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Show H TAFT VIGOROUSLY DEFENDS HIMSELF . ,--. ,, ..,.i.M,.)Wi m From recent Hpecchoo. Tuft, M formerly a closo friend of B Roosovolt, n man Roosovolt H boomed for tho -presidency four H yonrs ago, ouglit to know tho H "Condemn me if you will, but H condomn mo by other witnesses m than Thodoro Roosovolt." H "I was a man of straw; but I H havo boon a man of straw long B enough; every man who has M blood in his body and who has H been misrepresented as I havo B boon is forced to fight." H "Mr. Roosevelt saya that I did H not go back on Lorimor and H Lorimor was not successful in H carrying Illinois for mo. .Well, H my letter to him about Lorimor H was written a year beforo I know H tlmt f'M colonol'a hat was in the m rlnau.ull. Mr. Roosovolt had M no right under any circum- H stances to misrepresent mo in H tlmt regard." H "One who so lightly regards H constitutional principles, and ea- H iKjeially tho independence of tho H judiciary, ono who is so nnturnl- H ly impatient of logal restraint H and of duo legal procedure, and H who lies so misundorstood what H liberty regulated by law is. could H not safely to intrusted with sue- H ccssivo presidential terms." B "it is not a pleasant thing to H do. In onlinnry circumstances H it is not dignified for tho pres- idont of tho United States to H enter into a personal contro- vorsy. Rut I am forced against H - tho wall with my back to it and M I'm bound, if I havo any man- M hood, to fight." H " Ai-o tho conditions so peculiar H that ho is needed to do tho 'job aa ho calls it? Then why not a j fourth term and a fifth.'" Ap- H rpotd to Reason. |