New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-24
Tafts Own Country.

Ia pointing out the situation az h' "''
Mr.. Bedc had found % Ia tie West. MI
| Harlan said.
When We started ont ON this Twp INTO
the West We were told that w." Were COINS
into Roosevelt's stronghold. into koos'-
velts own country lDst'ad. we ma that
the great West n Republican sun thAt IL
! IL Tafts own country.
Every day has shown the turning 90
the tide Al every stop "r have mhu" u
has been apparent that the people are
finding out Colonel Roosevelt and thht
they ar. now apprasing him AT MS tu"
/ worth as a ~ pOcrite. a prctendrr "a iaI-
siner. breaker OF hl- Wotu ana PROMISE
] and a. g. mcnac" % the nation.
] EyefyWhcr. we have been 10 has be'A
| the same story. Roosevelt has hhd large
crowds Il e. true. but 80 has Ringing
! Brothers Circus and IL is a." circus
feature " the Roosevelt hippodrOm" that
has attracted people 10 sr" HIN. ioos'-
| welt seemed TO realize this when he de-
mandcd the cost Of special udih rom
| Pueblo TO Denver as the price OF appear
ing and performing - The Colorado State
/ Fair az Pueblo.
! IN in oregon. where We had been
! warned that the colonel was stu regarded
~ the greatest hero Of modern times We
found that his audiences had been 30 cold
! IL was impossible Tor him TO restrain MS
anger. and he did not win a. vote iu that
state. Instead. he inspired the Republl-
cans with new determination TO Keep
! column.
Ii was the same IN Idaho. where VIC had
audiences far more enthusiastic than
those which had greeted the colonel the
day before our visits Ana We FOUND the
| same conditions In titan and Nevada.
But il was left To California To furnish
! the greatest surprise. Inc nome OF boF-
crnoT johnson, where the Bull Moos"is
had shouted the loudest about their
strength. gave Roosevelt the coolest kind
81 reception lie had Blk crowds al San
! Francisco and az Los Angeles. but they
were big only. Ia numbers. not IN enthu-
| siasm, and the colonePs denunciaiions
/ evoked but feeble and hcsitant approval
! II was the same In Arizona New McNi-
| co, Colorado and Nebraska.
| Now We are here In Kansas, where We
| have been told that Roosevelt also found
| his worshippcrs were growing fewer, and
that the cheers which once greeted his
| slightest word are things OF a forgotten
past And why Is this? Why - II thht
I Roosevelt, once the hero and idol Of tn"
| mutitudes Is no longer the centre OF a
cheering and admiring throng? Because
the people are finding him out. His own
I speeches. as he has shown them on TINS
hypocrisy. his falschoods. his pretoncc
| his sham promises that he does not eN-
pcct to keep. his open afiillation with
! the bosses he has denounced. his assoca-
I tlons with George W. Perkins and other
| Wall Street gamblers who are grulstak-
ing him In the hope or real rewards-all
these have opened the eyes OF The people
OF the great West. and the Roosevelt
boom Is collapsnB.
Everywhere sc have been the Rcpub-
lican leaders are confident OF victory and
the battle Is on.
The truth will make as free n 70 get.
10 the people" declared Mr.. Bede, who
followed Mr. Harlan, and there ~ evil
dence In Maine. Vermont. Michigan and
Colorado and In the recent elections and
primaries that already the people are
turning from their fallen idol and lining
up solidly for Taft. for constitutional
| liberty and for orderly progress Mr.
| Bede added:
They are learning that Colonel Roosc-
Welt IL ruthless boss and bully. who
throws his friends. maligns his opponents
defames the highest office in the land.
and lies about his own purposes and pre-
tended achievements.
The people are finding out that nearly
everything the colonel promises Is some
thing he could not do as President, even
II he would. and which they can do for
| themselves without him.
Furthermore. they are learning what
Taft has done. they have heard that when
| urged year and n half ago 10 40
certain things 50 he could be reelected
he answered that he would rather Dc
President for two years than Il trimmer
for six. And they want that sort OF a
man IN the Nnltc HOUSE.
tBy Telegraph to The Tribune
Lawrence, Kan. Sept. GA big audi
cnce greeted the Taft campaigners JonIl
, Maynard Harlan and j. Adan Beue NJ
| Lawrence this afternoon, ana tart en-
thusasm was rampant. TINS IS sisnlh-
| cant In view OF the fact that this town
| IL the home Of Governor Stubbs, radical
! Roosevelt follower.
In the recent primary the Governor
lost his home town. and the Changing
! sentiment in Kansas is here vividly IL
Illustrated Roosevelt was greeted mere Il
day or so ago by an apathetic audience.
Harlan and Bcde aroused enthusiasm.
and the name Taft brought the audi
ence To it's feet 80
When Bede told of a conversation with
! President Taft. I'm which the President
exclaimed, adam. | would rather BE-
| President for two years than trimmer
for six" the audience realized the sig
niffcance OF the statement and the obvious
comparisons II invited. and cheered the
President and the speaker. Nowhere else
on the long trip OF the Taft speakers has
| the fact been so plain that the Third TERM
1 purty is diving rapidly.