Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-05-25
President Puts in Strenuous
Day Campaigning by Auto for
Votes in New Jerseys Pri-
maries Next Tuesday.
ROOSEVELT COMES
IN FOR CONDEMNATION
1t is Charged That Rough Rider
Candidate is a Menace to
Country Because Of Inordi-
nate Ambition.


Jersey City. N. j.. May 24.-"I have
enough delegates to renominate me
at the Chicago convention" was Pres
ident Tafts declaration today to a
score or more of republicans who met
him at the luncheon given in his
honor by State Senator Frelinghuysen,
of New Jersey. at Somerville.
The presidents second campaigning
day through New Jersey was one of
the hardest he has ever put in. For
more than five hours he motored over
dusty New Jersey roads, talked to
thousands of persons who commute In
and out of New York each day, and
kept up his attacks on Colonel Roose-
velt
The crowds that met the president
were large and fairly demonstrative.
His "commuter'' audiences were un-
usually enthusiastic and although ne
started out in the morning with but
little of the fighting spirit, he showed
in Ohio. he warmed up as the day
grew and before he had made his last
speech here tonight he was in his old
stride and was talking about Roose-
welt in every speech.
1T is very unwise and dangerous
thing to depart from that wise tra-
dition that limits president to two
terms" said the president in typical
speech Plainfieid hate today. 1T is
especially unwise with a man of Mr..
Roosevelt's type. with his capacity for
appealing to the people. his ability
to arouse the elements that are dis
turbing the community. preaching
doctrines of discomfort with his pow
erful personality. with his unsound
constitutional views and with his i'm
patience of legal restraint. 1t would
House again.
He has that power of eentering
upon himself the thought that he is
equal to anything. 1t developed Sat
urday night in Cleveland in the state
ment that he proposes to be nomina-
ted at Chicago and he did not propose
to have anybody take the nomination
away from him, and If they did and
If they prevented his nomination.
though he left the convention, those
remaining would be boilers. And
L
publican party organization
MY friends. | do not cite that by
way of rdicule. / only cite II to show
the character of the man and to what
he has developed in recent years
how little restraint he has upon his ex-
preston and upon his purpose--and
say to you in all sad conviction, that
were he allowed to hold third term
in violation of that wise tradition, in
toxlcated as he would be with the
sense of power. coming from the con-
ferring upon him of an office and an
honor that has been denied to all the
most illustrious presidents OF the
country, 1t would not be safe to have
him there and under these conditions,
those who love the republic must see
to 1t that no such risk adheres to It,"
Three speeches here and at Hobo
ken and West Hoboken wound up the
day of campaigning for tne president.
At each place he found a crowd that
packed the hall. Before friendly au-
diences the president put vim into
his addresses. especially In discussing
what he called the unfair treatment
ne ido itttlNtu dl AoioHti tsoocNFtiN
hands.
At the outset Mr.. Taft declared his
belief that his denomination is assur-
ed. saying he now has more than $40
delegates to the Chicago convention.
II have now elected to the Chi
ago convention more than $40 dele |
yates.' the president said. when only |
$40 are necessary and have conf |
lence in the justice-and ] ask for |
Dothing more--of the committee on
which is the national COM |
nittee. that they will give TO delegates
Who have proper credentials-andl |
nine have--the seats to which they
IRE entitled"
Replying to a charge he said that
hat Colonel Roosevelt has made that
he is the friend Of the "bosses'' and
special interests" Atr. Taft assert
"a that his opponents should specify
n what way he had shown his friend
hip for such interests. In raising the
'ry OF bosses" he asserted. Colonel
Roosevelt has presented shan, is-
ue.