Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-04-27

past tflenushlp Dut mas ntcn uiSlONnl
10 every canon OF ordinary decency
and fair dealing such as should OBJ
tain even in dealing with mans
bitterest opponents. Such conduct
represents the very crookedcst kind
OF crooked deal
This Is not an exceptional in
stance of how he has behaved To me.
The same course was followed last
summer in connection with the Ten
nessee Coal 4 Iron co. The assaults
| upon me by Mr.. Tafts campaign
managers made in Washington under
Mr.. Tafts eyes, have been foul to the
verge OF indecency. But remember |
am not complaining # these things
/ care nothing for M Tafts personal
attitude toward mo; allude to 1t only
in passing and merely hecduse Mr.
TAFT lays such emphasis on the mat
ter"
The speaker turned to reciprocity
saying
Mr.. Taft says that | changed front
! on the reciprocity measure, This is
untrue. He publishes a icttor of
mine, In answer To a letter oi his
marked confidential. Incidentally one
of the unpardCnablc sins on the part
of any man calling himself a gentle
/, man is To publish confidential corre-
spondence without permission. AS to
this | care nothing. but | warn Mr.,
TAFT in discussing negotiations with
| foreign power ii is wen not To pub
lish such expressions as that In his
letter about making Canada only an
adjunct OF the United states
| 'In this letter | told him that
would support his reciprocity posi-
| ton ! did Loyalty support 1t in several
different speeches. AT first | took the
agreement on the faith OF Mr.. Tafts
representation. Later when | came to
look up the matter however, I be-
came convinced that the reciprocity
agreement as passed by MIR. Taft was
unwise, undesira BILE. because II im-
properly sacrificed the interests Of
our farmers and fishermen and be-
cause II carried indefensible action
on paper,
Nevertheless. because | had stated
that ! would support the treaty I
said not one word against il until II
was demanded Even then | declined
To speak on the subject until in sever
al states Mr. Tafts managers them
selves, with what | can only charac-
terize as unpardonablc bascness be-
gan To circulate the fact OF my sup
port of Mr.. Taft's proposal as n rea
son why | should not be nominated.
MI Taft says that the Influence Of
fn1ara1 nf h.l In,
convention this year will be- less ef-
fective for any one candidate than
ever before in the history of the
party. This Is not only an untruth
hut Il Is IN absurd untruthf Ntvef hl
thirty years of close observation have
seen such scandalous abuse of the
patronage as this year
Some of the abuse of patronage
has been done directly by Mr. Taft, |
himself. as In the case of the various |
North Carolina nominations, More /
over. does MI. Taft think the people !
have forgotten the letter his secretary |
sent out as to restoring to insurgent |
senators the patronage of which he !
had deprived them. Having an these
facts In view II is simply astounding i
that Mr.. Taft should venture the as
sertion that he has not used the fed
eral patronage to defraud politics.
MIR. Taft states that | advised him
to have q meeting with Cannon | /
advised him to meet every one. To
consult with every one. To try To get n
on with every one. Fut no less em-
phatically ! advised him To follow my 1
to consult freely with all
the politicians and to try to get on
with them. but where the politicians
split oft from the people. then to
stand with the people and not with
he politicians, ana II is precisely ,
his that he failed 10 do.
1T is "A most curious thing that
MIR. Taft should actually criticize me ,
'or not having assailed him about II
he Poyne tariff law. As "A matter of /
'act I have eagerly ondeavored to ;
praise Mr.. TAFT wherever possibly I
,ould and I have merely kept silent t
hat shall break silence on the tariff I
aw. | will say that | hold him culpa- g
'ly responsible for having led the y
eople TO believe that ne favored a y
mbstantias downward revision and 4,
nat ne Nbuiu Nbik hfilAtN lbI II ! 4
nd for them and then having sat II
upinely by Ind allowed his new h
riends. under the leadership of Il
Iessrs Aldrich ana Cannon. to pro u
luce bin which made him convict l.
imself Of insincerity when he signed sl
Turning To- President Tafts state
lent In regard To- "a third term. col Il
mel Roosevelt declared that the dan =,
er lay only In more than two con g.,
terms which might afford n
pportunity for the executive to en- :,
rench himself In power. I'm
MIR. TAFT without my permission" III
e continued. has quoted entire let a.
srs from me written In answer To ~
tiers Of his which were marked
shall 80 far avail my i'm
20 of his example as To- quote four cl
mes of q letter from him to me : A,
hich was not marked confidential. " .,
as written shortly after he became ma
resident. II runs: In
d" 4 can never forget that the bt
pwer I now exercise was voluntarily Ina
from YOU 10 me and that Pi
am under obligation To you 10 see I'M
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