The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-11
TAFT SUPPORTERS
ROUNDLY ABUSED
'Spoils Politicians and Patron
age Mongers" the Term
Applied to Those Who Are
Straight Republicans.
BY International NewS Service.

| i'S lnlGIllallOQdl news Service.
VaT TASHINGTON, March 10.-Theo-
NM dorc Roosevelt, in a letter to
| WV Senator Dixon which described
'"e Iait supporters as "spoils
P'iit'cianS and patronage mon
GERS Nho arc engaged in dcfraudirz tbc
American people out of their f,rst o,d
most elemental rights has bacrea ,,r
DiSons demand for settlement Of tbo ,,c,,
ior the Republican presidential nomins-
tioh at the primaries Incidertanv bc
,nstiiies all the bitter things tho s.rotn,.
mas said to Mr.. Mckinley and his osso.
ciatcs in the Taft camp.
So'ohel Roosevelt has been urged Il, ad-
dress his letter directly TO the president
OUT II was learned today that he regards
that all diplomatic relations between him
seit and Mir. Taft are al an end and win
communicate with him only through :,
third party,
Inc letter reached Tie Taft headuIar-
iers early, but Mr. Mckinley, in the alb
sence OF his candidate, preferred tn mako
no reply
u was admitted at the Roosevelt head
Hnarlers after the coloners letter was
gwen OUT, that terrific efforts will he made
within the next three weees to put Pres
ident TAFT out OF the race il the COL
onels arms cannot be crowned with vIc-
tory in that time his friends believe that
further fight Will be hopeless.
Going on Stump.
II is for this reason that Roosevelt is
Soins on The stump. His manascrs an
nounced tonight that he would not ONLY
attack the Taft adminislrato ton. but wouId
outline platform of his own. featuring
his theory of the recall OF judicial de-
clSions, announcing his intention. il NOM
mated, 10 forthwith begin a war FOR more
drastic child labor laws. laws to shorten
The hours OF labor and plan that will
aim 10 amellorate The conditions OF the
poor all over the country
The colonel in his prcconvention sneerh
will announce fatty the kind Of a cam
paign he Intends 10 make for election if
nominated aud will promise even more
than his brother proeressves have prom
iSed.
AS soon as possible his itinerary win
be determined upon. Colonel Roosevelt
has the utmost confidence in Senator
Dixon and heartily approves everything
the senator has done in the interest OF
withstaldjns, To inject his own person.
ali,y into the game and his friends as
sert that hc is convinced that this Is
more a personal than j party campaign
Third Term Issue,
Mr.. Mckinley has decided 10 make his
against Roosevelt on the third
term Issue. TO that end he got oil, .rcs-
tcr]ay imposing history OF the third
term aspirations Of various presidents.
showing how IL has ruined all OF them
The Developments o( the next few days
promise more acrmuuv and bitterness
than has ever been Witnessed In 4 pre-
vious political campaign, for bbth sides
arc going into The records 10 dig up
all that is damaging that they can els
cover. Mr.. Mckinley will within few
days bring our a review OF the Ten
nessee Coal and Iron deal. while Dixon
viii rctaliatc with fresh revelations as
10 the stcamroler.
An innocent byslander tonight was
whether the fight now on IS
Roosevelt and TAFT or McIiin-