The Washington times., 1912-04-27
ROOSEVELT FLAyS
TAFT AS HYPOCR|TE
IN STIRRING SPEECH
Says President Has Been
"Disloyal to Every Canon
of Decency."
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canon of ordinary decency and fair deal
ing such as should obtain even In deal
Ing with mans bitterest opponents.
such conduct represents the very
when Mr.. Taft, within twenty-four
hours of taking 1t, complains that he
has not been given square deal by
me, he exposes himself to derision and
contempt.
This is not an exceptional instance
OF how he has behaved to me. The
same course was followed last summer,
In connection with the Tennessee Coal
and Iron Company.
The assaults upon me by Mr.. Taft's
campaign managers made in Washing
ton, under Mr.. Taft's very eyes, have
been foul to the verge of decency.
But l am not complaining of these
things; l care nothing for Mr., Taft's
personal attitude toward me; l allude
TO II only In passing, and merely be-
cause Mr.. Taft lays such emphasis on
the matter"
Taking up his accusation that Presi-
dent Taft had accepted the support of
Senator Lorimer without protest, the
colonel said:
Il grant that Mr.. Taft began by be-
ing against Mr.. Lorimer. l do not
know and ! do not believe that he has
been against MIR. Lorimer recently. 1t
Is out of the question that Mr.. Lor-
inner, an astute and powerful man,
could have been ignorant OF Mr.. Tart o
attitude IL that attitude had been one
of efficient opposition to him.
"Mr. Taft never intended to raise
his voice against Mr.. Lorimer in I'LL
nois or before the Hin OILS primary. He
hoped for victory. which could only
have been won by the aid of Mr.. Lor-
liner and his hackers.
when the primary election In IL
linois is past, when Lorimer has been
beaten. when there is no more sup
port to be gotten out of him, then and
mn ,fat hay To- ~, ttV1r n
that he was once against him.
Was Warned Against Lorimer.
when went to Illinois I was
warned again and again not to speak
of Lorimer because there were a great
many people who believed in him, end
that ! would lose their support II ]
attacked Lorimer. | answered that
would rather lose every delegate in
Illinois than fail to express my alb
horrence OF Lorimer and of all that
Lorimer stood for,
II denounced Lorimer when there wal
danger in denouncing him. Mr.. Taft
without a word of protest, accepted
| support from the mess and mass o
corruption, which a year and a quartz
previously he had denounced. ! thinl
| Mr.. Taft acted badly in accepting Lori
mer's support in silence, but | think h
| has acted much worse in coming to th'
front to repudiate I.orimer here In Mas
saChusetts, where he thinks such re
| pudiation canhelp him. after he ha
| thus kept silent about 1t when the re
pudiation might have hurt him.
Declares Taft No Gentleman.
| "Mr. Taft says that I changed from
on the reciprocity measure. This is un
true. He publishes letter of mine, Il
answer to a letter of his marked con
fidential'
| incidentally one OF the unpardonabl
| sins on the part of any man calling him
self a gentleman Is to publish confiden
tial correspondence without permission
Az to this, care nothing. but I war
MI Taft that in discussing negotiation
with a foreign power IT is we'll not t
publish such expressions as that in hi
letter about making Canada only
Adjunct of the United States"
Roosevelt declared he supported TAFT
reciprocity measure until he found
was obnoxious to the farmers.
Because l had stated that l woul
support the treaty said not one wor
against II until 1t was dead he saic
Even then ] declined to speak on III
subject until in several States Nj