The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-30

Roosevelt tsN leaders, Mr.. Frank A. Mum
sey' IN mis- newspaper, the Washing
ton Times, publicly admitted that
these contests were worked up sim
ply for psychological effect as a move
IN practical politics. that is, to fool
the people of the north and west into
the idea that there was enough pop
ular demand for Mr.. Roosevelt to en-
able him to secure the Republican
nomination. You know very we'll that
Mr.. Roosevelt claimed all along that
these contests were required by his de-
votion to truth and justice, and you
| know that if he could have had his
way he would have packed the Re
publican national convention with
these now thoroughly discredited
southern Roosevelt contestants and
stolen the Republican nomination by
their votes. When his fraudulent
plans collapsed and he could not Sc
cure the Republican nomination, he
shouts that it was stolen from him
and attempts to destroy the party
that put him into the presidency.
Roosevelt Is Two-Faced.
Your statements and Mr.. Roosevelt's
recent actions and statements show
clearly the sort of men you are and
your untitness for high office. You do
not show yourselves to be able to be
fair and to administer equal and exact
justice. Mr.. Roosevelt gained a great
deal of favorable attention by preach
ing constantly about his devotion to
the Square deal" But he does not
practice what he breaches The square
deal is not found in his acts 1t is
characteristic of him that he will play
shabby trick on anybody in any mat
ter when he thinks it will serve his
purpose of self advancement. He
poses as a champion of truth but
among those who know MIN his word
is regarded as a pleasant joke. His
examples in our history of the shame
full breaking of a great and solemn
pledge.
In your speech at Columbus, Ohio,
before the state convention of the
third party, you said, as reported. in
reference to Mr.. Roosevelt:
we have the greatest two-handed
nghter America has wen SEEM
This probably referred to Mr.. |
Roosevelt's well known left-handed
and underhanded methods Your |
statement would have been clearer and |
more accurate if you had said:
We have the greatest two-faced |
fighter America has ever SEEM
For Mr.. Roosevelt is the two-faced |
candidate. That is the conspicuous
feature about him. He is two-faced |
in his attitude before the farmers con- |
corning Canadian reciprocity which !
he worked for when 1t was an issue
and now condemns when it is dead
hoping to gain the votes of many |
farmers who do not know the truth |
about the matter. He is two-faced in |
his attitude on the tariff, which he
persistently neglected all the time he
was president, and now pretends much |
concern for when he wants the votes
OF workers. He is ridiculously two
faced in what he now proposes in this
matter for the workers. He says he
will see to it that there is enough
tariff to enable our industries to keep
alive. but that if he finds that the
a Iyal-c IL -
share of the benefits Of the duties he
will try to have the duties removed
and of course the incidental benefits
removed with them. So the workers
may retain the benefits or they may
not The duties may stay on or go off.
How can anyone tell?
He is two-faced also in his attitude
on woman suffrage, which he belittled
and sneered at when he was in power
and which now receives his exuberant
lip-service when he is desperately in
need of the influence of the women.
He is two-faced also in his attitude
the program of the Progress e" par
ty. He was against these matters
when he was in power. Now he de- &
clares that they are nearest to his 5
friends. He is two-faced also in his !
attitude toward self government by '
he people. In his voluble generalities
IN words he would make 1t appear I
l.,
ar self government. Yet the items of !
MS program comprise the establish
nent of a great paternalism, vast l
and firmly riVeted centralized authority l
1t Washington of which Roosevelt
would be dictator. invading individual S
freedom and local self government at {
almost every turn and thus sapping /
he foundation of American liberty S
ind popular government. He breaches t
freedom of the people from oppres-
ZION, but proposes to legalize monopoly
IND made it permanent and regulate t
t as he thinks it ought to be regu- f
ated, and to eliminate business COM +
petition as an obsolete thing. His pro- q
posed paternalistic despotism would =
i'd vastly to the number of govern =
nent employees and inQuisitors, in ;
rease the public expenditures and in :
iebtedness, weaken the national cred
=, Cypress and retard business enter
)erity-