The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1912-04-12
OHIO COUNTY FOR
ROOSEVELT
In Biggest Convention Ever
Held in County.
Amendment Asking denomination
Of Taft Turned
Down.

The Republican Mass Convention OF
Ohio county which was held at Hartford
last Saturday afternoon Tor the purpose
of selecting and instructing 80 delegates
TO the Fourth Congressional District
Convention at Elizabethtown. KY, on
April and the State Convention at
Louisville on April 10 was said my many
to be the largest attended of any county
convention ever held in Hartford. For
several days prior to the convention much
interest was manifested in the outcome.
The meeting was called to order by Mr.
II. b. Martin. county chairman. who
stated the purpose OF the convention.
and in the beginning begged that there
be harmony and peace IN all delibera-
lions that afternoon. He next called
for nominations for Chairman OF the
convention. and DIR. J. a. Duff. of Dun
dee; Representative Albert Leach. of
Cromwell. We're placed in nomination.
The vote being taken. 1t was largely
for Mr.. Rogers who was known to be
a strong advocate OF Col. Roosevelt for
President. Upon being escorted TO the
chair by a committee, Mr.. Rogers spoke
as follows:
SPEECH OF THE CHAIRMAN.
We have met here for the purpose OF
deciding among ourselves who shall be
the President of the United States. Let
as differ like men II we must-differ
like patriots. differ like honorable men.
II had any malice to any one In my
heart or any emnity to anyone II WIN
DE melted away by this vast audience.
We have a crisis before the Republican
party that is graver than any since
the war; We have two men aspiring
to the office OF President of the United
States. Two men that we have all hon
ored. l feel that II Is due to this vast
audience from me being as l have been
by some good old Baptists. who taught
me IL l ever had done a person wrong
to go to that party and make an honest
confession. A short time ago | had a
private confession to make to our friend
Col. C. NJ. Barnett. for certain things
that had done. Four years ago l ad-
yocated the election of Mr.. Taft. which
i did heartily and earnestly. l differed
al in a u
but believe that there are other men
than those In this audience. one man
that Is worse fooled than ! am. and
believe that Is Theodore Roosevelt.
was for MIR. Taft because he had travel
ed almost all over all Of the United
States and her possessions and II there
ever was living man competent to
be President and follow the leaders Mr.
Taft was the man l thought; but ! mus
confess that he is not the man l though
he was, and he Is not the man thai
Theodore Roosevelt thought he was.
am satisfied. At the called session OF
Congress he ran his party instead of doini
what his party wanted him to do like
man--went against the policies of hi'
predece ssor. I want to call your alton
tion to his position on the tariff ques
ton. He had promised tariff revision
and that 1t was TO be revision downward
and II he had sided with the people
against the interests he would have don't
better, but he sided with the interests
against the people and made no effor
to heal the breach In our party. Aftel
the called session of Congress was pass
ed and the regular session of Congress
came he had scheme of his own. I
reciprocity treaty with Canada. All Re
publicans are in favor of a reciprocit,
treaty II there Is reciprocity.
We hear a great deal about the biz
trusts and about the United States Cour
work In dissnlving them. The Standar'
OIL suit. These suits were brought By
Theodore Roosevelt. but was II followe'
A up by his, successor? II 1t had the re
y suit would have been quite different
Take the Standard Oil Co.. OF Indiana
which was fined s2s.sOOOoo.O9 by Juds'
Lands and a short time after his decis
ion was recalled by Mr.. Taft and an
\ other Judge came along and he sal
that 1t was confistication Of property
who said 1t without ever taking II Il
thu Supreme Count of the United States
but the Supreme Court of the Unite
States did come along and finally dis