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been ignored in more than one case,
followed in only one, in selecting the
new advisorial family.
But, urged by his friends among the
progressives. Mr.. Roosevelt swallowed
his pride and went with some of the
progressives to his successor to sbespeak
Mr.. Tafts support for the effort the
progreSsiVeS were making.
Turned Deaf Ear.
Mr.. Taft, the story goes, put his arm
around the shoulders of Roosevelt,
smiled his best smile, expanded and
vocalized it into a hearty laugh-and
turned away the suggestion without
| committing himself at all.
The story got enough circulation at
! the time to convince the progressives
| that Mr.. Taft could not be induced to
| opened eleven days later, and saw the
White House leading the fight to as
sure CannOns reelection. He was re-
elected--and the wedge had been driven
party's split, now brought to a crisis
by the announcement that makes
Roosevelt and Taft rivals for the Presi-
denCy itself.
! The darksome omens of Inauguration
| Day were followed by the election of
! Cannon, the scandals of the Cannon
| Tammany-Taft deal to save the old
rules, the recall of the tariff bills re-
print, so that changes might be made
| with the purpose of paying In tariff
| concessions for the support of the un-
| holy alliance that saved the ancient
| regime; these things are not forgotten.
Fast on their heels came the develop
ment of bitter opposition to the Payne
bill in the House; then its transference
| to the Senate, and the Inauguration of
the great forensic and parliamentary
warfare of the Senate progressiVes.
Darfu Shit Reuond HoDa
That warfare in the Senate split the
party beyond hope of restored har-
mony. 1t cost the life of Dolliver, whom
Roosevelt loved and who had more
often than any other man been the
spokesman of Roosevelts progressive
policies. 1t aired the old-fashioned sys-
TEN of tariff making as that system had
never been aired before; it awakened the
country to realization of the inicuities
of particular schedules, written in be-
half of petted interests, and 1t devel-
oped the fact that the party had fallen
under sadly weak and ineffect We lead
Roosevelt, early in those trying
months, went away to Africa. Il went
, embarrassing Taft. 1 found afterward
that 1 had avoided embarrassing my
self"
At the steamer when he sailed Mr.
|
dent Taft that wished him bon voyage
and good hunting, and graciously mon.
toned that he (TafD felt most obligation
) to my brother Charles and yourself
| Brother Charles came first in the EMU
, meration of appreciated friends, and i
, suggested to the man who had nom
mated Taft, a somewhat eccentric ap
praisal of comparative contrlputloh
Matters with the Administration wen
! from bad to worse; the Ballinger scan
dial and the INSTRUMENTATION dea
! for the suppression of progresstvisn
a accentuated the Darty's troubles.
: The Defeat of 1910.
: The campaign of 1910 brought the de
t feat of the Republican party, Will
! Roosevelt, leading in New York. tool
more progressive position than eve
. before and reduced his party's proper
: ton of losses so much that New Yorl
d turned out, on the face of the returns, a
Z the banner Republican State. Repuh
n llicanism lost it, indeed; but by a rati
so much less than in other States tina
the Roosevelt leadership was given
Vindication in the midst of defeat.
Il Thenceforward affairs drifted steadil
, to worse extremes. Mr.. Roosevelt com
> mitted himself in addresses and writ
;. ings, to the popular government VieN
Fl of affairs POLITICAL Mr. Taft made hi
Il espousal of the opposite side plaine
o and palmer by acts as we'll as word!
q The rest was inevitable. The progres
: sives must fight Taft, or surrender thei
d principles, the identity as a movemen
!: their very political lives. After tina
n the present juncture was uncertain onl
o as to the date when announcement
Mr.. Roosevelt's candidacy should Il
IL the world know to what extent tn
e difference had developed.
p Fighting Will Be Hot.
lie With Roosevelt and Taft in the feel
n the fighting will be hot all along II
g line. The Taft people expect to say
themselves by Selling from the Offc
pr holding machines of the Democrat
N Southern States big enough delega
~ force to put him over. They rely G
I'd the conservative East and conce6