Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-02-14
MACvEAGH SAYS
TEDDY GAN NOT
RUN AGAINST
Mr.. TAFT
Secretary Of Treasury De-
clares Roosevelt Put Him
self Out Of tie Running in
1904.
ASSERTS THAT TAFT
Is A PROGRESSIVE



Lansing, Mich, nNb. Franklin
Macveagh. secretary OF The treasury.
opening an edmini iretion prc-con-
vention campaign alsen here at The
annual dinner % tht Zach Chauiler
Republican club. can4c uJt fatty with
the expressed belief ths Theodore
| Roosevelt would Iol ol-aid with his
/ makeup. could n9t--run age nst
Taft for the Republican nomination
this year
Averrirg that colopm Roosevelt
had placed himself put of the presi-
Dental arena by his declaration OF
1904, tho socretary said:
1t may be disncult 10 eN1'ain
away the present appca4pnccs cr'at-
ed by Roosevolts silence ana the vol-
utilities of his insurscnj visitors tut
that. TO my mind, a not $50 difficult
as IL is To believe that Roosevelt
would accept a nfminat.sn this year
under any concCitaielo circumstances.
For Il must he admitted hat nothing
! short Of q national cri.is- such as
may come IN the future but Is not
within tha range Of sane imaginatlon
now--wouid ever be ace, pted as JUS
tificatlon Tor such change Of front
and this Roosevelt must know
The secretary OF the treasury un-
dertook 60 define "What is pro-
pressive2" giving TO President Taft
that title and calling the Republican
insurgents reactiOnaries. His conclu-
slons regarding Republican pro'.res-
sives were epitomlzed In these words;
There Is Gloss OF progrcssives
who give constant emphasis TO the
title of progressive but Who have not
the invariable sceqt Tor progress and
who are liable 10 trail off and 1urk
up the wrong tree~-ths oraetionary
trne--now supporting ,he old iog-roii-
ing system Of tariff LEGISLATION and
now attacking the supreme court oar
present insurgents are of this class
Mr. MacVeagh argued that PreH-
dent TAFT had assumed ana had Leon
faithful to tho policies Of his prCde-
cessor-'the platform % the pro-
grossivcs in the Republican purfS 49,
augmenting them boy another dlstin-
guishod list Of great policies of hiq
own"
Taft ard Roosevelt" Mr. Mac
Vcagh continued, have been two
eminent presidents. ana their adj
ministTations complement each other
ana are practically one. Roosevelt
came first. as he should have come
and Taft came next as he should nave
come. Roosevelt lazed the way and
Taft has made that way highway "
The motto Of ,hc Republican op-
ponents Go the president, the secro-
tary declared. was anything 10 beat
Taft"
when II was found Impossible, A"
continued Mr.. MacVeagh TO make
headway with LaFoliettv or Cum-
minis because they ioiled 90 touch the
national Imagination the insurgents
looked about again and then thought
OF Roosevelt This unauthorized,
happy-go- lucky Roosevelt movement
Is the latest way TO beat TAFT u isl
the new club, the new bludgeoh. Why
they should wish to beat TAFT az all
~ beyond human comprehension.
They don't want 90 nom nate LaFol-
lette or Cummine on Roosevelt. The
anything 60 bea, rafc movement
was begun as a vendetta and % has
more or less of that blood-in-the-oyo
character still
Unless / am grayely mistaken 'hey
will find a diffcrcui mar 20 deal with
in Roosevelt ] believe the anything
10 beat Taft people will never suc-
ceod In getting Roosevelt Go lead
them They are dealirg with one
who knows poltlrs and with a man
who has "a wealth of great things of
| tho past 10 look after. Ca cherish end
protect A third torm--evcn i'
third term were I6g'timuta by the 1u-
/ thorlty OF the unanimous demapl OF
the people, would Doe far less valuable
/ 10 him thr n the u1limmed record OF
the two terms ho has served.
Il was an uncomprom.slng Roosc-
/ Welt man when Roosevelt WAS prcHi-
dent, and / am his political friend
today. And Il g. uccausc have 80
long trusted his political and patri-
otic instincts that have not wavcrcd
i'm my belief that Roosevelt would
not-and with his makeup could
not--ConC, i've rets1n WHY he should
run against Taft
"The record OF raft car not be im-
peached before the people and
| Roosevelt is not, as I measure him,
/ the man 10 be ga lsht with tho thin
chaff Of a thin opposition movement.
There 81 no progressive crisis in lh'
/ Republican party and nr progressive
quality In the anything 10 beat Taft
ldoa. Moreover. Roosevelt has lid
down the course of his future poe
/ itlcnl career he stated himFct Que
of the presidential arerp when b"
made his declaration In 1904. Ans ho
viii NOT come hack 90 f.-and surely
| he ought not 90 come back into h.
20 contest for mere pOHuicnl honor
nor 10 help mtiltious revolt nor
/ for anything but some imonratiye
reason tina. Will nconfos IDLY iusiiiy
In 1.-THE calm Judgment ~ an klgh-
minded men the change of dcllher-
ate high conviction and me withdrE w-
ag of a deliberate prtfound promise.