New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-19

was without ny knowledge, and IL II had
been brought to my attention anu nao
any power in the matter | wouid nave III
tcrfered with 1t.
In the second article the colonel alludes
TO "the respectable men who with dlscoh-
fort stood behind their leaders In secur-
inc the triumph Of fraud and politicai
theft at Chicago" and scores the re-
srectabIe men who felt no discomfort III
thus supporting rascality who. on the
contrary. glorifed in their actions
In the course OF his first editorial the
colonel says:
Some of the men responsible ior tne
steam roller work In this ,ohNehtioli Ha a :,
thai they were only doing what nad
ALWAYS been done, and specifically what
was done for me at the time or my
nomination and what was done TOT MT
Taft himself four years ago. AS re,
CARDS myself, the statement has not
even the slightest foundation In tact'
In 1900 | was nominated TOR vice.
President against the wish or the most
powerful politicians VINO then nau Coi,.
troll of the Republican party ana ,p Purg IN,
because of a popular uehidhu 'oo ="
81 tent to be denied.
IN 1904 the national committee con-
tanned a ma iority Of the men VINO were
hostile to me. and as In wv, the ieHu-
ing politicians Of the party "oulu ia ~ :
liked to upset me. | never USED lh e
patronage, not to the extent OF a single
appointment. to secure my nominalion A.,
| never appealed to single Poll ti " a..
| never sought or used the diu on VIC
machine; / made my appeal dlrectly 10
the neonle over the heads Of the poll
tic!ans: and stood squarely on my rec
ord; and ] received the nomination sore
ly because the people beneNed IN me
and approved of my record; ana were 50
overwhelmingly for me that the ma
chine politicians abandoned all thought
of a contest against me before the con-
vention met
lin contrasting the two conventions
Colonel Roosevelt writes:
There was one essential and instrucrr
tive difference between the attitude OF
the big Republican political bosses az
Chicago and the big Democratic pol-
teal bosses at Baltimore. The former
greatly preferred certain party deteat
The case at Baltimore was wholly
different In the primaries Mr.. Ozark
had carried more states than Ut. WILSON,
He had a large majority IN the poPuLdi
vote. In but one or two states NAG III
Wilson'S cause been triumphant IN
square fight with the bosses-indeed, there
had hardly been any fight made along
these lines The fight at Baltimore was
not as at Chicago, to eliminate the
bosses and. incidentally. to nominate a
certain candidate: 1t was TO persuade the
bosses themselves TO nominate Ut. VIZ
son, thus securing the perpetuatlon OF
their own control in their several states
Mr.. Sullivan, Of Illinois; MI. Taggart.
Of Indiana. and others like them. brought
about DR.. Wilson'S nomination; Mt
Murphy acquiesced at the end, Or. WI S
sons victory would not mean the de-
thronement of these men: II would mean
their perpetuation in power. My election
would mean that Mr. Penrosr, hr.
Barnes and Mr.. Guggenheim would De
definitely eliminated from political con-
troll OF their states.
In summing up his second article
Colonel Roosevelt declares that In add
ton TO the professional politicians and
Interests who oppose him. and 10 the re-
spectacle support that comes from indi-
viduals who are misinformed. there is
considerable body OF support from re-
spectacle men who do know something OF
the issue at stake.