Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-04-27
ington. under Mr.. Tafts very eyes
have been foul to the verge Of indie

ington. under Mr.. Taft's very eyes.
have been foul to the verge Of indie
tcency.
But remember. am not complain
ing Of these things: care nothing for
Mr.. Taft's personal attitude toward
! me; allude to 1t only in passing and
merely because Mr. Taft lays much
emphasis on the matter"
Tells Abuse Of Patronss.
Mr.. Taft says that the influence Of
federal officeholders in the Chicago
convention this year will be less ef-
fective' for any one candidate than
ever before in the history of the party.
This Is not only an untruth, but it 10
! an absurd untruth Never In, thirty
years close observation have l seen
such scandalous abuse of the patron
age as of this year
Some of the abuse of patronage has
| been done directly by Mr. Taft himself,
as in the case of the various North
Carolina nominations.
Moreover. does Mr.. Taft think the
people have forgotten the letter his
secretary sent out as to restoring the
lnsurgent senators the patronage Of
which he had deprived them? Having
all these facts in view, it is simply
astounding that Mr.. Taft should VEN
ture the assertion that he has not used
the federal patronage to defraud poll
tics.
Refers to Cannon Charge.
Mr.. Taft says advised him to have
meeting with Cannon. 1 advised him
to meet every one, to consult with
every one. to try to get on with every
one. But no less emphatically advised
him to follow my example. to consult
freely with all the politicians and to
try to get on with them, but where the
politicians split off from the people
then to stand with tn epeople and not
with the politicians, and it is precisely
this that he failed to do
Refers to Third Terms.
Turning to President Tafts state
ments in regard to a third term, Colonel
Roosevelt said that the danger lay only
in more than two consecutive terms.
which might afford opportunity for the
executive to intrench himself in power.
Mr.. Taft, without my permission"
he continued, has quoted entire let
tiers from me written in answer to let
tiers of his which were marked conf
DENTAL l shall so far avail myself
VI Ills eAdIlple DIS 10 quote lOUT lines
Of letter from him to me which was
not marked confidential 1t was writ
ten shortly after he became president.
1t runs:
Ct can never forget that the power
now exercise was voluntarily transfer
red from YOU to me, and that / am I'M
der obligation TO you to see to it that
your judgment in selecting me as your
nd NJ a ho
cession shall be vinMcated, according
to the standards which you and in
conversation have always formulated
1t is a bad trait to bite the hand that
feeds you.
Wanted Taft to Succeed.
mo other man in this country was
as much interested as I was in having
Mr.. Taft succeed. No other man with
my principles and convictions has sup
ported him for so long time. and has
80 bitterly regretted being unable to
support him for a longer time. ] eager
ly sought every opportunity to stand
by him and long after 1 felt deep In
my heart that he was UNFIT to lead his
people I refused to acknowledge the
fact to myself and struggled to con-
vince myself that he was fit, and
clutched at every opportunity to back
him up.
Until less than a year ago ] kept
desperately hoping that either Mr.. Tart
himself would at least show himself
reasonably fit for the task before him,
or that II he failed some one else would
arise to whom the people could turn.
Reluctantly I made up my mind
that Mr. Taft could not do the task,
and became convinced that the people
Of the great west felt that would be
untrue to them If refused to act az
their standard bearer.
II do not think that Mr.. Taft means
Ill; think he means well, but he /
means we'll feebly. and during his ad-
ministration he has been under the In
fluence Of men who are neither well
meaning nor feeble. 1t IL this quality
of feebleness in a normally amiable
man which pre-eminently fits such a
man for use in high office by the pow
ers Of evil"