The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-10-31
GOvERhOR B0|Es
IN SUPPORT Of
PRESIDENT TAFT

uLO1UIuI I'LL
The political sensation in Iowa last
week was the letter OF Ex-Governor
Horace Boies in which he came to the
defense Of President Taft and the
prosperity we are enjoying under the
republican administration. Here are
the concluding paragraphs OF this re
markable letter. They are worth pom
dering over by every republican who
is thinking Of deserving at this time
the old party that has done SO much
for the county,
Says Mr. Boies:
To Destroy Llneoin's Party.
To every man in these United States
who is disposed to assist Mr.. Roose-
Welt in his effort to destroy the party
Of Lincoln and fill its place with a
party OF his own / should like to ad'
dress these questions one and all. II
an answer different from that which
is forced to my own lips can be Civ
en- to anyone of them ] should be glad
TO hear ii.
II this cannot be done the people of
this nation have before them today in
the person OF Theodore Roosevelt the
man of whom Lincoln warned them
10 be aware and told them when he APP
peared il would require them TO be
united with each other, attached to
the government and the laws and
generally intelligent TO Illustrate his
designs.
Again it is necessarily true that
vote which will count for Roose-
welt must also count for Governor
Johnson for second place of honor
within the gift Of the American
people, and he is the man whose
cheeks were crirnsoned with
shame when he was compelled TO
announce 10 a waiting world that
President Taft is the most humi-
liating character in American his
tory.
1T WOULD BURN MY FINGERS TO
CAST A BALLOT FOR ANY MAN
WHO COULD THUS CHARACTER.
IZE A PRESIDENT OFTHE UNITED
STATES.
Il is not as the most humiliatins
character in American history that
President Taft will be remem-
bered. Instead Of this, history
will assign TO him the place OF
q martyr betrayed by them to bear
the humiliation OF the most abused
man in all American public life.
WHAT is IT. LET ME- ASK, IN
PRESENT CONDITIONS THAT
SHOULD MAKE ANYONE WISH TO
CHANGE A PRECEDENT THAT
CUSTOM FOR MCRE THAN A CEN
TURY HAS MADE THE uNWRIT.
TEN Law OF THIS NATION? -
Our PeacefH State.
We are at peace with all the world.
4 condition that would not have az
listed one single week in the last year
with Theodore Roosevelt ar the head
uf the army and the navy OF this ma
ton
His impstuous nature would have
hurled one across the Mexican border
ana the other into Mexican waters
without thought of the consequences.
is Thankful for Tat
When ] think of the millions upon
millions that Intervention would have
piled upon upon our public and the
unmarked graves OF our soldiers that
would have dotted q foreign land. |
can never cease to be grateful that In
this crisis of the country We have at
the head OF its affairs a cool. conserya-
rive and thoughtful man.
Again, let me ask what is there In
the business affairs Of this nation that
should make anyone wish TO change
the whole practice OF our government
from its inception to the present day
by according TO one ambitious man a
distinction denied TO every "thCr OF
her citizens. however illustrious or
however deserving.
WAS THERE EVER A TIME IN
THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY
WHEN ITS BUSINESS AFFAIRS
WE'RE ON A SOUNDER BASIS OR
THE GREAT MASSES OF OR PEG.
PIE MORE PROSPEROUS OR CON
TENTED!
others m I look to the situation
from their own standpoint of view.
As far as ] am concerned the over
shadowing issue in this campaign lie
Theodore Roosevelt To me his sue.
cess would mean an imminent dan
ger 70 our form OF government. for
II the day ever comes when one man
can MI the place OF president in this
republic sixteen years out OF twenty
it will require but one more step ano
that a short one, TO make his OCcu
pancy life tenure, and that day viii!
mark the downfall of the greatest OF
all democrsties IN every country Of
the globe and in all the ages Of the
world.
HORACE BoIES.