The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-04-05
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| ton.
So does Nelson w. Aldrich.
So does Joseph c. Cannon.
So do 9ellamy and Maria Storer--
SO b. r. Tillman. Joseph Bailey, Sen
ator Penrose and many others.
II is interesting 10 note that the
line of approval and Endorsement Ia
not a party line. No more than was
the line with respect to Roosevelt.
The former president numbered his
best friends among the Democrats as
we'll as Republicans. He had as bitter
foes among Republicans as Demo
Gratis.
II was, and is, not the phe party
line. but the line which has OF late
! Gu. both the Republican and Demo
cratic party line In two. The line
which separates the believers OF gov
eminent for the people from those
who believe in government for the
dollar
i; is the same line that was drawn
in the house the other day when good
Republicans refused TO vote for Can
non and dyed-in-the.woo Democrats
came 10 his aid.
HooScNeIt OiSdppo'n'eu.
anne very sure that former Presi-
dent Roosevelt carried sad heart
away from Washington. lie had suf.
fered from the deepest wound known
to man-that inflicted by the ingrati.
tdde of trusted friend Taft had
been his friend. and he had trusted
him.
But the former president was game.
He kept up a cheerful front, even to
the last He did not allow the mat
ter to become personal. All appear
arces OF friendliness were continues
To- the end.
The friends Of Taft will Geek in vain,
however, for any spoken or written
word which puts the Endorsement OF
Roosevelt on the actions of the pres
ent occupant of the White House be-
tween Nov. and April 5. 1909.
In q paragraph this is the charge
against the Taft administration: Since
election day, in every way Except
Words by every essential act, TAFT
seems to have made studied effort
tor repudiate the things for which his
predecessor stood.
Owing all to Roosevelt, Taft, safely
elected to the presidency. offered moth
ing Of recognition Pledged 10 Roose-
velt's policies. he neither asked nor
took Roosevelt's advice. In filling
places and laying the foundations for
his administration. he counseled with
the people who had been Roosevelts
bitterest enemies. He withdrew him.
self even geographically. from the
man to whom he owed mis- office, and
the White House knew no more or
the Taft councils at Hot Springs and
Atlanta, Ga. than II would have known
If BRYAN had been the successful can
0idate.
A chasm which is wide and deep
has opened between Taft and former
President Roosevelt And every day
will make the truth OF this statement
more plain. President Taft and former
Pre- sident Roosevelt have said their
political fareWells. Taft has chosen
the "reactfonary'" road; Roosevelt will
always be progressive"
There Is not well-informed CORE
srondent In the capital who does not
know the things here set down. Some
know more about the inside OF condl-
lions than do others. But the facts
ere In the air--on the street, at the
club, banded In the gossip of the
pressgallery, talked even on the White
House Office steps.
when will II break?" one man asks
another.
"Oh, / don't know" the other an.
swers. Il hate to be the FIRST. have