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Show flflj PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES ; I It has been a long Uine, It ever, flflflj wherein tho personal Integrity of flflflj any cnndldato for the presidency has flflflj beon assailed, as at the present time, flflflj Existing conditions apparently are flflflj most bitter. Colonel Roosevelt flflflj charges President Taft with sharp flflflj practices, nnd President Taft chargci flflflj Colonel Jloosevclt with falsifying, flflflj- and submits tbo evidence. Tho con flflflj . vention Is now a month away and flflflj both aro going after delegates wltb flflH' v j flflfll JaaflflVflak. all their might. What the harvest will be at present Is hard to forecast. On the other shlo of thet enco much tho samo condition maintains. Colonel Col-onel Ilrynn Is camping on Governor Harmon's trail, and goes right into his own door yard In Ohio and accuses ac-cuses him of treachery In words like these: "I am for Wilson In Ohio, but I am for Clark wherever Clark Is pitted against Harmon. I want to put a blister on Governor Harmon. When tho governor of a great state deliberately delib-erately repudiates tho platform of his party as Harmon did in opposing the Initiative nnd referendum, ho became, unworthy to hnvo any offlco from constablo up or down." Of Governor Woodrow WllBon tho Salt Lake Telegram writes and quotes as follows: Tho most pronounced candidate for the Democratic nomination for president presi-dent is Woodrow Wilson, even though the Insincerity and other moral deficiencies de-ficiencies In his character have been painfully apparent to all careful readers read-ers for months. His character Is fairly fair-ly analyzed by tho Now York Sun In theBe words: "Insincerity and ingratitude aro the conspicuous and fatal weaknesses of Woodrow Wilson. Thoy havo been promptly recognized nnd appropriately appropri-ately treated by tbo Democrats to whom ho has appealed for political advancement. His effective platform nrt, his literary skill, his much,tout' ed "respectability" have been lnsul-ficicnt lnsul-ficicnt to hide the defects of his character. char-acter. Nobody whoso name wo recall began be-gan a political career undor more promising conditions than did Wilson. Without toilsome apprenticeship, without doing any of tho hard, llttlo considered, Inglorious but essential work of politics, he was nominated for governor of his state. Ills enm-paign enm-paign was paid for nnd managed for hlra by men of open pockctbook nnd tireless energy. His victory was attributed at-tributed to his own genius. He entered en-tered office with a united, enthusiastic enthusias-tic party behind him. "Had ho been of tho right stuff ho could have retained tho undivided support of his pnrtlsans and the respect res-pect of Independent men. Every measure ho advocated might have been enacted, every nominee ho supported sup-ported might havo been successful, and his own placo secure, had ho been capablo of straightforward, tolerant, tol-erant, sincere conduct. Ho was not. Not content with victory, his nature demanded revenge. Ho folt thnt to elovuto himself ho must destroy nil who questioned any detail of his projects pro-jects or opposed any Item of his proposals. pro-posals. Ills fuclllty In discarding tho principles nnd disowning his opinion, wns equalled only by his delight In betraying his frlonds. Always no sought the chance to hurt and nover to heal." |