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THE NORMAN DEMOCRAT-TOPIC. NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 1912.
NORMAN DEMOCRAT-TOPIC
Published Every Tuesday and Friday
By W, J. HESS.
ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR.
Entered at the postofiice at Nor-
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through the mails as second class mail
matter.
POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS.
These announcements are publsh
ed until the primary of August 6,
1912.
For Congress Fifth District—
SCOTT FERRIS, of Lawton.
J. W. MANSELL, of Hobart.
For Representative—
J. J. BROWN.
For Sheriff—
W. D. MAXEY.
J. A. McINTIRE.
I- P. BARKER.
E. H. MORROW.
JIM STOGNER.
L. B. HIGBEE.
For Treasurer—
R. E. (BUCK) CLEMENT.
S. W. HUTCHIN.
For County Clerk—
VV. P. SHELTON.
JOHN W. FURRAY.
J. M. BURCH.
BEN WHEEL1S
M. C. CARR.
JACK FA1RCH1LDS.
For County Weigher—
WALTER L. MARTIN.
JOHN F. TAYLOR.
A. A. BERRY.
For County Superintendent—
G. M. ROBERTS.
KATE C BARBOUR.
For County Surveyor—
T. L. DAVIS.
For County Assessor—
J. N. BROWN.
For Commissioner, Second District —
S. A. WARD.
W. D. MILAM.
GUS MEDEAR1S.
For Commissioner, Third District—
J. F. DENISON.
JOHN A. FOX.
S. G. DYER.
For Commissioner—First District—
W. R. JENNINGS.
TAFT FLAYS TEDDY.
Republican War on in Full Blast
When Rogues Fall Out the Coun
try Gets the Truth.
Boston, Mass., April 25.—Presi
dent Taft tonight cast aside his
policy of avoiding personalities in hi
campaign for renomination and do
voted his entire speech to an at-
tack on Col. Roosevelt and a de-
fense of himself and his admisis
tration against charges Col. Roosc
velt recently has made on the
stump.
Bristles with Coynter Charges.
Mr. Taft's speech bristled with
counter charges aginst his predeces-
sor in the White House. He de-
clared that Mr. Roosevelt lied wil-
fully misrepresented him, had falsely
distorted some of his public utter-
ances, had failed to live up to hi-
policy of a square deal and had vio-
lated a solemn promise to the Amen
can people not to he a candidate for
a third term.
"That promise and his treatment
of it." said Mr. Taft, "only throw -
an informing light on the value that
ought now to he attached to any pro
mise of this kind he may make for
the future."
Declaring that Mr. Roosevelt
"ought not to be selected as a candi
date for any party," Mr. Taft said
that the former President might
now be paving the way, if successful
in the present campaign, to remain
the Chief Executive of the Nation
for as many terms as his natural life
would permit.
"If he is necessary now to the
Government, why not later?" asked
the President, and continued:
"One who so lightly regards con-
stitutional principles, especially the
independence of the judiciary, one
who is so naturally Impatient of legal
restraints and of due legal procedure
and who has so misunderstood what
liberty regulated by law is, could not
saftly be intrusted with successive
Presidential terms. I say this sor-
rowfully, but I say it with the full
conviction of its truth."
Mr. Taft referred to some of Mr.
Roosevelt's charges against him as
the "loose and vague indictment of
one who does not know and who de-
pends only upon second-hand in-
formation for his statement."
The President said his speech to
night was one of the most painful
duties of his life, that it was in re-
sponse to an obligation he owed the
Republican party which selected him
as its candidate, and to the Ameri-
can people who elected him Presi-
dent.
Phase of National Life.
It grows," he said, "out of a
phase of National politics and Na-
tional life that 1 believe to be un-
precedented in our history. So un-
usual is the exigency that the ordin-
ary rules of propriety that limit a
President in his public addresses
must be laid aside and the cold,
naked truth must be stated in such
way that it shall serve as a warn-
ing to the people of the United
States."
Mr Taft said Col. Roosevelt's Col-
umbus speech, accepted as his plat-
form, "sent a thrill of alarm through
all the members of the community.''
Mr. Roosevelt, he said, then found
that if the nomination was to come
to him, he must minimize the im-
portance of this "charter of demo-
cracy." Without giving up the prin-
ciples announced in his C olumbus
address, the President said Mr.
Roosevelt relegated them to an in
cidental place and changed his cam
paign to one of criticism of Taft
and the Taft administration.
One by one the President took up
eleven charges made against him by
Col. Roosevelt and sought to refute
them. In two instances he quoted
from correspondence between him
self and Col. Roosevelt and said he
was prepared to make other letters
public if Mr. Roosevelt desired.
About Political Bosses.
"By excerpts from my speeches
Mr. Roosevelt has charged that I
am one who has publicly announced
that I am in favor of an aristocrac
of political bosses and that 1 am
linked with political bosses in seek
ing my renomination He charge
that the patronage of the Govern'
ment is being shamelessly used to se
cure my renomination and that in the
conventions and primaries which
have been held, fraud and volenc«
have been systematically used to de
feat the will of the people. He say
1 am a reactionary; that I was nom
inated by progressives and after elec-
tion joined the ranks of those who
opposed me for nomination; and he
intimates that 1 have not the spirit
of the progressive, or the imagina-
tion or the clear-headed purpose ' s-
sential to the make-up of such a
person. He says that I am a frien 1
of the interests and an upholder of
the special privileges, and flouts the
importance of the laws enacted arid
the executive action taken during
my administration.
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"If, in this contest, there were at
stake only my reputation of the satis-
faction of my own ambition. I
would continue my silence under
these unjust attacks. I would do so
because of the personal relations
that have existed between Mr.
Roosevelt and me, my debt of grati-
tude to him and my inclination, be-
cause of the office I hold, not to
indulge in personal controversy.
Represents a Caus-
But I am presented wi ll this dif
ficulty. I represent a cause. 1 am
the titular leader of that movement
and the substantial and sane legis
lation of my Administration vindi
cates its existence and continuance
The supporters ot this cause feel
that by such charges an J appeals,
Mr. Roosevelt has clouded the real
issues and has misled a great many
patriotic people to his suppott be-
cause no one lias answered them as
they ought to be answered As the
titular head of the Republican party,
whose integrity is threatened, 1 must
meet Mr. Roosevelt's attacks, how-
ever unpleasant may be a personal
controversy with one whom in the
past 1 have greatl/ admired and
loved and whose present change of
attitude is the source of the saddest
disappointment.
"Mr. Roosevelt prides himself on
being a true sportsman and he likes
to take maxims from the language
« f sport. The maxim which he has
etalted above all others is that
'Every man is entitled to a square
deal.' 1 propose to examine the
charges he makes against me and to
ask you whether in making them he
is giving me a square deal."
In detail, Mr. Taft dealt first
with the statement by Col. Roose-
velt in his Carnegie Hall address, in
which the Colonel said:
Government and the People.
"Mr Taft fairly defines the issue
when he says that our Government
is and should be a Government of
all the people. That is an excellent
and moderate description of an oli-
garchy. He defines our Govern-
ment as a Government of all the
people by a few of the people."
In reply Mr. Taft said in part:
"The excerpt which Mr. Roose-
velt uses is garbled. I did not say
this 'should be' a Government of all
the people by a representative part
of the people. I said, 'It is thus ap
parent that ours is a Government of
all the people, by n representativ
part of the people,' and it is. I had
pointed out that the Government
was by a popular vote, that the vot
ers did not include the women and
children; that in number the voters
were less than one-fourth of all the
people, and that their action was the
action of their majority. Does Mr.
Roosevelt deny this fact?
"Was it honest, was it fair of
Theodore Roosevelt to seize one
tence from a speech, to garble it and
then to give it a meaning which he
knew from the context it could not
bear?"
Mr. Taft took up what he termed
the "unfair" charge that he was in
favor of an oligarchy of bosses
j "He (Col. Roosevelt) says that all
; the bosses are in my favor and all
| of them against him. That is not
' true. By his association with Wil-
; liam Flinn of Pittsburg there is be-
j ing restored to power in that city
; and in Pennsylvania one of the worst
municipal bosses the history of that
' State knows. He charges me with
! association with Mr. Barnes of New
York, while he is silent as to the
support and advice he is receiving
I from William Ward of the same
State Mr. Roosevelt knows that in
| 1910 but for the support he received
from my friend- as against Mr
Barnes and Mr Ward he would not
have been nominated as temporary
chairman of the New \ ork conven-
tion.
Their Positions the Same.
"The truth With respect to me i*
the same as it is with respect to Mr.
Roosevelt When I am running for
the Presidency 1 gratefully accept
such support as comes to me. Mr
Roosevelt is doing so now 1 ain
making no bargain I am agreeing
to no conditions that would hamper
me in the administration of the Gov
eminent should I be re elected I
don't say that Mr Roosevelt ha>
done so or is doinic so But when
I consider the eagerness with which
Mr Roosevelt has acepted in his
various campaigns the assistance of
Mr. Aldrich, Mr. Cannon, Mr. Pen
rose, Mr. Quay, Mr. Piatt, Mr
Foraker and many other men influ
ential in politics I don't hesitate to
say that it involves the most auda-
cious effrontery on his part to at-
tack me because mm he character
izes as bosses are now supporting
me, and to charge me, on that ac-
count, with helping machine politics."
Mr. Taft charged that Mr. Roose-
velt and his supporters during thci*"
recent campaign in Illinois linked
his name with that of Senator Lori-
mer.
"1 have not seen Mr. Lorimer for
two years and have had no communi-
cation with or from him. Any in-
fluence he may have given in my
favor was not because he liked me
but because he felt more bitter tow-
ard Mr. Roosevelt. Without further
ircumstances of knowledge it would
have been unfair and unjust for Mr.
Roosevelt to attempt to draw down
me the popular indignation
against Senator Lorimer and thus to
carry the State of Illinois against
me; but it was peculiarly unfair in
Mr. Roosevelt to do this when he
know what he did know as to my
actual attitude toward Senator Lorii
mer."
Mr. Taft then read a letter he
wrote to Col. Roosevelt Jan. 0, 1911,
ill which he said he wanted the
movement to oust Senator Lorimer
to succeed. The letter, marked "per
sonal," follows:
"The White House, Washington
Jan. 6, 1911.—My Dear Theodore It
comes to me, perhaps without found
ation, that you are going to write ;
strong article on the Lorimer cast
and publish it in the Outlook.
have been doing everything 1 could
legitimately to have the closest ex
animation made into the Lorimei
case. 1 have read as much of the
evidence as 1 could get at and am
convinced that there was a mess and
mass of corruption upon which hi
election was founded, that ought t<
be stamped with the disapproval of
the Senate. But I want the mov
ment to oust him to succeed. I have
urged different Senators to read the
records carefully and after a talk
with Root, Burton and Knute Nel-
son and Crawford and some others
I believe we are going to line up ;
good many of the regular Republi
cans on the side of what I considei
decency and honesty in politic -
Interested in Matter.
"It has leaked out that I have
been taking some interest in the
matter and I fear that it lias not
helped the situation generally be
cause of that strong feeling of club-
dom in the Senate and that resent
ment against outside interference,
which nobody who is not intimately
acquainted with the situation <
understand the weight of. 1 n
talking with Borah this morning
have consulted a good deal with him
on the subject and he and I agr
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AU, DRUGGISTS
that it would be unwise either for
you or for me to come out now
against Lorimer and in favor of his
being ousted; that it would enable
those who are determined to keep
him in, especially among the Demo-
crats, Bailey and others, to use an
argument against outside interfer-
ence that would hold a number of
Democrats and would deprive us of
the strength we should get by a
quiet presentation of the full facts
on the floor of the Senate, from the
Senate itself. Root is going to
make a speech. So is Burton; and
1 believe that Lodge will do the
same thing. Now nothing would
have stronger weight than speeches
from them; whereas, if either you or
I came out with an attack it would
enable the friends of Lorimer to
shift the subject from the tainted
character of his seat to the inde-
pendence of the Senate in acting as
the judge of the qualifications of its
own members.
Makes Suggestion.
"I suggest therefore that if you
have an articule on this subject, you
hold it until after the issues are more
plainly made by speeches on the
floor of the body where the contest
is to be won. I want to win; so
do you. This is my excuse for writ-
ing to you. Sincerely yours,
WILLIAM H. TAFT."
"P. S.—Of course I may be misin-
formed as to your purpose in this
matter. Since dictating the above I
have had the telephone conversation
with you, but I let it go."
Mr. Taft added that by the tele-
phone conversation and by subsequ-
nt correspondence with Mr. Roose-
velt lie would not publish, unless Mr
Roosevelt desired, he learned that
no such article was contemplated
but Mr. Roosevelt said he would as-
sist in the matter in other ways.
1 have never given Mr. Roose
velt or any one else the slightest
reason to suppose that 1 had chang-
ed my attitude."
Mr. Taft charged that Mr. Roose-
velt was now seeking to take ad-
vantage of the supposed feeling
among the farmers of the country
against reciprocity with Canada. He
said he consulted Col. Roosevelt
ten days before he made the agree-
ment with Canada and that the lat
approved the agreement in the
most enthusiastic terms.
"Receiving Stolen Goods."
President Taft next referred to Mr
Roosevelt's charges that the Presi-
dent had been "receiving stolen
goods," and had profited "by the
use of dirty instruments," to get
delegates. "No instance," said the
President, "lias been brought to my
attention in which specifications of
frauds have been sustained by evi-
dence. Charges made by Senator
Dixon as to Kentucky in an histori-
cal and insulting open letter to me
were shown to be wholly without
foundation in the Kentucky conven-
tion."
Mr. Taft said if there had been
fraud in the New York primaries,
the courts were open to the Roose-
velt supporters for redress.
As to Mr. Roosevelt's charges of
the "shameless" use of Federal pat-
ronage by the President, Mr. Taft
said that 70 per cent of the Federal
officeholders now in the service were
appointees of Mr. Roosevelt and as
a natural result a large percentage
of them favored the former Presi-
dent for renomination. He said there
was every indication that in the Chi-
cago convention the Influence of Fed-
eral officeholders would be less ef-
fective for any one candidate than
ever before.
Mr Taft said Mr. Roosevelt was
not only enjoying the Support of
many Federal officeholders but the
patronage of a number of State
Governors, which was being used for
him, "with businesslike manipu-
lation that lacks nothing in effect-
iveness."
Dealing with Mr. Roosevelt's
charges that he had become a re-
actionary, the President said that it
was on Mr. Roosevelt's advice that
he had his first meeting with Speaker
Cannon.
Cannon and the Tariff.
"I had been afraid that Mr. Can-
non might oppose a revision of the
tariff, and I looked about immediate-
ly after my election to see where
it would be possible to secure voters
enough in the caucus to elect an-
other Speaker. I found that it was
impossible At the request of Presi-
dent Roosevelt, I had an interview
with Mr. Cannon, in which he agreed
he would help me redeem the pro-
mises of the Republican platform
* * * This arrangement with Mr
Cannon was with the knowledge and
emphatic approval of Mr. Roosevelt.
Speaking of the Payne tariff bill,
Mr Taft again defended his course
in signing it and declared that to
have vetoed it would have broken up
the Republican party.
"Has Mr. Roosevelt ever con
demned the Payne bill?" he asked
"Does he say he would not have
signed it if it had been presented to
him under conditions I had to meet?
He has never said that, as far as 1
know, and the New York platform of
1910, adopted by the convention of
which he was a part, indorsed th
pending bill and approved its pas-
sage
"Is it a square deal, therefore, to
charge me with not being a progres
sive, when all that I did was to deal
with the party as it was in Congress
and to get as much as I could of the
legislation promised out of that
party, torn as it was by factions?
We redeemed the promises of the
Republican platform to an extent
that no political platform had ever
been redeemed before.
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