The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-09-26
HOW HE ANSWERS.

Roosevelt in his speaking tour are do
ing effective work, probably the most
effective being that done by Mossrs
John Maynard Harlan, son of the late
Justice Harlan of the L. s Supreme
Court. He, with x-Reprcscntativc ].
Adam Bcde Of Minnesota, is ON Roosc-
welt S trail, doing magnificent work in
exposing the Colonel and showing up
his false pretcnscs At the recent meet
| ing held by Messrs. Harlan and Bede
at Albuquerque, New Mexico, Mr.. Bede
| denounced the timorous ones who are
! afraid to get into this political fight,
and told his hearers that with the
| Roosevelt sentiment waning throughout
| the West the Taft forces were march
ing on to victory. Coming to the Roose-
Yclt comparisons Of himself with Lin-
coin Mr.. Bede indulged in the follow
| ing delicious bits Of irony:
| The close resemblance between Col.
Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln was not
! noticed TIL the colonel discovered It along
with the Ten Commandments. Then IL
was recalled that he scolded Gen. Miles
! In public, making a disgraceful scene at
the White House. which was so much
like the thoughtful and considerate Lin
coin
On his trip down the Mississippi river
with the waterway commission he had
pilot peremptorily dismissed from service
without a hearing and for no cause what
socver, Lincoln always dismissed pilots
| In that way,
| Because government employee passed
his carriage in an auto on the streets Of
Washington he amended the civil-service
rules so that department chief could
dismiss clerk without hearing and
4 saI Il iS licTn nicca al lar g,1ln bl
did not exist when the act was COM
mttcd. Lincoln did something like that
almost every day.
| The closest resemblance, however. was
shown when Mr. Roosevelt. while Presl-
dent. In an article published everywhere
over his own signature. charged corrup-
don upon Gen. Tyner, who was post
mastcrgeneral under Grant, but at this
time was a subordinate In the postoffice
department. At the Presidents behest he
was indicted In the District OF Columbia.
weeks, and l frequently saw him. feeble
and more than so years OF age. in an
| invalid chair wheeling himself into the
court room. But he was acquitted, and
as free man went to his home TO die.
From his deathbed he wrote last ap-
peal to the President TO withdraw what
| he had said and let him die without a
stain on his name or disgrace to his
| family. But Roosevelt let him die with
out an answer. and the letter is still un-
answered, That is just like Lincoln, OF
whom it might truthfully be said that ne
came 10 preach the gospel 10 the poor and
| to heal the broken hearted
Mr.. Harlan was equally effective.
When he took the platform he made
this scathing exposure Of Roosevelt s
claim that he is ready to answer all
questions aud TO explain his position
on everything that may be inquired
about. Mr. Harlan said:
Roosevelt says he desires to answer all
questions. but that is just another bit OF
| his posing. Time and again / have asked
| him, and others have asked him. whether
he could reconcile his multitude OF un-
meritorious and fraudulent contests for
vention with the square DEAL about
which he prates constantly. Instead
of answering the question. he lodges and
cries stop thief!'' and he expects by the
! mere noise OF his cry to divert our at
tention from his attempt 10 steal dele
gates seats. which he knew belonged &c
Mr.. Taft
The other day at La Grnnde. Or. wher
George w Perkins, the Harvester trust
and that 100000 Standard Oil contrlbu-
tion. Roosevelt yelled to him: Shut up
and when the man replied that he was an
old soldier and had fought for his coun-
try. Roosevelt shouted ~ know what
you are. You are one of those Socialists
| They are always buttiDg In and botherine
me with such questions" and then he
had the veteran put out by policemen.
| No wonder Roosevelt did not wish 10
! explain about Perkins. How could he hop,
| to satisfy the old soldier that he haC
! acted with conscientious and patriotic
| motives when he abandoned the Harvester
| trust prosecutions at the demand o.
Perkins who had previously given $50 0Ot
to his campaign fund and against the
judgment of Attorney General Bonaparte
although In compliance with the recon-
mendation Of the commissioner of corpo.
rations, who. in his report TO President
| Roosevelt. recommended abandonment o,
the suit and said it would be injurious
| TO the great interests (which have al
ways been so friendly to u.s. And how
could Roosevelt hope 10 persuade the od
soldier that he was ignorant OF the 800.
600 Standard Oil contribution, when his
own letters and kilograms TO Cortelyou
and his own conduct at the time as now
reluctantly disclosed by himself, showed
| that he knew all about It?
All of which shows that the Colonel
has certainly met his match in these
"trailers; who are likely to demol
ish every post that he has set up fol
his political fences.