The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-18


3i--lIis personal lawlessness,,has been
frequently displayed, fair ex.
ample OF which was in the mat
ter OF the Senate oi.i TO secure
Justice for tho negro troops no
had dismissed at Brownsville.
Texas He threatened to veto the
bill IL passed and to Ignore 1t IL
passed over his veto.
35-His present primary campaign;has
resulted In the expenditure of tho
largest campaign fund for the So
lection OF delegates over known
In national campaign. I'll
s6-He is not supported by any pub
lie man of the first rank or by
any great party leader. or by any
distinguished lawyer. educator or
citizen.
3T--Kis election to g. third term would
be tho first step toward the es-
tnblishment OF Diaz dictator
ship. or a lifo term in office.
3S--He has publicly boosted that II
took the Panama Canal zone and
left Congress to debate tho is
sue" a seizure from frienoiy
republic which smirched tho hith-
erto iunsullted integrity OF the
United States.
So-By abettins tho fake Panama
revolution and the taking Of the
Isthmus he violated an existing
treaty between the United States
and Colombia. In which the gov
ernment OF the United States
guaranteed to maintain and de-
fend the sovereignty OF Colombia
upon the 1Hthmus OF Panama.
i0-Under his administration 100000
900 was paid by this government
for the rights OF the French COM
pany in the Panama Canal. Tho
public has never been able to- find
out who got the money.
4t-He has TO a large extent lost this
country the respect, confidence ana
friendship OF the republics oil
Central and South America
+2-He used the navy. OF the United
States to uphold g. revolution In
Panama which was Matched In
Wall Street.
43-fIs prosttuted his powers as .Pres!-
dent and abused tho legal ma
chinery OF the government by at
tempting to revive an infamous
sedttson law TO punish editors who
had personally offended him
file attempted TO establish e prece-
dent that a person indicted by a
Federal grand jury for en- alleged
onence upon e. military reservation
could be tried in any one OF the
2,s09 military Jurisdictions Of the
C2-.uad States.
i5-Through the medium OF an author
lied speech by El!hu Root he ac-
cuscd William Randolph Hearst OF
having been morally an accompiioe
TO the murder OF President Afcktn-
ley. and Two years later received
Hearst at tho White House
4e-He attacked the aged Ass.st ant AL
torTey- General T'yner when he was
on trial and before witnesses were
heard. Tyuer was acquitted. He
ignored 1Encrs dying appeal for
personal vi1dlcat!on.
47-The insurance graft at Albany. ex-
posed cy the Hughes Investigation,
developed and fiouEshed most dur
ting the years of 1899 and 1909,
when Roosevelt was Governor. He
made no attempt TO check Sc, and in
his two annual messages ignored
the subject OF insurance.
i5-Ie criticized Admiral BroTnsor's
act IN res.gnt1g as chief OF Bureau
OF SaTt CATION as "unseemly and
improper" wh!ls suppress.ng the
ad1lirais Official explanation.
49-Wnen Colonel w. F. Stewart United
States Army. declined TO be retired.
he caused him TO be e7,iled TO
lonely post In New Mexico until
he could be coTrpulsor.ly retired"
at the age of siNty-two.
Solo automatically deprived ths
Boston Herald OF departure z,al
news at Washin gton, including the
weather forecast, because that
paper had published something
that d.splsased him.
5i-IIe permitted the ago retirement
OF General Nelson "A. Alilee without
word of commentator, respAte |
tho brilliant record OF General
Miles IN the Civil War ana as an
Indian fighter on tho frontier.
52-Hc has attacked tina honor ana ca
pactty OF nearly every Judge who
refused to decide cases according
to his wishes After Judge An
de-son. OF Indianapolis, decided
against him IN the Panama. libel
case. hs called the Judge "a crook
and a tackass" He afterwards de-
rounced the United States Supreme
Court as "fossilized"
53-ILa dismissed three companies Of
the Twenty fifth Infantry. co!ored |
without proof OF their guilt, and
later sought TO justify his arb.-
tTary action by an alleged confes-
sion, Tepud!ated s,y the alleged con-
fessor and obtained by a negro de-
,ective who could neither read nor
write.
SHE has time and again, as Chief
Executive. insulted the other two
oiuindte branches or govern
ment. the legislative and judicial.
So-When n Southern postmistress re-
ceived threatening letters. instead
Of affording her protection he
arbitrarily closed the post-ofice
and deprived the citizens OF that
community OF their mall.
56-He caused the official records IN
the harvester trust to be taken
from tho files OF the government
department and sequestrated in
the White House, refusing Con-