The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-29
ROOSEVELT IS NOT
OPPONENT OF TAFT.
No Intent on Part of Former
Presidents Friends to Dis
credit Administration.
TEDDY" NIGHT BE G0ADED
TO BATTLE BY TRUSTS
Stewart Says Hope of Demo
cratic Success Held by Cor
porations Is Futile.
Special 10 Tho Tribune.

Special 10 Tho Tribune.
WASHINGTON. d. c.. Nov. 2S,-E' IL
is understood that there is a project
afoot TO make Theodore Roosevelt S re-
turn to this country the reason for Il
demonstration which will make him the
opponent of President Taft for the nom.
nation Of 1912. We ask you as a close
friend of ex-President Roosevelt, and
identified with the thlrd-tcrm movement
whether this be fact?'
This question was put to John a
Stewart, president of the League of Re.
publican clubs of the state of New
York. and one of Mr., Roosevelt's clos
est friends, at the Arlington hotel last
evening.
Mr.. Stewart replied so far as L
know. there is not shred of fact In
the whole story. With great many
men who are personal enemies OF former
President Roosevelt the wish in this
regard is not only the father, TO the
thought, but the thounht is likely TO be
the father to the act of attempting
10 create a schism between the friends
Of President Taft and the friends OF
former President Roosevelt, i'll fact.
this effort is already IN the making.
Il am personally acquainted. con
tinuod Mr.. Stewart. with many OF,
ficially identified with President Roose-
welt s administration, as well as many
who would have been glad 10 have
seen him nominated for another term
but [ have not heard from any one OF
them that any movement is under way
10 put Mr.. Roosevelt back into tho
presidency. or even to dlscrcdlt IN any
way President Taft S administration IN
Mr. Roosevelt s interests.
Roosevelt's Friends Are Taft's,
81 believe, on the contrary, that
every friend of Mr.. Roosevelt has q
most friendly regard for President Taft
and wants to see him succeed in every.
particular If there be any danger OF
a break between the Taft admlnistra-
tion and the men identified with the
Roosevelt administration 1T Will be
brought about by interests which CT
roncously believe that they viii benefit
bv any break in the friendly relations
existing between William Howard Taft
and Theodore Roosevelt.
81 do not know of any better way TO
bring about sentiment favorable 10
the denomination of Mr.. Roosevelt than
for the allied corporate Interests OF thiS
country TO cooperate, as some of them
are doing at present, In an attempt TO
bring contumcly upon eX-Presldent
Roosevelt s administration to dlscrcdlt
him and his friends; for by so doing
these interests actively. engaged against
ex. President Roosevelt and his friends
seem To believe that they viii so strong
" fortify themselves. IN power that
Mr.. Roosevelt will be compelled to re-
tire to private life and TO eonfinc has
activities in directions where they VIII
not harm business
rra~,- MoLo PoocpueIt Candidate
81 repeat that / do not know Of any
better way to bring about a Roosevelt
sentiment in opposition TO what every
true friend of Mr.. Roosevelt S would
like to bring about, namely, the renom-
iuatiop of President Taft in 1912, than
the concerted attacks which are. beng
made upon the former administration.
So far as / know, no true friend of eX-
President Roosevelt's is IN any sense
an enemy of President Taft or is doing
ANYTHING to discredit the present ad-
ministration. On the contrary, every
true friend of ex-PresideBt Roosevelt S
wants TO see the Taft administration
successful in every way, and every true
friend Of the former administration Will
lend his aid TO the end Of making a
Great success of Mr.. Taft's administra-
tion of affairs.
''Try as they will. no enemies Of the
former administration, whether lndlvid-
ually or collectively, can make the
American people believe for a moment
that. translated into terms of principle,
the Roosevelt administration was meant
for anything but the general good
There may have been mistakes In ad"
ministration and mistakes in the carry
ing out of policies, but the people as
q whole believe that Mr.. Roosevelt S
efforts, whether well-directed or ill"di-
rected, were well-meant, and so far as
| know no friend of ex-President
Roosevelt's believes any other thing
Of Mr. Taft s efforts.
fTo sum up the situation In word,
the best way to go about 1T to create a
Roosevelt, with reference TO 1912, is
for the open enemies of the former
president, who are equally, under the
surface, inimlcal to the present admin
istration, to organize to discredit the
former administration and to monopo-
Iize against it and against the Taft pol
icies the avenues Of publicity.
"If the present situation develops
to the extent that certain corporate
interests hone, it will mean a schism
in the Republican party that will mean
the election Of a Democrat to the. pres
idencv. 1T is believed by many observ-
ing men that the next Democratic nom
incc will come either from Ohio or In
diana. ! believe, however, that the
Democrats are building their hopes upon
a weak foundation, because cannot
conceive Of any condition within the
party that will disrupt the friendship
between the. present president and his
predecessor.
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