The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-10
eauivalent to refusal to return tn
stolen goods.
Every Branch Affected.
This case Is merely IlIustratlVo o

This case is merely illustrative OF
what has been attempted In every
branch OF the government service.
No more scandaious abuse Of federal
patronage has ever been seen than
IN the last two months.
The forest service has always bef
kept cut of politics. The following
letter WAS recently sent to forest
offaeer and / have the original let
ter. containing | have this means Of
s;.formiug you that national bu-
reau has been opened in the Raleigh
hotel washington for the purpose
Of conducting a convention cam
paign in the interest of President
Taft would, therefore. thank you
10 render as nsaSh assistance as yea
can and weuld appreciate an early
reply. giving me such I Information
such as in your Judgment will ia
cilitate the work of the bureau.
TT II signed with the name of Mr.
Tagt's manager. Mr.. Mckinley. Re-
member always. that In these cases
delay in correcting the abuse until
after the delegates are chosen is
equivalent to refusal 10 correct the
abuses at all.
An Odious Shame.
{. 1T lie difficult not 10 charactevize
with sufficient harshness the shame
less use Of the postoce and the entire
federal patronage in this campaign:
and when thus used II is an odious
shame TO profess TO wish to take those
officers out of politics"
In his speech tonight the ex~Prtss-
dent made n passing reference to the
tariff
For Protective Tariff.
=
when say protective, | mean pro-
lection that protects the workingman
~ well as the manufacturer. and OF
course the farmer too" he said
EVERY man who works hard and
honestly for a living is entitled TO at
least living wage. and the true
meaning of protective tariff is living
WAGES for the man who tolls
when the tariff does not protect
the employer so that he gets his full
benefit from 1t then the effect for
which II wac enacted mas ceased to
exist in that particular industry"
Reiterates Recall Theory.
He also reiterated his tecall OF
judicial decisions theory.
Roosevelt conferred during his stay
here with his Allegheny county lead
ers. who said he easily WIFI get the
countys eight Chicago delegates at
the primaries next Saturday. En-
State Senator flynn. and Mayor Ma
ger of this city were In the con-
ference. The Taft forces in the coun-
" are led by Senator oliver. but tho
regular county machine. backing
Roosevelt. Is confident az victory
The Colonel liz to stump the State
tomorrow from here to Philadelphia.
going by CIRCUS route toward
the northern region and then east.
Expects to Get Delegates.
OF the fifty-two oeiegates to be
elected Saturday throu rhout the State
the Roosevelt men are counting on
two-thirds, They also expect 10 con
troll the State convention which viii
elect twelve delegates al large.
The colonets hDkt was glaadened
tonight owing 10 telegram from
Missouri: Primaries held In Mis-
souri, yesterday give us absolute con-
troll Of the State convention. and at
least two thirds Of the district dele
gates
That gives us Il good start in the
Middle West" remarked the ex- Presi-
dent.
Cheers For Clark.
While the coloneI MAS speaking at
the exposition hall telegram was
handed him conveying word of his
having carried Chicago and of Champ
~ y "a
dent stopped when the telegram was
given him. His face III up with an
expansive smile.
Il have some good news, he
-esaeniatnas Hassartns the yeHew slip.
He began reading:
early returns from Chicago indi-
cate that Wilson has been beaten by
Clark by sixty thousand
At the mention Of Speaker Clark's
signal victory the crowd broke into
a wild cheer. Roosevelt raised his
hand.
The Colonel Is Amazed.
"Hooray for Clark" came in a
cheer frgm all over the hall. Roose-
welt iobked amazed at tfie Clark DEM
onstrAfion.
That's all right Teddy" cried
voice from the audience, you're all
right and clark's all right. too"
When the cheering over Clark had
subsidized Roosevelt went on with the
telegram.
Roosevelt has ma jority OF more
than 10000 over Taft, and has prob
ably carried the State"
yolley Of cheers greeted this. and
while Roosevelt stood beaming upon
the audience he was handed another
telegram. which he read saying that
the Montpelier district OF Vermont
had elected two Roosevelt delegates
Mr.. RooseNeits defeat OF President
TAFT was not decisive. The former
President carried Chicago and Cook
county by 10000 and the State by an
estimated plurality of 1900. Sena-
tor La Toilette was third. bussn many
counties he ran close race to Taft,
81 ROOsevcit's Majority Large.
Ths Roosevelt organization, headed
b. Col. Chauncey Dewey, gave out a
statement tonight that the former
president had carried the State by
lko,0O and that while the average
proportion Of his vote to that OF
President Taft was two and half 70
one, In places II had been A. high AZ
I'VE to one. The Roosevelt strength
was big surprise to the Taft follow
tng hers. Roosevelt carried Macon
1epnfy. the largest county In Con-
4 rreoomAn Nckiniey's district ar. ne
pfobAbiy carried both the Mckinley
ma the Cannon districts.
In Peoria. tho second city In the
{ nente. the CoioneI's rotc was 3 to I.
4 1osnok Moline. Decatur and Rockford
IT, piled mp large Roosevelt ma
|x1x1t5ea Many Of the large republican
n p1xoo In tha agricultural country
Az 9eat carried by 3 to ! and La
ls xsss niIRss exceiied that Of
sss noa aia&rtnts As far