Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-02-09
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY Q, 1912.
Mr.. Roesevelt's Candidacy.

The following excellent article from
the Bennington Banner this paper
cheerfully indorses. We believe most
decidedly that Mr.. Roosevelt would
make the strongest candidate of any
that are mentioned, and the ablest
President. The one candidate that
would look after the rights of the great
masses of the people, and at the same
time carry on the greatest works, as he
did that of the Panama Canal, an under
taking that has defied all the nations of
the world up to this time, but which
Mr.. Roosevelt handled so successfully
that the best authorities expect it to be
finished in 1918. We hope Mr.. Roose-
welt, to whose splendid talents of &C
complishment and Unborn honesty, the
country and the world owe the building
of this Canal connecting link between
two great oceans, will receive the votes
of the Green Mountain Boys who have
always believed in pluck and action.
Another week this paper will have
something to say in regard to third term
elections, which do not at all apply to
the case of Mr.. Roosevelt.
Theodore Roosevelt's letter to his
West Virginia friends is a fair, honest
and straightforward statement. 1t
will be distorted by his enemies and
political opponents and the interest
controlled newspapers and corpora
ton lawyers will continue to lie
about him the same as they have been
doing for the past few years. He does
not want the nomination, will not enter
into any intrigue to get it, and would
prefer to have it 90 to somebody else.
At the same time if the rank and file of
the people show Enthusiastically that they
want him he will not refuse. 1t is the
stand of Patriot and Statesman and
worthy of Roo evelt. There is no
reason why his stand should arouse any
bitterness or hard feeling. Mr.. Taft is
a man of personally high character and
is generally loved and esteemed, but
many of US believe that his service as
President has not been satisfactory. We
believe that his mistakes have made il
practically certain that as candi-
date this year he will be defeated. We
admit that the rank and file of the
Democrats are just as honest and just
as sincere as the rank and file of Repub
licans, but some of their doctrines, such
as tariff for revenue only and guarantee
of bank deposits are dangerous. More
than that the Democratic party in con
gress is in control of the South which
is willing to sacrifice northern manu-
featuring and agricultural interests il
order to carry out southern theories
Under these circumstances we want
Republican candidate who stands bet
ter show of winning than Mr. Taft. Mr.
Roosevelt would in our opinion be sucl
a candidate. Through his impusive
ness he makes some mistakes, bu
fewer than most men. He is fearless
broad and honest and the people believ
in him. Neither La Toilette nor Cum
mings has shown any particula
strength. The race is between Taft an,
Roosevelt. Vermont will have eigh
delegates in the convention. Let u
try to indicate to them, without bitter
ness or hard feeling, the sentiment o
the State. We can have no presidentia
primary, but it can be done with a fai
degree of certainty through the caucu
system and it is the duty of the voter
to make their choice manifest throug
the caucuses, which will probably b
held about the first week in April. TIL
Banner believes Roosevelt would be tn
stronger candidate and the ADLER Pres
dent"