The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-27
TAFT DISLOYAL
TO EVERY CANON
Of FAIR DEALING
CONTINUED from First pagco

tSontlnued from First PaBc0
Coal and Iron Company, The assaults
upon me by Mr.. Tafts campaign man
oger made In Washington under Mr..
Iafts very eyes have been foul to tho
verge OF indecency. But, remember,
am not complaining Of these things;
care nothing for Mr. Taft's personal
atituce toward me: aludc 10 IL
only In passing and merely because
NJ. Tat lays such emphasis upon the
II after"
The speaker then turned TO rccipro-
cisy. AID denied that he had changed
front on the reciprocity measure.
"rst first l took the agreement on
the faith of Mr.. Taft's representa-.
tien.' he said. Later when came
TO look UP tho matter however, be-
cane convinced that tho reciprocity
agreement as passed BY Mr.. Taft Was
unwisc and undesirable because &,
improperly sacrificed the interests of
our farmers and fishermen. ana he.
cause II carried indefcnsiblc action
on paper.
or Federal ofiicchoIdcrs in the Chicago
convention this year Will he less Of :
1ective for any one candidate than
ever before In the history OF tho
party. This Is not only an untruih.
but 1t is an absurd untruth. Never in
thirty years closc observation have
1 seen such scaadalous abuse OF the
patronage as Of this year.
His Statement Astounding
N ha ,IN,,
has been done directly by Mr.. Taft
himself. IS In the case Of the various
North Carolina nominations Moreover.
does MI Taft think that tho pcoplc
have forgotten the letter his secretary.
sent out az to restoring to the insur-
gent Senators the patronage OF which
he had deprived them? Having all
these facts in view. II is simply as
founding that Mr.. Taft should venture
the assertion that no has not used the
Federal patronage TO debauch poll
ties.
Dir Taft states that ! advised him
to have meeting with Mr.. Cannon. I
advised him to meet every one, to
consult with every one, to try TO get
on with every one. But no less en-
phatically / advised him TO follow my
example, TO consult freely with all the
politicians and to try TO get IN with
them, but where the politicians split
of from the people then to stand with
the people and not with the politicians
and - is precisely this that he failed
to do.
1T IS most curious thing that Mr..
Taft should actually criticize Mo for
not having ass3iled him about the
Payne tariff law. As a matter OF fact,
| have eagerly endeavorcd to praise
Mr.. TAFT whenever ! possibly could.
and when l could NOT have merely
kept silence.
"As no now desires tiat shall
break silence about the tariff law, ]
will say that hold him culpable for
having led the people to believe that
he favored Il substantially downward
revision. and that he would work ac-
lively for it, and then having sat SUI
pnely by and allowed his new friends,
under the leadership of hIcssrs AID
rich and Cannon, to produce bill
which made him convict himself OF IN
sincerity when he eigned 1t"
Turning TO President Tafts state
ments in regard TO third term. Col
oncl Roosevelt declared that the dan
ger only lay In more than two con
secutive terms which might afford op-
portunity for the executives TO in
trench himself in power.
Mr.. Taft, without my permission
he continued. has quoted entire let
ters from mo written in answer to let
ters OF his. which were marked con