The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-08-06
MORE ROOSEVELT oUTcRIEs.


II is an insult TO the common sense
of the public to have Colonel Roosevelt
persist in his vehement outcries that he
was steam. rollered - out OF the uomi-
nation FOR President by the bosses act
ing through the Republican National
Committee and the Committee on Gre
dentials OF the Republican National
Convention and of the convention IL
self. And further, when he appears to
rest his prime claim upon the Indiana
eases. he makes himself an argumenta.
tive harlequin: for 1t was precisely
those Indiana cases which he spouts so
vehemeutly about now, as bo has
members of the National Committee
could not see any merit in the claims
of his delegates. The Indiana eases
were decided by unanimous vote OF
the committee. Senator Borsh said OK.
plicitly that the title Of the Taft dele
gates in the contest was clear. Colonel
Roosevelt, therefore, not only insults
the public intelligence by persisting IN
this sort of outcry, but he administers
blow of the big stick to those who
were his most faithful adherents, mere
" because they refused to prostitute
their consciepccs and intclligep at
his demand
Again. the Colonel raises a furious
uprosr about the appeal of the Kansas
electoral cases to the Supreme Court OF
the United States. He declares this
to be "a wicked scheme of Mr.. Taft s
managers to use the court This ap-
pears TO be a recognition in advance
on bis part that tho case is pretty Ger
tain to 60 against him; for no man as.
sails the court or says that it is for his
opponent, who has a case pending
therein, before the court has decided
his case, no matter what the man who
loses may say afterwards. But Colonel
Roosevelt has been so unfortunate as
TO be in opposition to the court most
of the time. and he naturally as
sumes that the court will be against
him, as courts usually are, in express
ing their judgments. 1t will be re
membered that when he was President
he took occasion to vilify and abuse
the courts without stint, merely be-
cause certain favorite measures of his
were found to be unconstitutional.
Colonel Roosevelt is most unfortunate
in this anticipatory deuunciation of tho
expected decision of the Supreme Court
of the United States against him in
the Kansas electoral cases.
Finally, we find pointed out in the
Springfield (Mass.) Republican a civic
activity where Colonel Roosevelt could
render excellent service, provided he is
able to render any good public service
at all The Republican says:
II Mr. Roosevelt would run for Mayor
OF New York and devote his great energy
and ability to making that city the best
governed municipality In the world, he
would perform a service lncalculahle in
Its benefits TO democracy, for the future
OF democracy In this country will be more
dependent upon the government OF our
cities than upon the government OF the
United States-paradoNical as that may
seem.
Clearly that is the best possible
thing that Colonel Roosevelt could do,
both In his own interest apd in the in
terest of the public. He might think |
1T great come down from his aspira
tion TO the Presidency, to run for Mayor !
Of Greater New York: but there is
offered in Greater New York a more
ample and sensational opportunity for
public service just now
than in any other public position with
in the boundaries of the United States |