The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-05-22
TAFT RALLY IN MONTCLA1R.
Congressman ParsOns and Ascent bly, :
man AyPes Go over to Speak.

man AyPes Go over to Speak.
MoNrcLAfR. n. j., May 2i.--Congress-
man j. Herbert Parsons and Assembly
man W. G. Ayers Of New York. and Assem-
blyinan Henry F. Holloway and Benjamin
Moore were the speakers at a mass meet
ing held in Commonwealth Hall tonight
under the auspices of the william II.
Taft Club Of Montclair
The club members marched from the
centre Of the town TO the hall where the
meeting was held. Congressman Parsons
scored Col Roosevelt's aspirations for
reelection to tho Presidency. asserting
that he had not single Federal PROPOSE
tion to offer the people. Assemblyman
Ayers attacked the initiative and recall.
and said the great evil of the day was the
failure Of the citizens to exercise the right
Of franchise.
Otto T. Barnard Of New York sent this
letter to the meeting:
The real issues in tho Republican pnrty
between Taft and Roosevelt are NO Third
Term" and Conservatism versus Radical
ism" Taft the conservative against Roosc-
welt the radical Roosevelt tries to disguise
it by giving the impression that wealth is
wicked end conservatism crooked: that he
is against all crookcdncss. and therefore
NIL who are against him are crooked. The
political boss who opposes Roosevelt Is
crooked. but Boss Finn Of Pennsylvania
and Boss Brown Of Ohio are good because
they nfe for Roosevelt. just so with the
corporations those which contribute
money and votes to the third term cause are
good and all others are crooked end there
fore for Taft. who plays no favorites. Abra-
ham Lincoln is Itoosevelt's. because he said
tl.,, a ,,h l,iv hn
as his people" whatever that may mean.
He loves and owns hts people and hates
crookedncss. wkch refers 10 all the rest
OF us whom he Goesn own,
II is very cheap and silly pretence that
Roosevelt represents goodness and Tat
evil. but il is n cunning plan to maxi the issue
y moral one right or wrong-and like
choosing sides in an old fashioned game Of
two-old-cat. he takes the first choice and
.hooses "righ," lie is no more like Lincoln
han Dr. Cooh Of polar ill fame. Lincoln
was always honest.
To catch the crowd with something new
and to distance Bryan. his probable COM
petitOr. he advocates amending our consti.l-
lions Federal and Stately popular vote
and dragging judges from the bench by
popular vote. Bryan claims that he said ii
first. and think he did. but Roosevelt be =
lieycs in grabbing the marbles from TN"
other boys and taking his chances on the
testimony.
Are we TO be stainpedsd by this kind OF
"A programme by this itinerant preacher
so that We are to change our form Of govern
ment and make the Presidency perpetual?
TAFT says there are some things that should
not be submitted TO popular vote; that our
representative form Of government as
established and perpetuated by Washingt on
and Hamilton and Jefferson and Lincoln
is better than a pure democracy. That
life liberty and the home should not be
sub bJected TO the red fire and the brass band
and the daily newspaper and the ten cent
magazine. That wages should be in
creased whenever profits justify it. but that
| some profits are necessary to keep q mill
from shutting down. Live and le, live
is a better cry than Down with the rich -
the crooked rich-thosc who don't vote for
Roosevelt the Radical and third term
| his is too close TO the Red Flag to suit mo