Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-27

 Hess denunciation of President Taft was Col Roosevelts reply tonight to the presidents attack upon him yes terday. Some of Colonel ROoseveIts assertions were:
 That one part of the presidents at tack upon him was the "erookedest kind of a deal," and deliberate misrep- resentation."
 Taft DsIoyal to Ordinary Decency.
 That the president has not merely in thought, word and deed been disloy- al to our past friendship, but has been dislOyal to every canon of ordinary de- cency and fair dealing such as should obtain even in dealing with a mans bitterest opponents.
 That the presidents statement re- garding the influence of federal office holders in the campaign, was not only an untruth, but it is an absurd un- truth.
 Taft Guilty of Crooked Deal.
 That MT. Taft convicted himself of insincerity when he signed the Payne Aldrich tariff bill.
 That in speaking of Colonel Roose- velts position in regard to the trust problem President Taft is himself guilty of a crooked deal
 Colonel Roosevelt took up President Tafts attack on him point by point, fiaying the president in one scathing sentence after another.
 Torchlight Parade At Worcester.
 When Colonel Roosevelt reached Worcester at the beginning of his trip through Massachusetts, he found the streets near the station thrOnged. With a band and a torchlight process sion as escort, he was taken to Mechanics hall, where he delivered his main speech. Several thousand per sons were unable to gain admission. Later Colonel Roosevelt addressed an overflow meeting in Salem square. Both audiences received him enthusi- astically.
 Must Know It's Untrue,
 Coloneh Roosevelt in this speech said in part as follows.
 Tn this campaign l regard the is sues at stake as altogether too i'm portant to permit it to be twisted in- to one of personalities between Presi- dent Taft and myself. But President Tafts speeches yesterday contained statements that l must answer. Most of what he said needs no comment from me. When, for instance, he said that ] have endeaVOred to minimize the importance of my Columbus speech, he says what he must know to be untrue; he cannot have read my Carnegie hall speech, my speech be- fore the Massachusetts lower house. my monday speech at St Louis, my Philadelphia and Pittsburg and Louis vile speeches, without knowing that l have elaborated and emphasized what l said at Columbus
 q Have Never Quoted Private Letters"
 Again when Mr. Taft in any speech speaks of me directly or obliquely as neurotic, or a demagogue, or in sim liar terms, l shall say nothing except to point out that if he feels obliged to use such language he would better preserve his own self respect by not protesting that it gives him pain to do so. No man resorts to epithets like these if it really gives him pain to use them. l have never alluded to him in terms even remotely resembling these. l have never quoted his private letters or private communications. I have ! discussed exclusively his public ac- | tiOnS. Even where l was obliged to be severe, l was always parliamentary, and never hypOcritical. Nor do l in tend to deViate from this standard, al- though the present speech makes it necessary for me to speak more plain ly on certain subjects than l have yet l spoken"
 Trying To Dodge Consequences. Colonel Roosevelt referred to Presi- l dent Tafts explanation of his state | ment that "ours is a government of all 1 of the people by a representative part of the people"
 ''For him to try" said Colonel Roose- I welt, to escape the consequences of 1 his statements by saying that he al- ! luded only to women and children is l tritiing with the intelligence of the l people, To speak of such action on | his part as a square deal is itself the | croOkedest kind of deal He is try | ing to dodge the consequences of his i statement by deliberate misrepre- sentation of that statement"
 Grim Comedy in Taft's Weeping.
 Colonel Roosevelt defined the present loss as the man responsible for the alliance between crooked politics and ! crooked business which has been re- | spOnsible for nine-tenths of the cor l ruptiOn in American politics. l "lf there is any such man among 1 nay spectators" he continued, "I dt not know him. MT, Taft says that MT ! Finn of Pittsburg is a very bad boss l There is an element of grim comedy in Mir Taft's weeping over the thought | of Pennsylvania being put under the l rule of a boss. Mr. PenrOse being l busted out of control of the party or ganizatiOn."
 Colonel Roosevelt said MT. Finn had ! told him he was Supporting him be- cause he believed the former president was the. only leader in public lift l who was earnestly and in praotica fashion working for greater justice l in matters social and in matters in- dustriaL"
 Bosses On Presidents Side,
 The bosses. Colonel Roosevelt de eiared, were on the presidents side 1 MT. Taft says" Colonel Roosevelt continued, that in my various cam. | paigns l accepted the assistance O 1 these bosses. So 1 did when the, chose to go my way and to suppar l the cause of the people. The treubl, | with MT. Taft is that he gets theh assistance at the price of going thei way, and opposing the cause of tn, people.
 Most Astounding dypoeriey.
 'AIr. Taft said yesterday that nere in thought, word or deed had he beer disloyal in his friendship for me | is hard for me to answer such a state ment save by calling it the greates and most astounding hypocrisy. Vine Mir. Taft made that statement he ha, just sent to the United States senat, on half an hours notice, obuiously il coilusion with tue Lorimer democrats |