The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-07-27
GRATITUDE" MEANS
MALIGNANT ATTACK
.. UPON ROOSEVELT
Taft's Tirade Not New to Men
Who Know Him.


Hs strove to Appear a. . stanoh
Proeressive-Wore q Mask For Two
Ysars-Has Now Openly Stamped
Himself az . Rsaetionary.
Washington, April. - Stung to the
quick by his belated recognition Of the
long patent fact that the voters Of the
Republican party had repudiated his
candidacy for denomination and are
overwhelmingly in favor Of the nomi'
nation Of Colonel Roosevelt as their
candidate for the presidency this year.
Mr.. Taft has at last thrown aside all
restraint and carried out the threat
which he has been muttering to his in
Inmates for some weeks to speak out
in public his real thoughts about the
man who made him president
In Mr.. Taft's trade against Mr..
Roosevelt at Springfield. Mass. there
Is nothing essentially new to those who
have been on anything more than re-
lations Of casual intimacy with the
president for some time. 1t is fact
kuO"u " uOt lew Vi thOSc SlOSVty
connected with the campaign Of 1908
that even at that time the Taft fam
lily was displaying that peculiarly ma
lignant temper toward Mr.. Roosevelt
which SO often takes the place Of graft
tude In the hearts Of those who have
benefited by great service rendered
by a friend. 1t is fact known to not
a few persons that at times during the
campaign Of 1908 the talk about Mr.
Roosevelt among members Of the Taft
family was such as to cause the great
est uneasiness to the managers Of Mr.
Taft's campaign for the presidency
lest 1t should become public and work
serious damage to the campaign. Those
familiar with the true feeling toward
Mr.. Roosevelt in the Taft family have
been surprised that Mr.. Taft has con
cealed for so long his real attitude to-
ward his benefactor.
From the time last fall when the
strong sentiment Of the country in IA.
for Of Colonel Roosevelt began to man.
ifest itself unmistakably. there has
been much talk from Taft sources
about Colonel Roosevelt's ingratitude
to Mr.. Taft 1t has been assumed by
Mr.. Taft's partisans that. because Colo
mel Roosevelt was instrumental In
bringing about Mr.. Taft's nomination
and election to the presidency. he was
therefore bound at all times. under all
circumstances and at all costs, to sup
port Mr.. Taft's administration and Mr.
Taft's denomination and election. That
assumption Is entirely unwarranted and
has no logical justification The fact Is
that Taft. the president. Is not and
never for one moment has been the
Taft Mr.. Roosevelt and his intimate as.
sociates knew as secretary Of war and
whom they supported as candidate
for the presidency.
While Mr.. Taft was seeking the pres
idency he constantly sought to appear
as stanch and true progressive. But
on that November night In 1908 when
the count Of the votes showed that he
had been elected to tffe presidency. he
ceased to make any effort actually to
be a progressive. For some time he
continued to wear a mask as a pro.
gressive, but In the last two years of
his presidency he has not kept up even
that feeble effort to deceive the people
OF the country. BY his constant asso-
citation with the Aldriches. the Can.
mons and the Lorimers. by bis ready
submission to their influence and ad.
vice. by his active support Of the meas
ures they devised and favored; by his
cooperation with them In matters of
patronage. and by his unblushing at |
tempt to coerce the real progressives
through the brazen use Of federal pat
ronage. he has stamped himself openly
rs the reactionary which he has al.
ways been at heart
A single illustration will suffice for
the demonstration Of this proposition.
In his speech at Cincinnati. In July,
1908. accepting the nomination for the
Mr.. Taft took occasion to
reiterate bis Endorsement Of Mr.. Roose-
Velt and to enumerate some Of the acts
which he regarded as the distinctly
beneficial achievements Of his prede-
lessor. In that speech he said:
He (Mr ROosevelD recommended
The passage Of a law. which the Re-
publican convention has since specif.
cally approved. restricting the future
ssue Of stocks and bonds by Interstate
to such as may be authorized
~ feredal authority. He demonstrate
d to the people by what he said. by
what he recommended to congress. and
y what he did. the sincerity of his
'forts to command respect for the
aw. and to save the country from the