The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1912-04-04


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nhnnsr said months ago IN relation
10 him which was
The Banaer would not pledge
the Vermont delegation 10 la Fol
lcliu Il ii could The Banner be-
liSfes Ia many things Ia the la Fol
iette propaganda. aud also In many
OF the things advocated BY Presi-
dent Taft Seriously though. we
fear that neither Of them can win
aud the party might do better TO
make former Governor Hughes iis
standard bearer"
Your attempt TO drag me into the
Taft Roosevelt controversy is Of the
same kud respectfully submit
tbat il Is not advocating mans
candidacy to barely state that IN
my opinion. be would poll the most
votes n you had been honest with
your readers and fair 10 me. YOU
would have stated that as long ago
as last fall / had advocated drop
ping Taft and nominating Hughes.
How long since has II been a crime
10 exercise ones own judgment in
party candidate Were
the Republicans who supported Gen,
Grant In 1850 objects OF utilization
and abuse because they were honest
Is in his favor Under the line OF
argument which you are trying 10
enforce, the Republicans who were
Tor Senator Edmunds in 1855 were
not good Republicans and should
have been driven out of the party
~ 1892 there We're thousands OF
Republicans who favored the nomi-
nation OF Mckinley intead Of Harri-
son. According TO your theories,
they must have been traitors and
blacklegs deserving only OF abuse
and obloquy The eheapness and
bad faith OF your comment Is prov
ed II my memory serves ME right,
by the fact that four years ago, you
were ardently In favor OF Hughes,
while | was supporting Taft If 1t
Vas yirture for you TO support
Hughes then, why is II crime for
me to favor him now? Isn't IL the
shabbiest kind OF peanut politics to
attempt TO discrodit a man because
he fayors some other candidate
than the one you are advocating?
In your anxiety 10 make out
case against me, you have even
garbled my answers TO your ques-
tlons. by not including the whole an
swers Had you been man enough
to face the truth and print the who'll
answer your own false insinuations
would have fallen even flatter than
they did. Your cutting out part
and in many cases. the principal
part OF my answers, is on a par
with the rest Of your methods
have never denied having criti-
nised President Taft and his ad-
| believe a man has
A right to. and that IL was a news
papers duty on certain occasions.
him most earnestly four
years ago, but since he became pres
Idcnt have not approved all OF his
acts. Before he had been two years
in office, the Republican party was
beaten in the con-
glessiOnal election of 1910. showing
that was not alone in my feeling
toward his leadership.
have condemned some OF his
acts. perhaps harshly. but never the
man. and here reproduce quota
ion from The Banner, relative to
Mr.. Taft which shows just how
much basis you have for your whole
ale ealumny.
"As a winner OF friends by per-
sonal contact, Taft is world famous.
His wholesome personality, ms
good cheer his evident ability and
to tackle and carry heavy
burdens without perceptible strain
md his hearty Americanism OF man
ler and ideals, make him mark
ID man In any company. He has
rot suffered by comparison with any
,ther American"
The Banner was the first paper
n Vermont to support Taft for the
and had to endure
OF of heckling because OF II from
he same people who are now abus-
ng the paper because 1t thinks II
wiser to name another candidate.
You undoubtedly think it clev-
,r trick to sort out sentence or
NO, showing commentator Of the
Democrats. who, in my opinion some
lm,s deserve commendation ! no.
ice however. that you were careful
o avoid any criticism that have |
made OF the Democrats, lest you
prove yourself untruthful Here
Is another quotation from the The
Banner that you might have printed
put dldn't
The Democratic party has fooled |
he country once and may again. |
One branch OF the Democratic par
y will promise everything and then
sell out 10 the trusts as II did In
1913, and the other branch while
honest and sincere in its beliefs,
would ruin the country with its free
irade yagarles. It's bank guarantee IN
sanity and It's dead weight Of Bour-
1ouism."
You could have printed some OF
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