The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-10-31
GOVERNOR B0IEs
IN SUPPORT Of
PRESIDENT TAT 7

The political sensation in Iowa last
week was the letter OF Ex-Governor
Horace Boies in which he came to the
defense of President Taft and rhs
prosperity We are enjoying under ths
republican administration Here are
the concluding paragraphs OF this re
markable letter. They are worth pom
dering over by every republican who
is thinking of deserving at this time
the old party that has done SO much
for the county.
Says Mr.. Boies;
To Destroy Lincoin's Party.
To every man in these United States
who is disposed to assist Mr.. Roose
Welt in his effort to destroy the party
of Lincoln and fill its place with
party OF his own ! should like to ad
dress these questions one and all. II
an answer different from that which
Is forced to my own lips can be CIV
en- to anyone of them / should be glad
TO hear it,
If this cannot be done the people Of
this nation have before them today in
the person of Theodore Roosevelt the
man of whom Lincoln warned them
10 De aware and told them when he ap
peared il would require them 10 be
united with each other, attached to
the government and the laws and
generally intelligent to Illustrate his
designs.
Again it is necessarily true that
n vote which will count for Roose-
Welt must also count for Governor
Johnson for second place of honor
within the gift of the American
people, and he is the man whose
cheeks were crinsoned with
shame when he was compelled TO
announce to a waiting world that
President Taft is the most huml-
Iiating character in American his
tory.
1T WOULD BURN MY FINGERS TO
CAST A BALLOT FOR ANY MAN
WHO COULD THUS CHARACTER
IZE A PRESIDENT oFTHE UNITED
STATES
Il is not as the most humiiiatins
character in American history that
President Taft will be rsmem-
bered. Instead Of this. history
will assign to him the place Of
a martyr betrayed by them to bear
the humiliation OF the most abused
man In all American public life.
WHAT is 1T. LET ME- ASK, IN
PRESENT CONDITIONS THAT
SHOULD MAKE ANYONE WISH TO
CHANGE A PRECEDENT THAT
CUSTOM FOR MSRE THAN 4 CEN
TURY HAS MADE THE uNWRIT.
TEN Law OF THIS NATION?
H.. Our Peaceful State.
We are at peace with all the world.
q condition that would not have az
listed one single week il the last year
with Theodore Roosevelt AT the head
If the army and the navy Of this ma
zion. ....
HIS impstuous nature would have
hurled one across the Mexican border
and the other into Mexican waters
without thought Of the consequences.
10 Thankful for Tat.
When think Of the millions upon
millions that Intervention would nave
piled upon upon our public and the
unmarked graves OF our soldiers that
would have autted a foreign land, !
can never cease to be grateful that In
this crisis OF the country We have at
the head OF its affairs a cool, conserya-
tive and thoughtful man.
Again, let me ask what is there In
the business affairs OF this nation that
should make anyone wish TO change
the whole practice OF our government
from its Inception to the present day
by according TO one ambitious man a
distinction denied TO every "thcr OF
her citizens. however illustrious or
however deserving.
WAS THERE EVER A TIME IN
THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY
WHEN ITS BUSINESS AFFAIRS
WERE ON A SOUNDER BASIS OR
THE GREAT MASSES OF OR PEG.
PIE MORE PROSPEROUS OR CON
TENTED!
others mr. look to the situation
from their own standpoint of view.
As far as ] am concerned the over
shadowing issue in this campaign lie
Theodore Roosevelt To me his sue
cess would mean an imminent dan
ger 10 our form OF government, Tor
IL the day ever comes when one man
can fill the place OF president in this
republic sixteen years out Of twenty
it will require but one more step anc
that short one, to make his oCcu
pancy a life tenure, and thst day will
mark the downfall OF the greatest Of
all democraties IN every country OF
the globe and in all the ages OF the
world.
HORACE BOIES.