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A reader of The Commoner an
"independent republican," as he de
scribes himself, sends a clipping from
tho Cincinnati Post, and in a letter
to Mr. Bryan says: "When I read
this article I thought of yotfr predic
tion." Tho article is a Washington
dispatch under date of April 5, and
written by Mr. Gardner, the Post's
Washington correspondent. Tho art
icle follows:
Washington, April 5. Today Wil
liam II. Taft enters upon tho second
month of his presidency. Tho first
month, summed up, has been big with
promlso for some and iilled with bit
tor disappointment for others.
During the month Taft has done
much to lose the confidence of Roose
velt and the loyal Roosevelt follow
ing. Losing that ho will have lost what
i made him president.
It was upon the Roosevelt euaran-
too that tho people of the country
accepted Taft. It was Roosevelt's
judgment that Taft was the best man
to carry on tho Roosevelt policies
that made tho nomination of Taft
possiblo.
Since November 9 tho policy and
conduct of Taft have been one un
broken series of shocks to Roosevelt
and the Roosevelt legions the men
trained ,tlin the tactics .of - "my
policies."
Taft's appointments and his noli-
cies his cabinet and his official acts
and, incidentally, his affiliations,
political, personal and legislative,
have compelled the Roosevelt follow
ing and indorsement to be with
drawn. Tn making this statement I do not
aBsumo to speak for, Mr. Roosevelt.
I do not speak from any inside
knowledge as to Mr. Roosevelt's
viows. I speak for myself what I
bolievo or know to be facts.
'Had it been known a vpn.r ncn
what appointments Taft would make
anu wnat policies ho. would pursue,
he neyer would have received tho ro-
tmblican nomination and, never would,
have oeen elected nroRirifinr "
In substantially theso wnrrin ttm
New York Evening Post has stated,
editorially, a thought which has lain
unspoken in many mind3.
Such are the facts. Had Roose
velt known, or for one moment sus
pected, what would be the goneral
line Qf action followed by the pres
ent occupant of the White House, he
would have thrown his influence to
Hughes or to LaFollette seoner than
assist Taft to tho presidency.
Taft. has been a bitter disappoint
ment. And to none has the cup been
'""' uiLtur man to me man who
selected Taft to carry on the poli
cies which have become associated
with the name of Rnnnovoif
Tho Taft administration 'is "reactionary."
To prevent tho substitution of "re
actionary" for "progressive" policies
was the one chief aim of Roosevelt
The Taft administration .-is dom
inated by tho big business interests.
It was to keep tho national govern
ment true to the best interests of the
people as distinguished from the
privileged class that Roosovelt used
his influence in naminer bin aimPManr
From tho very beginning tho Taft
administration has given constant
comfort to tho enomies of Roosevelt
That comfort may bo seen in tangible
form each day. Harriman has won.
Rockefeller has won. Morgan has
won.
As an earnest to Morgan, Taft ap
pointed as attorney general, to ad
minister the laws, Morgan's personal
attorney, Georgo C. Wickersham.
As an earnest to Rockefeller, Taft
appointed Charles Nni tf,vr
in which is located thebureau of
corporations.
For the other members of his cab
inet Taft has selected men entirely
satisfactory to the influences which
controlled the appointments already
named. With these appointments
safe, the vested privilege was indif
ferent. t
The machinery of government
which handles prosecutions is the
thing that counted most.
Of this, Wall street influence is
once more in control.
E. H. Harriman indorses Taft. He
has stated publicly that he hopes for
eight years of the present adminis
tration. So does Nelson W. Aldrich.
So does Joseph G. Cannon.
So do Bellamy and Maria Storer
so do B. R. Tillman, Joseph Bailey,
Senator Penrose and many others.
It is interesting to note that the
lino of. approval and indorsement is
not a party line. No more than was
the line with respect to Roosevelt.
Tho former president numbered
his best friends among the democrats
as well as republicans. He had as
bitter foes among republicans as dem
ocrats. It was, and is, not the party line,
but the line which has of late cut
both the republican and democratic
parties in two. The Mhe which sep
arate's the believers of a government
for the people from those who be
lieve in a government for the dollar.
It is the same line that was drawn
in the house the other day when good
republicans refused to vote for Can
non and dyed-in-the-wool democrats
came to his aid. i
I am, very sure that former Presi
dent Roosevelt carried a sad heart
way from Washington. He had suf
fered from the deepest wound known
to man that inflicted by the seem
ing Ingratitude of a1 trusted friend.
Taft had been his friend, and he had
trusted, him.
But the former nreRiripmf woe.
game. He kept up a cheerful frrmr.
even to the last. He did not allow
the matter to become personal. All
appearances of friendliness. were con
tinued to the end.
The friends of Taft will seek in
vain, however, for any , spoken or
written word which puts the indorse
ment of Roosevelt on the actions of
tho present occupant of the White
House between November 9, "1908,
and April 5, 1909,
In a paragraph, this is the charge
against the Taft administration:
Since election day, in every way (ex
cept words), by every essential act,
Taft seems to have made a studied
effort to repudiate the things- for
which his predecessor stood.
Owing all to Roosevelt, Taft, safe
ly elected to the presidency, offered
nouung or recognition. Pledged to
Roosevelt's policies, he neither asked
nor took Roosevelt's advice. In fill
ing places and laying the foundations
for his administration, he counseled
with the people who had been Roose
velt s bitterest enemies. He with
drew himself, even geographically,
from tho man to whom- he owed his
office, and the White House knew no
more of the Taft councils at Hot
Springs and Atlanta, Ga., than it
would have known if Bryan had been
tho successful candidate.
A chasm which is wide and deep
has opened between Taft and former
President Roosevelt. And every day
will make the truth of this statement
more plain. President Taft and
former President Roosevelt have said
their political farewells. Taft has
chosen the "reactionary" road
Roosevelt will always be "progresl
There is not a well-informed news
paper correspondent in the capital
who does not know the things here
set down. Some know, more about
the inside of conditions' than do oth
ers. But the facts are in the air
on the street, at the club) bandied
in the gossip of the press gallery,
talked even on the White House office
steps. . ,,
"When will it break?'! one man
asks another.
"Oh, I don't know," the other an
swers. "I hate" to be the first. I
hrxve been holding off to give him
every chance to make good. It's not
a pleasant story. But this won't last
forever. It's bound to come nd
probably before very long'.
Now comes a storV of a "coalition
of the big magazines and weeklies,"
which are said to be getting ready to
"muck rake" the Taft administration
and to raise the devil generally for
the next four years: This story is
handed out by one of Cannon's
friends, and seems to be an effort
to discount, what ordinary political
shrewdness must indicate is inevit
able, and in the not distant future.
Yes, tne storm is bound to break.
The friends of Roosevelt have clung
tenaciously to the hope that 'they
might yet remain the- friends of Taft.
They have held their judgment in
abeyance. They have refrained from
criticism. They have thought up ex
planations and apologies on their own
account. They have even gone in
person and voiced their fears and
criticisms at the White House. But
to no purpose. Taft has made it
clear that his alliances are not with
Roosevelt's friends.
Taft and Roosevelt's enemies hold
the fort. i -J-;
The "progressive policies" of Mr.
Roosevelt are in the ditch.
The sad Joke is on-, the .-people the
people who lovediand.foRowed-.Roose-velt;
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