The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-06-18

Called
The New York Sun of recent date
prints the following from its Chi
cagO correspondent:
Henry C.. Warmoth of New Or
leans. head of the Louisiana delega
ton, arri> ed yesterday. He first be
gan going to Republican National
conventions in 1868. He skipped the
1872 convention for the reason that
he Joined the Liberal Republican
movement and that step practically
put him out of business for attend
ing the Hayes convention of 1876
With the exception that hiatus Mr.
Warmoth has been on the great
hattIefieIds Of his party.
He was asked yesterday for his
views as to the real situation in the
Southern States as between, Presi-
dent Taft and ex-President Roose-
Welt. He spoke very bitterly and
with sweeping denunciation of Col
oncI Roosevelt He said:
"The South is for Taft. It will re
main for Taft. and Taft will be
nominated by this convention. A
few Struggling delegates, eight in
all, have deserted Taft, but before
tho fight is over | believe they will
return to him.
THE Southern Republicans are
Gnraoed over the criticisms of Col
onel Roosevelt, who should remem-
ber that in 1904 and 1908 he thought
hem fine men, and remarked on
their splendid character. The trou-
bic With Roosevelt is that he has
lcVcr been true to, any man or t.
any principle.
The Republican party has given
NoOseNclt every distinction. He has
turned on his old friend Taft,
turned on his own word just as he
mas turned on every man who has
1efriended him. He is not man to
honor. He lacks all principle. You
could do a hundred things for
Roosevelt and if you could not do
the one hundred and first he would
desert and attack you. His conduct
coward men and to principles has
Deen contemplate; indeed, it has
BEEN beneath contempt.
LET Him Bolt"
Il hear this talk of Roosevelt
boiling this convention when he is
defeated. Let him bolt. He has got
everything he could out of the
party, and it is about time for him
to bolt. That's the way he has treat
ed every man in the party who con
,ributed to his exaltation. If by
nook or crook he We're nominated
here, 100000 of Republicans in the
country would vote against him. He
got his present vote by the use OF
taXicabs and money. The people
who elect president did not turn out
It these presidential primaries.
Il have known Roosevelt for q
good many years. I first met him
when he was a United States Civil
Service commissioner in the Harri-
5On administration. President Harri-
son made me collector of the-pari
of New Orleans. Suddenly Roosevelt
md Commissioner Lyman turned VI
n my office and Roosevelt claimed
that [ had violated the civil service
laws. He showed lot of papers al
ne containing these complaints. /
read them, and the more [ read
hem the madder I got Finally
demanded of him what he meant
md pointed out that these com
)laints had been made by disgrun
led Republicans to whom I coulC
not give office, for whom, under the
civil service laws, there were NJ
places in my office.
"'Don't feel hard toward me, col
IectGr,' said Roosevelt, and | won
}e hard on you I told Roosevelt
hal I was ashamed of his conduct
lie should have known the real pur
pose of these complaints. He theI
legged off again and said: I am jus
n my way to Texas for q hOl
| shooting "trip, and I'll leave Lyma,
acre, and he will prepare the re
| 2Ort which will ex0nerate you @
| these charges, and Roosevelt wen
off to Texas on a hog shooting trip
Selfish to the Core"
'If those complaints against M
Nere sound he should have staye'
and investigated them and not sad
died the business on Lyman. In
stead, he neglected his duty an
went off to Texas on hog shoot
1 ing trip. When he returned Lyma
| had made~the investigation, asceI
tanned the faslity of the charges an
Roosevelt signed the report exOneI