Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-07-02
TAKES
e SHOT AT 7. R.
United States Senator From Pennsylvania
Declares that Colonel Roosevelt Was
fOnIy Given a Dose OF His Own Medicine
In 1912.


Pittsburg. Pa. July United states
Senator Boise penrosc in this city gave
ont a statement replying TO Colonel
liooscyeIt's speech before the mass meet
ing of the Pennsylvania Progressive
league. The Scnator referred 10 the r.
buke Of "bossism'' and continued: 1T
Is difficult for me 10 determine just
when Mr.. Roosevelt reached the conclu
sion to which he refers. IL certainly was
not In 1911. when the returns from the
Pennsylvania in the presidential election
in that year were sent to him by me as
chairman of the State committee and to
which | received from him the following
letter: My Dear Senator Pcnrose: Upon
my word. of phenomenal returns. the
returns from Pennsylvania are most
phenomenal | congratulate and cordial
Il thank sou. Faithfully yours, Theodore
Roosevelt
In fact. during the whole period Of Nr.
Roosevelt presidency my relations
with him were cordial. | coopcrated with
him IN nearly al Of hiS policies aE1
'" -" f'fA' y Nv III
republican party were plotting 10 defeat
Mr.. Roosevelt for the nomination IN 1901
!. as chairman of the Republicans State
committee Of Pennsylvania. was most
active in having him indorscd for nom
~ination and election al our State ronycn-
tivn.
II am further informed that Mr. Reese
welt refers to the fact that | opposed him
for nomination al the republican nation
al convention in 1872. aud | take il that
this Il tine real reason for his change Of
attitude. | exercised nv prisileg, to use
my own judgment as 10 what course |
should follow in the presidential contest
| pursued the course + considered to be-
to the advantage Of the Republican par
n and 10 the people of Pennsylvania.
Mr. Roosevelt had assured me i'm The
most positive terms that his ambition
had been fully satisfied and that under
no circumstances would he ever be- "A can
didate again for the presidency. lie a.
Sured many members ~ the United
States senate and prominent republicans
from MI over the country 10 the same e.
feet.
In the republican national conven-
ito Mr.. Roosevelt at NO time had IA
majority of the convention. The Eulcs un-
der which the convention acted were pre-
cisely the rules which MIR. Roosevelt had
insisted on in the national convention of
1905. N will he recalled that Nh. Roo.e-
welt had bSolutely named Mr. Taft fof
the presidency. Whether Mr.. Roosevelt
considered this an act Of bossism or NOT
! do not know. But 10 me M the time il
seemed like the most offensive act "a
hoSs'Sm that could be- perpetrated in
American politics.
In l9uN the convention of whirh I am
speaking Mr.. Roosevelt through n cabil
net officer who was IN full charge and in
hourly communication with the White
House. Insisted ON defeating any rule
proposed a. alter the system Of Southern
representation. Delegates elected for
Fairbanks We're ruthlcsslv thfown out.
All other contests OF delegates opposed
Ia Mr. Taft were treated In about as cold
oiooicd = way a. ! ever witnessed. The
convention nominated Mr.. Taft.
When the convention of 1912 came
around the convention was called on To
organize under the rules which Mr..
Roosevelt had forced on the party
against my protest and that or my r.
publican associates four years previous.
\ large number Of purely fake contests
were gotten up at the last moment after
Mr. Roosevelt had reached his belatesl
determination to become "A candidate.
from the Southern states.
The motives ascribcd To me hv Mr..
Roosevelt 20 the effect that my course
was dictated by any desire 10 share i'm
the control Of the republican party. even
nj the risk Of party defeat are too small
for ne 10 niNe SnrinnS enn1iLnrntion