New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-20
ROOSEVELT, BLAMING 1HE
PRESIDENT, CLAIMS OHIO
Believes State Will Join "lIne-
Up of the People Against the
Powers That Prey
SHARPLY CRITICISES TAFT
Takes Credit for Bureau OF
Mines and Says War Secre-
tary "Wabbles' in the
Brownsville Affair.

Cleveland May Fl am entirely satiS-
fed with the last week" said Colonel
Roosevelt in a statement to-day. Il be
ieve the people Of ONO are sound ana
will place Ohio beside Pennsylvania ana
Illinois in this lineup of the people against
the powers that prey"
Colonel Roosevelt's statement was issued
at Mentor, a suburb of Cleveland. where
he spent the day with James II. Garfield
ex-Secretary Of the Interior. In II he CRU
cised President Taft sharply. Saying that
the President had claimed credit for tie
mining bureau. Colonel Roosevelt asserted
that this bureau was established by Mr..
Garfield, with the assistance OF . comlnis-
sion Of engineers. The colonel added;
The commission rendered service Of ines
Unable value. and President Taft dsband-
ed il under the dictdtion of Messrs 'an-
non ana TdWDeN, as ne did the '""I'N!
Life Commission and various other cont
missions. Welding. as usual, 10 The bosses
and needless Of the damage he did t. me
people. / had repeatedly recommended
the bill and it would never have been
passed had we not actually established the
bureau
Colonel Roosevelt then took up the
Brownsville affair, saying:
Mr.. 1ait states tnat ne CaDlfu me w
| was In Panama. asking that the order
of dismissal be suspended. and thaI ca,
tled a response denying his REQUEST ana
directed that the order be imincnlateE
executed This is correct. as far rs II goes
hut what il conceals is far more interesting
than what II reveals.
The ex-Presdent asserted that Mr.. Taft
had urged the dismissal of the negro
troops involved. but that, after the de-
parturc of President Roosevelt for Panama,
there arose IA storm of protest against the
order by the professional politicians Mr..
Roosevelt continued:
Mr. Taft promptly hogan to .w4bbie and
to show urgent need that somebody should
supply the strength and firmness OF pur-
pose which he lacked. lie explained 10 me
on various occasions that his request was
due to his apprehension as TO the polu'dl
effect Of the order.
Colonel Roosevelt then quoted from Mr.
Tafts report. as Secretary Of War. on the
Brownsville affair. recommending dismiss
sal "of a band Of would-hc murdcrers.
This report he said. was published sixteen
days after Mr.. Taft had sent the cable
message. He said that II Mr.. Tart stated
what he believed in making his report he
was "endeavorlnG to run away from the
consequences OF his action
If he did not state the truth. Colonel
Roosevelt went on; N he yielded to me
and at my dctation accused of the crime
OF murder men whom he believed to be
innocent. then his conduct needs no com
ment"
Leaving tonight for Marietta. Colonel
Roosevelt will close his ohio campaign to-
morrow, the primary being held Tuesday.
Columbus. May ls-Al the Presidential
candidates now in Ohio rested to-day, after
their whirlwind week leading zip 10 the pri-
mary election Tuesday, and the campaign
managers began a final effort TO instruct
the voters how to mark their ballots
properly Both Republican ana Democratic
ballots are large and complicated.
On the Republican ballot there will he
three sets of candidates for delegates IN
each OF the twenty-one districts. These
are pledged respectively to President TAFT,
Colonel Roosevelt and Senator La Toilette.
The names Of the, Presidential candidates
VIII not appear on the ballots. The six
delegates-at-large will be named by the
state convention here In June.
In addition TO voting for delegates. the
Democratic voters viii have a special bal
lot, on WflCn Inc names OF 'IONfilipIr mar
mon and Wilson will appear. Tn" victori-
Gus candidate will name the six delegates
at-large.
Both ballots are complicated by carrying
full county tickets, names Of candidates FOR
county judicial and state conventions and
Congress candidates,
Although the interest aroused by ne
campaign OF the Presidential candidates Of
both parties has been intense. II is not te-
lieved that an extraordinary vote will he
polled as the voters are required To give
their political afiiliation before securing n
ballot, and this. II IL claimed, together
with the compcXity Of the ballot IN many
! counties, will tend to keep voters from the
! polls.
| Although leaders declared the campaign
virtually completed last night. President
Taft and Colonel Roosevelt will continue
! their specchmaknG tomorrow. President
Taft, after his Sunday i'm Cincinnati, Will
visit numerous points ending with a night
speech at Dayton. after which he will re-
turn TO Cincinnati. Colonel Roosevelt will
| begin at Marietta, and finish the day at
! DCnnison.