Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-20
7. R CALLS UP DALIINGER
UNTRUTHJLNEss is CHARGED
Declares Action of chief Executive
Taken by hank President Might
he Brought BEFORE Dis
tricf Attorney.

CLEVELAND, o.. May p,-For one
hour last night Colonel Roosevelt faced a
large crowd in the Central armory here
and struck blow after blow at President
Taft
He asserted that the president had made
untruthful statements about him. He
declared that the presidents action In
the Bslpnssr case was such that had be
TAKEN sseh course ss a president Of a
bank. .'he would have been In imminent
danger Of having the matter laid before
the distfjct attorney"
He attacked Mr.. tart for alludIng to
the fact that Dan n. Hanna Of Cleveland.
son OF the late senator Mark Hanna.
was supporting him. and that Hanna had
been indicted on the charge Of rebating.
One by one he took Up points on which
President Taft has assailed him. and
when he brought his speech to an end
he said.
lam against Mr. TAFT because Mr,
TAFT proved faIthless TO the cause OF the
American people"
Colonel Roosevelt spent the day In
travelling through central Ohio and in
making dozen speeches In Cleveland
tonight he spoke first in the Central
armory. and then went to the steel mill
district in the south end OF the city and
delivered his last address Of the day.
He will spend sunday with James r.
Garfield. ex-secretary of the Interior. al
his home in Mentor. o,
Hcsepts Attacks.
Mr.. Taft Is not content" said Colonel
Roosevelt in opening his address at the
Central armory. TO fight this issue on
broad grounds OF policy. Yesterday he
IN his own person and through his private
secretary. msde a number OF bitter. and
incidentally untruthful. personal attacks
upon me"
Colonel Roosevelt discussed the ohsrs'
OF rebating on which MFR. Hanna was In
dicted and its subsequent dismissal. III
seid the facts OF the case showed thai
there was not the slightest moral de
linquency on the part .of Hanna. becaus'
OF the action for which he was In
dicted."
Colonel Roosevelt then said that II Mr.
Taft would read the current number .o
a weekly magazine he would find nam'
after name OF men among his southern
delegates and supporters. who have beef
indicted and had even served terms O
imprisonment. lie said that one Taf
candidate for delegate from the Distric
OF Columbia. who is now contesting tn
seat OF the rightfully elected deiegat
with Mr.. Tsft's cordial approval. wa
not only indicted. but served jail sen
tence."
The newspapers. he cont nusd. have an
nounced that In New Jerseg next veek
Mr.. Taft is to be the guest OF Taf
candidate for delegate. who was indicte'
in connection with the wire pool inves
tigation last year.
Colonel Roosevelt also mentioned Pa,
rick Calhoun. who was indicted in Ssi
Francisco.
Colonel Roosevelt then took up tn
charge that he had refused TO proeecut
the international Harvester compsn,
making much the same statements
this connection as in previous speeche:
Colonel Roosevelt's reference 10 n
BsIlinger-Pinchot case was the first e,
tended discussion OF this case In tn
campaign. He asserted Mr.. Taft 'ssr
ported Mr.. Ballinser against every hor
est Official in the Interior depsrtmer
and especially Clifford Pinchot and Lou
. CLAWS.
+Glavis," he continued. put into n
hands Of the president a detailed repol