The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-29
ROOT SAYS TAFT
Is RIGHT MAN
Continued from Page One.

tauII tuI people and, lying back of all tho
NE, the American people nre a thought
inl people He has grown and is grow
ing and VIII continue TO grow ia public
esteem.
Taft Logical Candidate.
lf he continues to make as good a
presiaent as ne is making now he will
bc tho natural and inevitable candidate
ol his party In 1912, unless one thing shall
hhppHn-that the people OF the United
states shall rcpudiatc the administration
whelming defcat of his party that II
VIII he apparent that Mr.. TAFT cannot be
re elected.
The Democratic pnrtv cannot bring
can, by their adverse votes.
Might Turn to Teddy.
After election people don't scrutInlzc
the multitude Of reasons which may have
contributed to the result They only see
the general result. and ~ IL should happen
that the administration cannot hold IT'S
own party together tlIe national convcn-
tIon would he quite likely to look for Il
Moses 10 lead them out Of the wilder
ness, and they might go to Mr.. Roosc-
more radical leaders. who are now loom =
ing mp on the political horizon in the
north and middle west.
Make no mistake my friends. SO far
as this election In tho state OF New York
bears a relation TO national affairs. Re
publican votes for the Republican ticket
strengthen tho administration in nc
party and Republican votes against the
ticket tend 10 weaken and break down
the administration.
mo one knows this better than Mr..
Roosevelt: No one knows better than
he that the strenuous efforts he is maxi
Ing In behalf of the Republican candi l.
dates. not merely. I'm New York. but in
dozen OF other states, are serving IN
aid OF the Taft admlnistra tlnn ana ,en ienG
toward the denomination Of Tart III l9l2'
Relation of Stimson.
1T is said that 10 have Stimson In the
governors chair would promote Rooso-
vclrs political fortunes. The people "
say this do not mean what is undount"d-
IN true. that S,imson would be surh
governor as to reflect eren'' % Oh every
one who has supported him.
"No man can use him and no man can
make II stepping stone Of him. He Is as
hg and strong man AT ~ as Iait or
Roosevelt was AT that age. He runs IN
that class. He is of tho quality OF wnich
great public servants arc made and no
matter how the vote goes next month
is. a great career awaits him. because he
is such man as the people greatly
neod
"The idea that Roosevelt contcmplates
an attack upon our judicial system, or
tha; that system is in danger from nm
or from any ono else, is purely fanciiui
and devised for campaign purposes only.
Why Teddy Is Strong.
what gave Roosevelt the leadership
of the Saratoga convention? he hhd no
of6cr: he had no patronage he had no
he could neither punish nor re-
ward any one: and the controlling politi- :
cal organization of the Repuohcan party
was against him. How did 1t happen
that a majority Of the delegates voted
with him and against the organiza tion
s.Tho answer is that there was an issue
before the convention in which the people
of the state are deeply interested. Roose-
Volt espouscd the right side OF that issue
against the Republican organization, and
na turaIy enough, he furnished the Gle
ment OF leadership to tho side he was
with 4 majority Of the delegates voted
with him because upon that issue the
people who elected them were with him.
The issue was a revolt against the tyran-
ms of the party machines and party ma
ut WAS part ot that great repe'oon
which has been going on all over the