Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-04-26
President TAFT
REPLIES TO 7. R,
Continued from page ~


ranks of those who opposed me for
nomination, and he intimates that ]
have not the spirit Of the progressive
or the imagination or the clear head
ed purpose essential to the makeup
of such person. lie says that ! am
friend of the Interests and an up
holder OF special privileges and flouts
the Independence Of the laws enacted
and the executive action taken dur
ing my administration.
Forced 10 Take Action.
III IN this contest there were at
stake only my reputation or the sat
isfaction Of my own ambition, !
would continue my silence under
these unjust attacks. | would do SO
because Of the personal relations thai
have existed between Mr. Roosevelt
and me, my debt of gratitude to him
and my inclination, because Of the
office hold, not to indulge In perso-
nal controversy,
But | am presented with this diff
fioulty: | represent "A cause. ! am
the titular leader of that movement
ana the substantial and sane legisla-
ton Of my administration vindlcates
its existence and continuance The
supporters of this cause feel that 10y
such charges and appeals Mr.. Roosc-
Welt has clouded the real issues and
has misled great many patriotic
people to his support, because no one
has answered them as they ought to
be answered AS the titular head
of the republican party, whose integ-
rity is threatened, | must meet Mr.
ant may be "A personal controversy
with one whom In the past ! have
greatly admired and loved, and whose
present change of attitude Is tho
source of saddest disappointment
l. Not a Square Deal.
''Mr. Roosevelt prides himself on
being true sportsman and he likes
to take maNims from the language of
sport. The maxim which he has eX
alted above all others is that Every
man is entitled to a square deal
propose to examine the charges ht
makes against me and to ask you
whether in making them he is givint
me square deal"
In detail, Mr.. Taft dealt first with
the statement by Colonel Roosevelt
in his Carnegie Hall speech, in which
the colonel said:
"Mr. Taft fairly defines the Issue
when he says that our government IL
and should be government of all the
people by a representative part of tn"
people. That Is an excellent and mod
crate description of an oligarchy. J.
defines our government as n govern"
ment of all the people by few Of tho
people.
In rely Mr.. Taft said in part:
What He Really Said.
"The excerpt which Mr.. Roosevelt :
uses is garbled l did not say this
should be- a government of all the
people by a representative part OF the
people. ] said 1t is thus apparent thar
ours Is u government of all the people
ple,' and 1t is. / had pointed out tha.
the government was by popular vote,
that the voters did not include the
women and children. that In numbers
the voters We're less than one-fourth
of all the people and that their action
was the action of their majority. Does
Mr. Roosevelt deny this fact?
WAS 1t honest was 1t fair of Theo.
dore Roosevelt to seize one sentences
from a speech to garble 1t and then
to give It a meaning which he knew
from the context It could not bear?"
Mr.. Taft next took up what he
termed the unfair charge that he
was in favor Of an oligarchy of bosses.
Another Lie Nailed.
"He Colonel RoosevelD says that
all the bosses are in my favor and all
of them against him. That Is not
true. BY his association with William
Flynn Of Pittsburg there is being re-
stored to power in that city and in
PENNSYLVANIA one OF the worst mu-
nicipal bosses the history of that
state knows. He charges me with
association with Mr.. Barnes of New
York, while he is silent as to the
support and advice he is receiving
from Mr.. William Ward Of the same
state. Mr.. Roosevelt knows that in
1910 but for the support he received
from my friends as against Mr.. Barnes
be shipped. The close, which was
firm. showed an advance of II to Y
to 1Ac net. Other leading staples,
too, all scored a gain. wheat Ii to u