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Georgia, deciding all of tlrem In favor of tho
Taft forces. Tho Roosovolt men on tho com
mittee votod with tho Taft forces on all theso
contests except with respect to tho Ninth Ala
bama district. In that district Chairman Rose-
wator, a Taft champion, votod with tho Roose
velt men. The not gain to tho Taft forces of
this two days' work was 72 delegates.
Mr. Roosevelt issued a statement denouncing
tho decision in tho Ninth Alabama district, say
ing that it was In defiance of justice and that
inon had been sontonced to prison for smaller
offenses. Ho concluded Ills statement in theso
words:
"I don't concodo that thoft is a test of regu
larity. Tho republican party is not in a combi
nation, nor has It appointed as its receivers tho
nino repudiated committeemen abovo men
tioned, nor tholr colloaguos, who have, in simi
lar fashions, boon repudiated by tho popular
vote of tho republicans of their states. Nor is
tho question now at issue one as to tho per
sonal prcferonco of any republican for any par
ticular man for president or for tho doctrines
which that man ombodlos. Tho question is now
merely whothor tho deliberately expressed judg
ment of tho great majority of tho rank and file
of tho republican party is to bo no less de
liberately nullified by tho vory men whoso
loadorship has just boon repudiated by this
same majority.
"A nomination obtained by tho votes of tho
dolcgatos seated In utter defiance of justice as
theso two Alabama delegates have just boon
soatod would bo worthless to tho man obtain
ing it and would bo Indignantly repudiated by
tho party as a whole. Apparently certain na
tional committeemen and cortain of the bosses
who from tho outside influence tho national
committee, have yot to learn that tho rank
and fllo of tho republican party must bo treated
as tho masters and not tho servants of their
representatives. Tho republican party can not
continue to exist unless its official action is de
termined by tho expression of tho sober and
doliberato judgment of the majority of tho
party." .
Tho majority of tho national committee held
a conference and decided not to reply to Mr.
Roosevelt's statement. Privately, however, they
expressed Indignation.
It was unofficially announced that Roosevelt
would visit Chicago in person.
The Associated Press gavo tho following an
alysis of tho situation in respect to tho contest:
Tho vital importance of tho decisions of tho
national committee upon tho contests is ap
parent to anyono studying tho liBts of delega- ,
tions. Such study Incidentally dis'clos'es tho '
great weight which may bo attached to tho
twenty-six delegates from "Wisconsin and ten
, from North Dakota, instructed for La Follotto
and the ton from Iowa Instructed for Cummins.
There is no reconciling tho conflicting claims
of tho Taft and Roosevelt managers regarding
tho respective strength of their followings. Bach
Is figuring into his tables, delegations emphati
cally claimed by tho othor on tho strength of
convention indorsements, alleged pledges, and
othor more or less substantial grounds. Reason
ably dependable, however, seem the figures col
lected by the Associated Press from which can
bo derived what may bo described as tho bare
"bones" of tho situation. Those figures, which
are unofficial, and by no means guaranteed, aro
as follows:
Whole number of delegates 1,078.
Necessary for nomination 540.
Instructed for Roosovolt and uncontested,
411.
Instructed for Taft and uncontested, 201.
Instructed for La Follotto, (no contests'), .36.
Instructed for Cummins, (no contests), 10.
Uninstructed (including New York's nine
ty), 166.
Contested, 254.
Of tho 254 contested, tho national committee
has thus far given Taft 72.
These figures analyzed aro as follows:
Instructed for Roosovolt and uncontested:
California 24, Illinois 56, Indiana 10, Kansas
18, Kentucky 1, Maryland 16, Massachusetts 18,
Michigan 10, Minnesota 2A, Missouri 12, Ne
braska 16, New Jersey 28, North Carolina 16,
Ohio 34, Oklahoma 16, Oregon 10, Pennsylva
nia 67, South Dakota 10, Tennessee 1, Texas 6
Vermont 2, West Virginia 16. Total 411.
Instructed for Taft and uncontested (not in
cluding the seventy-two given him by the na
tional committee's decisions upon contest) Ala
bama 8, Colorado 12, Connecticut 10, Illinois 2
Indiana 6,- Iowa 16, Kansas 2, Kentucky l'
Massachusetts 18, Michigan 12, Mississippi 2
Missouri 2, Nevada 6, Now Hampshire 8, Ohio
The Commoner;
14, Oklahoma 2, Pennsylvania 9, Rhode Island,
10, South Carolina 10, Tennessee 15, Utah 8,
Vermont 2, Virginia 4, Wyoming 6, Hawaii 6,
Philippines 2, Porto Rico 2. Total 201.
Instructed for La Follette (no contests):
North Dakota 10, Wisconsin 26. Total 36.
Instructed for Cummins (no contests):
Iowa 10.
Uninstructed and uncontested: Arkansas 2,
Connecticut 4, Delaware 6, Idaho 8, Indiana 2,
Maine 12, Michigan 2, Missouri 8, Montana- 8,
Now Mexico 8, New York ,90, North Carolina 2,
South Carolina G, Texas 4, Vermont 4. Total 166.
Contested by either Roosevelt or Taft:
Alabama 1G, Arizona 6, Arkansas 16, Cali
fornia 2, Florida 12, Georgia 28, Indiana 12,
Kontucky 18, Louisiana 20, Michigan 6, Mis
sisippi 18, Missouri 14, North Carolina 6, Okla
homa 2, South Carolina 2, Tennessee -8, Texas
30, Virginia 20, Washington 14, Alaska 2, Dis
trict of Columbia 2. Total 254.
Of these contests, the national dommittee,
Friday and Saturday decided in Taft's favor all
of thoso from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida and
Georgia. Total 72.
Out of theso figures, may be made combina
tions to suit almost any political taste. It all
depends on how the national committee decides
tho contests; who gets the uninstructed dele
gates, and most important of all whether
' tho delegates now listed one way or. the other
"stay put."
Later tho national committee decided the In
diana contest in favor of tho Taft forces. Over
tho protest of the Roosevelt men they postponed
action on tho California delegation but it was
expected by the Roosevelt men that in those con
tests as In all others the steam roller will be
.used by tho Taft managers.
Senator Borah, Roosevelt leader of Idaho,
took occasion to declare that there would be
no bolt even though Mr. Taft were nominated.
Other Roosevelt men made similar statements.
It is noticeable that these statements came
f-rom men who were holding office or were candi
dates for office.
Senator Bradley of Kentucky will second the
nomination of Mr. Taft.
Mr. Roosevelt wrote an article which was
given to the press and entitled, "A Naked Issue
of Right and Wrong." He said that the contest
In the republican nomination had harrowed
down to a naked issue of right and wrong,
adding, "for the issue is simply whether or not
we shall permit a system of naked fraud, of
naked theft from tho people, to triumph. I
have made this contest on 'two great principles
first, the right of the people to rule, and there
fore, in' the exercise of their judgment to con
trol tho government and governmental agent;
second, their duty so to rule as to bring about
not only political, but social and industrial jus
tice. I have endeavored everywhere to appeal
not to the politicians, but to the people them
selves, and to get their judgment, stating scores
of times that I would do my best to convert
them to my way of thinking, acquiesce as a
matter of course in their, judgment if it was ad
. verso, but if their judgment was favorable I did
not intend merely to submit to an effort by the
politiciansthat is by tho bosses acting as the
representatives of special interests to throw
aside the verdict of tho people and substitute
a ,ranlLver5lct of tlleir own- This is precisely
what Mr. Barnes, Mr. McKinley and their as
sociates and representatives on tho national
committee are now attempting."
Referring to the Ohio contest, he said: "In
Ohio very flagrant action was taken, which,
while it may not technically come under the
head of cheating, represented such outrageous
defiance of the popular will as to call for tho
condemnation of every honorable man
"The state went by over 30,000 majority
against Mr. Taft at tho primaries, but the Taft
managers had refused to permit a vote to be
taken at tho primaries for -the delegates-at-large
and in the state convention, by adroit
political trickery, they secured'six Taft delegates
to vote at Chicago for the man whom his own
state had just repudiated by over 30,000 ma
jority. "I fail myself to see how an honorable man
can profit by or take part in such a piece of
trickery as this Ohio state convention 'victory.' "
WATOH THEM GROW
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An anti-third term league was organized at
Kansas City a few days ago in anticipation of
Roosevelt's nomination. Watch these clubs
grow if tho ex-president is again the candidate
If he ventures to ignore tho traditions of a cen
tury ho will encounter a-multitude of such clubs.
VOLUME 12, NUMBER. 2J
The Making of a Man
Mr. Bryan spoke at the Nebraska peniten
'tlary Sunday morning, June 2, 1912, taking as
his subject, "Tho Making of a Man." Tho
following is a brief synopsis of his address:
We are interested in the improvement of tho
hog, the cow and the horse. Wo strive to pro
duce the best wheat, the best corn, the best
vegetables and the best" fruits -and till this is
done for the benefit of MAN. Hqw much moro
important, then, is the work of, improving MAN
whom God has made in His own, image and
but a little lower than the angels. . We can
measure the difference between the poorest
apple- and tho best in ounces; wo can measure
the difference between the poorest hog and tho
best in pounds; we can measure the difference
between the poorest horse and the best in dol
lars, but no arithmetic will enable us to meas
ure the difference between man at his worst
and man at his best. To man alone the heavenly
Father has given the power to make his life an
unspeakable curse or a blessing of incalcuablo
worth.
Let us consider for a moment what enters
into the making of a man. First, he has a body
which must be strengthened and prepared for
a large work. Much of man's physical worth
comes to him by inheritance his stature, his
constitutional strength, his tendencies to, and
his power to resist disease.' This element of
his strength he must take as he finds it but he
can by diligence and care, add to the store of
strength which he inherits; he can .repair the
weak places and fortify himself against heredi
tary frailties. And then, still more important,
he can preserve his strength and make it last
until old age come. r he can squander his
strength by dissipa't. ; he can surrender to
bad habits and waste his life by indulgence. It
is worth while to consider what a man has cost
in rearing. Last summer I heard a statement
the strongest statement I ever heard, but I
believe it true. It was that "the suffering
which woman endures as the penalty for
motherhood is greater than all the suffering
caused by all the wars of all the world." Think
of this drain upon the strength and energy of
woman; then recall the amount of time and
care devoted to the infant and the child. Fully
a third, if not a half, of the mother's life is, on
the average, given to her children, not to speak
oi .the fathers care and sacrifice; and yet, when
the boy is grown he can, and sometimes does,
a garfd.the hings of his parents and, in
different to what they have done for him, de
stroy his own prospects of success and bring
the gray hairs -of father and mother in sorrow
to tho grave. How inexcusable is the conduct of
SoLJ0UfnLman wh0 disappoints the love and
hopes of his parents!
th siJil o? Str?ng, and well-preserved body is
ne f pTI fn1 f the man' A mn can be
ffff17 and yet b.G-but liule better
InMth?fihaLnfmind' a?d twnwt be developed.
at least Z n 7 llave universal .education,
SoinK 7 aVe a ?ch001 system that makes it
No veLl W CllUd t0 Secure an education.
In the uSwlfl Qfffre Cabe gIven for ignorance
neglect Ms chifd68! N, Parent can afford to
afllpd to flir2?B,e??catlon' andno child can
tiefoffe?erfhardlleducatIonal opportuni
one arm 'n ?he boy who Ses out with
have two lR?nfo0t t0 comnete with those who
thJyouni m?r ? J? mUCh at a advantage '
compote IriSinJ0 goes ut half educated to
If one ,! ,i,! e b,oys wh0 are well educated.
largeneusXlnGSd0Vif P HmSelf into a man of '
as well a Fa llrnll T? havo a Btrong mind
think qulckhr S,fl gtnb0dy""a mlnd traIned t0
problems of Ufe accurely estimate tlio .
-ttotoJm?0Pflthl,nf nTeSSary' namely
be perfect in hn?it eheart. A man may
mind and yet hSmn thorou6hly trained in
menace ?oySOdet?ayMbaeni ,nly USeless but a '
ideal- ami tt ?' i. an needs a Purpose, an '
the moral devSS L ?nless we look af tQV '
everything A? nt;, in fact' character is
man te first thinffi?ine ,th moral Par of
is a God back ofSthp !LUnderstand that there
Creator , &
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