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ji'JUWeMlifraHJjwina'w.iKa.; rsi. m:,MW.'JMt.- ttt j. I IV. ill- V. PI1 ? I. M ii n hi ft m- .: , 16 The Commoner. VOLUME 12, NUMBER 1, "THE OLD PIIIP IS LEAKING NOW" (Contlnuod from Pago 5.) Washington, May 10. Roosevelt's campaign In Ohio next week Is to tako In a number of prominent na tional speakers, according to state ments mado today at the head quarters horo. Senator Clapp is. to opoak In tho stato every day except Friday, Senator Polndextor, Gover nor Stubbs of Kansas and Represen tative Victor Murdock are to speak throughout tho week. Oscar Straus of Now York, socretary of commerce and labor under President Roose volt; William Dudley Foulko of In diana, Governor Hadloy of Missouri, Controller William A. Pondergast of Now York and Balnbrldgo Colby of Now York are among the speakers. Now York, May 10. The Roose velt commlttco today gave out tho following copy of a letter from Colonol Theodore Roosovelt to R. A. Caswell of Minneapolis: . "Now York, May 10, 1912. Hon. R. A. Caswell, Chairman' of tho Roosovelt Committee and Clerk of tho Supremo Court, Minneapolis, Minn.: I wish it had been possible for mo to go again to Minnesota. Unfortunately, it is physically im possible. "Nino states have now held presi dential primaries, or their equiva lent North Dakota, Wisconsin, Illi nois, Pennsylvania, Nebraska, Ore gon, Now Hampshire, Massachusetts and Maryland. Those states, the only ones In which thoro has boon a freo chanco for tho expression of tho popular will, are to bo repre sented by 25G delegates in tho Chi cago convention. Forty of these dologatos aro instructed for Presi dent Taft and 21G aro against him. Ho has carried but two of tho nine states Now Hampshire and Massa chusetts, whilo in Massachusetts the Roosovelt delogates-at-largo wore elected by over twice tho majority which Mr. Taft obtained on prefe rential voto. "In all tho nino states together, about three out of every four of tho republicans who voted at tho pri maries wero against Mr. Taft. If primaries could be held in all the states thoro would undoubtedly be no substantial variation from these figures, and Mr. Taft could by no pos sibility have two hundred votes in tho Chicago convention. Mr. Taft's chanco of renominatlon lies solely in securing at Chicago delegates who will misrepresent tho will of tho people. Ho can get theso delegates, not in tho primary states, but in the convention states, where delegates aro chosen under tho old system and evon in theso states ho can only get them where tho stato is ruled by a boss. "After a prolonged experience of mo as prosldont, practically all of tho big bosses In tho republican party disliked mo so heartily that they opposed Mr. Taft's nomination because I favored it. They wero afraid that Mr. Taft would give them tho samo kind of trouble that I had given thorn. California and tho Amalgamated Copper crowd in Montana, and in your own stato they include Mr. Smith and Mr. Tawney. "Tho fight is a nation-wide fight of tho plain people against the bosses. There is just .ono candidate whom it is possible to nominate against tho bosses and that is my self. Every vote for every other candidate from now on is in reality a vote for Mr. Taft. Tho fight is against tho bosses in Minnesota, as it is everywhere else. A vote for Mr. Taft is a vote for the bosses; it is a voto for Lorimer, for Penrose, for Guggenheim, for Gallinger and for all tho rest of them, and it is a voto for theso men, whether it is cast in Minnesota or in Massachu setts, or in Ohio, or New Jersey or California. "I became a candidate only when I became convinced that no other progressive candidate could, by any possibility, be nominated against Mr. Taft.. Tho contest has gone so far as to make it now evident that I cer tainly can be nominated against Mr. Taft and that either I shall be nomi nated or else a reactionary will bo nominated. "It is also evident that not only every progressive republican, but every man who believes in decency and honesty in politics, who Is against boss rule and for the genuine president, to encourage every church as far as possible where this does not Involvo invidious distinctions and does not depart from tho rule which separates our state from official rela tions to all churches. I havo unduly favored no church, but have treated them all with absolute impartiality. "In 1902 I visited Rome and con ferred with Popo Leo XIII in an at tempt to settle the friar land contro versy which had arisen in the Philip nines whilo I was governor general, and after a time I succeeded in doing so. When last March my aide, Major Butt, set out on a trip solely for his health, and proposed to visit Rome, he asked mo for a letter of introduc tion to tho present popo that ho might havo tho privilege of an aud ience and I gave him such a letter. "The letter contained nothing but a statement of who Major Butt was and an expression of tho hope that he might have the honor of being re ceived. The only note or letter from the pope or any representative of his in answer to this letter of introduc tion which I have received is a cable gram of condolence for all concerned sent of Merry del Val by direction of the pope at the 'time of the Titanic disaster and making an inquiry as. to tho fato of Major Butt, to which I replied expressing my thanks and giving the facts. "Tho letter t introducing Major Butt contained 'no reference to the recent appointment of American car dinals and no comment on, or ref rule of tho people, and is for the elimination of special privilege and for efficient endeavor to securo social and industrial justice, can achieve erence to the Catholic church or any his purpose only by supporting my candidac3f. "JMy personal interest is of no con cern one way or the other, but it happens 'that at this time I typify and embody the great cause which can only bo furthered by supporting mo. Almost everywhere where I have been able to appear personally in this campaign and fight the bosses wo have beaten them, and I ask that Minnesota stand beside Oregon and Illinois, Pennsylania and Nebraska, Maine, Kansas and Maryland in this fight. THEODORE ROOSEVELT." matter relating to it. The stories circulated that I have made another inquiry or have taken anywhere at any time, any part, or manifested any interest in questions of social precedence of the recently appointed cardinals 'aro whclly without foun dation. "Tho evidence that there is a con splracy for the purpose of arousing religious prejudice against mo U shown by the fact at the instance of someone unknown me, it was re ported in. a great many very respectable- newspapers that I sent a mess ago of welcome and congratulation to the newly appointed apostolic delegates by wireless to the incom ing steamer which was bearing him to New York. No such, message waa sent by me or ty anyone by my authority. A denial of the published report was issued from the Whito house, but the denial has obtained no publication. "The statement that 1 suspended an order made by the Indian commis sioner affecting the garb of tho teachers in certain Indian schools which have been transferred from the Catholic church to the govern ment is true. I did this for the reaspn that the commissioned had issued the order after consulting with the secretary of the interior and without awaiting his conclusions. The propriety of the order has now been made the subject of an open free discussion by all the parties in terested and the decision of the sec retary of tho interior will soon be handed down.. I say nothing of tho merits of the controversy except that the order reversed a condition which has existed for years and affected thirty or.-forty teaphers who, as nuns, had been long before my time incor porated in the service of the govern ment and who would be in effect ex pelled from that service by the order should it prevail. They were there fore entitled to a full hearing. WILLIAM H. TAFT." Bit off war Rat tfEcMucnP i MSiiCTOiUJna. i ii n Ha PUMP WASHINGTON NEWS (Continued from Page 15.) tho bill in the presence of the com mittee. Tho bill as finally passed carries an increase of $35,000,000 for pen sions during the first year of its operation. During the first three years tho increased payments to veterans will average $22,000,000. As finally agreed to the bill pro- viues increased pensions for 420,965 veterans, according to tho estimates of the house conference committee. Every veteran serving ninety days or more in the naval or military ser vice during the civil war, who has been honorably discharged, and who is over sixty-years old, is cared for by tho new law. For veterans sixty-two years and over tho rate provided in the law for ninety days' service is $13 a month, and it ranges to $16 a month up to three years of service. For sixtv-six years old and over the rate is $15 a WRITE HOW FOB. 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