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ARCICAL PRIOGRM IS ABLY CIRRIED OUT
BY THE MACNHIkE'SIFAiTHFUL LIEUTEIANTS
WHLE THE PROGRESSIVES f...tLE iN VAIN
(Staff Correspondence.)
Livingston, May 16.-Klrushing with
a mechanical . regularity that grew
monotonous even to the men who were
manipulating it, the Marlow-Lan
strmm-Donlan machine this afternoon
ground out a hand-picked bunch of
delqgates to the national convention
of the republican party at Chitago
Juno 18, taking good care of each of
the three proprietors of the conven
tion, and stifling every attempt of the
progreeslve minority to secure rec
ognition. The most high-handed meth
ods were employed by the merciless
majority, a majority so cruel that it
would not accord a fair fight to a
foe too feeble to win under any cir
cumstances. The progressives, how
ever, did not die without a fight and
they managed to place the convention
on record as opposing progressive
legislation of all sorts. While Donlan,
Lanstrum and Marlow dared enough
to put themselves in the way of
party positions, they did not venture
to instruct the Chicago delegation, but,
as Doniaq and Lanstrum both belong
to the eight who are going, there ap
pears to have been overlooked noth
Ing that is essentially important,
and, that there be no slip, the reso
lutions adopted this afternoon urged
the national convention delegates to
use "all honorable means" to secure
the nomination of Taft.
The Delegation.
The personnel of the delegation also
is another anchor to windward that
the reactionary convention today
thoqgllt best to throw out. Here is
the list:
Delegates-Dr. O. ,M. Lanstrum,
Lewis and Clark county; Ed Donlan,
Missoula county; D. J. Charles, 811
ver Bow county; George T. Baggs, Ra
valll county; Sam Stephenson, Cas
cade county; George W. Clay, Valley
county; J. E. Kinney, Dawson coun
ty; A. J. .W.llcolmb, Madison county.
Alternates-J. D. Waite, Fergus
county; J. E. Edlwards, Rosebud coun
ty; F. B. Connelly, Yellowstone coun
ty; John Luce, Gallatin county;
George ,Millett, Lincoln county; E. J.
Crull, Mussellshell county; Julius
Lehfeld, Blaine county; W. C. Hus
band, Meagher county.
Marlow Is ICommitteeman.
In passing, it may be mentioned
that Thomas A. Marlow, the only one
of the three rulers of the convention
not taken care of in the Chicago con
vention, was chosen national commit
teeman, to succeed the late Thomas C.
Marshall of Missoula. He was chosen
on the fourth measuring of the pro
gressvle and reactionary strength of
the convention. The vote that elected
fMr. Marlow of Helena over the in
surgents' candidate, George W. Parr
of Custer county, was the last act of
the ponvention. It stood 422 to 231,
and is a fair sample of the three bal
lots that had been taken during prevt
ous stages of the steam roller's ad
vance.
Vote by Counties.
It is Just as well to give the vote
Iby counties on the national commit
teeman, for It, also, is typical of the
slaughter oL the Day. The total vote
was 645, within two of the conven.
tion's total. The vote Itself follows:
For Marlow-Beaverhead, 14; Blaine,
18; Cascade, 88; Chouteau, 9; Deer
Lodge, 29: Granite, 10: Hill, 12; Low
is and Clark, 84; Jefferson, 18; Lin
coin, 18; Madison, 17; Meagher, 10;
Missoula, 80; Mussellshell, 18; Park,
20; Powell, 14; Rosebud, 7; Sanders,
11; Silver Now, 65; Sweet Grass. 8;
Teton, 17; Valley, S24 Total, 422.
For P.rr--eaverhead, 5; Broadwa
ter, 10; Carbon, 2:; Custer, 25; Daw
son, 16; Fergus 27;: Flathead, 23;
Gallatin, 24: Granite, 1: Hill, 1; LIn
coin, 1; Mgdison, 1; Meoagher, 1; Park,
2: Ravalll, 82: Rosebud, 7; Sweet
Qrass, 8; Yellowstone, 80; total, 281.
The vote ie typical, yes, but it is
not absolutely identical with its three
brothers, for several counties divided
somewhat on this baillot,
It was H. J, Miller of Park county,
MINNESOTA SENDS
SOLID DELEGATION
Minneapolus, May 10.-With an over
whelmig nlajority of the delegates
favoring Theodore Roosevvak, the re.
p ubllvsn state eooIentIoff today in.
dorwed the oolonel and hia prinopipe
.and fnsrtvioted the Mainneaota delega.
tt O t til o S o ot for him "first, lost
* yO ft 1l' aa unaitriousl
*Beea n. wy 'and :ermanent
l lot t* mOrsit the LIrC
; '" "4 thi 'pot
a local attorney, who nominated Mr.
iMarlow and it was .Senator W. H.
Meyer of JaCrbon county who brought
before the convention the name of
Mr. Farr.
Judge Il, K. Cheadle of Fergus coun
ty and Senator 'Meyer led the pro
gressive fight today and both made
splendid addresses, on numerous oc
casions, hurling unpleasant facts into
the teeth of an unfriendly audience
and winning the cheers of even "The
ranks of Tuscany."
It was Judge Cheadle who made the
fight against the list of delegates that
the machine-chosen committee of
seven had selected. Of course, It was
the machine's delegation that was
elected, but the convention was forced
first to turn down the following men,
chosen by the progreuive minority.
Minority Nominations.
Delegates--Joseph M. Dixon of Mis
soula county; A. W. Merrifield of
Flathead county; George A. Herkan
of Rosebud county; B. C. Russel of
Fergus county: IFrank lEdwards of
Lewis and Clark county; T. M. Ev
erett of Blaine county; W. F. Merrer
of Carbon county; J. A. ,Ferrls of
Dawson county.
Alternates--Clay Patterson of Bea
verhead county; H. J. Paust of Powell
county; C. B, Anderson of Gallatln
county; 8. J. Small of JMeagher coun
ty; Gilbert Allis of Ravalll county;
HI. A. Vaga of Valley county; George
Meyers of Broadwater county; N. T.
Lease of Cascade county.
Judge Cheadle moved the selection
of these men and that they be in
structed for Rooesvelt. This was lost
vociferously, viva voce.
Such are the fa ts of the conven
tion, the most salient ones. Tonight
delegations are departing, guiltily
Jubilant or resentfully crestfallen.
There were no surprises. It had well
been known that the result of the con
vention had been arranged to the
nicety of every detail hours, days,
weeks and months before the chair
man's gavel fell for the first time this
afternoon. It was a busy gavel, too,
let it be known, for the convention
was not exactly controlled at first, not
until after the utter hopelessness of
the progressive cause had brought it
self so prominently to notice that the
farce of open warfare was apparent.
No Bolt.
The progressive wing did not bolt
the convention, as had been expected
by both factions. It was arranged
that the Gallatin Roosevelt delegation
should be selected and conservatives
among the progressives counseled that
the fight on every issue be taken to
the floor of the convention, there to
be battled in a dogged, liopeless sort of
a way. That was the program of the
progressives after their caucus this
mot-ning and that was the program
from which they never deviated one
Inch. It was, too, a good program and
the fight that it outlined was a good
fight, a clean fight, a man's fight, an
honest war.
Parades.
For hours the air had been vocal
with band music before the convention
came together today at high noon. The
delegates trooped into the Orpheum
theater hot from their parades on the
streets of uptown Livingston. There
had been a Roosevelt parade, a cheer
Ing, hat-waving, enthusiastic snake tf
maet and a band. There had been an
Amalgamated parade, if one may
judge from the fact that Charles
Swarts, tax agent, served as drum
major. There had been several anon
ymous parades, just as expressions of
the human desire to step in unison
to lilting music, and there was
scarcely a man who hadn't walked
half a dozen miles this morning be
fore the business of the day really be
gan,
Into the semi-darkness of the the
ater they trooped, these delegates,
Teddy's and Bill's, all eager for the
fray, one side hopeful, the other as
sured,. The Montana State band
ushered in the convention with a se
form drawn at a caucus last nglht,
adding to the original a dlank whiah
commended oenator La Fallotte's plyn
ooncerning the basing of rate-maknl
upon the physical valuation of ratl.
road property.
The majority of the committee
agreed to put Into the platform the
La Folletite planks favoring the gDjri
denatil pir4ftential p.m.ary; the elso.
ttion of United Sttes. senatore by
'direct vote. and the enaetmelit of a
more thsroughlgoing corrupt prac
t&o o.
lection that was uniquely approprl
ate. The band played "That Mys
terlous Rag," then it crashed into a
patriotic medley that had the "Star
spangled Banner" In syncopation, and
the conventibn stood.
Mlissoula's delegation was immedi
ately behind Pliver Bow's on the left
hand side of the house, while Ra
valll's men were on the stage.
The theater had the usual decora
tions, with a large picture of Thom
as Henry Carter swung over the
chairman's head. Pictures of The
odore Roosevelt and William H. Taft
equally overshadowed a miniature
image of the fighting face of Rob
ert M. La Follette.
Chairman Walte was In the chair,
the delegates were seated. - Rev. Hec-.
tor C. Leland of Livingston offered
prayer. Secretary Arms of the state
central committee read the call and
the first crack of the machine was
heard. The chairman, John D, Walte,
of Lewistown, delivered the first
speech of the convention.
Then the choice of the executive
committee of the state republican
central committee for the position of
temporary chairman, E. D. Weed of
Lewis and Clark county, was Intro
duced after he had been escorted to
the chair by Lee Mantle of Sllver How
county, W. P. Meyer of Carbon coun.
ty and T. A. Cummings of Chouteau
county.
Frank Hazelbaker of Beaverhearl
county and E. KIlnnnglham of Silver
Now county were introduced as tem
porary secretary and temporary as
slstant secretary by Ed Donlan of
Mlssoula county and Charles A. Burg
of Park county.
Weed Sounds Keynote.
Promptly after this formality, Chair
man Weed began his address, the Key
note speech the machine had told him
to make. General Weed Is a maen
of great self-possession and he need
ed every bit of this quality. He was
Interrupted by hisses, groans, cat
calls and when he said that the peo.
pie demand from the occupant of the
White House tangible results, there
was a Roosevelt demonstration that
lasted for several minutes and shook
the old Orpheum as no Livingston
audience had ever disturbed it. He
mentioned McKinley, Roosevelt,
- again the cheers of the
progressives rent the air. He went
on--"and 'William Howard Taft."
Thl regulars then attempted to pile
noise upon noise, to outdo the Roose
volt men in cheering; confusion worse
confounded was the result. Now, in
a way, this was a bit of a test of
strength, too, for the lungs of the
Tafts were more numerous than
those of the Teddles, though, it
seemed, not of equal individual power.
The "Pad,"
After it was fairly quiet once more
the speaker went on. He alluded to
the "fad" of "attacking corporations"
and the "jeering fetlsh of reform"
and with each sentence he was
stopped by the rush of sound that
came from the Itous.vilt delegationl
before him and behind him. "The
administration of William Doward
Taft is the greatest since that of
Lincoln," continued General Weed and
this was challenged with the , usual
voclferation. However, iMr. Weed is
an able man and he has Iota of. grit
and he landed on the supporting
racket furnished 'by the Taft dele=
gates and withstood the brunt 9f the
progressive criticism with admirable
fortitude,
Chairman Weed then recognised
Colonel Crow of Musselshell county,
who moved the appointing of the
customary working committee. Then,
upon motion of Lee Mantle of 11i.
ver Bow county, there was taken a re
cess of an hour and a half, or until
S o'clock.
Committees were announced as fol
lows:
.redentials.
H. G. Rodger, Beaverhead; C. B.
Foss, Blaine: W. D. Iasby, Broadwa
ter; W. H. Melgs, Cascade; H. 0.
Province, Carbon; Jere Sullivan, Chop.
teau; James Hunter, Custer; J. A.
'Metcalf, Dawson; W, H, Dunnigar,
Deer Lodge; B. .. Cheadle, 'Fergul;
H. V. Alward, Flathead; A, J, Wal
rath, Gallatin; W. J. IWlelshon, OtGrn
its; D. B. MeKenale, Hill; H. A. Mao.
'AMilan, Jefferson; C. B. Pew, Lewis
and Clark: L. H. Faust, Lincoln; 0. a.
Allen, Madison; B, C. Bagter,
teagher; Davis QGrahmn, 'i3tCioula;
B. J, Crull, Musselshell; G. 8,. 4ott,
Park; A. J, Lockey, lPowel; ow , g.
Stevens, Bavalll B. . Fa.ll. RosebPud
John R, Stoult, Sanders; W. F. L.e-I
Silver Bow; G, A,, boabhy, 'Swd
Graus; 8, Is Potter, Teton; W. 0.
Otte.ard, ValIer; ,. . Annln, Tel
.(coattaut oat Pag I ever)
JUDOG CRADLE TELLS How HE
WAS OMýlRRIDDEN IN ,COM.
MtYTPEE MEETING.
HIS TNS .IGNORED
Despite Offered Proof That Dolegates
From Three Counties Were Hand*
Plaked by County Committees, the
Credentials Committee Upholds Taft.
Amalgamated Machine Men. ,
(8taff t'orresl.lmdenc,,'e.
Livlngston, May I1 .-'Tunl;tilt .1dIise
Cheadle, letadr of the progrest*'le
minority la the repullican state
convention here today, gave outt
the followlng statement concerninog
the troeatment of his cause by the cre
dentials comnlittee this afternoon:
"The minority report of the comnilt
tee on credentials was presented by
"It was In 1nstat(nti'. that the' ma
jorlty of the irotnfittete' re'fulel Io en
ider 'any testi tllny lnrtrnirl g the
contested delelatiottls or tven I, .aur
any when the lltlene vOttt.' cotntest
wais callted. The coltestatlit, from
Blalne were noit present In the corn
Itittee rooplnalt having teen notifed
to present tlinselvtes. 'hut they np
peared before the close of the meet
Ing of the committee.
"T.he minority nmembers asktdl that 1
the written stalncmllnts of cttlti'st
previously filed >tll the' state ci
milttee and transferred to the eonllllt -
tee on credentials be' read and evhidll.e.
be heard touching the allegations of
the contestants and e·ntesters. This
request was peremnptorily refused and
motions and uprotests of the minority
snemlhers were summlarily voted down
and overridden.
"The chairman of tth committee
finally refusled to entertatin the mto
tlons of tile minority iand, on motion
ofr a majority memenlr, deltluared in
favor or recomtmendllng to lthei conven
tion tile seating of the contested dele
gations front Blaine, Litncoln and
Meagher countles.
"The ground of objectionll to the
seating of these contested delehgatlontl
put forward by the minority report
was that the delegations were not
chosen by primaries or conventions of
the respective counties and did llot
provide that coutnty committees might
select the delegates. I read the seet
ond paragraph of the call In support
of this position and moved thein substl
tution of the minority report for that
of the tlajority, but with Itno irg.litanent
and little comment, the motlont was
lperemltptorily voted down by the unsal
reactionary nmajority."
ROOSEYELI' MAJORIJY
GROWS CALIFORNIA
aun 'ruanclsco, May 16.--Roturns
from Do precincts received late today
added sllghtly to the majority for
Rnosevelt and for Clark In Tuesdqy's
republlcan-demooratlc preferential pri
mary. Those brought totals up to the
following flgures,on returns from 3,452
precincts out of 8,700 In the state:
Republican: Roosevelt, 137,944; Taft,
67,305; Iaa Plollette, 45,355.
Democratic: Clark, 39,494; Wilson,
17,682.
Roosevelt's majority over both Taft
and La Follette is 26,284, and his plu.
rality over Taft, 70,639.
Clark's majority over Wilson is 21,
912.
NO VERDICT IN ALLEN CASE.
Wythevllle, Va., May 16.-The Allon
jury has reported to the court that it
has not arrived at a verdict and has
been locked up until tomorrow.
WEST VIRGINIANS
ARE ALL FOR
TEDDY
1ounti. aon, W. Va., May 16.-
The. We4 . #lnlIa 'republiaon con
ventlon t oiglit named six delegates
at large to the Chicago convention
ad glve Ttl4dr Roosevelt its
t aqu l lfied tl gsement,
ThJ1i{ ion vves Colonel Roose
Velt the full Isto dele tlon of 16
to the national convention.
COWWANOW DEARBORN
Livingston, May 10. --.(Special.)-Senator Conrow, democrat of Park county, today
sent to Governor Norris his pledge that he would vote for the .direct-primary bill pro.
posed by the commission selected by the state executive. This is taken here to mean
that the long-looked-for extra session of the state legislature will be called as Senator
Conrow's promise completes the list necessary to put this measure through the senate.
The announcement was made before the session of the state republican convention began
today and it was discussed liberally by the delegates and officers of the convention.
Despite this knowledge, the senators specified on the Annin resolutions to be instructed
to notify the governor of their willingness to vote for the direct primary law already
formulated, did not avail themselves of the opportunity of getting into line.
Helena, May 16.-It is apparent tonight that Montana will have a direct primary bill
before the nominations are made for the fall campaign. The agreement of Senator J.
M. Conrow to vote for the measure drafted by the governor's commission, together with
the agreement of State Senator A. R. Dearborn of Granite county to "sign up" for the
bill when but one more was needed, gives the governor the pledges of the majority of the
members of both houses to vote for the primary measure. The bill drafted by the com
mission is modelled after the Oregon law, except that it requires party registration at the
primary election.
There has been for months a majority of the house of representatives ready to enact
the primary law of the governor's commission. The senate, however, has been steadfast
in its majority of holdbacks, who would neither affirm nor deny their" willingness to sup
port the bill.
Those who are now pledged to its support are: Senators Stout, McCone, George, Dun
can, Larson, Sikes, eary, Meyer, Groff, Christopher, Everett, McCarthy, Dearborn,
Conrow.
Those who are avowedly opposed to the measure are: Cockrell, Whiteside.
Those who have refused to declare themselves are: Donlan, Burlingame, Dunnigan,
Edwards, Gallwey, Kessler, Leighton, McDonnell, Muffley, Selway, Survant, Tooley.
TEDDY CERTAINI
HE WILL BE
NAMED
HE NOW HAS FIVE HUNDRED AND
ONE DELEGATES TO CHICAQO
CONVENTION,
HAS MORE THAN PLENTY
Toledo, May 10.-"Of the deluegal'e
ulrleady a.lected, I havu G01," laid Colo
ntl itoosevlt today. lie stood by hll
statem.nlllt (or yesterday that hie hn
nore than I00 delegateo and was eon
ildent he would be nonlllated onl tli'
rirsat ballot at Chicago.
The third day of his Ohio campallig
took hilm fromn G(reenville to Toledo.
lfe made 13 specuhes and had as little
tienn for rest a. on previous days.
Colonel Itonomvelt was told that
Prsildent Taft would dlspute his claithn
as to dleogates and directed the prep
aration of figures to reinforce his
statemlent. The Itoosevelt column foolt
up 501. Unde(r the heading "For smnna
other candidate," are placed 841 dole
gates, while 84 are listed as unlln
structed and 38 as conteated.
"I have gone over these tables In
minute detall," said Colonel Iloomoyalt,
"and I conslder It a guarded under
estimatue of our strength."
Taft Lists Misleading.
The former president asserted that
the lists of delegates which have been
given out by the Taft Ianagers were'
so misleading as to give little Idea, of
the linoup and that It was his purpose
to slhow just what was th lsituation.
From Now York state 80 delegates
are listed for Itooevelt. An ex
planatory note says: "The Taft people,
claim 83, but we have pledges from tit
le't 20 who will vote for Roosevelt
all the time.
L'rom Michigan 10 delegates are, put
In the Roosevelt column.
,The entire delegation from Wash
Ington l claimed with the statement:
"The "Taft people have chosen what
they term a 'oontestlng delegation,' but
It Im admitted even by the Taft papUers
that the Roosevelt forces controlled the
convention by at least 560 to' 48."
All From Missislppi.
Thie entire Missislppi delegatiotn I
liated for IRoosevelt with the ex
plalnatory remark that whiie it is
claimed for President Taft "In the staite
convention the Roosevelt people out.
voted the Taft people by thre.o to oau."
In his Speech here Colonel .loome
velt replied to the statement that al
though he ha4 been attacking bossislm,
Waltpr IoWiir hlS ·g io imanager, ,was
in the clam of ,boales, He referred to
(conti&anuean il.a. . t oe)
I. R. SOME
MORE
DELEGATION OF EIGHT WILL
VOTE AS A UNIT FOR COLO.
NEL ROOSEVELT.
PROGRESSIVES CONTROL
Ilewlston, Idaho. Maly t6. - 'The
It.ii ,ovelt dc'l i Ig i in i',mpliete I'ft
trol or lth Iiih li t fitll republlinn c'iil
S'lhrl tl'h lected hlmily e'Ight ml in
itructed dlilguts an i iilglt ailtfnlhsi
to the liItlonul Oiivlre tn. (f I the
dolegates+ ttlecte, six aret re'ognilllzefd it
'fIullh ouliiseveitl rnfel, while two, I'P.
J. lugl irburtlh find l'., . I lItnuin,
cilhairmr n of thite Mutl i'iirniltt"i, iiir
i Tid personall y tI favor IPresident
Tuft. ThI el'gates are lnlpl'ldged
and tire oti even boniod iby the unile
rule, but th, iniprinstln fivtttnll Itll
lthey will vote as ii unlllte ti I'hi.lligo,
at hulllt on the firlit Ihailll. A reso-.
Mlii ut en logliu i l ,!tlon'I It ivisi' ll
Thile delegltes urn: 1.Viun IEvuIni, ( etuorg
it. aturklor, I). V. D)avls, 'ltiny It.
Clair, hI. i. 'I"sk, A It. I'ruzn, I"ranlk
J. liagenburlh, ('harls i,. Ililttnttln.
I'nilnstruiteid.
LYNCH RE.ELICTED.
illllunllunpolti tli by 1IG.-J tili M.
IylnlIh, who for 13 years hal ealolluli
the Internatlonal Typographical union,
tlieve.n tonight that he and the othter
udilinistlltltlon officeor have been ri
ileted by a lmajority of 8,000, biisedll
ontill Itritl returns.
In Portland.
I'orthiid, ()re., May 10.-'T'ht result
of thl' viih' 'alist yesltrday fur olff'lier
of tthe( Itlltrnatilnal Typhgruphlical
union lti y tiinillrn ofr Mu.tnotnah ''yplO.
graphtlll unhion Nq. On of this city, fol
ltows: Ji'hrouldent-J-JatrLes M. TIynIIh,
Hyruluitie, I fL; l",red tarkl'er, Hifoknne,
l27. Vice I r"i-iltdlnt- 1eorgo A. T''rl
iy, iunll ilan'l et'wi , 18:; JunlTni' M.
Duntin, New Yorkl, 110., ~e'Prtary
J. W. iluys, Mlnniapolltll, 1.50; C(: M.
Cobb, Cincinnati, 115.
RICHESON MUST DIE,
lutonti, May 1.--Cilarenoe V. T.
Iticheustli's lust hope of esoaping death
next woek for the mutlder of Avil
Linnell expired tonight wbhn (lovernor
Tons announced he would not refer
fRieheson's petition for commutation of
sentence to the executive council.
The statement followed, closely the
filing of thie special iltsanty cotunittee
report, whlich dclaro'd tile lilian anle,
although subject' t. fits of hystuer'ial
insanity. '
TAFT FAMILY
FOR THIRD
TERM
THE PRESIDENT'S FATHER ONCE
SAID IT WAS ALL RIGHT-80
DID CHARLIE.
TEDDY QUOTES A LETTER
Nlerlunice, O., May 18,-When Colonel
,sll.,\'velIt eurned of the outcome of the
r'i'ullliclln state convention In Wash
isnglin yesterday as a result of wlhch
wo sets of delegates are to be sent
O I ltht national convention, he de
nlouine"d the action of the Tuft sipo
pirl'mI Its "lseandalous."
At Paullding he said: "The spost
sluerllulou thing our opponetlls bavo
resce'tly tried and failed in, Ia to steal
from the Ipiople of Washington the
:it l'llese of the state. Whenever we
hild primarles In that states, we beat
then,. Where they were strongest we
Ieit Ihlll wo ino one. Where they
wl're not so strong, we beat thOLem
about 'lait to one.
"'l'Thy had no chance of any kind so
they hav elidueavored to stenl what
thiey illhl not earn, to try by theft
t get whnll they could not get from
JLarge crowdils mel the colonel dturing
the day. At Ll.ma, while lie was
spellking, ita an iaulled out: "What
aihoutl the Ihird term?"
C('lotnel Itrlonovelt whp|led about and
inted hlmi finger In the direction of
ILle qluestioner.
"Y'ou t u't tirk Ine auly qu'estion, ou11
f,,lish leretltor', that I can't anllwer,"
I1,, snblJI. "I will answer you by qpot
llg the words of PresideLnt Taft's
flmher, about .the third term."
II" the, real ait letter written by
Juldge Allphousl Taft, the presidont's
rthller, to thl, Cilnclntnatl lnquirer.
Aftter qiloling Jtldge Taft's opinion in
referring to (Irant's candidacy for a
third term that the only danger lay
in the use of federal patronuse for the
purio'Llp oIl procuring a third eonsuoou
tivo term he said that Judge Taft's
atlle headed the list of memtbers of a
Grant third-term club, r
"Down among the list of Onen.ebrs
troinei the name of a briQght yul
relroesontatlve of the :amrly, Chbllea
P. Taft," he said.
"The whole family was In that
movemnout. I will appeal from soe to
thel father anlld ask you. to . p.c pt the
sound ommnnon sense whlah to i
father spoke as to the ridliulous ~oly
of raising any talk about a third
when the terms are not cons.t.i:
and the upan out of power hie N
[earthly means of nmtluenaetg
offioeholdea, a single pt'ile
seantatlve of .tM pr id