Arizona republican., 1912-05-06
What Does He Mean?

what DOCS He Mean! II is difficult tO understand what Senator Dixon means by the cam paign methods he has been follow ing since his assumption of the posi- Tion of manager for the former presi dent His many untruthful state Inents regarding the results of pri- InarieS may be set down to mere mental vagaries: but the numerous deliberate insults he has offered the| president nf the United States are not justified by the eNigencies Of any political sitla ton that has ever ob- tained in this country
 In a recent circular letter Mir Dixon refers to President Taft's speech ill Massachusetts as weak and whin- ing" On another occasion he delib- erately charged the president with near criminal actions. Is it possible that even Senator Dixon can believe votes are won by methods of this sort Does he not know the temper ot the American people well enough 10 know that they resent such out rageous injustice?
 Dixon knows. as well as any man living. that President Taft is an hon est. candid, high minded man He may not be able to appreciate the fact that he is a gentleman born and bred. II is not possible that his mentality is of the kind to estimate properly the impulses by which MT Taft is slided-Dixon's preference for the muck and the mire of politics demon strates that fact But has he not sufficient acumen to know better than 10 offer wanton insult to the first citizen of the republic?
 And as d matter of fact President Taft never made weak and whin- ing speech in his life The objec- ton to the presidents speeches al ways have been that he was too free and frank: that he was too much in clined to speak his thoughts without regard for the consequences. MT. Taft never has been trimmer He never left the public in doubt as to where he stood on any subject That is not the way of the politician but 1t is and always has been MT Taft's way. The trouble is that in Mir Taft's makeup the man preponderates and the politician is an almost unknown quantity. It is pity there are not more like him.
 But there is another thing-the charge that MT. Taft has the aid of the men called 'bosses'-meaning such men as Senator Gallinger. Joseph Cannon. PenrOse, and others It seems. in the purview of present day politics, that this is d heinous politi- cal crime
 Well. it is true that President Taft has the support of these men They are what are known as regulars; that is, they are in the habit of supporting for nomination the regular candidate VI NLlc pdl tN It HdppeiIS Indt MT. Taft is the regular candidate every political tradition is on his side-and these men are supporting him just as they supported President McKinlev and President Roosevelt for second terms.
 But perhaps the silliest charge that has been made against the President has been made by Mir. George w. Perkins. the Harvester Trust mag nate. Mir. Perkins attempts to hold President Taft responsible for the failure of the beef trust prosecution.
 Now the beef trust prosecution had hung fire for ten years It was begun just after Mir Roosevelt took office but none of the attorneys gen. eral prior to Mir Wickersham. brought it to trial Mr Wickersham and his assistants brought the case to issue and it was prosecuted by special gov ernment counsel. Also, it was a criminal prosecution. It was prose cuted under indictments And. after hearing the evidence. the jury re- turned a verdict of not guilty Does