The Detroit times., 1910-01-10
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ROOSEVELT
He Win Give Aid 70 PTeozen
Who Have Been Fighting 49,
Big Interests, Say Lstts
From Darkest Afriea
Taft's Surrender 70 the TRUSTS g.
vinces Roosevelt His PoHeiss A1@
Surely in the Ditch. u


WASHINGTON. Jan. '10.--That Gur/
President Roosevelt will cast .hlo 1o11<
tunes with the newly organisms o(Ct|
gressive party Is . hope that - 1oc1(e2
ly turning into hxed belief. '<
Efforts quietly made by tho Tan;
administration TO secure from ~,
famous African hunter somefh1n
which would seem like an indcen1r<
ment of the course pursued up to on1q
have entirely failed. q j
On the other hand Il IL known tn0o
Roosevelt's closest friends men wbo'
have kept in touch by corresponde1ee
with him even since he reached IN
cellent spirits. and full confldence thnt
there Is rescue now in sight.
What little is said takes the form of.
a statement Of general reasons wAY.
Roosevelt Is certain TO lend the Wo1gh<
the progressive movement. Such ~
sense an authorized or oflcial pr0o;>
entation of Roosevelt's views.)s
Roosevelt Is a progressive. Natug.
ally his .sympathies are with that eIo
ment Of his party. which holds pro-
gressive views
Roosevelt always has been q reEu
lar party man. He always has 49,
lieyed In organization. and his work
party. When he came into once ho
found the Republican party dominated
by the business interests party q
then, to save the party from itself.
hto hn Ia
party stood for progress.
The last big task undertaken ~
Roosevelt, was of perpetuating after
Republican party as he had stamped it.
II do not want to see an era o.
reaction" was Roosevelt's statement
in discussing what should follow
March 4. 1908.
For IS months previous, to that date
Roosevelt, then president. fought 10
keep control of the national convon-
ton. In order that the candidate might
be = man committed 70 "prosressivVs q I.
policies. Fs''fP 81 " \
He won an empty victory. Wflliaun
Howard Taft proved to be reacttonorx
with the presidency went the panty
organization. The Leadership OF con
efess had long been shown to be -
reactionary hands. So all that ~
mained was the small group "tnsurs
gents" In the house, progressive Re-
publicans" in the senate.
Before Roosevelt left the country
and before the special tarin sesaton
had shown how complete had ben
the executive surrender It was evident
that reaction" was again the dumtnae-
ing note. The Roosevelt policies hnd
lost. The Roosevelt influence hno
| waned. ALI things were most pleas
| ing to the people whose influences
Roosevelt had struggled to resist -
naming Taft.
II is a year and two months since
TAFT learned of his election. An era
OF reaction has been In full swing.
Congress has done the bidding Of the
special interests, and the white house
has kept hands on.
Such is not the record hoped for ~
Roosevelt when he fought Cannon.
Knox. Fairbanks and the other allies"
I'm behalf OF candidate pledged -.
carry out my policies"
But Roosevelt had also made some
promises. He had promised the pub
lie and himself not to interfere with
Taft's administration. He arranged
trip to Africa.
The Taft administration has made
It's record. That the record is reac-
tionsry there is scarcely any further
effort to deny.
Roosevelt will return to the United
States as the leader Of the progressive
wing of his party. He will favor he
nomination OF some recognised pro-
gressive to succeed Taft
Roosevelt will help those candidates
in congress who fought the tari6 bill
II he returns to the United states b.
fore the congressional elections. he
will take the stump or write an editor
ial Endorsement Of such progressivS
senators and representatives ss op-
posed Cannon and Aldrich.