Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-04-04
Recent Actions Of Theodore
Roosevelt Delight the
Democratic Camp
REPUBLICAN RANKS SPLIT
Champ Clark Would Open
Up All Public Lands for
People Now Living

WASHINGTON. D. c., April l.
Especial Correspondence OF the Her.
ald.)-At last the people are taking
the measure of Theodore Roosevelt
l have studied him at close quarters
for the last fifteen years and l have
been cussed out by hero worshippers
a number of times because l have
said in print over my own signature
and side stopper. The people now
are beginning to find out that my es-
innate of him was correct. In his
latest speech in New York he proved
everything that have ever said abou!
him to be absolutely correct. He
made Mr. Taft president of the Unit
ed States, and in that speech he took
back everything that he had ever
said about Taft and bemeaned him
and his administration in every way
he possibly could and said worse
things about him than any Democrat
has ever attempted to say. The truth
is becoming apparent. AS said in
this correspondence not long ago.
Roosevelt will soon become the most
thoroughly discredited man in the
United States. He is angry, not 50
much at Mr.. Taft as at the fact that
he sees his popularity is simply noise
and nothing else. His condition now
is like that of a rattlesnake in the
month Of August when he is blind
and striking at everything he hears.
This will do Taft no harm but will
hurt Roosevelt with the thinking peo-
pie of this country, no matter what
their opinion of him has been pre-
viously. He has been bowling for
preferential primaries on a vote for
president and he got one the other
day in North Dakota, for Taft real
ly was not running, and when the
only real progressive Republican was
candidate in the person of La Fol
lette who beat him to frazzle. He
now sees where he stands and knows
that he has to beat La Toilette in
all the states that contain progress
sive Republicans instead of Taft, and
that he has no more show for the
nomination at Chicago than one
legged man at kicking match. This
all makes the Democratic leaders
here in Washington smile broad
smile and pat themselves affectionate-
ly because it means a split in the
Republican ranks that cannot be heal
ed during the campaign after the con-
ventions are held, therefore, means
a Democratic President.
The political leaders in Washing
siderably anent the latest phase in
the Honorable Champ Clark's candi-
dacy for the President on the Demo.
cratic ticket for the reason that he
has struck keynote that affects the
Western people and accounts largely
for his popularity in that section Of
the country.
During Roosevelt's administration
the faddists began to howl that the
public domain was being squandered
and taken away from posterity and
that posterity would have nothing #
all the lands We're settled up in this
generation The Honorable Champ
Clark has been advocating strenuous
ly that the only way to stop the emf
grafton of the farmers of this coun-
try to Canada. was to open up all
public lands tO settlement by people
now on earth. In the language Of
the Irishman, What the divil has
posterity ever done for us"
The truth of the matter is that the
Honorable Champ Clark is con-
structive statesman of today and is
absolutely correct when he says the
public lands should be opened up
for settlers arl stop the exodus Of
farmers to Canada, which Will prov
one of the factors in reducing the
cost of living. He believes. as does
every man who is a statesman and
looks ahead that this is the only
way to check the removal to the cit
les and the congestion therein of all
the immigration to this country from