The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-14
BEVER|DGE sour
 FOR ROOSEVELT Says Roosevelt Owes No Gratitude to Presi-
 dent Taft

Indianapolis, Ind.,- March 13.-"Th' powers of pillage do not intend to le republican voters nominate Theodore Roosevelt. The forces are not partisan They arc for any man of any party al against Roosevelt"
 With this declaration former United States Senator Albert J. Beveridge de nounced antagonists of the candidacy O Colonel Roosevelt for the republican nomination for the presidency anc praised his public policies in an address at d meeting tonight in the interest oi Roosevelts candidacy.
 Mr. Beyeridge said in part:
 some unnecessary heat has been worked up in the present campaign because pub lie men have discussed remedies for ad' n.itted evils that have developed in our jul dieial system. So far from being dan ge1ous this discussion, like all free dis cussion, can only result in good; for out of 1t all in the end will come sound practical reforms of evils known to ex- ist Silence about wrong cannot save it. free speech about how to end that wrong Is the way of liberty and light. But it is not this wholesome discussion that Is the pressing and immediate issue so much as the nationwide need of. sound business laws which will give our whole people a renewed and steady prosperity. For three years we have seen business growing worse; is it not time that we should begin to make business grow bet ter?
 Opponents Now Advocates
 'Tho same men who fought MT. Taft TOUT years ago are the leaders of his cam paign today. These same men who then so vieiously and violently attacked MT. Taft attack Theodore Roosevelt with even greater venom and more interruptions methods now. Let us call the roll of the men who today are against Theodore Roosevelt in the various states: New Eng land, Crane and Gallanger-whom do they stand for? New York, Barnes, Parsons and Abe Gruber-whom do they stand for? New Jersey, Murphy and Kean- whom do they stand for? Pennsylvania, Penrose and his machine+whom do they stand for? Ohio, Cox and his machine whom do the ystand for? Illinois, Lorimer and his machine-whom do they stand for? Colorado, Guggenheim and his ma chine-whom do they stand for? Utah, Reed Shoot and the Mormon machine whom do they stand for? Washington, Ballinger and his machine-whom do they stand for? California, Heron and his Southern Pacific machine, Calhoun and his San Francisco gang-whom do they stand for? New Mexico, Bull Andrews and his machine-whom do they stand for? The solid south, the officeholders and their fed eral machine-whom do they stand for?
 Owe No Gratitude
 But it is said that we owe the nomina- ton to MT. Taft as matter of party gratitude. Yet he has held office every day for nearly 30 years at the hands of the republican party, and all but one of these offices came to him by appointment. I am glad he held these offices and make ID complaint of it. l mention it only be- cause it is said that our party owes the nomination to MT. Taft whereas Mir. Taft owes everything to the party. And during nearly all these 90 years, what battle did he, ever fight for our party until four years ago? Yet he read lifelong republicans like Jonathan Deliver, out of our party Still, we are told that we must support him, win or lose, because we owe him our support solely as a party matter.
 But we are told that we must not be for Roosevelt because he has been un- grateful to MT. Taft. I thought it was just the other way around. Roosevelt has done everything for Taft. What has Taft done for Roosevelt? Roosevelt ap- pointed him Secretary of War. Roosevelt supported him for the nomination and election as President: and only Roose- velt's vast influence with the people placed MT Taft in the presidential chair. In re- turn Colonel Roosevelt asked nothing of MT. Taft except that he carry out those great policies for the peoples well be- ing that had come to be known as the Roosevelt policies. Still, we are told that Colonel Roosevelt is ungrateful to MT Taft. -