Bisbee daily review., 1909-04-17
TAFT BETRAYS ROOSEVELT'S
 CONFIDENCE
Followers of the Strenuous One Says That the Presi- dent Has Deserted People And Gone o the Trusts

WASHINGTON, April I6.-"Extra- Taft has betrayed Roosevelt's conf dence. He is not living up to his pre- l election promises in any sense of the word"
 This is the cry now going up from | followers of Theodore Roosevelt. It
 was not unexpected. In fact. the dem ocrats have been waiting for it's ap- | pearance. They knew 1t was only a
 question of time until it would come. They predicted long before election I that Taft wouldn't be in office two
 months before his nomination would
 be charging that he had gone over to the trusts and was not living up to his promises to Roosevelt.
 | Taft's appointments and his poll | cies-his cabinet and his official acts
 and. incidentally, his affiliations. DO | iitical personal and leg, slative. have ! practically resulted in the Roosevelt
 endorsement being withdrawn.
 Roosevelt supporters say they have watched every move made by the
 new president since the day he took office and they have yet to observe any indication of his intention to car
 " out the Roosevelt my policies"
 They are declaring that had Roose-
 welt known the type of men Taft in- tended selecting for his cabinet he never would have recommended him
 to the people and secured the nomi-
 nation for him. but would have turn
 ed his support over to Hughes or La
 Toilette.
 Had it been known a year ago
 what appointments Taft would make.
 1.-N ,s
 he never would have received the
 nomination, and never would have been elected president"
 This editorial view of the New York Evening Post Is endorsed by Roosevelt's closest friends here inf Washington. The democrats have ex- that it was so certain to come. that now that the Taft deceived Roose- welt cry is actually here. it makes them smile. They point out that the admission IS too late to be of any value to the people. as the election is over and Taft has four years res idence in the White House ahead of him.
 Between their lamentations Roose- velt's followers direct attention to a l situation that has for some time been l evident to close observers-that the 1 Taft administration has given con | stant comfort to the enemies of | Roosevelt. and that Hartman, Rock | efeiler and Morgan are in the saddle |
 They charge that Taft showed his | allegiance to Rockefeller by appoint l ing Charles Nagle. attorney for the | Waters-Pierce (Standard) On com pany, head of the department in which Is located the bureau of cor porations.
 They say that to please !. Pierpont Morgan, Taft appointed as attorney general. to administer the laws. Nor gan's personal attorney, George C. 
 For the other members of his cabi- net Taft has selected men who. it is charged, are entirely satisfactory to the interests which controlled the ap- pointments referred to. With these appointments safe. the vested priyi- leges are indifferent, it is averred. The machinery of the government which handles prosecutions is the thing that counted most. Of this, Wall street influence IS once more in control.
 Regardless of whether Roosevelt's friends are correct in their sursnises. it is fact that President Taft makes use of this trio as his official advisers. They are either dictating his policies, or by a remarkable coincidence his policies meet with their approval.
 It is now known that Roosevelt felt he had been betrayed before he left America His coolness toward Taft during the ten minutes they sat to getner In an ante-room of the senate chamber. waiting for the inaugura- ton, without scarcely exchanging a word. is not without significance. Roosevelt did not see Taft or have any communication with him that s known after the inauguration cere- monies.