La Junta tribune., 1912-03-16
soo.svslr on TAN. WHICH,

The opportunity Eivea 10 the vot-
ers OF Otero county to name their
pr ference CT candidat's tne pr, sidcnt
Of the United States. 10 ol great I'M
p,rtance II may well hecome his
toric. Never. until this year. have
the individual citizens been given
such chance. Thanks 70 our ma
chine bound state central com
mlttee. this opportunity 10 not Civ
en- to all citizens Of the state
But, thanks to our county ccenual
committee. which broke the ma
chine rule. we OF our county Sili
have the chance thus to eKpr So
our preference Every republican
voter should make u-e of his oppor-
tuni,y
Weigh well the merits Of the can
didates. II will be either Taft our
present large president, or Roose-
Welt. our former great presideut OF
Taft the best that can b. said Is
y
whose acts have not all been bad
! He was elected by \ good majority
because the people believed that he
was thoroughly In sympathy vita
the policies and principles which
made the Roosevelt administraton
/ one OF the greatest eras OF our
countrys history. Whatever OF good
there has been accomplished in tha
! Taft administration, has ben In
| carrying out the Rooscveltian poll.
l cles. II Is tribute TO the strength
I 4 the progressive republican move
ment. that the reactionary. corpora
I ton controlled Pueblo Chie;taiu must
ask support for Taft on the grounds
that his administration has b eH pro
sressive.
But TAFT at heart is very rthe.
tlonary He showed this first by
the selection Of his cabinet Not
lne of his original cabinet was % tlv
big. broad isioncd. Lineoln-lih, men
Il democratic instincts Wick rshum
and Knox and the others. ar r1-
8c-lopary mrn whole hearts az Vil
the wealthy few Ballinger wns aofsr
thaa this. be WIS so inteis ly Iu
ympaihy with the privileged inter.
sst. that he DELHI rately and corrupt
- b trayed the people. Yet Taft
leFt him Ia his cabinet until yirtH.
lly driven out by the force 0i
public opinion
Taft selected his friends and h'.p
ers In congress. not from the ack1aRl
edged ladders OF republican s.ntI
meat. the Doliiyers and la fon ties
the Borahs and Bournes. the NuF
docks and Lenroots. but iron the
discreditCd controlled me0bet Ike
Tzwn.y and Cannon. N16Gt and
Hale. Lortmer and dukxsSUpV
Today Taft stands. not~i'hstasd-
ing the claims Of The Chicfiain. IN
avowed reactiorary. By his own word
| he ls committed against the inttia-
tive measures. which would place the
power u making our la~s more d.
rectly In the hands Of the people.
/ Their. can bc but one reason for this.
h. .ars the people. Does this sound
I iik. Lincoln! DO these make for
government OF the peoplc for the
people aud ny the peopl' or do
they mott
On tn. other hand Roosevelt stands
iik. a rock for everything hat would
place the power In government and
In party. as directly as pussiblc In
the hands of the people. he believes
with the mighty Lincoln. hat the
great mass OF the American people.
the plain people. can be trustsd To
do the right thing That goyernment
resting on tn. people and Carried on
As directly As possible hi the peo-
Pile. Is the safest 20 sible form Of
government.
Roosevelt is for the initiative aad
r't TFuauuls tte - tot Inv hifeVN WV
ton OF United States senators He
10 TOR genuine and true primary saec-
ton laws. Including the primary tor
the president In tbs one ,hins we
have . volume Illustrative OF the tvo
men. Roosevelt would have oil the
republican voters select thcir cao6t.
date. Taft would have the special esu
select him. The corporatiou Goa
trolied political organization aA1 the
office hoidcrs. constitute Tass's
special men Who. according to hin.
are better fitted to do 1, ,han the
masses.
Always. II the Grea, mass of peopae
are not to BE- trusted to make laws
and select their candidates .,hca thers
must b~ . select few To do T. ThSs
doctrine Of the select. has u ~