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Show PRESS PARAGRAPHS 1 Follette' assault en th president dee aot seem to hurt. Toledo made: "Fortunately for the peograeslve movement the real progreea-, Ive movement the Wleconeln aenator a Sunday side door and flat wheel have been discovered to public gase In time to prevent his downfall from public eeteem reeultlng seriously to ths great cause he has misrepresented. The progressive movement will go forward. It must. But Mr. L Follette will not lead It." Baltimore American: "Mr. Taft la a shining mark only In the eenee that he Is a conspicuous mark. Hs has never done anything to make mra susceptible to attack, at-tack, and he cannot be euoceaafullr assailed as-sailed by lnsurgsnt Bepublloans or by Democrats. The latter, as a general thing, profoundly respect him. and the former are not af one with the attitude of Mr. La Follette." Providence Journal: "There la a doubt that Mr. Taft rather than Mr. La Follette represents the greater body of Republican sentiment at the present time. The Insurgents have dlecredlted themselves them-selves bv their opposition to reciprocity, while the president, wliatsver errors he mav have committed during the early months of his admlnlatratlon through exceaalve rellanoe upon the old guard, has put hlmsslf at the forefront of the progressive movement." Chicago Record -Herald: "Fubllc opinion opin-ion and feeling have changed radically toward the president, and ne ha done much to deserve this favorable change. He Is now Juatly regarded br enlightened progreaelvea as a very good all round progreaeive, ae a sincere, hlrh minded statesman, a faithful, courageous public servant. And these progressives are not confined to the Republican party." New York Times. "The plight of the proerreeertvee, so far aa they personalty are concerned, la of alight Interest to the American people. They have been tried and found wanting and they will be lighted the way to duety death as a crowd of others like them have been. But tt Is a great pity that they should have fallen as they have, elnce the cause they professed pro-fessed to serve Is a vary good cause." Tee lfttnes Register and Leader: "The fact Is President Taft la naturally a progressive. pro-gressive. He waa nominated and elected aa a progressive, fie Is going to fee renominated. re-nominated. The platform on which he will atand will be a progreealve platform. It will he a platform every progressive Republican can stand on." Cleveland Leader: "A self warranted 'progressive' who opposes reciprocity becomes at once a misnamed and more or leas deceptive person. He doee not fit his label. If Dr. Wiley could get after the quaeka In politics such a politician would be prosecuted for misbranding hlmaelf." Hartford Courant: "One of the good traits of plain American cltlaens who have mastered the arts of reading and writing Is that when an honeat man tells them the straight truth they generally recognise It There's Just where Mr. Taft has the 'pull over his noisy political enemies." Milwaukee Wisconsin: "While an effort ef-fort organised by aelf aeeklng politician a la afoot to disparage Preaident Taft he Is gaining everv day In th respect and confidence of that portion of the electorate elec-torate In every aection of the country which Judges for Itself Instead of being Influenced by claquers." |