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Show tWK Dlru aie iu fact hLd in truth J leading factions of a party ho Widely j separated that neither faction can hi lo win, at 1I19 election, after ' wiiiLiug at tlie nominating convert tioo, by attracting men of like temperament tem-perament and viewpoint oulhida their party. "If Mr. Taft ia ik initial e l b"; can hardly expect to v.ii back the fo'!o:.v-its fo'!o:.v-its (if Col. Koo'evolt. ; Mr. Tuft :iu s! rely upon he ;oi).-rvtti'."B Democrat-, i to joiu tlia cou"-e-a!i-e republicans I 111 supporting h ra. Col. K oseveU Hiuiilarly miy lojk f.;r tho nrde.nl and conscientious supporters of Mr. Taft (o rally to soma conservative Democrat, leaving Col. Koosevelt, ifj he ia Dominated, to appeal to the independent in-dependent progressive vote of the country to repairtlie Iokb that lie.wiil htietaiu by the defection o tho reactionaries. " prest. Taft and Roosevelt. L I William Allen Wbito writes in tl.e Atncricju Maguz'ne a Btatetneut of he irilatioiiH botweoo Pieideut Taft Mud KooriHVolt. lie u.iuir.-s his artic If, ".Shotikl OKI Actiduiutanca be for-o for-o j ? ' i'ullu.Viaf,' is a brief extract : ' f'if I i idncy o' iiiti to admire Uaitu t,bey do not po6send in well marked iu hun. i i n ttore. It i the baais of frioudahip between so-called opposites. Probably this tendency whh the bafiis of the almost, life long friendship that has f-xin!ed belweeu V. U. Tuft am! Theodore liooHevelt. For if evertw.o men were opposite in temperament and equipmeut for life theue two men ato opposite. Aa a intin aud a citizau the cpialities that rab poraeBs re praiaeworthy ; Mr. Tad's c.iutiou., his j idicial indecision, hi habit of waning until the last bit of tediuiouy is before him, iu foim iug his opinions, and his. insistence it.p'jii applying rule and precedent to all his important transactions, aro as i-xcHltMit hntiiau qualities as are Mr. Roosevelt's intuitive way of taking hhort cuts to his decisions, aud his luse-tHnce up.m applying moral HWiudiiig raiher thau those of rule si tul piecetleut in reaching his. con-c' con-c' usions. "Mrii of these different tempera' nii-nts nfleti do iiiBtrate- team work to;,tther. J'jach alone may do import., im-port., ut work. In Email matters these contrasting traits iu men are lost iu the tracery of life, and make up the charm, of variation iu the pattern pat-tern of the passing day. But when meu of exactly these traits liud them- ralvee oppoaite iu the leadeiship of men, iu a large way their opposing points of view divide their followers iuto factions and parties aud schisruB that ate fuuilaiueutally assuuter, This is what has happened iu the United S.etes within the Inst four jeai s. "N iiiiin illy LVe-ii.l-iut Taft and Col Rotsevelt are contending for l&t'.dert-hip (if one party. Practically their contrasting traits of character bavj -attracted followeis who view lifo at augles so did metrical that, these |
