Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-01

IN PlttsDurgn last evening anu
the subsequent statement of
Senator Penrose commenting
thereon, ought to be subjects for the
serious consideration of every voter
who expects to exercise his franchise
al the elections next Fall.
In the first place, there may be
read between the lines of the Colonies
speech an unexpressed desire to get
back into the Republican ranks, or
rather, perhaps, to get n rapidly re-
forming Republican ranks back of
him. That he is planning to become
the joint candidate of the Republican
and Progressive parties in 1916 there
can be no further room for doubt.
Republicans and Progressives alike
will agree with Colonel Roosevelt's
condemnation of the Wilson admins
tration. The Colonel has only en-
phasized what they have long realized
with relation to the destructive poll
cies of the Democrats at Washington.
They we'll know that he is right when
he says that the present tariff law has
brought us as a nation no enefits and
that it has wrought us much harm.
They have already come to a full
realization of the fact that the Presi-
dents attitude toward business is hat
of the destructive theorist. and that
ruination and not regulation will fol-
low the enactment of the radical and
experimental antitrust program he
has outlined. Even Democrats admit
that the White House foreign policy
is a joke and that the United States,
under the direction of Wilson and
Bryan, has become the laughing stock
of the nations.
Regarding these things there can
be no disagreement. Republicans and
Progressives will accept this section
of the Colonel's address not only as
truth but as expressing their earnest
convictions. They realize that there
must be a change at Washington if
the country is to be saved from finan-
cial disaster and the distress that al
ways follows business disturbances.
1t would not be surprising, indeed, if a
great many members of both parties
looked upon Roosevelt as the man to
bring this change about.
But when me comes to that portion
of the address in which Colonel Roose-
welt roundly condemns Senator Pen
rose it is only fair to ask hat the
reader consider the words of the
Colonel in the light of Senator Pen
roses reply. The Colonel condemns
Peurose as a political boss" That
seems to be the only real objection of
the Progressive leader to the Republi-
can candidate for the United States
Senate.
In reply Senator Penrose points out
that he Is precisely the same man
he was a few years back, when Colonel
Roosevelt, in letters which he quotes,
expressed warmest friendship for him
and thanked him for his efforts politi-
cally in behalf of the Republican party
in Pennsylvania. He shows that
Roosevelt was in 1904 saved from a
possible defeat by the Senator him
self. when certain influences in the
party were directed against Roose-
velt's nomination. He points out tina
the rules which Senator Penrose and
others invoked for the denomination
of Taft in 1912 were exactly the same
rules hat Roosevelt insisted upon
when he was forcing the nomination
of Taft on the national convention
of 1908.
Finally, Senator Penrose shows how
Roosevelt absolutely dictated the first
nomination of Taft and compelled his
acceptance by the Republican party,
n he politely infers that at least it
does not come with very good grace
for the pot to call the kettle black"
1t is to be noted that while Colonel
Roosevelt spoke vigorously in opposi-
ton to the Democratic misrule in
national affairs, he failed to recon-
mend very strongly Clifford Pinchot as
the man to correct them. Indeed, the
thoughtful voter, whether he be friend
or foe of Colonel Roosevelt, must see
in the Pittsburgh address only addi-
tional argument for the election of the
Republican candidates in Pennsylva-
MIA next Fall. The Colonel has point
ed out that to continue the Democratic
party in power is suicidal and 1t is
generally conceded that there can be
no hope of electing the Progressive