The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-10-29
ROOT PRAISES
PRESIDENT TAFT.

NEW YORK, Oct. 2S.-"If Mr.. TAFT
continues to make as good presl'
dent as he is making now he Will ne
the natural and inevitable candidate
OF his party in 1912, unless one thing
happens-tbat the people of the Unit
ed States shall repudate the admins
tration OF Mr. Talt by such crushing
and overwhelming defeat OF his par
ty that il will be apparent that Mr.
Taft cannot be reelected
This was the statement made to-
night by United States Senator Ellhu
Root in Il speech at Manhattan Ca
sino.
Mr. Root addressed himself partic-
ularly to those Republicans who may
stand willing to vote against the he
publican gubernatorial candidate Tor
the sake of rebuking Theodore Roose-
welt In fact, he said, a Democratic
victory in New York would more Ike
ly turn the next national convention
away from a national administration
which could not hold its party to-
gether and toward Mr.. Roosevelt or
To one OF the far more radical new
leaders looming up on the political
horizon I'm the middle west.
Contrary 70 some expectations. Sen"
ator Root brought no direct pledge
flom Colonel Roosevelt regarding his
attitude toward the nomination in
"A good many Republicans this
time said Senator Root, seem dis
posed To Ignore all the grave and
substantial issues which are before
the people OF this state and TO vote
at the coming election upon an issue
whatever, but simply as an express
sion OF feeling against Mr Roosevelt.
whose courage regarding national al
fairs they disapproye for one reason
another, and whom they desire to
punish by defeating the party to
which they belong, in which they be-
lieye and which they have long loyal
ly supported, because he holds a dis
tnguished and potent place in the
councils and activities of the party
Wherever a man declares he will
vote against the Republican ticket
because he does not like Roosevelt,
there will be others who Will vote
for the ticket because they do like
Roosevelt, and because tney feel that
with his tremendous Iorce and cour.
age and ability he has done 4 noble
and much needed work for honesty,
| purity, equality and freedom in the
| political life Of our country, My
| guess would be that L the issue in
| this state were whether Mr.. Roose-
Welt had reflected credit md honor
tc the Republican party, in our state
and in our country, or the contrary,
| there would be very large major
| ity in the affirmative.
1t Is said that We must consider
now the nomination for the presl-
dency in 1912. Well, Mr.. Taft is
president OF the United States; a Re
| publican president a strong, wise,
considerate and fearless man. He has
| the qualities which make man
| great in the estimation OF thought
| iul people and lying back of all the
clamor and excitement of our poiti-
cal life, the American people are 4
| thoughtful people He has grown
and is growing and VIII continue to
grow in public esteem
IF he continues to make as good
n president as ne is malting now he
| viii be the natural and Inevitable
candidate of his party in 1912, un.
less one thing shall happen-that
the people of the United States shall
| repudiate the administration of Mr..
| TAFT by such n crushing and over
| whelming defeat Of his party that 1t
! VIII be apparent that Mr.. Taft can
| not he reelected. The Democratic
| party cannot bring about such a re-
| suit but the Republicans can by
| their adverse votes
After election people do not scru.
tinize the multitude OF reasons which
may have contributed TO the result
They only see the general result, and
| II II should happen that the admin
istrauon cannot hold its own party
together the national convention
would be quite likely to look for a
Moses to lead them out of the wilder,
ness, and they might go TO Mr..
Roosevelt or they might go to one Of
the fdr more radical leaders who arc
row looming up on the political hor-
lZon in the north and middle west.
Now. my friends make no mis-
take. So far as this election in the
state OF New York bears a relation
10 national affairs, Republican votes
Tor the Republican ticket strength
en- the administration In tho party,
and Republican votes against the
ticket tend To weaken and break
Town the administration.
No one knows this better than
Mr.. Roosevelt No one knows better
tfan he that the strenuous efforts
he is making in behalf OF the Repub-
llcan candidates. not merely in New
York, but In a dozen other states, |
are serving to aid the Taft admins !
tration and tend toward the renomi- |
nation OF Taft In 1912
1T is said that TO have Stimsou |
in the governors chair would pro-
mote 'Roosevelt'S political fortunes. !
The people who say this do not mean |
what Is undoubtedly true, that slim
sen would be such governor as to |
reflect credit on every one who has
supported him.
No man can use him and no man
can make a stepping stone of him.
He Is as big and strong a man at
IS as Taft or Roosevelt was at that
age He runs in that class. He is
of the quality of which great public