BITTEREST FIGHT FOR YEARS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1375, 28 February 1912, Page 5

BITTEREST FIGHT FOR YEARS.

AMERICAN PRESIDENCY,

GREAT ROOSEVELT-TAFT | BATTLE. VIGOROUS ATTACKS ON EXPRESIDENT. Bi Tcleirinß-Frcss Asseciition-CoDyrtcM (Rec. February 28, 0.10 a.m.) London, February 27. The. Washington correspondent of "The Times" states that Mr. Roosevelt's declaration: "My hut is in tho ring, and it is going to stay there" has caused, excitement, and heralds the bitterest Presidential contest since tho Civil War. Mr. Taft's lack of political experience has alienated the extremo Republicans, while, on the other hand, Mr. Roosevelt's enemies accuse him of treachery and inability to subordinate political decency and personal dignity to tho dictates of a spiteful and intolerant nature. Mr. Roosevelt's friends urge that his radical bark is worso than his bite. The outlook is obscure. Mr. Roosevelt will be helped by his skill as a political press agent, but the Republican machinery is in. Mr. Taft's hands. Mr. Roosevelt, the correspondent adds, appeals mainly to tho West, whilo the Eastern States preponderate in the Republican Convention.

STATEMENT BY MR. ROOSEVELT. New York, February 26. Mr. Roosevelt, in announcing his willingness to accept nomination for the Presidency, said a principle was involved in tho Presidential contest. Ho believed in genuine rule by the people; therefore lie believed tho law should be amended so that the pedple might be able to indicate their choice through tho direct primaries.