The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-18


Senate and to control Interstate
commerce by applying tho post
road clause OF tho Constitution,
making the ridiculous contention
that routes traversed by letter
carriers in delivering mail were
the Constitution.
77-Tho wire trn-. oficiuis. includ-
Ing u son-in-law of j. Plcrpont
Morgan. that he failed to indict,
were indicted after no left office
and pleaded guilty.
7S-Deciaring for the regulation OF
railroads. he Communicated spe-
clal trains for his own use at tho
expense OF tho railroads.
f9-He used q United States vessel as
private yacht to send his chill
dren to boat races
So--In 1903 he assembled and reviewed
tho Atlantic Squadron off Oyster
BAY. %hero ne lives. at a cost or
$4,000.
S1-He has publicly applied the cpl
tibet of liar to so many reputable
persons that It has become an In
ternational Joke.
s2-He desailed a $1,000 messenger
from tho United states Treasury
Department to serve as his bar
Der.
33-He kept the business word in q
state OF terror. turmoil and un-
certainty for nearly eight years
and his recollection would revive
that reign of terror.
54-He has outraged the dignity OF
tho presidential Office. vioiated the
amenities of official life and In
public utterances has degraded
the mother tongue OF this country
to the slang and vernacular or
the prize ring and the gambling
house.
s5-He is utterly lacking In the exc
cutive temperament and tho calm.
cool. exact judgment necessary in
a safe Chief Executive.
ss-He abused the power OF tho presi-
deney by forcing Taft upon an I'M
willing party as its candidate in
1eoS. declaring. m they don't take
Taft they'll get me-" notwithstand-
ing his pledge not to be a candi-
date.
SIN letter to Conrad Kohrs, OF
Ts1s Mont. ne eulogized Mr.;
or the best qualities OF q public
man to q degree which no other
man man, In our public life since the
now denouncing the same TAFT as
.. puzzle witted" and a "weakling."
SS-Not only did he betray the per
sonal and political friendship of
upon him tho responsibility as a
Cabinet officer for his (Roose-
Seitsl refusal 10 prosecute the
proved by the record showing that
Mr.. Taft was out of the country
at the time.
sc-His most intimate personal friends
and supporters. the pinchots and
James K. Garfield. hoodwinked sem
ator La Toilette by ostensibly sup
por,itns La Follette.s candidacy TO
taking advantage of the Senator'S
temporary Illness 10 desert him
and and Joining With Roosevelt in the
fruits OF La Follette's campaign.
90-During his administrations he sup
ported Cannon and Cannonism in
organization be kept In power
He is now leading the so-called
progressive" cause. which had It's
Inception In a revolt against Cam
nonism.
sl-The only two States In which he
has ever lived and in which he ia
I best known1New York and Norta
opposed to his,sthird term candi-
dacy
s2-His 1904 campaign was financed by
trusts and md sorporauons and sup
publican boss he is now denounc.
=. Ing, including Lorimer.
'S-The principal contributors 10 his
present campaign fund are George
w. PERKINS. organizer and d.
rector OF the harvester trust. who
n Nv, 1893. while an officer of the
many ew YORK .bert tc,1e insurance Com;
nearly $4,000 to his campaign
iund. ,reim'ourstng himself from
the policy holders money. a trans
action which Chief Judge Cullen.
OF the Court of Appeals. called
larceny; Frank A Munsey and Dan
Hanna, large stockholders in the
steel trust, the latter now under
~ Indictment for rebatlng.
9i-ie was discredlted and beaten by
his own party in his home State
at 9drd the last election after he had
Governor upon the convention,
wrote the platform and made him
az ser the issued Of the campaign.
9o-He has opposed Bryan and Debs
as president al candidates. and is
now running upon a platform the
chief planks of which were stolen
from the platforms of Bryan and
as-He tells the farmer, the laborer
and the salaried employe that he
s wishes them TO have larger
but he does not tell them how he
a. proposes 10 bring it about.
is that a crisis has been reached IN
TINS government. In his Life of
OiVer cromwell. page 80. he says
In great crises 1t may be neces-
s SAY to overrun constitutions. to
9s-In view OF his recent attacks upon
the Constitution the presidential
oath OF Office TO support and de-
fend the Constitution would be
meaningless IN his case, to use no
harsher term
"s-He has himself announced as late
as 1911 that my (his) nom nation
would be calamity"
l0o-The lawless and Revolutionary
methods he IS employing TO gain
another nomination show his vii
!!ngness to wreck his party TO
and. together with his record. ius-
tify the fear that he would he
as lawless MS President as ne
as candidate.