Middletown transcript., 1912-07-27
TAFT'S CERTAIN DEFEAT

SuIGS It's CCl Idlh OAOAOOO3 A1A0
ton would be impossible for many
other seasons.
In the first place, his whole ad
ministration has from the very
first been squarely against the
people and in favor of the Pred
tory Interests, in consequence o.
which he has been so totally re
pudiated by nearly two dozer
Republican States that in botE
branches of Congress they have
returned Democratic or Progress
sive members until the House has
become largely Democratic and
the Senate anti-Taft, not tc
speak of some 90 standpat Sena
tors whose support of his admin
istration has cost them their
seats, And the November cleo
tions will surely bring fresh
loses.
Many grave scandals have
smirched his ad ministration. To
name but a few, the conspiracy
in which his beloved Ballinger
sought to hand over the rich
Alaskan coal fields to Morgan
and Guggenheim, for which piece
of rascality, when pitilessly ex-
posed by Pinchot, CLAWS and
others, that scamp (whOm Collier
has brevetted "Shyster'', daring
him sue for libeD was glad to
resign under fire.
And yet Mr.. Taft effusively
lauded his venal secretary, and
in the same silly letter, insulted
his critics, the peopln.
Again, Mr.. Taft was an active
party to the scandalous plot of
Wilson, McCabe, ct al 10 drive
the good DR.. Wiley, the peoples
Pure Food champion, out of office
and only desisted when alarmed
at the universal execration sent
up by the outraged people. From
the, beginning Mr.. Taft has been
a foe to the peoples sacred cause
of pure foods. drugs and drinks,
making serious breaches in The
laws that tried to throttle the
dope poisoners of the Nations S
food and drink. T. Mr.. Taft
personally belongs the dout tful
honor of a decision in favor OF
the Whisky Trust that gave doc
tored whisky a free rein.
So, too, he has allowed the
fraudulent saccharin to escape
the law that meant to put thai
fake drug "sugar" under the ban
that in Europe has been placed
upon it for over 10 years.
Again, Mr.. Taft outraged the
moral sentiments of millions of
Christian people in both parties
by sancLioning the indencency OF
his secretary Wilson's presiding
at a Brewers Convention.
The great Methodist Church
at its late General Conference in
Minneapolis, took the unprece'
dented action Of denouncing by
name both Wilson and the presi.
dent in scathing language for
this act! This single circumstance
would causeTaft's defeat next No
vember, though in every other
respect his candidacy were quite
above reproach!
Full in the face Of all this un
broken record of disaster fol
nearly four years, the corrupt
''machine," that for years has
been prostituting this Republican
Party to serve the n araudins
Trusts, deliberately chose to re
nominate the author of it all, no
with any expectation of eleotins
him, but for the purpose of keep
ing the party machinery unde.
their control in hopes later tt
make it serve the Trusts again
And the better to work thei
true designs, these assassins o
the party have driven every on
Of the dozen odd Progressive
out of the National Com mittee
thus perfecting their plans for
new and even greater outrag
upon the people four years henc
should there be left at tina
time any party to steal-whic
is very doubtful.
Does any honest Republica
owe these pirates who hav
seized the party ship, any dut
to countenance and aid thei
buccaneering purposes? W
think not. The rather, since tn
noble old craft has fallen int
such piratical hands, all true RI
publicans should join the Pro
gre ssives, in whom survives th
ancient spirit of true Republ
canism, to assist in scuttling it..