The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1912-04-27
ISSUES, NOT PERSONALITIES,
ARE INVOLVED IN CAMPAIGN
Teddy Takes But Little Time Answer Insnuaion Of the Pres
dent but Shows Plainly How the Latter Is lnsincere
in His Words and Actions

erui Il frerent speeches, At first
took the agreement on tho faith OF
MIR. Tuft's representation. Later when
came tu look up the matter, how
ever. | became convinced that the
reciprocity agreement as passed by
Mr.. rart WAS unwise and undesirable
hcrnusc II improperly sacrificed the
Interests of our farmers and fisher
men ana because It carried iudefcnsi-
be action on paper.
"Scvcrthc css, because | had stated
would support tEr treaty said not
one word aga nst Il, until II Was de-
feattd Even then declined to speak
nn the subject until In several states
MIR. Tafts managers began to circu-
late the fact of my support Of Mr..
Taft's proposal as reason why
should not BE- nominated.
Absurd Untruth.
MIR THft Saws that the Influence
nf fAdrral offlccholders IN the CHI
90 - convention this year Will be less
effective far any one candidate than
ever before III the history of the party
This Is not only an untrnth but II is
an absurd untruth. Never IN ~
years close observation have | seen
such scnndalous abuse az the patron
nf patronage has been done directly By
MIR Taft himself az III the case Of the
various North Carolina nominations
Moreover. does Mr.. Taft think the peu-
pie have forgotten the letter his Ger
rctary sent out as restoring to In
surgcnt sneators the patronage OF
which he had deprived them? Having
all these facts In view II Is simply
astounding that Mr. Taft should ven
tnrc the assertion that he has not used
| the federal patronage to 1efraud pol.
| itics.
MIR TAFT says that I advised hin
/ 10 have n meeting with Cannon.
| advised him tn meet everyone. to con
s,ilf with everyone. to try to get oI
! with everyone. But no less emphatic
4 allv I advised him to follow my ex
+ annie Ia consult freely with all TIN
/ politicians md Ia Try 10 gct on will
them. hui whore the politicians spli
off from the people then 10 stand witt
itIcians; and II is precisely this tina
he failed to do
insinccrity.
"it Is IA most curious thing that Mr.
Taft should certainly criticize me 70
not having ussailpd him about III
Payne tariff law As matter OF fac
have eagerly ondeavored to prais
Mr.. Taft wherever | possibly eonl
and | have merely kept silent where
disagreed. Az he now insists TINT
should break silence about the tart
law, | will say | hold him eulpably rr
spousiblc for having led the people 1
believe that lie favored II snbsianta
downward revision and that he woul
work actively for II and for then hay
Ing sat supinely by and allowed th
new friends. under the leadership Q
Mcsars. hldrich and Cannon. 10 pro
duce IA bill which made him conyl,
himself Of insinccrlts when he signe
IT,"
Turning 10 President Tafts stale
meu I'm regard to II third term, Col
onrl Roosevelt declared that the dan
ger lay only IN more than two con
, seeutise terms which might afford ~
, portnniy for the executive 10 rn
trench himself In power
, MIR. Taft. without my permission
no continued. has quoted entire III
, ters from me written In answer
letters Of his which were narkt
!, confidential | shall 40 far avail N,
self Of his example as To quote fol
: lines Of letter from him 10 III
!, which was not marked confidential.
was written shortly after he beean
president. Ii runs:
40 can never forget that the pow
now exercise WAS voluntarily tran
l ferred from you to mo, and that j, a
J under obligation TO you to see to
that your judgment in designating n
as your successor and bringing abo
the succession shall be sindieated, a
eording TO the standards which "
and in conversation have alwa
formulated
A Bad Trait
1T liz "A bad trait to bite the ha
q that feeds you. No other man III Il
Y country was AS much interested as
:, WIS In having .dr. Taft succeed.
: other man with my principles and co
~ ylctlans has supported him for 80 10
n time and has so bitterly regrett
n being unable to support him for
II longer time. eagerly sought cv,
= opportunity 10 stand by him and 10
le after | refused to acknowledge the Il
n TO myself and struggled to conyii
y myself that he was fit and clutehed
he every opportunity to bear him up.
At Until less than u year ago ! k'
N desperately hoping that Mr. Taft
Is least would show himself reasona
ne fit for the task before him or that
he he failed someone else would rise
whom the people could turn
of luctantly | made up my mind that
gl Taft could not do the task and |
to came convinced that the people of
ad great west felt that | would be INT
IT. To them II | refused to act as I'll
at standard bearer
us Il do not think Mr. Taft means
Bk think he means well, But he me
well feeblv and In his admintstrat