The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-09-09
Monday, September Q, 1912.
AN ANALYSIS OF aoossvgLrIsm.

H. W m. y. TUCKER, L. l.. ~, former
president OF Dartmouth college has
contributed to the political campaign
n careful and thorough analysis OF the
public declarations and political rec
ord OF Theodore Roosevelt as con
trasted with VIM. II. Taft. Dr. Tucker
says:
In the first place I regard a vote for
Ar. Taft as "A vote To maintain the In
dependence OF the PTsridsntial onlce.
The attack OF Mr.. Roosevelt upon AIR.
Tart especially the manner OF "a was
a public dishonoring Of close person
al friendship. For anything that aP-
Ieared then. or for anything that has
act IL was svowedly an act contrary
10 Mr.. Roosevelts frSt honorable Inn
pulses. and 20 many OF his friends gave
evidence which could not be ignored
that he was beginning To part COM
pany with his better self. To his ene-
mics II was simply a confirmation Of
friendshipa.
But the act had a much deeper
sisnincance. IL was va .ually the Inn
parchment OF the President by his pre-
cecessor In office. now assuming the
role OF dictator under the guise OF a
tribune OF the people The Self-con-
stituted tribune of the people IL the
new type OF the political boss. We
have had partv bosses who we're cred
tied with having been the makers and
unmakers OF Presidents. The new kind
OF political boss deals with forces far
more subtle and effective than those
which have been within reach OF the
sxcitements and Hscontsnts. and those
economic generalities which can be 40
sasily made to serve political ends.
The strong man armed with these
sources ca. at any time constitute him
self tribune OF the people. His spe-
cial opportunity Is at the time when
N aI m l.anN
eording To the accepted custom Is pend
ing
tunity at the close OF Mr. Wilson's
frst term OF office. should Mr. Wilson
be elected. VIII he I'm that event follow
Pontieai vsraoi,y the second issue.
In the second place l regard vote
Tor Mt. lot as vote In the interest
lions connected with certain cabinet APP
continents. the sum Of Mr.. RATS Of
tending was his action on the Payne
ground OF progressive insurgency. The
sincerity OF Mr.. Roosevelt In capitalize
ing insurgency based on this issue may
be judged by considering his own at
utude toward the tariff. both when
President and now as n candidate. In
surgency on this issue was utilized by
him as borrowed capital. The primary
campaign then inaugurated was run
LARGELY on borrowed capital What OH
ginal contribution To the Progressive
that Of the recall Of judicial decisions &:
Each Item Of the program has been
taken up In turn. calculated. and
utilized according to its exact political
value. Everywhere the politician. has
been In evidence rather than the re-
former. nowhere more conspicuously
tran In the adoption and utilization OF
Woman's suffrage.
In like manner ~ r. very hard to
Isck9n the violent inconslStencies OF
Mr. Roosevelt simply as Inconsistencies:
hard, for example. to reconcile on this
ground his Trades against bosses with
hts special Instructions to the boss OF
Pennsylvania 10 take an active part 10
the preliminaries to the Republican
convention. hard 10 reconcile his de-
money by the trusts with his silence
when questioned repea 'ediy by Mr. La
Toilette regarding the financial support
OF his campaign. The whole atrnps-
phere OF the primary campaign was
charged with eNaREeration and mlsrep-
reservations. Misrepresentation. which
could be met only by the specific cor
rections Of the President in person. Tho
constant appeals ~ the plain people"
came perilousiy near being political
AS 70 the Chicago Republican convsn-
tion.
A. the time Tor the convention ap-
preached numerous claims iu respect To-
delegates were made which wore proved
20 BE- fraudulent In % great proportion
81 20 cast doubt upon every ciaim pre-
scented. believe Inst these fraudulent
charges urged with such vehefnence BY
Mr. Roosevelt. cost him HIS nomination.
Had the campaign been marked by
strict political veracitv the presumption
would have been in hlr favor. Ae claim
efter claim was admitted 60 200 fraudu-
lent The presumption changed 20 his
great moral dlaaslNautlCe Certainly
the subsequent charges about stealing
tho domination made little public iu-
preston. though there was n manifest
sympathy with ST. E0oaeveffs disau-
polntneuf in view ~ hfs large urtrrnf 4,
vote IN The great Republican states a.
ne actual facts have come ont ] think
that Tho public la more and more rre-
pared 10 acquleace in the formal state
ment ~ Mr. Root 90 ST. Tart. Your
Ute 20 The nomination b. a. clear ana
primpeachahie aa the TILE ~ any cam
oidate since political conventions fe.
san That ought % BE- good authorize
70 Mr. Roosevelt himself rt was Nfr
Root who gave him "a clear title 20 ne
Panama Canal
II r. not pleasant ~ reopen This chan.
Ter ~ our recent political history tu-
~ ought % renrrrrd. arI 20 ought %
stand open throughout the carnaaivn
which ie rendiur Do fa on crhfhff ~
methods which ought 90 Do refirr.f fr
TIE interest ~ political verarifv rhs
present. is m time FOR gross frrorelet.
tncieq IN The advocacy ~ poffff~rf re-.
forms. no time Tor rNarrerafi0-a a. D
misrepresentati0nf no time FOR poiift.