El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-27
ROOSEVELT HITS
HARD At TAFT
Continued from page II

continued from page II
fective for any one candidate than
ever oeIore In the history Of the party.
This is not only an untruth, but IT is
OF close observation have seen such
scandalous abuse OF the patronage as
( this year.
Some Of the abuse OF patronage has
oeen done directly by Mr.. Taft him
SELF as IN the case OF the various
south Carolina nominations Moreover
does Mr. Taft think the people have
forgotten the letter his secretary sent
out as TO restoring to insurgent sena-
TOTS the patronage Of which he had de-
prived them2 Having all these facts
IN view, II Is simply astounding that
MT Taft should venture the asser-
ton that he has not ussd the federal
patronage to defraud politics.
Mr.. Taft states that I advised him
TO have a meeting with cannon. I ad-
Flsed MIN TO meet everyone, to consult
with everyone, to try 10 get on with
everyone. But no less emphaticsITv I
advised him 10 follow my example to
consult freely with all the politicians
ana TO try TO get on with them nut
where the politicians split off from
the people then to stand with the peo-
pie and not with the politicians, and it
IS precisely this that he failed to do.
Opposed To AIdrich Tariff
II is most curious thing that Mr.
TAFT should actually critieise me for
not having assailed him about the
tariff law. As matter of fact I have
eagerly endeavOred to praise Mr. TAR
wherever possibly could. and . have
merely kept silent where / DISAGREED
As he now insists that / should break
silence about the tariff law. I will saw
that 1 hold him cUlpabIy responsible
for having led the people TO believe
that he favored substantial down
ward revision and that he would work
actively for IL, and for then having sat
suplneIy by and allowed his new
Irlends, under the leadership OF Mes
SIS Aldrich and Cannon, to produce a
Dill which made him convict himself
Of insincerity when he signed it,"
The Third Term.
Turning TO president Taft's state
ment in regard to a third term col
onel Roosevelt declared that the dan
ger lay only in more than two CON
secutive terms which might afford on
portunity for the executive to entrench
himself in power.
Mr.. Taft without my permission"
he continued. has quoted entire Iet
tiers from me written in answer to
letters Of his which were marked con
mental 1 shall so far avail myself
Of his example as to quote four Iines If
a letter from him TO me which was NOT
marked confidential 1t was written
shortly after he became president 1t
runs.
" j can never forget that the power
Ierred from YOU to me. and that I am
under Obligat ton to You to see TO it
that your Judgment in selecting me as
your successor and bringing about the
succession shall be indicated, accord
ing to the standards which you and /
In conversation have always formu-
lated
1t is a bad trait to bite the hand
that feeds YOU.
Was Interested In Taft
NO other man in this country was
as much Interested as 1 was IN having
MT. Taft succeed. No other man in
this country was as much interested
as was in having Mr.. Taft
succeed No other man with my prin-
clples and convictions has supported
MIN for so long a time and has so
bitterly regretted being unable to sup
port him for a longer time. ] eagerly
sought every opportunity TO stand by
MIN. and long after / felt deep in my
heart that he was unfit to lead his
people. I refused to acknowledge the
fact TO myself and struggled TO con
vince myself he was fit and clutched
at every opportunity to back him up.
Until less than a year ago I kept
desperately hoping that Mr.. Taft at