The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-05-08
PRESIDENT TAFT IN OHIO.

President Taft, in his Ohio cam
psieu. corrccts mistake which he
made IN Massachusetts; that is, he
gets in early and in vigorous earnest.
Ohio votes in primaries May 18TH
Ohio is the President g home State.
He tells his fellow citizens, neighbors,
and friends that all he asks is Justice
their votes we have no doubt He has
fully established the unfairness and un.
truthfulness of Col. Roosevelt towards
himself. and he does not mince words in
driving home the charge Of Roosevelt s
fasity. and also the truth of the mat
ters in controversy; and he will not al
low Col. Roosevelt to perform in this
case the very adroit and common tao
ties in which Roosevelt IS such an
adept of obscuring the issue where the
to attract attention to something else.
1t has been very much the custom Of
Col. Roosevelt, whenever he was cor
nercd on one proposition, TO carry the
argument to some other proposition
where he hoped TO have more advan-
taecous position than he had in the one
which failed him. But President Taft
Will not permit any shifting or evasion;
he drives the facts home, and it will be
necessary for Col. Roosevelt to meet
the actual case as made. As the Pres
ldcpt saws, he is man of moderate
words; but he wakes indignant and has
TO restrain himself in replying to any
one who says that he is not in favor Of
popular government, Any one who says
that saws what is not true.
In one of his speeches, President Taft
deyotes his attention TO the matter of
political bosses. exposing the Roosevelt
Drerense that where man of influence
is for Roosevelt, he is merely political
leader and a good citizen, but where
another man OF political influence IS
for Taft, he is ca boss and occupies
reprcheusible position, AS matter
of fact. both must be treated on pre-
ciselv the same grounds, and there is no
evading the point which the President
makes in this respect. To say that
boss is relieved from all odium of
boss when he supports Roosevelt, but
must stand for all the odium Of boss
ship when he supports Taft, is the veri-
est child & play. begging Of the ques-
ton which is TOO puerie to discuss
Again, referring to the trust question,
President Taft showed his consistent
course and Roosevelt s Inconsistency.
He pointed anew TO the Perkins case,
when, under Roosevelt s administration,
a prosecution Of the Harvester trust
was threatened, and when Mr.. Perkins
wrote Roosevelt letter stating that
the Morgan interests would fight him If
he began the prosecution against the
Harvester trust. showing that under this
threat Roosevelt directed that the pros
ccntion he not brought The President
pointed out the inconsistency of chara
ing him with unfaithfulness to the law
III this respect. and exonerating Roose.
NcI. VINO poses as the special champion
OF ythe people against the interests or
trusts.
President Taft put the matter In a
nutshelI when he said: g ask you IL
the circumstances were reversed with
Roosevelt 5 pronencss To impute inn
proper motives where Roosevelt would
put me under these conditions. - That
is the point exactly. suppose that anv
trust suit had been threatened bv tho
Taft administration. and q representa-
ltlNe Of that trust had written TO prcsi