The daily sentinel., 1912-10-21

surpassed, and is now denouncing the
same Taft as ''puZzle-witted" and a
"weakling.'
SS-Not only did he betray the
personal and political friendship OF
Mr.. Taft, but attempted to fasten up
on him the responsibility as cabi-
net officer for his (Roosevelt's) re-
fusal to prosecute the harvester trust,
which was disproyed by the record
showing that Mr.. Taft was out of the
country at that time.
S9-His most intimate personal
friends and supporters, the Pinchots
and James Z. Garfield, hoodwinked
Senator La Toilette by ostensIbly sup
porting La Follettc's candidacy to
create "progressive' sentiment, TAX
Ing advantage of the senator's tenn
porary illness to desert him and join
ing with Roosevelt in the latter's can
didacy to reap the fruits 81 La Fol-
lette's campaign
90-During his administrations he
supported Cannon and Cannonism in
the house, and urged that that organ
iZation be kept in power. He is now
leading the so-called progressive"
cause, which had its inception in
revolt against CannOnism.
9l-The only two states in which
he has ever lived and in which he is
best known-New York and North
Dakota-both elected delegations op-
posed to his third-term candidacy.
92-His 1904 campaign was fl
nanced by trusts and corporations
and supported by practically every re-
publican boss he is now denouncing,
including Lorimer.
II 4. 80.
his present campaign fund are George
w. Perkins, organizer and director of
the harvester trust, who, i'll 1904,
while an officer OF the New York Life
Insurance Company, personally"
contributed nearly $4,000 to his
campaign fund, reimbursinE himself
from the policyhOlders' money. Il
transaction which Chief Judge Gull
len of the court OF appeals called lar
ceny; Frank A. Munsey and Dan
Hanna, large stockholders in the
steel trust. the latter now under in
dictment for rebating.
9i--He was discredited and beaten
by his own party in his home state
at the last election, after he had
forced his personal choice for COVER
nor upon the convention. wrote the
platform and made himself the issue
of the campaign.
95-He has opposed Bryan and
Debs as presidential candidates, and
is now running upon "A platform the
chief planks of which were stolen
from the platforms of Bryan and
Debs.
96--IIc tells the farmer. the labor
er and the salaricd employe that he
wishes them to have a larger share
of the profits of Industry; but he does
not tell them how he proposes TO
bring 1t about.
97-His excuse for being candi-
date is that crisis has been reached
in this government In his life of
Oliver Cromwell, page 50, he says;
'In great crises IL may be necessary
to overrun constitutions. to disregard
statutes.
9S-ln view OF his recent attacks
upon the constitution, the presiden-
tial oath of office to support and de-
fend the constitution would be mean
ingless in his case, to. use no harsher
term.
99-lIe has himself announced as
late as 1911 that "my Ihisl nomin
alton would he a calamity"
l00-The lawless and revolution
AIRY methods he is employing to gain
another nomination show his willing
ness to wreck his party to further his
personal ambition, and, together with
his record, justify the fear that he
would be as lawless as president as
he is as a candidate.
Note.-Among perhaps 100 AD-
DITIONAL other reasons why Roose-
welt should not be president. do not
overlook the fact that, on December
4, 1906, in a message to congress, he
said: 81 recommend to the congress
that an act be passed specifically
providing for the naturalization of
JAPANESE who come here intend
ing to become American citizens"
Also remember that President TAFT
was in Rooscvelt's cabinet at the
time.