Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-03-05
ROOSEVELT MEN
CRY UNFAIR
Apparently Proper and Dig
nified Letters to Federal
Employees Scored
ASKED TO SUPPORT TAFT
Attempt to Make Epistles Into
Campaign Ammunition
Futile

} p" Special Leased Wire to New Mexican
Washington, D. c., March 9Th,
!, national Roosevelt headquarters to
< day gave out a statement which said
! Further evidence of the manner il
. which the administration campaign
' managers are conducting the fight fol-
:, delegates has come to light in the
! form of circular letter which is be
. ing sent to the postmasters and Other
, federal employees throughout the
' northwest That a similar form OF
/, letter has been sent out through the
. south already has been stated. but its
exact terms have not as yet come tc
\ light.
Letter to Federal Employees
The letters received by the federal
employees in the northwest are very
!, delicately Worded-such letters as
only the pen of the diplomatic Mr.
Mckinley could well turn out, abound
ing with yelled threats and plastic
praise. Boundless enthusiasm is ex,
pressed and it is declared without
hesitation that the sentiment in favor
of the nomination of President Taft
is rapidly growing. Hints are then
, thrown out that assistance of all good
office holders is needed. NJ. McKin-
ley evidently forgetting the optimism
expressed in the preceding paragraph.
ALREADY several hundred of these
letters have been sent out, it is stat
ed, and more, said to contain a more
personal tone, are in course of prep
. aration for sending to jobhoders who
, have displayed reluctance to rally to
|, the support of the administration. In
|, these latter epistles, it is stated, the
, hints as to what will be the portion
, Of federal servants who fail to faith
|; fully serve the interests Of President
Taft are made more plain
\ Would Appreciate EARLY Reply.
: With this statement, the Roosevelt
headquarters gave out a copy of one
Of the Taft circular letters, addressed
, in blank, after expressing optimism
as to the outlook for Mr.. Taft and the
opening of the national Taft bureau,
the letter concludes:
, 1T will be the aim of this bureau
| to conduct a dignifed and energetic
campaign in keeping with the Presi-
| dents high conception of American
. craftsmanship. | would therefore,
, thank you TO render such assistance
as you can, consistent with your du-
ties, and would appreciate an early
reply giving me such information as
work of the bureau.
Very truly yours,
"WILLIAM B. MCKINLEY,
! ''Director.
| Fort Worth, Tex, March BY o
vote of 27 to /, the candidacy of Col.
Roosevelt was endorsed today by the
! Texas Republican executive commit
tee. Supporters of Taft thereupon de-
cided to carry their fight before the
voters by some method yet to be
worked out.
Washington, D. c., March 5.-Sena-
tor Dixon of Montana chairman of
the Roosevelt executive committee re-
piled today to the statement given out
by the national Taft headquarters yes
terday, in which attention was called
to the location of the Roosevelt head
quarters in a building owned by
| Frank A. Munsey. 1--WE elected Presi-
dent Taft four years ago out of the
International Harvester Company
building in Chicago" said Chairman
Dixon "Our headquarters occupied
the sixth floor of that building and so
far as 7 know no rent was paid for
the rooms.
'1f personalities are wanted, in
this campaign" Senator Dixon contin-
ued, I'VE will give them more than
they expect.
-Four years ago when was trying
to elect Taft, Mr.. Mckinley now head
of the Taft committee, was down
South rounding up delegates for
Speaker Cannon
The national Taft headuuarters gave
out statement declaring that the
farmers of the Middle West" are de-
handing that George w. Perkins and
Mendfll Mccormick, related to Off
Gals of the Harvester trust, separate
themselves from Mr.. Roosevelt and
his campaign
IN this demand,' the statement
says, they are only Indicating their
ignorance of the fact that Mr.. Perkins
probably would have lost his lob long
ago had it not been for his intimate
friendship with Mr.. Roosevelt running
back over many years.
While still remaining director of
the steel corporation, and of the In.
ternational Harvester Company. Mr.
Perkins recently has severed himself
from many of his business connections
and now is devoting much of his
time to solving the problems of the
| times.
THE first great work along this
| line to which Mr.. Perkins is now d.
recting his undivided attention and his
pocketbook is the nomination and
election of Mr. Roosevelt to third
term as President"