Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-09-22
Roosevelt Wades Into Thick
of the Foraker-Hearst Fight

| dealing, which have marked the man
agement of the affair of the national
government during the last seven
years and that is by electing Mr.. TAFT.
/ TO defeat him will bring lasting sat
islaction to but one set OF men. name
! ly, to those men, who as shown in the
correspondence published by Mr..
Hearst, were behind Mr. Foraker, the
opponent of Mr. Taft within his own
party. and who are now behind Gov
ernor Haskell and his associates, the
| opponents of MIR. Taft in the opposing
party.
''The great and sinister mOneyed
interests who have shown such hOstil-
ity 10 the administration and now TO
MIR. Taft have grown To oppose the ad-
ministratiQn on various matters not
connected with those which mark the
real point of difference. For instance
the entire agitation over the Browns
VILE affair was In large part not gem
uine agitation ON behalf of colOred
men at all, but merely one phase OF
the effort by the representatives OF
certain law defying corporations TO
bring discredlt upon the administra-
tion because ii was seeking to cut ont
the evils connected. not only with the
corrupt use OF wealth. BUT ESPE-
CIALIY WITH THE CORRUPT AL
LANCE BETWEEN CERTAIN BUSI-
NESS MEN OF LARGE FORTU MES
AND CERTAIN POLITICIANS OF
GREAT OFFICE. THE VIGNOMOUS
HOSTILITY OF THESE INTERESTS
AND OF THEIR SPECIAL REPRE-
SENTATIVES IN PUBLIC LIFE AND
IN THE PRESS. TO THE NOMINA-
TION OF MIR. TAFT. WAS MERELY
THE NATURAL SEQUENCE OF
THEIR HOSTILITY TO THE MEAS
URIES OF THE ADMINISTRATION
FOR THE REGULATION OF GREAT
CORPORATIONS DOING AN INTER
STATE BUSINESS AND TO THE Al
TITUDE OF THE ADMINISTRATION
AND IN CONSISTENTLY PROSE
CUTTING ALL OFFENDERS Oh
GREAT WEALTH. PRECISELY ~
IT HAS PROSECUTED ALL OTHER
OFFENDERS. MIR. TAFT HAS BEEN
NOMINATED FOR THE VERY REA-
son THAT HE Is THE ANTITHESlS
OF THE FORCES THAT WE'RE RE
SPONSIBlE FOR MIR. FORAKER
The letter Of Mr. Taft is as follows
The Taft Letter.
"'War Department Washington, ID.
C.
"Pointe Au Pie, Canada, July 20
1907.
"'My Dear -:
LIN respect to one inquiry of yours
wish 10 express myself with as much
emphasis as possible, that Is, whether
/ would object to compromise reso-
luton which shall include an endorse
ment of myself for the presidency and
Senator Foraker for the senatorship.
In my judgment it would not only bt
a great Notwithstanding more. |.
would be accepted necessarily as a
compromise on my behalf, and there
fore, with my acqulescence or at least
with the acquiescence of my friends
for whose action 1 am more or less
responsible 1t would totally misrep
resent my position. | DON'T CARk
FOR THE PRESIDENCY III 1T HAS
TO COME BY COMPROMISE WITH
SENATOR FORAKER or any one else
in a matter of principle He has op-
posed the vital policies and principles
of the administration and in his op-
position has seized upon and magniiled
an important but incidental matter to
embarrass the administration, using In
this. without scruple, a blind race
DTGluuItt
nose. If was confrontd with a mere
factional difference within my party,
not involving a subject which mus
come up for consideration and action
ov the next republican national con
Vention, | should not be SO emphatic
in my conclusion. 1t is not on my
part question of personal feeling
with respect to Senator Foraker. II Is
s.,t, g,F. ..,tf Gtl Y.pi
N respect to this. the legislature or
Ohio expressed what | believe to be
the sentiment of the people of Ohio
in a resolution asking the senator to
support the rate bill Senator Foraker
declined to follow this resolution.
When the Issue is whether he shall be
returned, II must be determined, If
ms is TO be a representative form %
government. not by the question
whether he really represents the prin-
ciples that his constituents desire sup
ported and put into practice. The is
sue really is whether the republicans
of Ohio. therefore as the constituents
Of either a senator or a political cam
1idate, support the main policies
maintained by the administration, or
the opposition to those policies. Rep
resenting the policies of the admins
tration / can not stultfy myself by
acduiescence in any proposed compro-
mise which necessarily involves the
admission that the republicans of ONO
regard this fundamental difference OF
opinion as of no importance and one
that can be waived In the interest OF
party harmony or the settlement OF
factional differences. There is not the
slightest doubt that the next national
convention Of the republican party
will sustain in full the vital and main
principles maintained by President
Roosevelt and Will express no sympa
thy with the opposition represented by
Senator Foraker Because | believe
I'm these principles and because in my
Judgment the republicans of the state
and nation are overwhelmingly Ia ia
vor of them, / cannot favor any action
by members of the committee who do
me the honor to support me and wish
to aid me, which will have the APP
pearance Of acquiescence to the pro-
posed compromise
every sincerely yours,
WILLIAM II. TAFT
IL publish this letter without Mr..
Taft's knowledge because feel II my
duty to the public that his attitude
should be known The man who un-
hesitatingly resists temptation, who
cannot be swerved by any considera-
ton Of personal interest from follow
ing the course which his lofty con-
ception Of duty dictates to him, the
man whose whole concern Is for the
welfare OF the people and who has
proved in a lifetime of difficult and
useful public service. his extraordinary
canacliv as an ndminIstrator h SURELY