Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-14
SAYS ROOSEVELT CAN'T RUN.
Secretary MseNsash Declares Colonel
1'. Will Not Be Candidate.

EtSL 1T dS, tlc dlilua. ulllEer OIL lle
Zach Chandler Republican Club. saii
Theodore Roosevelt would not-ont
with his makeup, could not--rul
against Taft" for tfe reputY lean pres
.idential namina tisM tins yean.s,.
Secretary Macveagh was the gues
| Of honor at the banquet. He confined
his confidence to the present contest
however, intimating that there nigh,
come a time when the former presi.
dent would be justified in re-enterine
presidential race.
Declaring that Colonel Roosevelt had
placed himself outside of the presiden.
tial arena by his declaration OF 1904
the speaker said:
1T may be difficult to explain ava!
the present appearances created b!
Rooseyelt's silences and the volubilities
OF his insurgent visitors: but that. Il
my mind. is not so difficult as 1t is t
believe that Roosevelt would accept
nomination this year under any con.
ceivable circumstances.
For 1t must be admitted that moth
Ing short Of the national crisis-such a.
may come In the future, but Is not
within the. range of sane ina ginatior
now-would ever be accepted az justi-
fication for such n change OF front, anC
this Roosevelt must know"
The secretary Of the treasury under
took to define what Is progressive
giving to President Taft that title, and
calling the republican insurgents IRE
dictionaries" His conclusions regard
Ing republican progressives were epit-
cmixed in these words:
=, oo{S nd
ministration and a progressive presi-
dent, and we have a reactionary Op-
position within the party-reactionar!
notwithstanding the honest belief o:
those who are carrying 1t on that they
are progressives and not reactionaries
at ALL"
Mr. Macveagh argued that there
were various kinds of progressives One
set. he said, used their energy for agi.
tation ard education, another for lesis-
lation and achievement. Both he re.
sarded as necessary to progress.
There Is a third class Of progress
sives." he continued. "who give con-
slant emphasis to the title OF progress
siye, but who have not the invariabie
scent for progress. and who are liable
to trail off and bark up the wrong tree
the reactionary tree-now supporting
the old log Trolling system OF tariff leg
islation. and now attacking the supreme
court. Our present insurgents are OF
this class"
Mr.. Macveagh argued that President
Taft had assumed and had been faith
full to the policies OF his predecessor-
..the platform OF the rrogressives ir
the republican party"-augmentins
them by another distinguished list OF
great policies OF his own"
"Taft and Roosevelt" ar. Macveagh
continued, "have been two eminent
presidents, and their administrations
complement each other. and are prac-
tically one Roosevelt came first. as
he should have come: and Taft came
next as he should have come. Roose-
welt blazed the way and Taft has made
that way highway"
The motto of the republican oppo-
nents to the president, the secretary
declared. was "anythin gto beat Taft
when it was found impossible '
continued Mr.. Maveagh, ito make
headway with LaFollette or Cummins
because they failed to touch the ma
tionaI Imagination. the insurgents
looked about again and then thought OF
Roosevelt.
"This unauthorized happy 20 lucky
Roosevelt movement II the latest way
TO beat Taft It is the new club, the
new blddgeon. why they should wish
10. beat Taft. at all IL beyoAd reason
Ea6,e human an.compfehension. They don't
want to nominate LaFollettc or Cum.
ullns or Roosevelt. The aAaything ia