Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-03-06
THE MEAT IN THE COCOANUT.
Teddy Feels that Taft Is Drifting
From "My Policies"


Washington. Feb. 2S.-Theodorc
RoOscvclt'S announcement for Presi-
dent In opposition to President Tar:
the man he made, Is the elimination
OF a series of differences and misun-
derstandings dating from President
Tafts inauguration. The friendship
Of the t~o on the day Of the inaug,l-
ration, March 4, 1909, was affection
ate. They actually huggcd each
other in the United States Senate
chamber as Roosevelt left the Capi-
tol as a private citizen.
1t is claimed that Roosevelt made
only one request OF Taft, and that
was that William Loeb, Jr, OF New
York, should haze Il place in the
Tart cabinet. LoeD had been Roosc-
volts secretary for many years. Taft
declined to take Loeb into the cabi-
net, but finally made him collector
Of the port Of New York
Letters from Africa.
in the few weeks following the in
auguration, before Mir. Roosevelt
sailed for Africa, frequent letters
passed between the two mon. and
while the colonel was on his big
hunt Mr.. Tart read several commune
cations from him describing his ex-
pc,icnccs. From the first, however,
there was an apparent restraint be-
tween the two i'm regard to the discus
sion Of lcgislatipu and other affairs
OF administration. Republicans in
Washington have been inclined to the
opinion that the President himself
has resented the popular impression
that Roosevelt nominated and elect
ed him, and this feeling has un-
doubtedly operated as Il bar to the
continuance Of close relations.
One OF Taft's "Oncnscs."
Rooscvc!t's friends acknowledge,
however, that one OF the "Offenses"
which the colonel harbors against
Taft, was the character Of letter
which President Taft wrote to Col
Roosevelt on the eve Of his trip to
Africa. The President sent Major
a. w. Butt. his military aide, to New
Onel as he was emharking. In this
letter President Taft wished the colo
mel pleasant journey and thanked
him again for what he had done for
him. The Presidents letter is said
to have closed with the expression:
81 owe more to Charles p. Taft and
YOU than to any other two men on
earth, or substantially these words.
Roosevclt's friends have made no Sc
crct OF his anger over that letter.
They tell YOU he cried: Good Lord!
So he puts money above brains, does
hc?"
Whether that was 4 tactrul letter
for the President to write Roosevelt
is a question for political philoso-
pliers to solve. but the President told
his friends that he intended TO pay
Roosevelt the highest compliment at
his command.
With the refusal OF President Taft
to allow Clifford Pinchot, Roosevelt's s
friend, to dominate the affairs Of the
department Of agriculture, followed
by his dismissal from Office, the tale
bearers and the trOuble-makers be-
gan to get busy. Mr.. Pinchot himself
Travelled to Italy to get Roosevelt S
ear first and to poison his mint;
against Taft. Roosevelt returned to
this country after his African hunt
ing trip under the impression that
TAFT had been backsliding from th>
so-callcd Roosevelt policies, and the
coloncls friends declare that his con-
viction in this regard has steadily
been growing, and thai that Is the
real explanation OF his present en-
trance into the race.
Taft is Silent.
President Taft will make no di-
rect answer 10 the announcement
from Col. Roosevelt, prior to speeches
he will make in OHIO. according to
statements from official sources.
An expansion OF the Roosevelt
headquarters in Washington has been
announced by Medill Mccormick. who
is In charge. The organization per-
fcctcd BY he Western Governors in
Chicago, it was said, would b.,
strengthened in its Eastern cOnncc-
tionS. and various independent
Roosevelt organizations be brought
to center at Washington.