Evening journal., 1912-04-26

toward me and the merciless truth
concerning his motives and his sin
cerity of statement and purpose.
But | am presented with this diff
Guilty. | represent a cause. / stand
for wise progress in governmental af-
fairs and in the improvement Of con-
dition Of all the people that -he Re-
publican party stands for. I am he
titular leader OF that movement, end
the substantial and sane legislation OF
my administration vindicates its ex-
istence and continuance. The sup
porters of this cause look 10 me TO
see to Il that il is not seriously in
jured by the unjust, unfouuded
charges against me and by the adroit
appeals to discomfort and class hatred
that Mr. Roosevelt is now making to
the public.
Says y. r. Has ClOuded Issues.
"They feel that by such charges and
appeals Mr.. Roosevelt has clouded the
real and critical issues of the cam
paign and has misled a great many
good and patriotic people of the coun-
try TO his support because no one has
answered them as they ought to be
> answered. They think / am the only
, one whose position is such as to make
an answer effective; that as the Presi-
b dent whose administration is attack
ed, as the titular head of the Repub-
lican party whose integrity is threat
ened. and as the man whose charac-
ter is aspersed, / must meet Mr..
Roosevelts attacks, however unplea-
? SAINT may be a personal controversy
with one whom in the past have
/ greatly admired and loved, and whose
= present change of attitude is the
source of the saddest disappointment.
| Not Square Deal. He Says.
e "Mr. Roosevelt prides himself on
5 being a true sportsman, and he likes
! to take from the rules and language
of sport, maxims to be applied to life
> in general. The maxim which he has
S exalted above all other, to which he
Q has given currency the country over,
s and which he himself in his conduct
4 of life wishes TO have it thought he
exemplifies. is hat every man is enti-
tied to a square deal. propose to ex-
/ anime the charges he makes against
T me and to ask you whether in making
/ them he is giving me square deal.
= In detail Mr.. Taft dealt nrst WIN
J the statement by Colonel RooseNei'
. in his Carnegie Hall address IN whlcn
the Colonel said: MIR. Taft fairly de-
e fines the issue when he says that ouI
2 Government is and should be gov
! ernment of all the people by repre-
= sentative part of the people. That Is al
= excellent and moderate description o.
: az oligarchy. 1t defines our Govern
G ment as a government of all Of th'
D people by a few of the people.
{ Defends Senator Crane.
81 ] rofI RnnCnVpIf
Gently had dragged in the name o
S Senator Crane of Massachusetts in an
$ unfriendly way. He warmly defended
\ Mr.. Cane and said that three timei
Mr.. Roosevelt had invited Mr.. Crane
a into his Cabinet and that Furthermore
Mr.. Roosevelt had invited Senator
Crane to manage his Presldentlal
: campaign in 1904
Denies LOrimer Compact.
Mr.. Taft charged that Mr.. Roosevelt
y and his supporters, during their re
= cent campaign in Illinois, linked hiI
= name with that of Senator Lorimei
= in such a way as TO give the impress
- sion that vote for Taft was a vot'
for Lorimer.
"I have not seen Mr.. Lorimer fo
j two years and have had no communi
/, cation with OF from him In Hi
. nois Mr.. Lorlmer was conducting
4 campaign of his own | did not asl
- his support. He did not tender
10 to me- Any influence he may hav
~ given in my favor was not becaus
=. he liked me, but because he felt NOR
=, bitter toward Mr.. Roosevelt. With
y out further circumstance or knowl
= edge It would have been unfair an
- - unjust for Mr.. Roosevelt to attemp
- TO draw down on me the popular IN
= dignation against Senator Lorime
and thus carry the State of Illinoi
- against me, but it was peculiarly un
~ fair in Mr.. Roosevelt to do this whe
y he knew what he did know as to m
20 actual attitude toward Senator Lori
mer."
90 Mr.. Taft then read a letter he wrot
~ to Colonel Roosevelt January 6, 1911
ys in which he said he wanted the move
= ment to Oust Senator Lorimer to sue
oy ceed.
eu 81 have never given Mr.. Rooscve
or or anyone else the slightest reaso
to suppose that had changed m
We attitude declared Mr.. Taft.
ed 1T. Rs Was For Reciprocity.
OF The President charged that NJ
a Roosevelt was now seeking to til
d. advantage of the supposed feelin
ne among the farmers of the counti
nd against reciprocity with Canada. +
nd said he would not object to this bl
n for the fact that he consulted Colon
en- Roosevelt 10 days before he made q
agreement with Canada and that Il
latter approved the agreement in Il
at most enthusiastic terms.
he President Taft next referred 70 NJ
l Roosevelt's charges that the Preside
I'm had been receiving stolen goods" NJ
lit, had prOfited "by the use Of dirty i
IN struments" to secure delegates"
,se mo instance said the PresideT
,x- has been brought to my attention
ne, which specifications of fraud ha
my been sustained by any evidence wha
/ ever The charges made by Senat
IN Dixon as to Kentucky in an hysteric
The and insulting open letter to me we
aid shown to be wholly without -ou
in dation in the Kentucky convention
. the statement of Senator Deboe.'
Mr.. Taft said that if there h
been fraud in the New York prim
ries the courts we're open to =
Roosevelt supporters for redress Th
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