The Cairo bulletin., 1912-04-26
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RELOCATED them u an incid ntal plac,
and changed his campaign to one ot
criticism of Taft and the Taft al
ministration
| One by one. the president took W
eleven charges made against him b,
Col. Roosevelt and sought to refut.
them. In two instances he quoted
from correspondence between him.
self and Col Roosevelt, and said h.
was prepared 10 make ether letter:
public If Mr. Roosevelt should desire
''He (Col. Roosevelt) says that al
the bosses are in my favor and all Of
them against him That is not true
By his association with William
| Finn, of Pittsburg, there is being
restored powe" in that city AMI In
Pennsylvania one of the worst c.
municipal bosses that the history oil
that state knows Mr.. Roosevelt 5
chief supporter in Ohio today is Wal
ter Brown, the only boss in full com
mission in that state, and who Il
| looking forward to state control I'm
der Mr. Roosevelt's administration
He charges me with association with
Mr.. Barnes of New York, while he is
silent as to the support and advice he
IS receiving from Mr., William Ward
Of the same state Mr.. Roosevelt
Knows that in 1910 but for the SUP
Port he received from my friends as
against Mr.. Barnes and Mr.. Ward
he would not have been nominated
as temporary chairman OF the New
York convention"
The president said Mr.. Roosevelt
recently had dragged in the name
Senator Crane Of Massachusetts
an unfriendly way He warmly de
Tended Mr.. Crane and said that thre
times Mr., Roosevelt had invited Mr.
Crane into his cabinet and that fur
.thtrmore, Mr. Roosevelt had invite,
Senator Crane TO be manager of h
p residential campaign in 1904.
Mr., Taft charged that Mr.. Roose
Welt and his supporters, during thei!
recent campaign in Illinois, linke
his name with that of Senator Lori
Rer In such a way as TO give the i'm
,ression that vote for Taft was
ote for Lorimer
Il have not seen Lorimer TO
two years and have had no communi
cation with or from him. In Illinoi:
Mr. Lorimer was conducting a cam
paign of his own did not ask hi
support. He did tender 1t to me
Any influence he may have given II
my favor was not because he like
me, but because he felt more bite
toward Mr. Roosevelt Without fur
Their circumstances or knowledge.
would have been unfair and unjusf
for Mr.. Roosevelt to attempt to draw
down on me the popular indignation
against Senator Lorimer and thus
carry the state of Illinois aeains
me; but it was peculiarly unfair IL
Mr.. Roosevelt to do this when h
knew what he did know as to ny
actual attitude toward Senate
Lorimer."
Mr.. Taft then read a letter h.
wrote to Colonel Roosevelt on Janu
airy, 1911, in which he said he
wanted the movement to GUST Sena
tor Lorimer to succeed The Letter
marked Personal" follows:
The White House,
Washington, Jan. 6, 1911
My Dear Theodore:
1t comes to me, perhaps without
foundation. that you are going t.
write a strong article on the Lori |
mer case and publish it in The Out
look have been doing everythinF |
could legitmately to have the clos
est examination made into the Lori
mer case ! have read as much Of |
the evidence as could get at and am
convinced taat there was mess aud
mass OF corruption upon which hist
election was founded that ought to
be stamped with the disapproval OF
the senate. But | want the move
ment to Gust him to succeed. | have
urged different senators to read the
record carefully and after a talk
with Root and Burton and Knute
l'elson and Crawford and some 9th
ers believe we are going to line up
majority Of the regular republicans
on what ! consider decency and hon
esty in politics. 1t leaked out that
had been taking some interest in the
matter and fear that it has not
helped the situation generally be-
cause of that strong feeling of club
dom In the senate and In the resent
ment at outside interference which
nobody who Is not intimately ac-
quainted with the situation can
know the weight of it. was talk