New-York tribune., 1912-04-30

rassss than Theodore Roosevelt
~ was a man Of straw; but have been
i, man Of straw long enough; every man
who has blood in his body and VINO mas
b..n roisrepresented as have been IS
forced TO flaht. I appeal TO my friends
IN Massachusetts, who, think believe IN
square deal
In the first half dozen speeches he
made to-day the President did not men
zion Theodore Roosevelt by name. al
though he followed closely over the path
his predecessor made through the state
Saturday and to-day Late in the after
noon. however. Mr.. Taft abandoned his
early appeals for support because or
tariff and labor legislation. and once
again attacked Mr.. Roosevelt by name,
Resents Roosevelt's Charges.
As he came nearer and nearer to the
coloneps footsteps. the President warmed
up To his subject. and he assailed the
colonel time after time. He was not so
bitter as in his Springfield and Boston
addresses last week. but he continued to
tell the crowds what he thought Of some
Of his opponents charges. Without going
irto detail. the President declared that
he was for government of for and by
the people He explained what he
thought o. the charge that he alone used
political bosses. and asked again and
again i, he had received a square deal
at The hands Of Mr. Roosevelt.
Tho crowds were large. and they
cheered enough 20 warm the hearts Of
tho Taft managers aboard his train. At
Lawrence Havcrhil Lowell and Mel
rose. towns he reached late to-day the
PRESIDENT spoke in the rain, leaving his
car and driving with uncovered head
through the streets.
PRACTICALLY every town the President
Visited s. manufacturing centre and in
nsuy place, TIC nils wcro closed. The
SCHOOLS had Jared partial holidays, and
over preparation had boon made TO
welcome the rations chief Interrupt
,icns were (requ,u,. especially when Mr.
TAFT asked r. he had received square
deal
'Nc. no" ycilcd some one in almost
r,very audience
lie made decided hit AZ Middleboro
when a man iust beneath him shouted.
"Hurrah ior Teddy, 80. I mean, hur-
rah for william II. Taft"
Il hope vou don't make that mistake
io-morroV." said the President. laughing
AZ Lawrence. n girl. Miss Annie Rush
forth, presented 10 tho President n
bunch of flowers from the girls who were
in Washington a the time tn" .. wrence
strikers appeared before the iiouse in
vestigatine committee.
Please give them To- Mrs Taft" said
The little maid, with shy bow.
II certainly will" said the President,
ss he turned them over to one OF his
party TO take back to his car.
Close TO CoIoneIs Trail.
II was at Lawrence that the President
came closest 10 the coloners trail lie
stopped into the bandstand on the Com
mon Just fow hours after Mr. Roose-
welt had lift -.
Tho President sounded a new note at
Haverhill, in replying 10 Mr.. Roosevelt's
charge thai he came out against Senator
Lorimer, Of Illinois only after he lost
in tho primaries i'm that state
"Mr Roosevelt says that did not go
hack on iorimer until LOrimer was not
successful in carrying Illinois for me-
Well, r,v letter 10 HIM about Lorimer
was .Fr t'en a year before ] knew that
The COLO ",s hat was in the ring at ALL"
tNoicC Take il out of the ring,")
Il sa} that Mr.. Roosevelt had no right
under any circumstances 10 misrepre-
sent me IN that regard"
O;slikes to Take the Stump.
For tho most part, Mr.. Tafts speeches
were much alike Here. in part. is q
typical one, delivered in Rrockton:
/ should not 10 here and ! am very sorry
n9N" 10 nc mere. deprccate the inter
lention of the President of the G;nitad
S'ates IN political controversy liz. tiis
thdt requires him to come upou The sts mn
IN order that he may defend himself s,.irsy
Misrepresentation. I could stand ,nisrenres
SentatioD lnyse)t-three years in fhe White
bSnS' mas somewhat thckencd my skin
dhd J could trust to tho future to vindicate
20 iaT as ! ouEht 10 hc vindcatod my
'h0lactor and my reputation. but the ruth
thd' mere lS som" other thing involved
IN this present crisis than nv reDIIta,inu
ny character o. its vindication
represent a cause, and that cause is the
wise W oSr'SS 6l all the people i'm The pur-
su' ot happiness under the restrictions Of
"ll present wonderful Constitution We
cannot 'boid &" Curs- the bridge that I'm <
carried ms over For 70 years the rcstric-
tons ot that wonderful INSTRUMENT. the in
stttutiors that n provides and tte pu.rau-
toes that 70 gives. OF life. liberty and nron-
frt ana the pursuit Of happiness has hoen
'h'h that W" ought NOT to dcpart in the
slightest degree from those rostrictious s,d
thst constitution unless il is brought home
10 Ms IN som" more convincing way than
mas Vet b""n shown that that Constitution
y not good
NoV. ~ would seem II a man who was il,
faNo' oi tho present. constitution WAS IN he
charged with d,Strust Of the paople-woU
.i"n 50" Why tho use ~ Abraham Lin
coin s. tam" And example hould no apuro-
priat'd ~ any one particular person md
Aht3htm Lincoln bought. With tho eXCeD-
t,Cu II slavery. that that was the erandast
tcnS'itu'iou and The greatest charter of
hhoriN that man ever saw. Nuw "" have
eliminated slavery
Does Not Oistrust the People
II Is said that I disiruet the people that
distrust popular government ANY man
who says 80 is TALKING through his hat
.tc'\ Ibr. VA my hcdy rs instinct with
love OF popular cOyrnmc . ! got il from
my father and my SrdnUi dtileI. II was nut
Into no i'm such way that il could not be-
taken out of INC with dynamite. TO be
represented - an a"iStOcrat to be repre-
Sentcd aS an OliSartu, hurts. Now. | don [
ahiect 70 taking maXims from sport and
applying them TO life in general One of the
first things | learned when | began to plaV
VINO was poor loser was not d good man
10 play with and that "A poor lOser was not
10 bc an apostle OF the square deal.
said in my Toledo speech. IN pointing
ort the necessity for constitutional govern
ment. that this vas I'm q general sense a
government OF the people. but that. speak