The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-04
PROF. TAFT SAYS
 COP. SEOUL LDE'T
 NAME ROOSEVELT
Former President Warns Party to Nominate fReal
 Republican"

New Haven Jan. 4-When inform ed of the contents of an article ap- bearing in the New York Post and written for the Cincinnati TiTnes-Star, owned by his brother. c. F. Taft, ex- President William Howard Taft last night gave his authorization to the general views contained in the article which, in brief, warns the Republican party against the nomination of Col Theodore Roosevelt as its standard bearer next fall and the danger of any habby compromise. Prof. Taft said, through his secretary, MT. Mis- chIer.
 The language is not mine. but it 1 explains my general views"
 Beyond that he had no further com ment to make.
 The article. written by Gus J. Kar- ger. the T1mes-Star's Washington cor respondent. who was closely Identified with the cause Of MT. Taft in 1908 and 1912 acting as his press representa- tive. 9 position in which he continued during MT. Taft,s White House incun1- bency, is as follows:
 Hits at Trimmers
 That any other than real Re- ublican shall be the Republican nom inee or have a part in determining the choice of the Republican national convention is regarded as an absurd 6Q8S0SL1Ons a E1Q1Ctl1OuS% pIOp0SSlst ny Prof. William Howard Taft, former president of the United States And he is far from sympathetic with the attitude of certain leading Republi- I cans in the United States Senate. re- pub1icans who, although not identi-3l fed with the progressive defeetion, have been playing the game. of good Lord and good devil for the sake of remaining in the good gracess of both Of the factional elements.
 .sI saw former President Taft in Washington on the occasion of his recent visit to Washington in connec- tion with Red Cross affairs. Mir Taft has thrown himself vigorously and enthusiastically into the work and has been immensely interested in the diversity or Red Cross activities. He l had but little time while here to dis cuss politics, but what he said was direct, emph hatic. aggressive and to directed. not to the spirit of com l promise designed to bring back the ! erring brethren. but to the mere sug- gestion Of any plan to conciiiate the | so-caI1ed progressive leaders at the cost and surrender Of Repibzi an prin Fl ciple.
 Eliminates Hfnnse1f Also.
 MT Taft was not discussing the | situation with a view to pub licity. But | he has no objectiom I am sureI to | have 1t understood that he Eakes it as a matter of course that ColoneI Roosevelt and MT. Taft having been the opposing leaders in the quarrels, of 1912, the Republican party will not Y court another defeat by the noInina- ton of either.
 s1 take the liberty of putting what | follows in quotation marks, for the sake of simplicity. It may be accept
 
 without aonmittfng him to the lam
 silence nTisfnterpeted.
 < Regular Republicans have shown : no disposition to make thenselvesi | conspicuous in the political discus- sions of the day Assured of, the sur syfvaI of their party, of its rehabiltta- aggressiveness and lrilitancy. they have been careful to throw no diff cIaIfE into the path of the returning ! brethren. Their silence seems to have been rnisinter preted. Leaders of heo1d progressive movement have taken advantage of 1t for purposes of | aggrandizenent. And some of the leading men of Congress, although i not identified with the progressive del feption, anxious to remain in the good | graces of both factionaI elements, have been playing a game of good | Lord and good devil''--a game that l can't be played successfully at this [ 0R any other time. Itis this attitude 2 on their part which has encoUra ged ! the Democratic-P Progressive propa- gandas looking to the nomination of [ Colonel Roosevelt or to that of some i candidate of his choice and selection.
 Must Be Real Republican
 <. But the republican party will be | maintained as a republican partyi It will hot become a progressive party, | with. tn sfads and isrns contemplated | g4essiue will have standing in the i ref1zb Iican party, butsthat of the4reg-1 uiaF republican who did not stray cannot be impaired. The republican gresaiWe leaders for success in the next camp gn. The progressive svot- 1 CTS, who have come back attach mol conditions to their coming The lead-l CTS who are left without support are Jsing their genius for publicity to tle greatest advantage, in order that they may create the impression that they are really leading a large force which tl9ay 3VilI throw one way or the other as tic noTnination of the republican party shall happen to please or dis ] please them and the most radical make is to sacrifice it's principles either in it's platform or in the char aeter Of it's nominee for the purpose of securing their support. If the re- publican party will nominate reg l1IRr republican, it can win: and if it cannot win with a regular repnb- | Iican it ought not to win in any event The backbone of the repub- i Ifca1l party, is in the business men 1 .o9 the country, and they want true not struck as to business conserva- | tianl s11d a medium course prescrib- e1 4na t1aa matter of peace and war preparedness If the plan should be 1 tos eoncihate the progressive leaders, at WlaateVer cost, it will be at cost rrleratad by such course Even i gEOugh victory could be secured by a fIabby promise. it would avail noth- 1 IrIIg. for .tte8 party would divide again as it did before.