The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-05-09
TAFT ANSWERS
COL. ROOSEVELT
President Exposes DupIicify Of
His Old Friend.
REPLIES TO EVERY CHARGE.
Produces Proof That Roosevelt DELHI
erateIy Misrepresented Him In This
Campaien-Cec!ares Him Menace to
Republic and to Prosperity.

Republic and to Prosperity.
President Taft in three speeches in
Massachusetts on April % personally
answered the Misrepresentation of
Theodore Roosevelt of the position of
the president with respect to the is
sues of this campaign, with respect to
his administration and of himself per-
sonaily. The president said he re-
GREETED the necessity of speaking plain
" about his "old friend" to whom he
frankly admitted a personal obliga-
ton. The president said, however,
that the situation created by Mr.,
Roosevelts personal attacks on him
and his administration made further
silence intolerable.
The basis of the presidents reply to
MIR. Roosevelt was the well known
square deal" maxim of Mr.. Roose
Welt AS he answered each Roosevelt
charge the president inquired, Have
l had a square deal?' In order these
Misrepresentation of the Presidents
Speeches.
First.-Under this heading President
Taft declared that Mr.. Roosevelt had
deliberately misrepresented him when
he said. Mr.. Taft defines the issue
when he says that our government is
and should be government of all the
people by a representative part of the
people,
The excerpt which Mr.. Roosevelt
uses is taken from my speech at To-
ledo," said the president. 1T is gar
bled. l did not say this should be-
government of all the people by rep
resentative part of the people. l said
it is Il government of all the people
by a representative part of the people,
and it is. pointed out that this gov
eminent of ours is government by
the adult voting males in order to
show the necessity for constitutional
restrictions to protect the nOnvOters
among the people against the possible
injustice and aggression of a majority
of the voters. Was it honest. was it
fair in Theodore Roosevelt to seize one
sentence from a speech to garble it
and then give it a meaning which he
knew from the context it could not
bear? Do the people of Massachu
sets think that this is a square deal?"
Unfair Charge as to Bosses.
Second.-In reply to the charge that
''bosses' were supporting his candi-
dacy President Taft pointed out that
William Finn of Pittsburgh, "one of
the worst municipal bosses that the
history of that state knows" Walter
Brown of Ohio, the only boss in full
commission in the state and William
Ward of New York We're supporting
Mr. Roosevelt. Senator Crane of Mas
sachusetts, whom MIR. Roosevelt has
mentioned, President Taft said, had
three times been invited by Mr..
Roosevelt into his cabinet and that
Mr.. Roosevelt had invited him to man
age his presidential campaign in 1904.
when | consider the eagerueS' with
which Mr.. Roosevelt has accep.ed in
his various campaigns the assistance
of Mr.. Aldrich, Mr.. Cannon, Mr.. Pen
rose, Mr. Quay, Mr.. Plat. MI For
aker and many other men, said the
president, Il do not hesitate to say
that it involves the most audacious eff
frontery on his part to attack me be
cause men he characterizes as bosses
are now supporting me. This is pecul-
iarly unfair on his part in view Of his
well known political history and is an
other instance of his departing from
the rule of a square deal"
False Statements In Lorimer Case to
People of Illinois.
Third-In this connection President
Taft said Mr.. Roosevelt had made it
appear that a vote cast for Taft in Hi
nois would be a vote for Lorimer. II
have not seen Mr.. Lorimer for two
years and have had no communication
with or from him. he said. ~ did not
ask his support. He did not tender it
to me- Any influence he may have
given in my favor was not because he
liked me, but because he felt more bit
ter toward Mr. Roosevelt" The presi-
dent then quoted in full letter he had
himself written to Mr.. Roosevelt on
Jan. 6. 1911, in which he outlined the
steps he was taking to have Lorimer
unseated in the senate and stating that
Senators Root, Burton, Nelson and 9th
ers had become interested at his sug
geStion. He pointed out to Mr. Roose-
welt how they could best work togeth
er on the case.
Il make this letter public only to
show that of all the people in the world
Theodore Roosevelt ought to have
known and did know that was not 4
partisan of Lotimer, did not sympa-
thize with him and never gave Mr..
Roosevelt or any one else the slightest
reason to suppose | had changed my
mind. | submit to the people Of Mas
sachusetts that. with his intimate
knowledge of the facts Mr.. ROosavelt'S
linking Of my name with Lorimer's
for the purpose of inducing the PEG
pie Of Illinois TO vote against me on
account of their feeling against Scna-
tor LOrimer was not giving me
square deal.
Change Of Front on Reciprocity.
"FOurth.-Mr. Roosevelt" said the
president, "now seeks to take sdvan-