Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-27

As the President now insists that ]
should break silence about the tariff
law, | viii say that I hold him eulpa-
bly, responsible for having led the peo-
pie To believe that he favored a sub
stantial downward revision, and thai
he would work actively for il and for
then having sat supinely by and al
loved his new friends, under the lead
of Messrs. Aldrieh and Cannon. To
produce a bill which made him convict
himself of insincerity when he sign
ed it.
When Mr.. Taft speaks of the trusts
he is guilty of deliberate mis-state-
ment OF a great and vital fact. He
says l propose to abolish the anti
trust law. / never made any such pro-
poaal and this he well knows When
he thus deliberately mis-stated my
position he is himself guilty of a
crooked deal
Turning TO President Taft's state
ments in regard to a third term, Col.
Roosevelt declared that the danger
lay only In more than two consecutive
terms. which might afford opportunity
for the Executive to entrench himself
in power.
"Mr Taft without my permission he
continued "has quoted entire letters from
me written in answer to letters of his
which We're marked confidential ] shall
so far avail myself of his example as to
quote four lines of a letter from him
to me which was not marked 'cenfiden-
tial' 1t was written after he became
President. 1t runs:
81 can never forget that the power l
now exercise was voluntarily transferred
from xpu, to me. and that | am under
obligation to you to see to it that your
Judgment in selecting me as your sue
cessor and bringing about the success
sion shall be indicated according to the
standards which you and / in converse
ton have always formulated 1t is a
bad trade to bite the hand that feeds
YOU
mo other man in this country was as
much interested as | was in having Mr..
Taft succeed. No other man with my
principles and convictions has supported
him for so long time and has so Bit
terly regretted being unable to support
him for a longer time. ] eagerly sought
every opportunity 10 stand by him, and
long after felt deep in my heart that
he was unfit to lead this people | refused
to acknowledge the fact to myself and
struggled to convince myself that he was
fit. and clutched as every opportunity DO
back him up.
Until less than a year ago ! kept des-
perateIy hoping that either Mr. Taft
himself would at least show himself rea-
sonably fit for the task before him oil
that If he failed someone else would arise
to whom the people could turn. Reluct.
antly l made up my mind that Mr.. Taft
could not do the task and ] became con
WINGED that the people of the great West
felt that | would be unture to them il
refused to act as their standardbearer
Il do not thing that Mr.. Haft means
i'll; thinp he means Well. But he means
feebly, and during his administration he
has been under the influence of men
who are neither well-meaning nor efeble.
1t is this quality of feebleness in a nor
mally~ amiable man which prominently
fits such man for use in high office
by the powers of evil.
Boston. April 26-Col Roosevelt's train
arrived at the Bay Back station, tonight.
an hour behind schedule He plans to
leave the South station. tomorrow morn