New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-28
No tNSN IR.

VO tNSWER.
Those who are most sincerely aud
jntclligently appreCiative OF tolonel
Roosevelts past services IL the country
most clearly realize that rs an answer I"
President Taft'S complaint that II" mas
NOT received n square deal from the
apostle of the square deal the colonel
Worcester speech is a failure. II does
not meet the real points At issue. Tie
colonel's reference To the 1orimer case
is typical instance Of that lali-
IRE He had given the weight at MS
authority To the insinuation that ne
cause Senator Lorimer is for Mr.. laii
Mr.. Taft must he for Senator Lorllner.
That inSinuation was launched III spite
Of the fact that Colonel Roosevelt had re-
ceived written assurance from the Pres
idepi that he was against the Illinois
Senator and hoped TO see him unSeatcd'
Colonel Roosevelt does not deny that he
Slnnpd against knowledge in suggesting
n community of interest between the
President and Lorimcr. Yet at WorceN-
ter he piled one injustice upon another
when he said:
! think that Mr.. Taft acted badly IN
accepting Lorimer's support III silence
but think he has acted much worse III
coming to the front to repudiate Lorllner
here in Massachusetts, where he THINKS
such reputation can help him, after ne
has thus kept silence about 1t when the
reputation might have hurt him.
Colonel Roosevelt had every reason 10
know that the President has never had
any sympathy whatever with Dorllner
and that no support which Lorimcr prof
fcred could have been based on any
well founded expectation OF enllsllnS
Mr.. Tafts interest or favor. Why does
Colonel Roosevelt arrOgatc 10 hlmSei
the sole right To receive support from
politicians OF the Lorimer stripe with
out inrurling the slightest rcproach
from such association: Why should he
not in common fairness allow 10 Mr..
Taft the same latitude which he claims
for himself? He docs not deny accept
ing SUPPORT from bosses. but excuses
himself on the plea that he could never
have been compromised by such ASSIST
ance. He remarks with naive self
praise:
Mir. Taft SAYS that in my various cam
pajgns accepted the assistance Of thoS"
bosses So | did when they chose TO go
my way and to support the cause of the
peoplc The trouble with Mr. Taft Is
that he gets their assistance at the pro"
of going their way and opposing inc
cause OF the people.
Why isn't Mr. Taft rs much entitled
Us the colonel TO the benefit of the
doubt: If the latter were rs willing T."
Judge his neighbor aS charitably as he
Judges himself he would chccrfully adj
nit tn" possibility of LorimerS gong
Mr.. Taft'S way instead of Mr.. TAFT :
going Iorimer'S. In discussions OF TINS
sort u sense If humOr is strong au4Il'
iarv To- sense of justice.
Colonel Roosevelt accuses Mr. Taft on
not hayin. carried out the policies Whl'h
no Inherited from the Roosevelt admins
tration. Rut he carefully avoids Speciii-
cations. Why doesn't he show in what
particulars the performance of the Iaft
administration has fallen short: III 'hc
New York Republican, state platform OF
1910. drawn under his supervision %
complete and admirable summary was
made Of the results accomplished by m"
Republican party under President Tart :
leadership. Even the Payne tariff law
which Colonel Roosevelt now says fh"
President stultihel himself in signing
was cordially approved in the Saratoga
platform.
Mere recriminatinn cannot break w."
force # the Just complaint which the
President has put Oh record. In Nhat
respect has his stewardship becu unfaith-
full? Colonel Roosevelt praised that
stewardship uu>tiutodly IN September.
1910. ON what grounds tnot purely per
sonal does he now hold that Pr">idcn'
Taft j. cettinC the assistance Of the
bosses "hy going their way and opposing
The cause Of the people: Unless he can
make more convincing showing the
voters will properly conclude that not
going hindly his way j. in Colonel
RcnsCyclts eyes tho damninG sum Of Mr..
Taft'S offending