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Sire Metrtlle farfte Searsi. THE ASSOOIATID PRESS DISPATCHES LAST EDITION 4:00 P. M. Weather Forecast : LOCAL SHOWERS. VOL. XVII., NO. 129. ASHEVILLE, N .0., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 6, 1912. Sc PER COPY THE OLYMPIC GAMES BEGUN NSURGENTS WON'T ED I. SWINNEY BANKHEAD WRITES 21 MEET DEATH CHtCAGO MEET NOT BINDING PLAY ANY LONGER El AS TRAINS CGLLIDE SHOT Tfl DEATH GOV ilR WILSON Crowd of 30,000 Witnesses Op ening of the International Athletic Contest at Stockholm. AMERICAN RUNNERS . MAKE GOOD SHOWING Win Numerous Heats of 100 Meter Race King Gus tavo V. Formally In augurates Event. Stockholm, Sweden, July 6. The fourth revival of the Olympic Karnes formally opened here this morning In the presence of the king and queen and 30,00 spectators. The American contingent of athletes, by far the larg est, brought cheers tiom the great crowds. For the Inaugurual ceremonies an International committee, which In cluded representatives of all nations, under the leadership of Crown Prince Gustave Adolph of Sweden, assembled on the field in front of the massed competitors. A big male choir formed at the far end of the stadium and Bang a hymn, while several bands played. After a short sermon In Swed ish and prayer, the assemblage stood uncovered and sang Luthers hymn, "A MIMghty Fortress Is My God." The crown prince made a brief peech .after which King Gustave V. formerly declared the Olympic games opened. His majesty expressed the hope that the noble idea of the Olympic gam cms of old would be followed In these modern games to the great ben efit of the physical health of the na tions. After another short speech by the crown prince, followed by a blast frn a group of trumpeters in one and of the stadium, responded to by another group at the other end, the crown prince led three resounding cheers and the march of the athletes immediately began. The first athletic victory for the United States was won by Ira Court ney of Seattle, in the third heat of 100 meters, flat. His time was 11 seconds. The fifth, ninth, eleventh, twelfth, sixteenth and seventeenth heats of the 100 meter flat were won by Ameri cans. OAMORRA CASE Presiding Judge Sums up In Long Trial 144 Questions Before the Jury. Vlterbo, July 6. The presiding judge in the trial of the members of the camorra who have been on trial here for nearly two yearj, summed up the case yesterday. The Judge read a long list of questions for the Jury to answer In order to establish who were the Instigators of the crime of mur dering Gennaro Caocole and Maria Cutinelll Cuocole in June, 1906, who were the material executors of the crime; who were the accomplices and who were simply members of the criminal association. The questions which the Jury must answer number 144. Among them are the following with reference to the instigators of the crime: Is ths accused, Enrico Alfano, guil ty of having, in May or June, 1S06, alone or with others, instigated th" murder of Gennaro Cucole at Ter'o Dagrlco on June 5? Was there pre meditation? Was the crime aggravat ed by the formation of a criminal as sociation?" Prior to the summing up of the Judge, Alfona exclaimed: "I don't ask mercy, but Justice. My only desire Is that the law shall be equal for all." REBEL ARMY DWINDLES Onaoeo's Banks Thin Knpldly Because of Reverses and Lack of Food and Money. Washington, July 6. General Pas cal Oroico, commanding the Mexican revolutionary forces, arrived In Jaurei early today, according to report to the war department from Col. Steever, commanding the department of Texas. El Paso, July 6. Only :iS00 men arc estimated as comprising the rebel army today. Desertions on account of lark of food and money as well as the federal triumphs have greatly reduced their columns. It Is probable the army will be cut up Into bands of 500 each to harass government troops. Die from Hiccoughing. Logansport, Ind July 4 Physi cians exploded a giant firecracker at the hedflde of Jamas McGowan at a hospital In tha hope that the nervous hock would stoi his hiccoughing, trni.i which he had 'wen suffering for five days, but although he was quieted he died of exhaustion. McGowan. who was 48 years old, had been hiccoughing continuously, and electricity and oUier remedial ssents war tried without effect be fore the Fourth or Job lelebratlon suggested the firecracker as a last Id. M.UA Arrest In Chicago Chicago, ccordlng to the ce Chief Mc- wero arrest July . A ago during 1911. in ifliiciii TO TIKI PUCE AUG. 1 Will at That Time Confer with Leaders as to Cam , paign Plans. Beverly, Mass., July 6. President Taft will receive the formal notifica tion that he is the nominee of the re publican party for president at the White House in Washington about August 1. He told his vlsitprs at Par amettn to say that he had talked with Senator Root of New York, permanent chairman of the republican national convention, and they had decided that the notification should take place In Washington. The president believes Washington is the most convenient place for the committee to wait upon him and he desires to entertain the members in the White House. The president has planned a reception for early next week to the sub-committee of the republican national committee which is to meet him to go over the situation and hear his suggestions for a chairman of the national committee. Several hundred Invitations have been sent out also to prominent repub licans of the country and it is ex pected that there will be a disposition to get together, and plan the fall campaign against political foes. The president has not changed his mind as to a chairman of the national commit tee and it said that his secretary, C. D. Hilles. probably v. HI be selected. President Taft explained to callers that as far as he is concerned the row between Secretary of the Treasury MacVeagh and A. Piatt Andrew, the assistant secretary, who resigned, is a closed Incident The president was said to have taken the position that Mr. Andrew clearly disobeyed orders by going to Chicago to attend the republican na tional convention after he had been informed by Mr. MacVeagh tHat the two other assistant secretaries and Mr. MacVeagh himself would be away from Washington at that time Mr. Andrew did not deny this act of disobedience, the president was told. Friends of Mr. Taft know that he has frequently referred to Mr. MacVeagh's record as secretary as proof that he is one of the most efficient members of his cabinet A congressional investi gation of the treasury department, friends of the president say. will prove that Mr. MacVeagh has been a re markably good department head. MILLING 11 TRANSIT FRAUDS ARE UNEAR1RED Washington, July 6. Gross frauds and violations of the lav in the exer cise of "milling in transit privileges" accorded to shippers, principally In grain, grain products and lumber, have been revealed by an Interstate commerce commission Investigation Just completed and the railroads will bo required to establish drastic regu lations by August 15 to safeguard the operation of the privileges In tho fu ture. LINER HELD UP H annu s Strike at New York Pre vents Railing of tin- Steam ship Philadelphia. , New York, July 6. The American Line steamship Philadelphia, due to leave her pier for Southampton at 9:30 o'clock this morning, was held up through the failure of oilers, coal unssors and water tenders to report for duty. Tho men apparently struck In sympathy with the seaman's strike Agents of the line announced that the steamer would have a full crew and get away this afternoon. Knglnccr In Serious Condition. Corning. N. Y., July 6. Of the 41 oassengers killed In the rear-end col llslon on Jhe Lackawanna two miles east of this city early Thursday, II remain unidentified. Of these six are In local morgues and seven In El mlra. In several Instances there are no clues upon which Identification mav be attempted and several bodies are so badly mutilated that ultimate recovery of their Identity seem.1 but a remote possibility. The unidentified dead comprise nix women, five men an eight-year-old girl and a 10 years old boy. Engineer William f4chroder of the express train Is reported to be In a serious mental condition and undsr the constant care of physicians. O. V. Smith Wins Tcnnlx championship Atlanta. July . Carleton Y. Hmlth of Atlanta won the southern tennis singles championship today by defeat Ing C. M. Charest of Atlanta In three straight sets In the finals of the south ern tennis tournament. Cummins Won't .loin Third Party. Washington. July 6. Senator Cum mlns of InWa, candidate for the pres Identlal nomination at Chicago, ye trrdav announced to soma of hi friends that he had decided not jnln the new party movement led Theodore Hoosevelt. Working Agreement with the Democrats on Tariff Meas ures Abrogated. Washington, July 6. The working agreement between the democratic and insurgent republican senators is at an end. It has been abrogated as the result of conferences ever since the metal bill was passed in the sen ate by the democrats in the absence of the regular republicans and with out the aid of the insurgents. The probable result will be that the house sugar and wool and excise bills will be presented to the senate and voted down by a strict party vote. All the republicans,, are expected to vote against them, and it is probable that some of the democrats will Join them In opposition to the house sugar bill, which would admit sugar Iree of duty. Following the passage of the metal bill, the democrats appointed a com mittee to confer with the insurgent republicans regarding future co-oper ation because of the impossibility of getting consideration of the insur gent meusures. This condition was produced by the decision of the regu- ar republicans to disappear from the hamber in sufficient numbers to al ow the democrats to get their own bills through without the aid of the nsurgent republicans. This program rendered it impossible for them to get even a vote on their measures, and they decided not to "play" any longer. In view of this position of their tariff allies the democrats have about made up their minds that nothing U to be gained by further concessions. In this emergency leaders of the house are urging that the best party course is to accept the house meas ures and stand or fall by them. The democrats decided last night to proceed alone in presenting their tar iff measures. Senator Simmons will move to have the wool bill made the unfinished business in the senate and falling in that will call up successive- y the excise and sugar bills. APPLIES STEAM ROLLER TO "Votes for Women" Given Effective Quietus at Fed eration Convention. San Francisco, July 6. An attempt by suffrage workers to railroad a reso lution endorsing the suffrage propa ganda through the closing session of the convention of the General Federa tion of women's clubs last night was frustrated by th parliamentary tactics of the presiding officer, Mrs. George Moore who applied the "steam roller" to such advantage that "votes for wo men" was given an effective quietus so far as this convention was concern ed. . HIGH SHCOOL SYSTEM SHARPLY CRITICISED Chicago, July 6. A report based on investigations made In 25 states. Bub mltted to the National Hoard of Edu ation today, declare tho system of high school teaching Just where It was 30 years ago, due principally (o the plan of high schools to prepare pupils for college rather than for life. "Instead of dealing with the problems of today," says the report, "students are taught to deal with 10 gunge, politics' and tho customs of 15 enturlos ago." Neaxly 15,000 teachers are attend ing the meeting of the national asso ciation. Crowd Beats a King's Cousin. Milan, July . While motoring through a village Victor, the count of Turin, a cousin of King Victor Eman- uet, ran into a cart nuea witn peas ants and overturned It. The peasants retaliated by attacking the royal car and endeavoring to upset it In turn. The automobile was eventually wrecked and the count 'roughly hand led by the nngry peasants. The gend arme Intervened and he was rescued. hut not before he and his party had received a beating from tho crowd. "Flynn Rawj." Kays. Johnson. Chicago, July 6. Several hundred negro admirers of Jack Johnson gathered at the railway station to greet the heavyweight champion when he arrived today from Las Ve gas, where, on July 4. he smothered the hepe of Jim Flynn. "Flyflli Was easy," he told the rrowd that surrounded him. He said he planned to knock hint nut In the tenth round, hut the police Interfer red. - Senate Rrstorm the- nattlcfdilp. Washington, July a. The naval ap propriation hill, carrying 11.11. 10., 41, and the two battleship provision, was DMted by the senate yesterday, It now goea to conference .' h t h house to thresh out the navil Increase program and othlir senate amend- Three Shots, Two Effective, Fired by Clyde Melton First into Back, Eye witness Says. PLEA OF SELF DEFENSE IS MADE BY MELTON He Is Promptly Arrested Swinney Taken to Hos pital, Lingering Un til 11 Today. As a result of two pistol wounds in flicted by Clyde Melton last night about 8 o'clock, Kd B. Swinney, a drayman of the cMy, died this morn ing at 11 o'clock at the Mission hos pital, where he llbrl been taken for treatment immediately after the shoot ing. Tho shooting took place near the corner of West College and North Main streets,, on the south side of the former and there v, as. at least one eye witness to the ttrrtfjedy. This witness stated that Swinney turned to run. that he was shot first in the back by Melton, shot once more after he fell and that Melton crossed the street ind tired another time, which shot missed and struck the wall. Swinney appeared as witness against Melton's brother, Horace, In a whiskey selling case yesterday, and it was his testi mony that caused the police judge to ie Melton a long sentence on the road. Melton was arrested by a po liceman soon after he tired the third shot, and stated that he had shot Swin ney becaufe he was advancing on him with a knife. Although there were scores of peo ple near the scene of the shooting, few of, them realised what was taking place until Melton started to walk away. Several or tne guesis oi me Langren hotel and many people on the street saw the last part of the tragedy and with the arrival of the officer who took Melton In i barge, hundreds crowded around. t;t of those who nearby flrsrt, tyievame aware o: what had realty taken place when they heard the piteous begging of Swinney not to let Melton kill nlm. Soon after Melton was taken to the tail the ambulance arrived and Swin ney was taken to the hospital. Ho had been aided temporarily by Dr. A. I Reeves and at the hospital was at tended bv Dr. L. B. McBrayef ami Dr. D. E. Sevier. One bullet entered the back near the vertebrate and did not come out; the other entered about two inches below the heart and lodged hi the back near whore the other en tered. It was early realized that the man could not recover. W. E. Thompson, who has a wagon refreshment stand Just across the Ftreet from where the shooting oc curred, stated that he saw the whole trouble. Ho told a Gazette-News re porter this morning that the two were standing talking together when ne iaw Swlnnev turn and run, that Mel ton llred and Swinney fell. Then Mel ton placod the muzzle of Ills weapon near the breast of the man, who had fallen In the goiter, and llred again (he Hash selling lire to Swinney' xtnthltur. Mellon then turned and crossed the street, llred the third time at the prostrate man and the ball struck the bric k wall about two feet fmm the sidewalk. A man named Swlnk ran up-und caught hold of Mel ton. ho hurled him loose, then eject eu the hulls and cartridges from the t.utnl nnii loaded It again. Melton started towards East College street when the officer took hold of him. and he made no resistance, Mr. Thompson stated that Swinney did not advance toward Melton with a knife, that then was no scuffle and that he saw no knife. It was thought that the llrst snot Melton llred took offset In Swinney s ehosl, but Mr. Thompson, si.ys In ure that Swinney was In.. i snot the back; at leaKt, that Mellon tired ,i him ns he started to run away ana ho fell after the lirst shot. Swinney was a drayman and nan iK-ort here r number ol years. He was married and resided on Hall itreel i is said that he had a small knife in lit' nk.i th.. soring of which was broken so that It could not he easily onelled. The Melton hrotners are wen mown In police circles and have been in police court In connection with whlskty traffic several times. the MANY SHIPS SUNK Hailing Tonnage BulH In America In Threw Years iwreets mat boat In One. Washington, July . All sailing ves els built In this country In the past ihreo years Just offset the American sailing tonnage lost in the 12 months ernllna wii.li .'" JUin of tnis year Thr 15s, claimed rnurar craft aggre gating 50,000 gross tone. Ness Indiana Constltatioa Void. Indianapolis, July I. Thn new In dlana constitution, as drafted by Gov ernor Marshall anil adopted at th Inst seaalon of thr legislature, was de flared unconstitutional late yeaterdu i,v in,, lrfdlnnn Hui reme court. Th I eurl held that the right lies with m nents should have been to't he legislature. New Jersey Governor Gets Another Pledge of Un derwood's Support. Sea Girt, July 6. Renewed assur nce of Congressman Underwood's in tention to support Wood row Wilson u his presidential campaign was ex pressed today in a letter Senator Sankhead, who managed the Under wood campaign, wrote to the New ersey governor. The letter, which was given out by Wilson, reads: 'As manager of Mr. Underwood's unipaigu, 1 beg to congratulate you n the splendid victory you and your riends won at Baltimore. Mr. Un derwood and every friend he has stand ready to give you their enthu- iastic support. They await orders. After the. battle we fought we have no dead to bury and we are ready to pursue the enemy and will follow you n the thickest of the tight." After Woodrow Wilson today had expressed the opinion that the high cost of living is the big issue of the hour and that "at its heart lies the high protective tariff," he was asked whether he intended to take off his oat and go to the mat with Roose elt on the question. "Well, that sounds decidedly stren uous, laughed the governor. Then he said he intended to cover the mat er in his campaign speeches. Governor Wilson spent a compara- ively quiet but busy day yesterday. During the morning he had a long onference with William O. McAdoo of New York, whose name has been mentioned in connection with the treasurershlp of the democratic na tional committee. In the afternoon he received a number of visitors and at dinner last night United States Sen ator O'Gorman of New York was his guest. Neither Senator O'Gorman nor Mr. McAdoo would discuss their con ferences with the governor except that they concerned the coming campaign. Governor Wilson essayed to answer personally if possible each- of 10,000 letters and telegrams he has received since his nomination. He dictated 100 letters. If time permits, the governor will stop off In Indianapolis on his way to Chicago, probably next S.und.ay, toils It his running mate, Governor Mar shall. GENERAL DEBUTE BEGUN ON THE LIMES CASE Illinois Senator Himself Ex pects to Close for the Defense. Washington, July 6. General de bate in rc-openlng of the Lorimer election case opened today with Sen ator Meyers of Montana, making the first speech in a renewed attack on the Illinoisan's seat in the senate. Lo rimer himself experts to close for th" fefenso with his own story about how "I llnky-Dink" Ki una, "Manny" Ab rnhnm and other Chicago boyhood friends rallied to his aid at the fa mous session of the Illinois legisla ture. This Is the close of the second sen ate investigation and tight on the Lor imer case since t'harles A. White, member of the Illllnois assembly sold for publb atlon an exposure of alleg ed legislative corruption affecting Lorlmer's right to a seat which the senate Investigating committee In a recent report sustained by a volo of R to 3. BAPTISTS IRE TO RAISE MILLION IND ONE HALF Atlanta. July 6. The raising of a million dollar building and loan fund and the appropriation of about 1412, 000 for thl year's work were decided upon at the meeting this week of the Southern Baptist Home Mission board, it was announced today. Tho loan Is to be raised In three years. The board also created a depart ment of enlistment and co-operation to old backward churches, especially In the rural districts. Bubonic Plague In Havana. Havana, July 6. A special board of physicians appointed to Investigate the tuepected rase of bubonic plague at the hospital here announced this aft ernoon that the bacteriological exami nation conclusively shows the exlat- enc" of the plague. The existence of this cae Is taken as an Indication that there Is probably a ni Tiber of others. The most strenuous ecautlons have been ordered. It Is not decided yet whether thn government will declare an Interior quarantine agalnr.t Ha vana. ' 1 Washington, July II Drupatchcs to day to the public health service say the case of a Spaniard under ohser- In hospital at Havana has he 'ejo firmed as bubonic plague, the office of former Governor Fi ce Is watching the situation I Monday night to dlssuas plans for 1 Passenger Coaches on Ligo- nier Valiey Railroad Struck by Freight. Ligonier, Pa., July 6. Twenty-one lives, according to official list were Sacrificed in the wreck on the Wilpen branch of the Ligonier Valley railroad laet night when a passenger coach wa.. crushed between two locomotives. With the Latrobe and Ligonier hos pitals over taxed nearly a score of in jured were taxed to Pittsburgh on a special train. The accident occurred at the fair grounds at Wilpen, one and a half miles from Ligonler, a summer re sort. The dead: Mrs. Harry Dillon and baby of Wil pen, crusiicd to aeam. William Campbell of Wilpen. Frank McConnaughty of Llgonler, fireman, crushed and scalded. .ouise Rhoddy, aged eight, of Mc- Cance, crushed. Elizabeth Rhoddy, aged 13, a sister. John M. Ankey of Ligonier, fire man, died on his way to hospital. Mrs. M. Ezzel of Wilpen. Tom Lamar of Wilpen. George Tosh bf Wilpen. Mike Hudock of Wilpen, side crushed. 'rank Overton, aged 10, of Wilpen. mutilated. Mrs. John Overton, mother of Frank, died on train bound for Pitts burgh. George W. Bubley of Pittsburgh. civil engineer body crushed. Matthew Nlepont of Pittsburgh, crushed. Mary Hoddy of Ligonier. Frank Beatty, engineer, head crushed. Unidentified dead, 12. Two of the unidentified are for eigners, who were badly crushed. The passenger train had started from Ligonier. It consisted of an ensine and .coach, the engine push ing tha coach. The freight train was made up of many coal cars, and was being pulled by two heavy locomo tives. The Impact was terrific. The pas senger coach was practically lain open and the passengers either crushed or thrown like shot through the air. It was the first fatal accident, it is wild, in the history of th? Ligonlei road for the past to years. A majority of the injured, 30 in all, were residents of the Wilpen brasch. They were brought to a hospital here or sent to hospitals at IrMttsburgh when it was found they were in a critical condition. Among them were Dr. J. B. Johnson of Ligo nier. hurt internally, may die; Dr. C. A. Hamill of Ugonier, crushed, may die; Miss Esther M. Matthews, a nurse employed at the home of George Senft Of Ligonier. president of the Ligonier Valley railroad; Walter Sere na of MpKeesport, Pa., clerk in a bank at hat place, in a precarious condition. The injuries of the others were all severe, consisting of broken legs and B rms. The train was well crowded, every seat In the lone coach being occupied with persons returning from a Fourth of July holiday. The freight engine ploughed through the wooden coach would paper. crinihed It as It JEROME RESTS CASE Three Alienists for Slate Insist Thai Thaw Is Suffering from Paranoia. White Plains, N. Y., July 6. At the conclusion of yeslerday's session the state practically rested Its case in the hearing before Supreme Court Judge Keogh to obtain the release of Harry K. Thcw from the Matteawan hospital. iDr. Charles MacDonald, the third of the alienists to assert that Thaw is still suffering from paranoia, finished his testimony 'n tin? afternoon, after be ing put through two days' cross-examination by Clarence J. Shearn, Thaw's counsel. Throughout the legal in- nul'v the alienist Insisted the slayer of Stanford White Is still possessed of In sane delusions and should be kept in an asyium. Mr. Shearn Intends to put on the stand alienists favorable to Thaw as he next step In the hearing. These llenlst? are Dr. Adolph Meyer, Dr, rederlck A., Mills and Dr. William A White. It Is believed Mr. Shearn will 'all also some forty other witnesses ill of whom are expected to give evl- lence which will tend to prove that Thaw Is sane, and that the delusions he Is supposed to have are based upon iclual facts. The hearing was adjourned until Monday. Denies Ircdlctng T. B, VUtory. Chicago, July 6. A dispatch of the Associated Pres. reporting an Inter view In Chicago with William J. Bry an. quoted a questioner as asking Mr. Bryan, "What he thought of Colonel Henry Watterson's prediction that Colonel Roosevelt's party would suc ceed. " Colonel Watterson yesterday tele graphed to the Chicago office of tho Associated Prriss from Louisville: "I have expressed at no time the opinion ascribed to me py me asbo ciated Press this morning." To Discuss Third Party Movement. Newark, July 6. It was announced today that a oonferiiice of leaders of th Tff.nMVAlt lam... wolihl Im held In Col. Roosevelt, in Analysis of Taft Majority, Says the Whole Proceeding Was Fraudulent. URGES REPUBLICANS TO REPUDIATE ACT Says President Was Morally Entitled to Only 70 of 561 Delegatess Who Nominated Him. 1 "n '! ; New York, July 6. "Mr. Taffs Majority: An Analysis," is the sub ject of an editorial by Theodore Roosevelt which appears in the cur rent iesue of the Outlook The writer says in part: "The Chicago Evening Post and the Indianapolis Star were original ly Taft papers. They believed that the voters ought to choose Mr. Taft over me in the primaries, and advocated their doing so. But they also aiellev- td that the voters themselves had the right to decide. When the "Taff man agers in Indiana stole the majority of the delegates for Mr. Taft, these pa pers immediately protested, taking the ame attitude that another paper, which had favored Mr. Taft, the Spo kane Spokesman- Review, shortly aft erward took in reference to the theft of the Washington delegates. "The Chicago Evening Post, on June 24, spoke of the Chicago con vention as follows: " In our judgment that nomination was a tainted nomination. There was in It trickery and fraud. Stripped of its practical essentials, it was a nom ination made by a minority instead of a majority. The miserable 21 votes above the nominating point which the steam roller drivers were able to mus ter fade instantly away under scru tiny from any standpoint of represen tative determination.' "When I went into the contest for the nomination, I was, of tourse, pit- Wed against very heavy odds. To start with, Mr. Taft had over 260 delegates from the territories and from states controlled by federal of fice holders in which there was no real republican party, and he thus be gan the contest with nearly half the necessary number of delegates to nominate him. In addition, he had with him the votes of certain purely boss-controlled states, like New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Utah, Wy oming and Colorado where the voters had no chance to express their pref erence (and where the leading pa pers were controlled by the special In terests, so that the sources of general nformatlon were choked and the truth was sedulously hidden from the people). Adding these votes to the others, Mr. Taft had nearly 400 dele gates In whose selection the people had no say whatever. Fight In Primary States. "Nevertheless, we started In, mak ing our fight especially in the pri mary states. In these states the rank and file of tho republican voters had their say Instead of the politician, and In these states we beat Mr. Taft on the popular vote over 2 to 1 In a total vote of three millions, or there abouts; and in delegates beat him very nearly in the proportion of 7 to 1. So overwhelming was our victory In the states where the people had even a partial chance to express themselves In primaries that we over came Mr. Taft's nearly .solid vote from the rotten-borough states, and among the boss-picked delegates, and btained a clear majority of .all the delegates elected to the convention; that K about 5C0 delegates. By Mr. Taft's direction and connivance, and under the persontil supervision of his private secretary and one member of ids cabinet, Messrs. Barnes, Penrosejj Guggenheim, Crane, Franklin Mur phy and Mr Taft' jther lieutenants proceeded to steal from the people enough delegates fraudulently to con vert my majority Into a minority. 'The nominating vote for Mr Taft was 561, being 21 beyond tne neces sary majority to nominate mm. From these 21 the first to be sub tracted are two votea which the chairman, Mr. Root, In his capacity of modern Autolycua, the 'snapper-up of unconsidered trifles," took from Massachusetts. This leaves a majority of but 19. There vere on the roll over 90 delegates who had been de feated iy the people as delegates, but had been seated as such by the na tional committee. Not one of tho 90 men opposing the Taft delegates had as poor a title as the Taft delegates from the borough of Manhattan of ths city of New York. As regards 7 of them, their title was absolutely plain, and quite as good as the title of the uncontesed Taf delegates. De ducting merely the latt, . number, Mr. Taft'e vote sinks at once to 411, or 60 less than wet? required. for his nomination. These 481 represent ths maximum of legally obtained votea which Mr. Taft could claim In the convention. It was (0 votes less thaa were necessary for a nomination. Not' only was the nomination of Mr. Taft absolutely fraudulent, but so was th seating of Mr. Root, and and so was every motion adopted by the fraudu- la I w I
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