The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-05-28
BIG MONEY AND FALSE PRETENsE

There has never been a campaign in
the United States conducted with the
lavish expenditure of money that the
Roosevelt campaign is now being CON
Quoted There has never been cam
paien in the United States conducted
on such absolutely false pretenses as
the Roosevelt campaign. Roosevelt is
for the trusts, for the bosses, and for
everything that he condemns in others.
And vet he is apparently making the
people believe that he is for the plain
Deople and against monopolies, trusts,
bosses and ''big interests. 1t is in
deed curious spectacle, one that may
well call forth the wonder of the po-
litical philosopher who tries To obtain
those events come 10 pass. There would
seem to be in the Roosevelt campaign
no basis for the results that he is get
ting. anG yet he is getting those re-
suits: why, is the mystery Of the time
He is fooling most of the people part
OF the time at least; whether he will be
able 10 fool most Of the people all of
the time or not is question for the
future to determine.
But what will be the outcome Of all
this nproar, lavish moneyspending,
and false pretensesf The National Re.
publican Convention will be held in
Chicago on Juno 18th An immense
number Of contests have been fostered
by Col. Roosevelt and his friends, dis
putting the seats of Taft delegates in
that convention. This fact, Joined to
the fact Of the furious denunciations
that Col. Roosevelt is heaping upon
President Taft. naturally calls up anew
the question which has been discussed
from time to time whether Col. Roose-
welt will support President Taft if
Taft is nominated at Chicago.
IL seems impossible that Roosevelt
should do this; for, first Of all, he is
laving the foundation craftily and yet
broadly for a rump convention of his
own which will give him the nomina-
tion against the regular convention
which will renominate President Taft.
1t would seem absolutely impossible
that Roosevelt should support Presi-
dent Taft. and the general speculation
is directed more as to how he will pro-
ceed with his bolt or rump conven-
ton than as to the probable bolt it
self. So much is this question consid"
cred and so important is it, that jour
nails not given to much political spec
ulation are discussing it. Thus we
find in the New York Commercial Of
May 18th the following comment upon
the situation and the present outlook,
which is we'll worthy Of public consid-
eraticn:
Theodore Roosevelt has succeeded in
splitting the Republican party TO such
an extent as TO make the outcome doubt
ful. and he will probably bolt the conven-
tion II he Is not nominated or allowed
10 name the nominee He he's dragged
State issues and personal quarrels into
the controversy with the result that prac-
tically nothing is being heard OF the
tariff Much the same Is true Of the
Democratic camp, though the personal
rivelries OF candidates for the nomination
have not assumed a degree of bitterness
which renders impossible the concentra.-
tion OF the party's strength on the nomi-
nee of the convention. The worst that
can be said for the Democrats is that
too many primary elections have resulted
In snap votes that will make proper con-
sideration or the wisest policy 10 pursue
a difficult matter when the national con-
yention assemblies at Baltimore.
II Roosevelt thruSts himself into the
fray es a third party candidate or II
by mlschance he should stampede the
Republican convention at Chicago the
tariff issue will be lost sight OF in the
desperate fight that will have to be mad e
la against the MeXicanization OF this ooun-
try by a. man who would hold the office
for life.