The record., 1912-10-31
Correspondence Betweea Col. Nat
B.Itzer and Judge Price.

BeItzer and Judge Price.
High,ind Park, OCT. c5ti, 1912.
Dear Judge:-After having read
your correspondence with the Hon.
]. ID. Dugan and others, | desire to
II axe a confession and conc sion
for my course and conduct in stray
ing off from the Republican party,
to which | have always been allied
{ ON my boyhood. must adm t
that have been too susceptible of
the political vanity of Col. Roose-
welt, and suffered myself to be led
astray by his political treachery,
bit my better judg ment and sense
have dictated to me that | was do
in, wrong in using my talent and in
huence against the Republican party,
the price and life of our great nation
And | have resolved that henceforth
| shall be found in the Republican
ranks, and God helping me | shall
cast my vote on the fifth of Novem-
ber next for William Howard Taft.
believe it shall be one of the great
est acts of my life. want to say to
every one who believes in the Re
publican doctrine and is inclined o
follow Roosevelt in his wild political
fire. my, look before you leap, turn to
your home, your friends and to the
glorious and grand old Republican
party that Is an honor and bless
ing to this country. Hoping that
you shall understand that | sh; II
stand soliI IN the Republican ranks
as long as there is a fragment lef',
Resp CT uly yours,
Nat Bellzer.
Poplar Level. Oct 2SIh. I9I:
Nv Dear n ,t:-Let IN. commend
you for yoIr wise conclusion and
determlnati n To suppor, the Re 40
llcan party aud its non i zee in the
coming election; that you have seen
your error in due time and | am
prou to say that many, If not all,
that were induced by Roosevelt fam
ticism to revolt against the Republi-
can party and its nominees are now
following your example and refuse
longer to follow an attempted polit.
ical stampede led by set of dis
gruntled soreheads and disappointed
politicians. The Roosevelt politi.
cal whirlwind will soon be over and
disappear and be lost in the still air
of common sense.
The "Bull Moose" assumption is
blseless, a political fungus without
roots, imaginary and unreal, with
no basis or beginning and shall ter
inmate in oblivion and after the
election the very name shall be lost
in the regular trend of politics. 1t
is very unfortunate that sensible
men will let their uncurbed ambi-
ton ruin their name and fame,
simply to gratlfY their selfish de
slres, and are willing to sacrifice
principle and policy that have made
them great for selfish aggrandize-
ment and vain requirement. Nov
Mr.. Taft was as fairly nominated as
any candidate has ever been in
either party. There might have
been some things done that should
net have teen done; this is always
the case in every organization with
which human beings are connected,
bu:.:hey are not justified in destroy
ing the party because they believe a
few men holding responsible posi-
tions did something they believed
were unfair. If this rule was fol-
lowed in all the activities of life
they would be compelled to repu-
diate an attempt to destroy, not only
our political party but the church
CT ,dge or any other organization
to which they belong. The Repub-
lican party represents to day what
it has always represented In
closing let me congratulate you for
your noble resolve to be true and
stand firm. You shall never regre,
liz.
Yours truly,