The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-05-11
PRESIDENT TAFT
RESENTS INSULTS
Attacks Of Theodore Roosevelt
Full Of FaIsehOods.
PATIENCE IS EXHAUSTED,
misrepresentation, viIitcation, Abus.
and Assaults OF tina Rough aidino
Colonel Will Not Longer Be- reisr.
atsd-Fsrnsr President Would Wreck
the Party.

~teo-r Former President WouiS Wcee
the Party.
After enduring with infinite paiienc
not only because OF the dignity of fh
hiyh Office which he holds. bur also be
cause OF the personal friendship whicl
he has enjoyed and had hoped to main
tain with former President Theodor,
Roosevelt. President William "a. Tai
has finally been forced to resent RI,
misrepresentation of his actual ,,osi
tloh on public ISSUES. the unfrutbs
which have been uttered with resuec,
To his official actions and IL the con
duct OF this campaign and att.cks
upon MIN which not infrequently in
vowed his personal honor as a lnnu ss
Wen as his integrity as president of the
United States
The president aud bis campaign man.
ayers have sought throughout this cam
paign by dignitied and fair course. of
conduct TO maintain the Republican,
party AZ militant power for good in
the land, with d view to avotb.r ri
umphant victory at the pc. in Va
vember
On the contrary. Theodore Roose
Welt and his friends and hackers baye
conducted an organized campaign TO
wreck the Republican party. not only
ps eiiSendering persollal uninositias
~ ATTACKS Oh individual leaders of tia
party n various states. but nv ofra,i,,.
Hld SUPPORTING a iationai platform.
"hich Is RANK socialism Az a rcs,il;
u thls situation Director William a
Mehihlef or the national Taft bureau
issued the following statement 10 tb4
public on April IA:
The oiitcoine Of the pennsvly,,i,
primaries Is plainly Indicative ef the
iact thai national issues are pIa vino
ohiy small part in some state. in M
campaign Tor the Republican norntn.
ton for president.
Instead Cf constructive s,atasr
snip being pun forth in an efgort :,
Soi'e eae problems before thu, country
ana as a bid for votes on thu ey.,on,,
OF merit, nation wide cutnt,jvn ~
Wllifai and malicious misrenresa,,t.,
tiou, vlilfication aud assault ON r,e
president Of the United SfntaS b,.
peen substituted Such campaign
amounting in fact to conspiracy. not
ohiy TO Lumiiiate the president person |
any OUT TO roniInit the Republican DIR |
!! 10 rank socialism, has been counte |
hahcsd and conducted by former Pres |
ldenf Theodore Roosevelt
Inc time has arrived 10 call a hal,
ON such proceedings.
president Taft, always mindful o,
the dectilcieS Of huMan con,inct ne
le'ias tlat friendship IL ii sacred thin.
ana that, IKE truth ii should lie main
tanned even at personal sacrifice AMI
aiSo oeiieNing that the American PEG
Pee expect The occupant If the biyhas
Once ~ tie gift OF the nation. as well
as those who have furlperiy occupied
IT, to respect The dignity OF that office
has during the course of this camnaipnj
patiently submitted 10 misrepresenta
ton. viiitication and insult without re
ply.
ne result Is that his opponent has
tnf0Wn All restraint 10 the winds Sen
atof JoSepE VI. Dixon. the national
.ahiaigp manager OF former Pres!
len' Roosevelt. has been permitted
Without rehukp from his candidate to
insult the president OF the United
states. He has not only been permit
ed To charge the president with being
receiver Of stolen goods. without
protest. but former President Roose
Fei' has repeated the Charge on til, !
stump
lie time has now come when the
American people will no longer sit Idly
~ aud see this unfair and malicious
and vilitication continued
~ man aud by the friends of
nan who has already served two
erms 10 the White House by the
'otes OF the Republican party and
whom not only Il, violation OF the
nwritten law of the republic. but IN
5ViutiOu " HIS OWN SGltmn promise
the Dation. voluntarily given on the
light or Nov, 8, 1904. IL seeking a
bird term on national platform SO
nrepublican In nature that he dare
OF discuss It himself. as is shown by
is recent speeches in Illinois. Penn
ylvania aud New Hampshire
The fact that this candidate Is now :,
laiming to wear the mantle Of Abra- :
am Lincoln Is evidence that the acme
demagoGism ~ this country has !
cen reached.
Those states Which have yet to q
ect delegates to the Republican IA
onai convention In Chicago might n
ist as well realize now that the re o
ablic as well as the Republican party d
az been placed IN jeopardy by the f
sues raised by Theodore Roosevelt .
hey must realize that the unwritten
w Of the republic that no man shah /
president three terms Is an insur a
ountable obstacle to the success Of 4
~ party In any national election in
'is country. They must realize that U