The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-09-19

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al welcome the people Of Utah ex
tended Theodore Roosevelt on his Wis
Z to Ogden and the Colonel takes
very kindly to things royal. j, 1t was
| the welcome of a wholesouled, gen.
erous people to a man who has twice
been President of the United States
by the will Of the people. Men and
women of every creed and every po-
litical belief took part in the ova.
ton that would have been accorded
any other man under the same cir
cumstances.
But he came with the old cry that
has been sent up by defeated candi-
dates ever since we have had poll
tical parties in America. Roosevelt
must furnish an excuse for the
slump in his political power-he must
explain his defeat. So he raises the
cry of stolen nomination and fol-
lows It up with his usual charges of
treason, liar rascality and other
terms that are a part of the Bull
Moose vocabulary when he meets OPP
position. Such Applications coming
from Roosevelt no longer bear weight
They do not ring true for he has hurl-
ed his invectives against the charac.
ter of every man who has not ag'eed
with him.
In his Ogden speech Roosevelt put
every man and woman who supports
President Taft in class with thieves
and says they are party to crime
because he, Theodore, was not nomi-
mated by the Republican party. .
Any man who took part in the
theft OF that convention, in the
seating of the fraudulent delegates
and the carrying Of the convention
by means Of those fraudulent dele
gates-any man who benefited by
1t, any man who upholds II, all
alike are guilty of treason.
In that statement he assailed the
characters of Senator Smoot, Cover
nor Spry, Senator Sutherland, Con
gresham Howell and other members
of the Utah delegation to the Chca-
go convention that nominated Pres
ident Taft. And these are not men
who would uphold crooked work.
They are men who need make no
apologies for the important parts
they have played in public life. Their
records for duties well performed
are open and above board They have
the respect and confidence Of the
people of Utah and the profound re-
spect of their colleagues and CO.
workers. These men have figured
prominently in the political life Of
the nation and have stood by the
interests of the people.
We do not believe that the Bull
Moose gained by his vitriolic attack
upon these men Of Utah.
Senator Cummins, of Iowa, was a
Progressive long before Roosevelt
sought it as point of vantage. But
Senator Cummins did not take up
the cry of a stolen nomination and is
the Republican ticket.
Bob La Toilette, of Wisconsin, was
a strong Progressive when Roosevelt
was in Africa slaughtering wild game
La Toilette does not say the nomina-
ton was stolen.
When the representatives of Pres
ident Taft and the Roosevelt men
got together in Chicago to discuss a
compromise, President Taft was will
ing that compromise candidate
should be named. He was willing
to do what the majority thought best
But Roosevelt, with his rule or ruin
policy, absolutely refused to consid-
er a compromise. He said: take
me, or nobody" He is the King OF
Bosses.
He ssid in his Fridays speech: ~
do not mind the bosses IL they will
quit being bosses" That is the key.
note of the Roosevelt campaign. He
must be boss or he will not play and
everyone else must stand aside. His
greed for power must override the
judgment of all men. His must be
one-man party. He bossed the
convention that nominated him from
beginning to end. 1t was a one.man
convention and he would stand no op,
position. II is his way.
We believe his speech in Ogden did
not help his cause with the voters OF
Utah.
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