Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-08-29

review OF REVIEWS september, 1879
Furthermore, the Chicago convention at
tackled the supreme court! Again tht
represents a species Of atavism-that Is
Of recurrence TO the ways Of thought Of
remote barbarism ancestors. Savages dc
not like an Independent and upright judi
ciary They want the Judge to decid,
their way, and II he does not they want
20 behead him." He has since beef
fagrantly guilty of the atavism he con
demned
70-He has INDUCED in derogatory criti
cism Of many Of his predecessors in tn,
presidency, calling Jefferson the mos
incapable executive who ever flied tn, |
presidents chair" accusing Madison o.
bringing shame and disgrace to Amer
ca" characterizing Monroe. the author O
the Monroe doctrine a. a triumph Of i'm
becility TO the last" denounced Jackso,
AS Ignorant" attributed Var Buren,.
success to his moral shortcomings" re
ferred contemptuously to Harrison, Tay
Tor. Fillmore, Buchanan and Polk al
small presidents" and Pierce as small
politician of low capacity and mean sur.
roundings"
Tile characterized congressman a.
cattle In a speech before the Syracuse
Chamber Of Commerce in 1899
72-His attitude toward the real bosses
OF the Republican party was exposed In |
the following telegram to the widow OF
Senator Quay at the time Of Boss Quayi
DEATH MY loyal friend Is dead"
| H-lie has characterized the Quakers al
"A class OF professional non -combatant
VINO are so hurtful to the real growth OF
the nation as fre-eaters"
Tile has made his personal will nara.
mount to law whenever IL has suited hi.
! purpose to do so. and is now biting the
| hand that fed him
| bile has been a chronic office seeker
office holder and tax eater for nearly hi,
entire adult life
| 6-He has attempted 70 create law b,
executive action. to make treaties with
| out the consent Of the Senate and 10 CON
troll interstate commerce by applying the|
post-road clause Of the constitution, maxi
Ing the ridiculous contention that routes
traversed by letter carriers in deliverins
mall were post-roads within tho meaning
Of the constitution.
1.-THE Wire Trust officials, Including
son-in-law Of j. Pierpont Morgan. that he
failed to indict. We're indicted after he
left office and pleaded guilty.
7S-Declaring for the regulation of rail.
roads. he commanded special trains TO,
his own use at the expense OF the rail-
roads.
79-He used a United States vessel as a
private yacht to send his children to boat
races
@-1n 1893 he assembled and reviewed
the Atlantic Squadron off Oyster Bay,
where he lives, at a cost Of $4,000.
H-Fe has publicly applied the epithet
Of liar to so many reputable persons that
1t has become an International Joke
2-He detailed $1,000 messenger from
the United States treasury department to
serve his barber.
SHE kept the business world in a state
of terror, turmoil and uncertainty for
nearly eight years, and his reelection
would revive that reign Of terror
A-He has outraged the dignity of tho
presidential office, violated the amenities
of official life and in public utterances has
degraded the mother tongue Of this coun-
try to the slang and vernacular Of the
prize ring and the gambling house.
SHE Is utterly lacking in the executive
temperament and the calm. cool. exact
Judgment necessary in a safe chief execu.
tive.
Ss-He abused the power Of the presi.
dency by forcing Taft upon an unwilling
party as its candidate In 1908. declaring
III they don't take Taft they'll get me-
Notwithstanding his pledge not to be
candidate.
SIN a letter to Conrad Kohrs Of
Helena. Mont. he eulogized Mr.. Taft as
man who combined all Of the best quail
ties Of public man to a degree which
no other man in our public life since tho
Civil War has surpa ssed. and is now de-
nouncing the same Taft as puzzle wit
ted and a ''weakling"
ss-Not only did he betray the personal
and political friendship of Mr.. Taft but
attempted to fasten upon him the respon-
sibihty cabinet officer for his Roose-
velt's) refusal to prosecute the Harvester
Trust. which was disproved by the rec
ord showing that Mr. Taft was out Of the
country at the time.
S9-His most intimate personal friends
and supporters. the Pinchots and James
r Garfield. hoodwinked Senator La Fol-
lette by ostensibly supporting La Fol-
lette's candidacy to create progressive"
sentiment. taking advantage of the sena-
joining with Roosevelt in the latter's cam
didacy to reap the fruits of La Follettes
campaign
9-During his administration he SUP.
ported Cannon and Cannonism in the
House. and urged that that organization
be kept in power. He Is now leading the
so-called "progressive' cause. which had
Its inception in a revolt against Cannon.
ism
9l-The only two States In which he ha:
ever lived and in which ne Is best known
New York and North Dakota-botl
elected delegations opposed to his third
term candidacy.
92--fIis 1904 campaign was financed by
trusts and corporations and supported by
| practically every republican boss he s
now denounclng. including Lorimer
93-The principal contributors to his
present campaign fund are George w.
Perkins. organizer and a director Of the
Harvester Trust who In 1904. while an
officer of the New York Life Insurance
company, "personally" contributed near
~ s50. an TO his campaign fund reimhurs.
ing himself from the policyholders'
money, n transaction which Chief Judga
Cullen OF the court OF appeals called lar
ceny: Frank A. Munsey and Dan Hanna,
large stockholders in the Steel Trust, thu
latter now under indictment for Relating.
94-He was discredted and beaten by
his own party in his home state at the
last election. after he had forced his per-
tha