FOR THE PRESIDENCY.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 101, 29 April 1912, Page 7

FOR THE PRESIDENCY.

ROOSEVELT CHARGES AGAINST TAFT. GUILTY OF CROOKED DEALING. LONDON TIMES ON THE SITUATION. By Telegraph. — Pres6 Association. — Copyright. NEW YORK, 28th April. Mr. Roosevelt, replying to Mr. Taft. said the President was giving way to the bosses and other privileged interest. Mr. Taft was disloyal to his past friendship ; also disloyal to ordinary decency and fair dealing. Mr. Roosevelt alleged that Mr. Taft \tos guilty* of crooked, dealing because of his , misrepresentation of his. (Mr. Roosevelt's) attitude on trust questions. LONDON, 27th April. The Times, commenting on the United I States Presidential content, states that there is no difference between the Republicans and Democrats so sharply marked as between the Republican Party's two wings. Will the Republican Pav.ty appeal to the country as a Radical or Conservative force? Mr. Roosevelt's nomination would imply a Radical Republican platform, and its almost certain consequence would be the putting forward of a Conservative Democratic candidate. Mr. Taft's nomination would almost certainly produce a Radical as his Democratic antagonist; The difference between Mi-. Roosevelt and' Mr. Taft is manifest most acutely in connection with the powers of the State Courts, and the discussion raises the gravest issues. If the political mower which the State Courts derive from their present rights in intercepting the law tie an offence against democracy, will not the time come when "the political power 'conferred on the Supreme Court by» the Federal Constitution also seem an offence? Mr. Roosevelt's policy k calculated to raists these speculations ; -hence the horror with which it is met.