The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-03-15
BATTLE
SAYS ALLEN
Continued From Page One.

was interrupted frequently by evident
ly a democrat who was apparently OPP
posed to the Oyster Bay man.
you know / was asked a question
or two last night at Grand Forks"
said Mr.. Allen after he had good
naturally answered his inquirer from
the audience. And the fellow was
clever. Usually these men who inter-
rupt the speaker are. 1t takes a clever
man to- ask the speaker questions"
and he laughed pleasantly. "They
know they are clever and can JUNIORS
the speakers"
From that time on Mr.. Aliens audi
ence was with him in everything he
said and enjoyed his little witticisms
and sparkling little sayings to the ut
most. AS a speaker, the Wichita edi-
tor is exceedingly clever n knows
how to present a subject in the best
manner possible, which he succeeded
in doing last night. He criticized the
North Dakota republicans for dividing
on the progressive issues of the day
and declared that if the election re-
turns next Thursday night show that
La Toilette has won, the story will
not go out to the world that the pro-
gressive principles have won, but that
Roosevelt has los North Dakota.
Il admire the affection and pride
you have for Senator La Toilette, and
if he had the general support of the
country as Roosevelt has / would con-
slider throwing my support to him,
but If YOU send delegates to the Chica-
go convention instructed for La Fol-
lette wou r only helping to nomin-
ate Taft. This is not a battle of per-
sonalities, but of principles and the
North Dakotans are making a sad
mistake by mixing state issues and
quarrels with the national questions,
SO important as the progressive prin-
| ciples.
What Roosevelt Did.
Mr.. Allen recounted the things
Theodore Roosevelt had done when he
was president of the United States
in the seven and a half years he oc-
cupied that office, and he pointed to
thirty seven great acts which COM
mended themselves to the people and
which would be an everlasting benefit
to the nation. He spoke also of the
third term idea and pointed to Wash
ington's letter to Jefferson and his
farewell address to congress and the
nation, showing, he said, that the
father of his country wanted to re-
tire to Mt. Vernon and felt that the
country was in such shape that he
could leave the work Of the chief ex-
ecutive in other hands.
He said that Mr.. Roosevelt had in
II &-n1AI - W ~
third consecutive term but had failed
to say consecutive" Mr.. Allen also
took up the work OF William H. Taft
In detail and asked his audience what
the president had ever done since he
had been in the White House to COM
mend him for reelection. He showed
wherein he had been a good public
servant as a federal jurist and as gov
ernor Of the Philippines n as secre-
tary of war, all a%ppointive positions.
but when it came time for him to be-
come an executive and act on his
own initiative, he had been a failure.
Taft's Environment.
"Mr. Tart was reared in an EN-
vironment of flunkyism," said the
speaker. HE was a federal 1urist
and IL you have ever attended q ses-
sion OF the federal court you well
know the general atmosphere of
flunkyism that prevails in that cham
Der. The flunky the Judge
is coming and everybody stands
while the judicial one walks in and
takes his place, and the fIunky cries
oh We, oh We, oh We three times Just
like that, and then he says the fed
eral court is about to onvene., BY
that time the average person begins
to think the place Is holy and even
the Judicial one says to himself what
q majestic place this federal court is.
That was the atmosphere in which Mr..
Taft was reared and it units him for
the presidency.
mr.. Roosevelt's training was die-
ferent. He OF Just as good a
family Of perhaps just as great wealth.
HIS mother YVES a Virginia lady and