo been direct presidential presiden-tial preferential piimarlcs in Illnols, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Ohio, North Dakota, New Jersey, Maryland, Oregon and Nebraska. In thebo states the popular vote agalnBt Mr. Taft has bceu between two and three to one aud often over that and he has secured se-cured only 38 delegates out of a total of 311. In Minnesota, Mlbsourl, Kansas, Kan-sas, Malue, New Hampshire, Oklahoma. Oklaho-ma. North Carolina, Virginia, Washington Wash-ington and Vermont there wcro primaries pri-maries which, whllo not direct presidential presi-dential primaries, still give a rough explanation of the actual sentiment I of tho states. "In theso states 1 Becured 151 dele-Continnod dele-Continnod on Pago Nine.) ROOT WILL (Continued From Pago One ) gates and Mr. Taft secured 17, with three unlnstructed. "In those cases where tho Republican Republi-can voters have, had a fair chance to oxpresB their convictions thoy havo repudiated Mr. Taft so completely that ho has been able to obtain less than ono-elghth of tho delegates, his popular vote being but one in three or four, and in some cases only one In nine or ten. "The great majority of the Republican Republi-can party have unequivocally repudiated repudi-ated Mr. Taft. If the wishes of tho Republican voters could be given fair expression, Mr. Taft would have but a corporal's guard In tho convention. "Under these circumstances, it Is fitting and appropriate that Mr. Barnes should be chosen to lead the Taft forces at Chicago In the effort to override tho expressed wish of tho rank and file of tho party, and to give the nomination to the candidate whom the party has explicit' and beyond be-yond all question ropudlated. Taft Can Win Only Fraudulently. "Mr. Taft's nomination at Chicago can only be brought about by nullifying nullify-ing the will of the people, and by fraudulently seating n sufficient number num-ber of boss-picked and boss-controlled delegates In the place of those who have been legally elected by the people peo-ple themselves. "Tho program cannot possibly succeed, suc-ceed, If the convention Ib left to Itself. It-self. Our opponents have shown that thoy they will stop at nothing In the effort to subvert the will of tho people peo-ple duly and deliberately expressed. From thoso southern states where thero Is no real Republican party they havo sent delegations secured by the most unblushiug use of tho federal patronage. In states like Now York, where the machine has deliberately declined to permit the people to participate par-ticipate in the nomination of candidates, candi-dates, Taft delegates have also been aont Whenever It has been possible possi-ble to choose Taft delegates In dofl-'ance dofl-'ance of the popular will, thlB has been done. Al thlB moment such an instance in-stance Ib afforded by Ohio "In Cih ( o fVio I'nnnnt nrlnmrv iVii majority against Mr. Taft's nomination nomina-tion was thirty thousand. High-minded High-minded and honorable men under 6uch clrcumstauces would refuse to accept delegates who would perforce represent repre-sent not tho majority but tho repudiation repudi-ation of tho majority. Yet at this moment the Taft managers in Ohio are straining every ncrvo and using every means to upset tho peoplo's choice and give tho delogatcs-at-large of Ohio lo a man who by an overwhomling majority thoy declared ought not to havo them. Will Be Agalnct Taft. "But In spito of all these efforts the convention if left to Itself will bo heavily against Mr TafL His whole chance of winning depends not upon tho vote of the national convention, but upon his hopes and plans for sc-surlng sc-surlng Improper action by the national na-tional committee. The national committee com-mittee consists of men chosen four years ago. In theory their functions are merely to decldo honestly and fairly election cases afrectlng the prima facie rights of delogatos to Boats and to proffer for temporary chairman sonic man who will bo acceptable ac-ceptable to tho convention. "Mr. Barnes' telegram quoted abovo shows that In reality tho purpose of certain among them Is to frustrate the will of the people and to secure such organization of tho convention as will make the will of tho bosses paramount par-amount over the will of tho people. 1 do not believe that tho national committee as a whole will follow the lead of Mr. Barnes and his allies In this matter. "The quostlon of popular rule Is In-volvod In-volvod In this matter, but moro is Involved In-volved , Tho wholo question of keeping keep-ing faith with the people Is involved. Mr. Barnes can carry through his plan only in flagrant violation of every principle of fair dealing to seat In the convention certain delegates who havo not been elected by tho people and who havo not the sHghtost right to a seat and if, furtliermoro. the convention is content to sit supine while thlB is done Good Men on Committee. "I believe tVat tho expectations of Mr. Barnes and his associates will be disappointed in both particulars I j believe that there are In tho national committee enough men who although they have In good faith supported Mr. Taft, will dccllno to permit thomselves thom-selves to be niado tools for tho accomplishment ac-complishment of his nomination by unworthy mothods. No man should bo chosen as temporary chairman who is put forward by Mr Barnes and those men who represent the principles princi-ples and practices of Mr. Barnes, for any such man could not but be held responsible for the reactionary' bour-bonism bour-bonism of tho Rochester platform and for the views expressed In Mr. Barnes' tc-legram quoted above. "Under these circumstances Mr. Root's own personality Is not the issue is-sue His victory would bo tho victory vic-tory of Mr. Barnes, his defeat the defeat de-feat of Mr. Barnes." |