Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-04-25
PREslDENr's CAMPAIGN MAN.
AaERs REsENT CHARGES
AGAINST ROOSEVELT.
CHANCE SPECIAL INTERESTS
~. WITH BACKING CANDIDACY
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9clntiHa q Truth, issusd BY Rsao-
6os,ary Campaign eureau-Nain
51Mose That Resets Like Doemerano
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Imperative -statements" sent out from
the TAFT national headquarters, and
greedny swallowed BY the despa;ring
Tory organs, show that. with tho evi.
dent approval OF the president the
limit Is 20 be taken on in the cam.
..paign Of personal abuse Of Colonel
Roosevelt
So desperate have the managers of
the Taft collapsed campaign become
especially since the landslide In
Illinois, followed BY what a reaction
AIRY newspeper terms the earthquake"
In Pennsylvania, and facing similar
crushing defeats wherever the voters
Ito quote President Taft) ARE all
lowed" . voice. that deliberate plan
of Misrepresentation and falsehood
has been formulated In the vain hope
Of somehow checking the Roosevelt
Igroundswsll.
One Of the absurd charges to be
made against Roosevelt is that special
privilege prefers him to Taft. and this
charge IL TO be made by Lor1mer's
mar, Mckinley. acting rs the head OF
finger, Crane, Cannon and the others
who are really directing the Taft cam
lpaign.
j Unfortunately for the purposes OF
/ Mr.. Taft, the greatest aid given spe-
cial privilege and the greatest blow
struck at the public interest Is the re-
cent court dissolution" of the tobacco
<,,..< ,,hlnA nrooorxipc, ohanl,,t oI y fha
monopoly which the law forbids, has
SO enriched the monopolists that all
other special privilege beneficiaries
are clamorous to be subjected to the
same form Of prosecution by the Taft
administration. They fear that the
administration will not last long
enough to enable them to obtain tho
immunity from punishment for rob
berry Of tho American people in direct
violation Of the law as the tobacco
trust has received.
Taft managers contend that the re-
organization Of the tobacco trust is
entirely q matter for which the courts
are responsible. and that Mr.. Taft
cannot be blamed. This is untrue.
The decree which the court issued was
framed by the lawyers Of the trust
and the attorney general The court,
ni4tAg bon parties 70 thsss sun 81
agreement acted - requested
Nor II It possible to blame the at
torney general for this. because Presi-
dent Taft Il on record In a message to
congress as heartily approving the de-
cree, declaring 1t to be the most per.
feet enforcement of the ANTITRUST law,
and making plain his determination to
oppose any Interference with the set
tlement Of the case. Following this,
with, the consent and approval of Taft.
the attorney general. possessing under
the law the solo right to appeal to the
Supreme court from the decree which
he and Taft had agreed to, refused to
make such an appeal and. under in
structions from Taft, cut the public
of from the privilege of having the
farcical enforcement Of the law, watch
he, Taft, had urged In behalf OF the to-
bacco trust, reviewed by the Supreme
court.
It needs nothing more than this to
convince any sane man that Taft him
self, controlling the activities of the
attorney general. has been more useful
to special privilege, and to the tobac-
CO trust and the Standard Oil monopo.
" particularly. than all other forces
/ that have worked against the public.
In view Of these circumstances, an
attack upon Theodore Roosevelt,
planned by men whose service to spe-
cial privilege Is revealed In every &C.
ton. becomes more than deliberate
policy Of falsehood.
! From the Taft managers such pol
icy might be expected. From Taft
himself such policy demonstrates .
lack Of regard for the place he holds
land the duty he owes the American
people a. . whole so startling as to be
absolutely deplorable. The futiiity Of
It All will Increase its offensiveness to
the public.