The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1912-09-28

-~Uuld lff,mucc' TO 1nnest un1t 800" -sn .s.o'
end. The true friend OF reform, the
trne foe Of abuses. - the man VINO
steadily preserves in righting wrongs.
In warning against abuses. but whose
character and training are sucn that hr
never promises what he can not pre-
form. that he always little more than
makes good what he dots promise, and
that while steadily advancing, he
never permits himself 90 he led into
foolish excesses which would damage
the very cause he champions In MIR.
Taft we have man who combines all
of these qualities 10 degree which no
other man in our public life since the
Civil War has surpassed.
Contrast the sentiment expressed in
this paragraph with the position taken
today by Colonel Roosevelt wherein he
champions every wild-eyed socialistie
proposition that will attract to him a
few followers.
Here is another paragraph from the
same letter
II there Is one body of men more
than another whose support | feel |
Secretary Taft. it is the body of wage
workers OF the country. 4 stancher
friend, fairer and truer representa-
tive, they can not find within the bor-
ders OF the United States. He will do
everything in his power for them ex-
cept to do that which is wrong; he
Will do wrong for no man, and there
fore can be trusted By all men. Dur
ina no If "a mn H..
quaintance with him, since have my
self, as governor and President. been
Obliged TO deal practically with labor
problems. he has been one of the men
upon whose Judgement and aid could
always rely In doing everything pos
sible for the cause of the wsgeworker,
of the man who works with his hands,
or with both hands and bead.
Remember that IL is Theodore
Roosevelt who penned the above and
he wrote il OF Pres. Taft whom he
now characterizes as the ally of pre-
datory wealth and the enemy Of the
wageworker,
Here is another choice extract, the
closing one OF the epistle:
have striven as President TO cham
pion In every proper way the interests
Of the wageworker, for ! regard the
wageworker. excepting only the far
mer, the tiller of the sell, as the man
whose well-being is most essential to
the healthy growth of this great Ma
ton | would for no consideration ad.
wise the wageworker to do what
thought was against his interest.
ask his support for Mr. Taft exactly as
ask such support from every far
sighted and rignt-thinKing American
citizen, because | believe with all my
\ heart that nowhere within the borders
OF oLr great country can there he found
another man who will as vigilantly
aud efficiently as Mr. Taft support the
ri4hts Of the workingman as he Will
the rights Of every man who in good
faith strives to do his duty AS an
American citizen. HE WILL PRO
TECT THE JUST RIGHTS OF BOTH
RICH AND POOR AND HE WILL
WAR RELENTLESSLY AGAINST
! LAWLESSNESS AMI INJUSTICE.
WHETHER EXERCISED ON BE
HALF OF PROPERTY OR OF
LABOR.
We ask our Roosevelt friends TO SIT
down calmly and read the above ex-
tracts in any light they choose TO put
them in digest them carefully and
then answer these questions II the
opinions Of Pres. Taft given SO unre.
servedly by Theodore Roosevelt him
self are or were true, is he getting a
square deal from Theodore Roose-
welt today and if those sentiments are
or were not true is Theodore Roosevelt
the personitication OF all the wisdon,.
virtue and grit that his followers as
cribe 10 himy Think il over readers