Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-11-04
promised to accomplish shouio ne
continue to retain the confidence anu
support OF the American eiec'o "'e'
PARKER AFTER REVENGE?
81 ct Us Cut Out the Cancer OF hoose'
veItjsn," Is His Caustic Remark.


ont the cancer of Rooseveltism, salo
Former Judge Alton B. Parker in
reply made here tonight TO what ne
called the Astounding" address OF
Senator Elihu Root, delivered last
week at Carnegie hall, New YORK wy
I'VE learn that in this election, ne
continued. thousands upon thousands
of Republicans and independents m
tend to vote a Democratic ticket. we
welcome their assistance ana thdnk
them for their appreciation that III
this election there is greater issue
than the governorship Of New YORK at
stake. Let us cut out the cancer OF
Rooseveltism and-Mr. Root to the
contrary Notwithstanding once
disposed of. our citizens can determine
7 who shall be their President ana the
citizens OF each state who will be their
governor, without fear of the threat
that the strong hand will take posses
! sion of our government if we do not
| in this state accept its nominee.
That was a most astounding ad-
dress which Mr.. Root delivered. Dare
not revolt, or worse shall befall you;
accept your chains or feel the lash;
cringe, or be crushed: assert your
right to name your executives and
that right shall be definitely taken
from you-that in all fairness, is the
sense of his speech SO far as it relates
to the issue Of Rooseveltism which
confronts us. But who is the special
pleader who speaks and who is the
client whose cause he advances? a
master of suggestion, an adapt at in
nuendO and adroit intellect, a clever
politician. Such is the special plead
er and his client we know better than
before. And when we consider the
past relations between them, the hOl-
lowness and lack of sincerity in the
suggestion that Mr.. Tafts renomina-
tion by the Republicans in 1912 is in
any wise involved in a rejection if
Mr.. Roosevelt in the state of New
York today, is clear.
| THE argument is the customary one
OF lawyer when he assures the jury
| that if they find against his client, they
| Will incidentally imperil their own in
| terestS in some other direction-When.
for example, he bids them disregard
| their oathS as jurors and not convict
! his client, just as Mr.. Root urges his
| Republican associates to disregard
| their duty as citizens, lest something
| which he conveniently ina gines as an
evil shall befall the community at
| large. 1t is well to consider the source
of an inspiration before we trust to its
sincerity and in the light of that which
has preceded can be best estimated the
inspiration underlying that which is
! presented.
| NJ TOn0cnyrn1f'c
| ltical fortunes We're once subjected
to great danger. Absolute extinguish-
ment for all time in the political field
| confronted him. He had sworn an oath
to avoid the payment of his personal
taxes and disqualified himself for the
office of governor of the state. He had
| sworn that he was not resident of
! this state, that lie had become a resi-
dent of the District Of Columbia, the
city of Washington. AS a matter
of fact, having obtained through
the personal efforts of his one
time friend. Belamy Storer. the
office of assistant secretary Of
| the navy, he was temporarily an in
habitant of that city That an office
holder in Washington gains no resi-
| dence there but remains a resident
and voter at his home is common
| knowledge. From the President down
| the incumbents of federal offices re-
! turned from Washington to their
! homes to vote. and yet he (RoosevelD
! had sworn that he had lost his resi-
dence in Oyster Bay and gained a res
idence in Washington and if he we're
nonresident in this state he could
| not. be its governor.
AT that moment, his political future
was at stake; indeed the man himself
bestrode the narrow edge of danger.
He must be held to be citizen OF the
| stat" of New York or he could not be
come its governor. He could not be
claimed to be a resident of the state of
New York or his oath was false and
the penalties of perjury before him.
He called upon the subtitle mind of
MIR. Root to find the tortuOus path that
would turn and twist between hose
contradictions.
THE devious path was found for
i'm His affidavit had not included the
vord 'domicile' and so the Republican
convention acceded to the proposition
that a nonresident of the state was
d"miciled therein and was a citizen
thereof while at the same time a per
manent resident in Washington as
well as a temporary inhabitant there.
Mr. Roots reward came later. and as
secretary of state of the United States
he counseled and advised and. 50 far as
might be, cajoled and controlled his
client And should Mr. Roosevelt
through the special pleading Of Mr.
Loot. be once more saved by adrof-
suggestion and artful adaptation Of the
facts who can doubt that Mr.. Root vii,
be at least persona grata to the twice
saved Roosevelt?''
But let not any adherent of Mr. Taft
delude himself with the belief that a
vote for Mr.. Stimson is q vote for Mr.
latt S administration: it is a vote for
Root and Roosevelt pure and simple
Nothing can impair Mr. Taft's personal
prestige in his own party SO greatly as
i vote for the personal nominee of his
private defamer. And who is this person.
Al nominee of our Warwick, the new
NlnS-maker? Who but the close asso-
ciate. the partner. the locum tenans of
the senior counsel for the defence? And
that same senior counsel for this defend
ant now at the bar of the people of the
state, TINS same junior partner of ours