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oI-ENposed In an in,7gue to influence
tho appointment Of an American
cardinal. he broke long standing
friendship with Bellamy Storer,
forced him to resign as ambassa-
dor to Austria and publicly HUI
Initiated Mrs. Storer.
6s-As an appeal to tho Grand Army
vote no issued Pension order No.
az, creating q service pension with
out authority OF Congress. taking
money from tho public treasury
without authority of law.
62-He nullihed in largo measure
the pure food law by creating the
Remsen referee board. which over
ruled DIR. Wiley and permitted
manufacturers to continue the use
OF certain adulterants
6O-He has Professionally Appealed to
militarisn. jingoism. and the war
spirit.
sl-By opposing the Taft arbitration
treaties he has shown a willing
ness to continue existing cxpcndi-
lures FOR wars. past and TO come,
which require II per cent Of the
revenue of tho government.
oz-He employed rank favoritism in
certain army appointments, the
was the case Of DR.. Leonard Wood
now chief OF staff, O. personal
friend. advanced in rank Mt tho
expense of regular army oficer3 OF
long experience.
6S-When he became President he In
herited large treasury surpl,1
from the Mckinley administration,
and, despite the largely Increased
revenues OF the government, he be.
:. queathed TO HIS SUCCESSOR = deficit.
oa-He has denounced socialism and
anarchy. while advocating socIa,is-
Tic doctrines and measures. HIS
New National!sm is but a name for
repudiated Old Populism.
e0-The Socialist vote Increased 400
lions.
6e-His efforts to centralIzo powe- In
tho Federal government and TO
create multiplicity Of commits
sions and bureaus havo tended to-
"ard Russianizlug the govern
ment.
o7-He has persistently appealed 70
the passions OF the NIB and 10
Class ptejudice, inAanlny the poor
again. the pour.
Ole misrepresents the motives and
views OF Abraham Lincoln bv
constantly asserting that his orn
motives and views are tho same
The proof: Lincoln said, NO mar
Is nj TO govern another man with
out tho Atters consent" In
speech at Cairo University. March
'ls. 1910. while the Egyptian peo-
pie were holding a general assem-
bly and pleading for q Consti-
luton. Roosevelt declared they
we're not Mt for self-government.
ana urged them TO submit UNI
rcsistently to British rule. ratar
he censured the British for No,
exercising moro aggressive
policy in Egypt. saying: Weak
ness and sentimcntality are moro
harmful to an uncivilized people
than violence and Injustice"
''-heiore his ambition and lust for
power had become an obsession he
wrote the following. which was
published in tho Review of Re-
views. September. 1896: Further.
more. the Chicago convention at
lacked the Supreme Court Again
TINS represents a species of atay
Ism-that Is, OF recurrence to the
WIS OF thought OF remote bar
narian ancestors. Savages do NO,
like an independent and upriebt
Judiciary. They want tho t,,dga
TO decide their way. and II be
Goes not they want to behead
MINI He has since been fagrant-
~ guilty Of tho a,avism he con.
denned.
'o-He has tindulged In derorato-y
criticism OF many of his predeSes.
sors IN the presidency. calling Jef-
ferson the most incapable execu-
tive who ever filled the Presidents
chair accusing Madison OF
orinsing shame and disgrace to
america; characterizing Monroe,
the author of the Monroe Doc
trine as triumph of imbecilitv
to the last" denounced Jackson No
ignorant" attributed Van
Buren's success to his moral
shortcomings" referred CON
temptuousiy to Harrison. Taylor,
Fillmore. Buchanan and Polk as
small Presidents" and Pierce as
small politician of low capacitv
and mean surroundings"
die characterized Congressman as
cattle" In a speech before the
syracuse Chamber of Commerce In
1899. '''
attitude toward the real
bosses of the Republican PARTY
was exposed in the following te.e-
gram to the widow OF Senator
Quay at the time of Boss omav,s
death: My loyal friend is dead"
Tile has characterized the ouakers
as "a class of professional non
combatants who are as hurtful TO
the real growth of the nation as
flre-eeters."
has made his Personal will
paramount to law whenever IL
has suited his purpose to do so
and is now biting the hand mat
fed him.
fS-He has been @ chronic office seek
er. office holder and tax eater for
nearly his entire adult life.
'6-He has attempted to create law
by executive action tn make