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Show ROOT'S CONSCIENCE. SENATOR ELIHU ROOT, of Now York, presided at the convention which re-nominated Taft for president pres-ident and controlled and directed the forces accomplishing the' theft. It was he who Was dominant in tho fight against Roosevelt. What sincerity sinceri-ty is his? What must be in the man's heart of hearts? Here is his declaration declara-tion as made In 1904, in an address before the Union League club of New York: "I count it, my friends, as one of the greatest privileges, of my life to have been able in that day of our great sorrow, when our lamented President McKlnley was carired away, to have been able to stand by and hold up the hands of his true and loyal successor, Theodore Roosevelt. Men say he is not safe. He is not safe for tho men who wish to prosecute prose-cute selfish schemes for the public detriment, det-riment, but I say tq you that he has been, these years since President Mc-Kinley's Mc-Kinley's death, the greatest conservative conserva-tive force for the protection of property proper-ty and our institutions in he city of Washington. I would rather have my boys taught to admire as the finest fin-est thing in our life tho honesty and frankness, the truth and loyalty, tho honor and devotion of Theodore Roosevelt thnn to have all the wealth of this great metropolis. The Work of President Roosevelt has more weight for good in this land than that of any score, or all of his detractors put together." |