THE PARTY MACHINE.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 961, 31 October 1910, Page 7

THE PARTY MACHINE.

SPEECH BY SENATOR ROOT. ' ■' THE PRESIDENCY.. IJy Telegraph—Press Association— Oopyriglit. ' (Roc. October 30, 5.5 p.m.) ■ - New York, October 29., .. Senator Root, of New York, in the course of a speech, declared if. President/: Taft " continued .. to . make, as good a President as he was making now he would be the natural and inevitable candidate for' the Presidency.'in 1912,unless, the ; people* ofv.the United States repudiated the Taft. administration by such a' 1 , crushing defeat that 1 it would bo apparent that Mr. Taft could not be re-elected./ .. • , .■• ■ ■ ■ It tras expected that Mr. Root would announce his .pledge to Mr. . Roosevelt ■ regarding .the/Presidency,■■but.-ribne.VTvfts. forth lining. ' Mr. Root .denied . that. Mr/ '■ ;w>scvelt contemplated' > attacking th • / ..Jicial'; system;.../ Mr./ Roosevelt's sfaiiiu ' at" the Saratoga Convention agVi'ii'st the "regular; Republicanswas dictau.i by a desire .to' suppress;.the party machinery. ./ ■ ; ._/;•/.> -

STRUGGLE WITH PARTY "POSSES." ■: "ALL THE FIGHTING' THEY WANT.? : ./ Writing in August • last '.the ■ iNew ; r ;York / correspondent of'the-London "Daily Mail" ! stated:—"Teh thousand atui tvomen, . formed into .a, vast group/round 'a platform erected ibeneath/the . shady .'trees of .' 'a park outside,Utica, cxtendeda tiimultuously enthusiastic. welcome. tO;Mr. Boose'-. ; velt on his -reappearance/as a political orator./ .The meeting' constituted ,-^an. irre- ■ futable .answer to the . party machine' politicians who; contended that Mr.-' Roosevelt ' was losing his /popularity/: While* the professional 'bosses', of': the;. /Republican /Party were proclaiming. that tbe ■ people/ 'would- never/'wnMmt. .to : the firebrand''ei-Presideht ■.installing';him-, ': self/as 'a/permanent- party"'aufoerqt /the• ;• immense gathering at .'uHcai'oKeeredUtself ''. hoaTSe'in' approval of Mr. Roosevelt's de-' nnnciation blithe corrupt' practices of .the " 'bosses.? .The/fbosses'. of, NevtfYork, have

■ . summoned, an; .emergency meeting'for the -.purpose of organising. opposition to : Mr.' !'"■ Rboseveltv.;: OvThey:' declare, L that ,if V-.Miy ■ /.fiflosevelt . appears: at ■ the - Republican vState : : :<>nventibi: the .forces oi the party organ-'-.isation will overwhelm him.;, .To. this Mr. . Roosevelt retorted:.- v'Thcy'; will; have?all the fighting tliey want. ,;I am going to 'the; convention!..because ,1; '.feel ;that the" fiublic interest demands that, the Repubioan Party, be 'given; a .chance';,to .stand ■ " honestly. andVuncomprOmisingly; for'; clean :.. and. decent' politics.; ; The issue ; is clean out. If. they oppose me that is their.own affair.'.: -Mr. ; Roosevelt . intends. to • fight, ;: . with "all .the .force' of : his iimmense. jiopularity for the' principle of' direct'primary elections,.'which would deprivethe 'bosses' • of political power. . Already - serious deV feofio'ns in '■tne ranks; ofthe,.'bosses'. are -apparent."

. . EOOSEVELT'S . ATTITUDE TO TAPT; * A "Times" message ' published in .September stated: —It cannot be;denied that Roosevelt's. attitude towards Mr. Taft, , in spito-of the praise- given to. the tariff : policy of the' Administration, is causing to quiet Republicans, who ap-' ' rpreciate, the. sterling qualities of the Pre- ,. sident, ,_and: the'.'essential- likeness \be- ;■ - tweenhis"policies and . those preached by his predecessor. The way in which the ex-President in j hisOsawatomie ' speech -;. dressed; upanew; the ■ policies/ which Mr.. Taft; .is', trying; to r'realise;- and produced .;,\them,as: is own .private platform, is" felt ■ to be, in.thd circumstances,'somewhat un- .■ Vgenerons/.-;It-is Recognised that, while he ,:, was'.Presidentv his. outspokenness, was due yj.to the realisation -qf : his mission to preach ..: reform'.' But " now . that a ; conservative 1 statesman' is in-y office : and needs party , peace,-the advisability of continuing such is'not,quite grasped; 'It is not too much to- say;. that: had Mr. ;Eoosevelt not bo firmly disavowed his intention of seek--,-r mg; a;third .term of office, it would be the , seriousconviction of many that he . was preparing-- the' .way ' for -his renomination.' }[PoA\6Uch:-a:. su pposition a .large -part' of ..the criticism in;mhich he is now involved is based."