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Show ROOT PRAISES PRESIDENT TAFT NEW YORK, Oct. 2S. "If Mr. Taft continues to make as good a president presi-dent as he Is making now he will bo the natural and inevitable candidate of his party in 1912, unless one thing happens that the people of the United Unit-ed States shall repudiate the administration adminis-tration of Mr. Tait by such a crushing and overwhelming defeat of his party par-ty that It will be apparent that Mr. Taft cannot be reelected." This was the statement made tonight to-night by United States Senator Ellhu Root in a speech at Manhattan Casino. Ca-sino. Mr. Root addressed himself particularly partic-ularly to those Republicans who may eland willing to vote agalnBt the Republican Re-publican gubernatorial candidate for the sake of rebuking Theodore Roosevelt. Roose-velt. In fact, he said, a Democratic victory in New York would more likely like-ly turn the next national convention away from a national administration which could not bold its party together to-gether and toward Mr. Roosevelt "or to one of the far more radical new b aders looming up on the political horizon in the middle west." Coutrary to some expectations. Senator Sen-ator Root brought no direct pledge fiom Colonel Roosevelt regarding his attitude toward the nomination In "A good many Republicans this time." said Senator Root, "seem die posed t Ignore all the grave and substantial issues which are before the people of this state and to vote at the coining election upon an Issue whatever, but simply as an expression expres-sion of feeling against Air Roosevelt, servants aro made, and no matter how the vote goes next month, modest, mod-est, unassuming and unselfish as h Is, a great career awaits him be cause he Is such a man as tbe people peo-ple greatly need. "The idea that Roosevelt contemplates contem-plates an attack upon our judicial system or that that system is Iu danger dan-ger from him or from any one else, is purely fanciful and devised for campaign purposes only. "What gave Roosevelt the leadership leader-ship of the Saratoga convention? He had no olllce, he had no patronage; he had no money; he could nctthei punish nor reward any one; and th control from the political organiza Hon of the Republican parly wa: against him How did It happen that a majority of the delegates vet ed with him and against the organisation? organ-isation? "The . answer Is that there wbb an Issue before the convention In which the people of the. state are deeply In terested. Roosevelt espoused th right side of that Issue against the Republican organlzaJlon, and naturally natu-rally enough he furnished the cle uient of leadership to the side be was with. A majority of the delegates to the convention voted with him because be-cause upon that issue the people who elected them were with htm. Tho ihsue was a revolt against Mi? tyranny of the party machine anJ party machinery. "It was a part of that great redemption re-demption which has been going ua all over the country." whose courage regarding national affairs af-fairs they disapprove for one reason O" another, and whom they desire to punish by defeating the party to which they belong. In which they believe be-lieve and which they have long loyally loyal-ly supported, because he holds a distinguished dis-tinguished and potent place in the Cornells and activities of the party. "Wherever a man declares he will vote against the Republican ticket because be does not like Roosevelt, there will be others who will vote for the ticket because they do like Roosevelt, and because tney feel that with his tremendous lorce and courage cour-age and ability he has done a noble i.nd much needed work for honesty, purity, equality and iieeuoru in the political life" of our country. My guess would be that .. the Issue In this stale were whether Mr. Roosevelt Roose-velt had reflected credit nnd honor tc the Republican party, in our state and iu our country, or the contrary, there would be a very large major ity in the alhrmatlvc. "It Is said that we must consider now the nomination for the presidency presi-dency in 1912. Well, Mr. Taft is president of the United Stales; a Republican Re-publican president, a strong, wise, considerate and fearless man. He has the qualities which make a man great In the estimation of thoughtful thought-ful people and lying back of all the clamor and excitement cf our political politi-cal life, the American people are a thoughtful people. He has grown and Is growing ami will continue to grow in public esteem. "If he continues to make as good a president as ne is making now he villi be the natural and Inevitable 1 candidate of bis party in 1912. unless un-less one thing shall happen that the people of the United States shall repudiate the administration of Mr. Taft by such a crushing and overwhelming over-whelming defeat of his parly that It will be apparent that Mr. faft can-iot can-iot bo re-elected. The Democratic party cannot bring about such a result, re-sult, but the Republicans can by their adverse votes nicir adverse votes. "After election people do not scrutinize scru-tinize the multitude of reasons which may have contributed to the result. They only see the general result, and if It should happen that the administration admin-istration cannot hold Its own party together the national convention would be quite likely to look for a Moses to lead iheni out of the wilderness, wilder-ness, and they might go to Mr. Roosevelt or they might go to one of the far more radical leaders who aro row looming up on the political horizon hor-izon in the north and middle west. "Xcw. my friends, make no mistake. mis-take. So far an this election in the state of New York bears a relation to national affairs. Republican votes lor tho Republican ticket strength, en the administration In the party, and Republican votes against the ticket tend to weaken and break down the administration "No one knows this better than Mr, Roosevelt. Xo one knows better Man ho that the strenuous olforts lie Is makinK In behalf of the Republican Repub-lican caitfjlutes. not merely In New York, but In a dozeu other states," are serving to ah the Tuft administration adminis-tration and tend toward tho renoml-natlon renoml-natlon of Taft In 1912, "It Is said that to Jiave Stlm son in the povernor's chair would promote pro-mote (Roosevelt's political fortunes. The people, who say this do not mean what Is undoubtedly true, that Stlm-sscn Stlm-sscn would be such a governor as to reflect credit on every one who ha3 i-upportcd him. "No man can use him and no man can make a stepping ston... of him. He Is as biff and strong a man at ' -J.'! as Taft or Roosevelt was nt that age He runs in that c!as. Uo is of tho quality of which great public |