The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-21

Roosevelt as IAN arrant, even danger
GUS ,demagogue," and proposes that
the Republicans offer him as a gift
to the Democrats.
in the Middle West.
Turning to Ohio, the Toledo Blade
opens a three-column article in large
type with the blazing statement:
Roosevelt and victory. Taft and de-
feat. That is the choice that con-
fronts the Republican party in the
State and nation today" To this
challenge the Cincinnati Commercial
Tribune calmly replies: "To enter the
presidential fight with Theodore
Roosevelt as the nominee would be
to begin the campaign on the defen-
sive and to end it with disaster" The
Columbus State Journal is for Taft.
The Cincinnati Times-Star, the prop
erty of Charles p. Taft, remarks: 1T
is not the President but Theodore
Roosevelt who has changed since 1908
The latter used to be wholly a Repub
lican; he is not much of Republican
now We believe he is going to be
licked to FRAGILE at Chicago"
Among the Indiana newspapers the
indianapolis Star leans to Roosevelt
as a candidate who has been led tC
declare himself through "the lofty
patriotic and unselfish desire to serve
the people and his conviction that he
can serve them" 1t ventures no opin
ion as to his actual political strength
The Indianapolis News is convinced
that "the sober judgment of the PEG
pie of the United States is opposed tt
the third term, opposed to those Rose
Welt political theories that are sub
versive of representative government
and very strongly opposed to Mr.
Rocsevelts way of dealing with thu
great office of President" The Soutl
Bend Tribune is anti-Roosevelt and de
tends the Taft administration a
measuring up to the standard o
Progressive Republicanism," and tn
Lafayette Journal raises the third-terr
objection against Mr.. Roosevelt, wn
is urging the Republican party to IRE
pudiate Republican principles tina
have stood for half a century and tur
against an administration that ha
carried out Republican promises"
To the Chicago Tribune of first in
portanc is the matter of presidents
direct primaries, in which it is in az
cord with Mr. Roosevelt, for 1T wi
be combination of folly and suicid
to nominate a candidate who is nc
a choice of the people," The Chicag
Inter-Ocean says that Republican
have a choice between Mr.. Rooseve
and Mr.. Taft, between program {
socialistic revolution and constitl
tional government. Neither this nj
ton nor the Republican party" it d.
clares. is ready for socialistic rev
luton or a centralized industrial d.
spotism with Theodore Roosevelt, {
( any man, as the despot."
The Record-Herald regards Mr.. Ia
Us "a genuine, if moderate and careful
\ Progressive" and "a sincere, higI
minded Executive" while Mr.. Roos
} welt stands for advanced radicalism
, the party's policies and methods. I'll
. Chicago News is concerned principa
ly with direct primaries, and thinl
that the effort to secure Mr.. Roos
y velt's nomination is resolving itse
g into an appeal to the people over II
heads of the politicians"
In the Northwest.
In Michigan, whose Governor WI
one of the seven who appealed to M
Roosevelt to be candidate, the d
:, troit News supports Mr., Roosevelt
sober fashion; the Detroit Journal
for Taft and strongly against Roos
welt. The Detroit Free Press emph