The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1912-10-23
GOVERNOR B0|ES
IN SUPPORT Of
PRESIDENT TAFT

u1OUO suU
The political sensation in Iowa last
week was the letter OF Ex-Governor
Horace Boies in which he came to the
defense of President Taft and the
prosperity we are enjoying under the
republican administration. Here are
the concluding paragraphs of this re-
markable letter. They are worth pom
dering over by every republican who
is thinking of deserving at this time
the old party that has done so much
for the county.
Says Mr.. Boies:
To Destroy LincoIn's Party
To every man in these United States
who is disposed to assist Mr.. Roose-
welt in his effort to destroy the party
Of Lincoln and fill it's place with a
party of his own l should like to ad-
dress these questions one and all. II
an answer different from that which
is forced to my own lips can be CIV.
en- to anyone of them should be glad
to hear it.
If this cannot be done the people OF
this nation have before them today IN
the person of Theodore Roosevelt the
man of whom Lincoln warned them
to be aware and told them when ne ap'
peared it would require them to be
united with each other, attached to
the government and the laws and
generally intelligent to Illustrate his
designs.
Again it is necessarily true that
vote which will count for Roose-
welt must also count for Governor
Johnson for second place OF honor
within the gift of the American
people, and he is the man whose
cheeks were crimsoned with
shame when he was compelled to
announce to a waiting world that
President Taft is the most huml-
liating character in American his
tory.
1T WOULD BURN MY FINGERS TO
CAST A BALLOT FOR ANY MAN
WHO COULD THUS CHARAC.'ER-
lZE A PRESIDENT OFTHE UNITED
STATES.
It ic not as the most humiIating
character in American history that
President Taft will be remem-
bered. Instead Of this, history
will assign to him the place OF a
, martyr betrayed by them to bear
the humiliation Of the most abused
man In all American public lite.
WHAT IS 1T, LET ME- ASK, IN
PRESENT CONDITIONS THAT
SHOULD MAKE ANYONE WISH TO
CHANGE A PRECEDENT THAT
CUSTOM FOR MORE THAN A CEN
TURY HAS MADE THE UNWRlT-
TEN LAW OF THIS NATION?
Our Peaceful State.
We are at peace with all the world,
a condition that would not have eX-
listed one single week in the last year,
with Theodore Roosevelt at the head
of the army and the navy of this ma
ton.
His impetuous nature would have
hurled one across the Mexican border
and the other into Mexican waters
without thought of the consequences.
Is Thankful for Ia t.
When l think of the millions upon
millions that Intervention would nave
piled upon upon our public and the
unmarked graves of our soldiers that
would have dotted foreign land, l.
can never cease to be grateful that IN
this crisis of the country we have at;
the head of it's affairs cool, conserva'
tive and thoughtful man.
Again, let me ask what is there IN
the business affairs of this nation that
should make anyone wish to change
the whole practice of our government
from it's inception to the present day
by according to one ambitious man a
distinction denied to every other OF
her citizens, however illustrious or
however deserving.
WAS THERE EVER A TIME IN
THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY
WHEN ITS BUSINESS AFFAIRS
WE'RE ON A SOUNDER BASIS OR
THE GREAT MASSES OF OUR PEG
PIE MORE PROSPEROUS OR CON-
TENTED!
Others M look to the situation
from their own standpoint OF view.
AS far as l am concerned the over
shadowing issue in this campaign is
Theodore Roosevelt. To me his sue
cess would mean an imminent dan
ger to our form of government, for
If the day ever comes when one man
can fill the place of president in this
republic sixteen years out OF twenty
it will require but one more step and
that short one, to make his occu-
pancy life tenure, and tn: : day will
mark the downfall of the greatest OF
all democraties in every country OF
the globe and in all the ages OF the
world.
HORACE BOIES.
LET WELL ENOUGH ALONE.