New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-17
"SCANDALOUS!!" NOW
THE Colonies CRY
Roosevelt Charges Taft Leaders
Are Trying to Steal Wash
inyton State.
PLEADS FOR FARMERS AID
He Urges Them to Take Time
from the Plough and Go to
the Polls to Hit the
Boss Hard"

Defiance. Ohio Nav i6-Whcn Colonel
Roosevelt learred of the outcome Of the
Republican Stale Convention in the state
Of Washington, As result Of when TWO
sets of delegates are to he sent TO the ma
tional convention. he denounced tie actlon
of the supporters of President TAFT there
as "scandalous.' At Paulding he said:
The most scanGafous thing our opponents
have recently tried and failed i'm - 10 steal
from the people OF Washington the dele
gates of that state. Wherever we held prl-
maries i'm that state we beat them. Where
they were strongest we beat them two 10
one Where they were not 50 strong we
beat them about eight 10 one. iheS mao
no chance of any kind, and so they have
CndeaVored to steal what they could not
earn. TO try by theft to set what they could
not get from the people
Large crowds met Colonel Roosevelt dur
ing the day. in Lima the streets were
filed for several blocks with men and
women who were unable to get into Me
mortal Hall At Piqua he made special
appeal to the farmers
While Colonel Roosevelt was speaking in
Lima a man called out
What about the third term
Colonel Roosevelt whired about and
pointed his finger in the direction of the
qucstioner.
You can't ask me any question, YOU
foolish creature. that | can't answer he
said Il will answer you by quoting the
words of President Tafts father about the
third term
lie then read the letter written by Judge
A'phonso Taft. the Presidents father. to
THE Cincinnati Enquirer which he read
i'm his speech in Dayton last night. After
quoting Judge Tafts opinion in referring
to Grants candidacy for third term, that
the only danger lay III the use of federal
patronage to procure third consecutive
term he said Judge Tart's name headed the
list of members of a Grant third term CLUB.
Down among the list OF members" he
said comes the name OF bright young
representative OF the family. Charles +.
Taft. The whole Taft family was in that
movement. ] will appeal from son to the
ether and ask YOU To accept the sound
common sense which the father spoke as
To the ridiculous folly Of raising any talk
about a third term when tine terms arc not
consecutive and the man out Of power has
no earthly means Of influencing single
offcehoder, a single privileged representa-
tive of the privileged class"
II called his bluff said Colonel Roose-
welt of President Taft when speaking in
Greenville on the Canadian reciprocity bill
saying the President had tried To show
that the eX-Presidcnt was with him IN the
fight for reciprocity.
Colonel Roosevelt said that when he at
first favored the bill he had not known It's
character
when ! learned later on that il worked
TO the advantage of the beef trust and the
millers' trust, because il let i'm raw material
free and kept up the duty on the finished
product, ! had 10 put myself against H.
the colonel went or. when | fourd the
President deliberately was using my sup
port of the measure to influence the people
against Newell. | just called his bluff, II
1 may be permitted TO use such term.
Il know its hard to give up your time
from the plough to 20 to the polls said
the colonel to the farmers in the crowd,
but II YOU don't get in this fight. the pro-
fessional politicians will take advantage OF
it, This IS your government. and you have
got TO take some trouble about it. The boss
only gets his chance because the people do
not come ont We want the farmer t. init
the boss hard."