The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-03-01
THE MASK IS OFF.

Theodore Roosevelt has betrayed him
self, his friends and his party, says the
Philadelphia Record editorially in re-
cent issue:
ole has betrayed himself, for he
pledged his sacred honor the night of
his election IN 1904 that he would under
no circumstances again be a candidate
for President Although his first term
was one 10 which he had been elected,
vet he declared on his honor that he had
regard for the substance and not the
form and, having had two terms, he
would not entertain the thought OF
third. He has sacrificed his honor TO
his ambition.
"He has BETRAYED his friend, for it was
at his earnest and continued solicitation
that Mr.. Taft gave up the judicial ambi-
ton of a life time and sought the Pres-
dencv. 1t was Mr.. Roosevelt who used
the Presidential patronage TO procure the
nomination of the man he had selected
for his political heir. The long estab-
l.shed political practice entities Mr.. TAFT
10 a denomination at the hands OF his
party, and all OF the obligations OF honor
and friendship forbid Theodore RoOse-
welt from seeking to deprive the Presi-
dent OF the denomination. He has SaCrl-
feed his friend to his ambition.
"He has betrayed his party, for no
party can refuse to give its President
second nomination without creating a
division in it that must lmperil its sue
cess at the polls. He is deliberately
creating a dsSension that must greatly
q. -, = AIY
welt says that he will adhere to his pres
ent decision until the National Repub-
liCan Convention has expressed IFS pref
erence Medil Mccormick indicates
plainly enough what will happen after
that il the preference should not be for
Mr.. Roosevelt
This man Mccormick, who betrayed
Senator LaFolette, is the fit manager
of the headquarters Of the man who has
betrayed himself, his friend and his
party. We learn from Mr.. Mccormick S
statement that the proposition has been
made 10 Mr.. Roosevelt that in the event
of his failure to get the Republican NOM
nation, he should form third or Peo-
pies party Mr. Mccormick says:
From an authoritative source it was
learned that Colonel Roosevelt did not
look upon the proposition with favor,
aud in effect stated that such proceed
ing was out of the question
Did Caesar put away the offer Of the
crown upon the LupercaI more languldIy
! than that? How does this language com
pare with that IN which he declared that
! he would not be a candidate for a third
term? And yet that declaration has
! gone to the waste basket Nothing in
! political action is more treaCherouS than
10 90 into convention aud seek its
nomination with the purpose, in the
| event OF failure. Of seeking nomna
| ton elsewhere and undertaking to defeat
| the selection of the convention. This is
a fit program of dupicity and turpitude
! for Theodore Roosevelt and MediIl Rlc.
| Cormick, who used Senator LaFolettee
as blind until the time came for open
! ing up Roosevelt headquarters.
The purpose of Mr.. Roosevelt is to
get the Republican nomination if he pos
! sblv can, and if he cannot he will tear
up the pledge that the cunning McCor-
mick makes for him, and he will pur
himself in the field as the candidate OF
| the radiCdIlsm Of all parties
This announcement of Mccormick 5
! is a pledge in lis outward form, but it g.,
a threat in substance. 1t is a noiifcd
ton to the Republican party that it i
! shall give its nomination to any one else
there will be third party in the field
! 1t is a thoroughly chara cteristic effort Of .
1 brace OF political bandits 10 Sdndba,
/ the convention -