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“THE CAUSE OFTHE PLAIN PEOPLE [WILL] TRIUMPH”
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ROOSEVELT, THEODORE. Typed Letter Signed, “T. Roosevelt,” to D.W.
Hulburd, thanking him for a touching letter and characterizing the result of the
Pennsylvania and Illinois primaries as the turning point of the campaign. 1 page, 4to, “The
Outlook” stationery; horizontal fold, marginal discoloration from matting; matted with
portrait and framed. (TFC)
NewYork, 29 May 1912
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. . . Pennsylvania and Illinois were certainly the great turning point of this campaign, and it looks
now as though the cause of the plain people would triumph.”
The Republican Party presidential primaries in Illinois and Pennsylvania were held in early April,
placing Roosevelt well ahead of William H.Taft. By June, however, after all the primaries were com-
plete, Taft received a sufficient number of delegates to win the nomination, prompting Roosevelt to
found the Bull Moose Party.