The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-05-31
THE TAFT AND ROOSEVELT CAM
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editorial has the following TO Say Oh
the campaign which j. now being
made by President Taft and Elk
President Roosevelt:
eve have been for over one hun
dred years, electing President who
is the head Of the Executive Depart
ment of our government. From Gen
eral Washington down to The present
time, we have very frequently re
elected the President to serve for a
second term. The last man who was
reelected for a second term was Mr.
Roosevelt.
Nobody ever heard of any Of them
being engaged in contest OF other
wise to secure denomination. There
never was any occasion for them to
do so, for the people Of their OWE free
will rendered 1T to them a. deserved
tribute to their merit and efficiency.
Mr.. Cleveland was renominated in
eighteen hundred and ninety-tWo
without ever asking a man, Or writing
a letter looking towards renomina-
ton. But with MIR. Cleveland's re-
nomination, the whole course was
changed, and President Roosevelt Sc
cured his denomination by the use
of the Federal patronage, and 10 man
ever made such use OF the Federal
patronage, land no man ever made
patronage, a. did Mr.. Roosevelt. N
Now We are presenting to- the civil
lized world the disgraceful and dis
gushing spectacle Of the President and
the Ex-President, both OF whom have
been 50 highly honored by the Ameri-
can people, engaged in contest OF
villifcation and abuse Of each other,
that is only excusable in ward cleo
ton between ward politicians Of the
lowest order. It il not surprising
that alt or the world looks o. and
wonders and pities the spectacle that
we now present. All Of the high
ideals of the past a. to the people
rendering to man., who's - Presi-
dent, had served the people well, and
who is by the people rendered re-
election gladly by his fellow citizens.
TO see two men,. the ones president
and the other an Ex-President Of two
terms, traversing the whole country
and STOPPING % low al to call each
other liars and imputing to each 9th
er improper conduct and corrupt mo-
tives and actual corruption in a
wild, mad struggle to secure the nom
ination by the Republican National
Convention, which j. to be held in
Chicago the 25th OF next month.
Roosevelt said, it is true, that he
would not accept a denomination if it
was rendered to him, but at the same
time he had already made his plans
by which he intended to secure his
denomination.
One thing has resulted and il the
people profit by it, It will be an in
valuable lesson, and that is,that both
Taft and Roosevelt have proved be-
yond doubt that neither one of them
was ever fit or worthy to be the Pres
ident of this great nation, either in
character lor in capacity. BY the use
of money in their primary contest
they also proved that the voters of
this country can be bought, and more
than that can be bought cheap.
Roosevelt bought them in tho n eat
State Of New York, at five dollars a
head, and we suppose that they did
not sell much higher in the State of
Ohio
Il man higher than the dollar? It
does not look so in the Republican
party. The Republican party is re-
sponsible for all of this venality and
corruption.
They made the salary of the Presi-
dent seventy-fve thousand dollars.
Taft and Roosevelt are both after the
money and the power. That party
has corrupted every thing in politics
by the power of money, and they buy
the poor man by their stolen money.
We as a nation, are more corrupt
than either Greece or Rome at their
worst. How long can we last?"