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Editorial
December 11, 1912
The Daily Sentinel
Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado
What is this article about?
Editorial satirizes Colonel Roosevelt and supporters' inconsistent reactions to Supreme Court rulings in California (favoring by excluding Taft electors) and Idaho (condemning for excluding Roosevelt electors), highlighting hypocrisy in partisan politics.
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DEPENDS ON WHO IS HIT.
It was all right for the supreme court of California to refuse to permit the Taft people to place Taft electors on the California ballot, thereby disfranchising all regular republicans in that state so far as presidential electors were concerned; but, when the supreme court of Idaho, for reasons it thought good and sufficient, ruled the Roosevelt electors off the ballot in that state, that court merited the most vicious condemnation. This is the view taken of the action in the two states by Colonel Roosevelt and his followers.
Yesterday, in Chicago the Idaho court was called all kinds of bitter names by Roosevelt, Perkins, et al, for ruling off the Roosevelt electors: but only praise was heard for the California court that ruled out the Taft electors. Consistency! Consistency!
It was all right for the supreme court of California to refuse to permit the Taft people to place Taft electors on the California ballot, thereby disfranchising all regular republicans in that state so far as presidential electors were concerned; but, when the supreme court of Idaho, for reasons it thought good and sufficient, ruled the Roosevelt electors off the ballot in that state, that court merited the most vicious condemnation. This is the view taken of the action in the two states by Colonel Roosevelt and his followers.
Yesterday, in Chicago the Idaho court was called all kinds of bitter names by Roosevelt, Perkins, et al, for ruling off the Roosevelt electors: but only praise was heard for the California court that ruled out the Taft electors. Consistency! Consistency!
What sub-type of article is it?
Partisan Politics
What keywords are associated?
Roosevelt
Taft
California
Idaho
Supreme Court
Ballot
Electors
Consistency
Hypocrisy
What entities or persons were involved?
Colonel Roosevelt
Taft People
Perkins
Supreme Court Of California
Supreme Court Of Idaho
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Roosevelt's Inconsistent Criticism Of Court Ballot Rulings In California And Idaho
Stance / Tone
Satirical Mockery Of Hypocrisy
Key Figures
Colonel Roosevelt
Taft People
Perkins
Supreme Court Of California
Supreme Court Of Idaho
Key Arguments
California Court's Exclusion Of Taft Electors Was Praised By Roosevelt Supporters
Idaho Court's Exclusion Of Roosevelt Electors Drew Vicious Condemnation From Roosevelt And Followers
Inconsistency In Reactions Based On Who Is Affected