Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-05-09
President Exposes DgpHcity Of
His Old Friend.
REPLIES TO EVERY CHARGE.
Produces Proof That Roosevelt Delhi
erzteiy Misrepresented Him In This
campaian-Deciare Him Menace to
Republic and to Prosperity.

Massachusetts on April % personally
answered the Misrepresentation of
Theodore Roosevelt of the position OF
the president with respect 10 the is
sues of this campaign. with respect 70
his administration and of himself per
sonally. The president said he re-
GREETED the necessity Of speaking plain
" about his 'old friend TO whom he
frankly admitted a personal obliga-
ton. The president said, however.
that the situation created by Mr..
Roosevelt's personal attacks on him
\ nd his administration made further
silence intolerable.
The basis OF the presidents reply to
Mr.. Roosevelt was the well known
square dear' maxim Of Mr.. Roose-
welt. As be answered each Roosevelt
charge the president inquired, Have
| had a square deal?' In order these
subjects were treated by the president.
Misrepresentation of the Presidents
Speeches.
First.-Under this heading President
Taft declared that Mr.. Roosevelt had
deliberately misrepresented him when
he said. MIR. Taft defines the issue
when he says that our government is
and should be a government of all the
people by a representative part of the
people"
The excerpt which Mr.. Roosevelt
uses is taken from my speech at To-
ledo," said the president. 1T is gar
bled. | did not say this should be a
government of all the people by a rep
re~sentative part of the people. | said
1t is a government of all the people
by a representative part of the people,
and it is. / pointed out that this gov
eminent of ours is a government by
the adult voting males In order to
show the necessity for constitutional
restrictions to protect the nonvoters
among the people against the possible
injustice and aggression of a majority
Of the voters. Was it honest, was it
fair in Theodore Roosevelt to seize one
sentence from a speech to garble it
and then give 1t a meaning which he
knew from the context it could not
bear? Do the people of Massachu-
sets think that this is a square deal?'
Unfair Charge as to Bosses.
Second.-In reply to the charge that
bosses were supporting his candi-
dacy President Taft pointed out that
William Finn of Pittsburgh, lone of
the worst municipal bosses that the
history of that state knows" Walter
Brown Of Ohio, "the only boss in full
commission in the state" and William
Ward Of New York were supporting
MI. Roosevelt. Senator Crane of Mas
~sachusetts, whom MI. Roosevelt has
mentioned, President Taft said, had
three times been invited by Mr..
Roosevelt into his cabinet and that
Mr.. Roosevelt had invited him to man
age his presidential campaign in 1904.
when | consider the eagerness with
which Mr.. Roosevelt has accepted in
his various campaigns the assistance
of Mr.. Aldrich, Mr.. Cannon, Mr.. Pen
rose, Mr.. Quay. Mr.. Plat, Mr.. For
aker and many other men," said the
president. II do not hesitate to say
that 1t involves the most audacious eff
frontery on his part to attack me be-
cause men he characterizes as bosses
are now supporting me. This Is pecul-
iarfy unfair on his part in view Of his
well known political history and is an
other instance of his departing from
the rule of a square DEAL"
False Statements In Lorimer Case to
People Of Illinois.
Third.-In this connection President
Taft said Mr.. Roosevelt had made 1t
appear that a vote cast for Taft In I'LL
nois would be a vote for Lorimer. 81
have not seen Mr.. Lorimer for two
years and have had no communication
with or from him." he said. IL did not
ask his support. He did not tender 1t
to me. Any influence he may have
given in my favor was not because he
liked me, but because he felt more bit
ter toward Mr.. Roosevelt" The presi-
dent then quoted in full a letter he had
himself written to Mr.. Roosevelt On
Jan. 9, 1911, In which he outlined the
steps he was taking to have Lorimer
unseated in the senate and stating that
Senator'S Root, Burton, Nelson and 9th
ers had become interested at his sug-
gestion. He pointed out to Mr.. Roose-
welt how they could best work togeth-
er on the case
IL make this letter public only to
show that Of all the people in the world
Theodore Roosevelt ought to have
known and did know that l was not a
partisan OF Lorinler. did not sympa-
thize with him and eve gave MIR.
Roosevelt or any one else the slightest
reason to suppose ! had changed my
mind. l submit to the people of Mas
sachusetts that, with his intimate
lOoRiedge Of the facts. Mr.. R~oosevelt's
linking OF my name with Lorimer's
FOR the purpose Of inducing the peo-
pie OF Illinois to vote against me on
account Of their feeling against Sena-
tor Lorimer was not giving me a
square deal.
Change Of Front on Reciprocity.
sFourth.-Mr. Roosevelt said the
resident. ''now seeks to take advan-