The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-08-02
BIT WHAT'S THE USE!

the Payne-Aldrich tariff was the best
ever, and was damned for it.
Roosevelt said in signed article in
the Outlook that the Payne-Aldrich
tariff was better than either OF its
predecessors and was applanded as an
authority.
Taft prosecuted the trusts and was
branded as fool politician and tool
of the interests.
Roosevelt exonerated Paul Morton, Il |
self-cOnfessed rebater and viOlator OF
the Sherman antitrust law, and he
stopped the prosecution of the Harves-
ter trust. and for these things he was
acclaimed as friend of the people
and their one great savior from the
designs of the money power
Taft initiated. secured and cOnsis-
tently defended the Canadian reel
prOcity treaty and was repudiated by
the farmers of the country as con-
sequence.
Roosevelt at first approved and adj
vOcated the treaty, praised Taft for Sc
curing it's passage. then little later
denounced it and made it an issue
against the president in his pre-con-
vention campaign. For this he was
given increased devotion.
Taft carefully examined the rec
Ords in the LOrimer case. asked sever
al senator's to do likewise. urged
Roosevelt to help to rid the senate
of LOrimer. and for his pains he was
branded as supporter OF Lorlmer be-
fore the convention and then rebuked
by the senate for endeavOring to have
the Illinois senator unseated. lie Is
considered to have been weakly, pusil-
lanimously and ANONYMOUSLY wrong
throughout.
Before examining the record ROOse-
welt dramatically refused to sit at
banquet with I.Orimer. agreed with
the president to help unseat him. then
denounced the president as friend
of LOrimer, and when I.Orimer was
expelled from the senate glOried in
the fallen reputation like an eNecu-
toner over the dead body OF victim,
shouting without rhyme or reason Il
did it. it was my fight. and | won.
For which he is forever immOrtaliZed
in the minds of his countrymen.
Taft secured the corporations tax
law. the maximum and minimum tar
iff provisions in the Payne-Aldrich
law, the tariff board and the publica-
ton of campaign contributions law,
privilege and subservient to the boss
eS.
For seven years Roosevelt lodged
the tariff. rdiculed Bryan's demand
for the publication of campaign con-
tributiOns. then later praised the pres
ent tariff law and the tariff board as
the only proper solution of the tariff
problem, and is hailed as the enemy
of privilege and the one champion of
the people as against the bosses.
AS Secretary of War, Mr.. Taft went
into Oklahoma at the request of Roose'
welt and pleaded with the people to re-
ject constitution that provided for
the initiative. referendum and the re-
call as subverSive of representative
government. AS president he vetoed
the Arizona statehood bill on the same
grounds. For this people say that he
betrayed Roosevelt and Roosevelt pol
icies and has changed from what
| Roosevelt thought he was to some
monstrous sort OF being.
Roosevelt sent Taft To Oklahoma to
denOunce direct Legislation and said
| that what he thought about the consti-
| tuition that contained provisions of
that kind wasn't fit to print He ridi-
| culed ltryan's solgan of Let the peo-
pie rule" Later he went into Arizona
and opposed the recall of judges and
a few days afterwards in California
approved the same provision. Then in
his Columbus speech went further and
demanded the recall of judicial de-
cisiOns and adopted Bryan's former
plank OF Let the people rule" Now
people say that Roosevelt hasn't
changed. but that it is Taft who
changed and that is why Roosevelt is
| lighting him and why he ought to
fight him.
Taft changed big deficit in the
national treasury to a surplus in three
years lifted the postal department
out OF debt for the first time in years,
and secured the establishment of pos
tai savings banks. and is branded as
an incapable executive.
Roosevelt plunged the country into
debt. the deficit growing larger each
year, failed to improve the postal ser
vice or secure postal savings banks in
seven years, and is acclaimed the
| greatest executive in the history of
the country.
Taft preached against war and he
| gOtiated peace treaties and is regard
| ed as an inhuman monster.
iNOpo'N'it lsiS Slol llitu Wal anu Db-
| posed the peace treaties and is looked
upon as a gOd-like benefactOr of hui
manity.
Roosevelt built steam roller and
manipulated II ruthlessly in 1904 and
1908 to gain his ends, then handed il
over to Taft Thereby he increased
the popular respect and admiration ac-
corded him.
Taft used that same steam roller
just as he had been taught by Roose-
welt and he is branded as thief and Il
| receiver of stolen goods.
But What's the use? These com
PARSONS could be continued ad mini
tum and you. Mr. Bull Moose. would
find in them nothing but evidences OF
ROOsevelt's saint like character and
proof of the indelible sin of TAFT. So
What's the use? ir
Now 1t appears that the great re-
formers ca cannot live in unity to-
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