The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-09-22
APPEALS FOR
TAFT SUPPORT
President Says to Fail 10 Elect
Him Would be q Calamity.
FORAKER OUT Of CAMPAIGN

Standard OIL Disclosures Forces Ohio
Senator to Send Taft . Letter Say
ing He Does Not Want to Embarrass
Rim ara Declines 70 Speak at Gin
eiansti - Republican Leaders Fear
Hearst has More Lettcrs-Wul Cam
ps'gn Ohio For Reelection sad An
sNer Hearst Charges On the stump.
oyster Bay y. u. sept 2l-Presi
dent Roosevelt in letter GO William
b. Mckinley. chairman ol the Rcqub
lean congressional committee. 90
pcais 90 disiatercstc1 citizens Co join
with the national Republican commit-
tee and the congressional committee
In a movement 10 elect William d..
Taft as president -na a Republican
congress TO support him After review
ing some OF the Important legislation
of the past seven years. the president
declares that Mr. Tart and The Be-
publican candidates fOr CONGRESS seek
election ON platform which srecii-
cally pledges the party Co continue
and develop the policies watch have
been acted upon for seven years past
All the aid that can be- gisor to per
petuatc the policy OF the government
as now carried on. the president says.
should Dee given hy every good c.tz0u
as lt Is far more than raru -al mat.
ter. The letter in part SAYS.
IT is urgently necessary from thc
standpoint OF public interest. 90 elect
Mr. Taft and Republican congress
Which viii support him. and tneg
seek election on a platform which So
cidcany pledges the party. alike in It's
executive and legislative branches. to
continue and develop the policies
watch have been not merely pro-
fcssed but acted upon during thes.
seven years These policies can Boz
successfully carried through only D.
the hearty cooperation Of TIE pres
dent and the Conrrcss 10 both its
branches and 10 s. therefore pocuHnri.
important that there should obtain
such harmony between them. To mI
TO elect Nr. Taft would be a calamity
20 the country; and 60 would be ioiy
while elccting him. yet az the sam
time o. elect a congress hostile Oh
him. congress which under rho boz
huencc of partisan leadership wcrlI
be certain 70 thwart and battle him 90
every occasion. To elect Nr Taft.
and al the same time 60 elect CON
gross pledged 90 support him. is the
only way in which 90 perpctuate the
policy of the government as now car
ricd on. J feel that an the aid thar
can bc given 90 this policy by every
good citizen should b. given. for this
Is FAR more than merely par, san
matter.
Both your committee and the pa
uonai committee. OF which Mr.. Hitch
cock is chairman. are ondCav0rirc o.
secure the active cooperation on tho
stump of senators and congressman.
party leaders and Independent cirizcre
generally. most heartily join in
urging the Importance OF such cooper.
alton. hope that every disinteros-ad
private citizen. whose sole concern in
politics is % have the right kind of
man carry ont the right Kind OF policy
viii Join in backing ur your committc,
MS wen as the national committee in
this movement No service is as afer-
tive. as valuable. as the dislnt rested
service given iu such manner hv men
whose one concern is for the triumph
ri the principles in which they he-
lieve. and appeal with all tho
strength there Is IN me Co such men
10 give such support
THEODORE ROOSEVELT"