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ns and purposes, was [[illegible]] on [[/illegible]] f Mr. Taft. Mr. Roosevelt very soon discovered that Mr. Taft's mental attitude appeared to be that of a man who was determined to 'go it alone,' to work out his destiny without advice or counsel from his predecessor.

DENIES EFFORT TO DICTATE.
 
"Mr. Roosevelt had no desire to dictate. He made no effort to dictate policies or appointments. In fact, he distinctly stated to Mr. Taft: 'You are the responsible man; you will have to work it out in your own way.' But it seemed to Mr. Roosevelt that Mr. Taft accepted this with a too great alacrity and literalness.  He did not even care much for the counsel or advice of the man who had picked him up and made him President. Although Mr. Taft had more than once pledged himself, in the most solemn manner, to continue the Roosevelt policies, now that he was about to enter upon the administration, he seemed strangely loath to discuss those policies with their author. Mr. Roosevelt thus early gained the impression that some sort of a change had come over Mr. Taft; that the new President had fallen to some extent under other influences, and he naturally had his opinions as to what those influences were.

"It was inevitable, with these conditions, with what appeared to Mr. Roosevelt to be a new and unexpected sort of Taft to deal with, that pride should compel him to an unwonted degree of reserve. He would not and could not offer suggestions and advice which apparently were not wanted or sought.

CONFERENCES FAIL
 
"The result was that Mr. Roosevelt's conferences with Mr. Taft were of little importance. They did not get down to the heart of things at all. Mr. Taft was bubbling with happiness and good spirits; he showed affection toward his former chief; outwardly no

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[[illegible]] his Cabinet business. When [[/illegible]] praised his particular friend [[illegible]] Cabinet, always with stress upon Jimmie Garfield." Mr. Taft listened good humored apparently with full assent. He did not say it was his intention to keep those men [[/illegible]] any of them; nor did he say to the contrary. But the impression left upon the mind of Mr. Roosevelt, at least for a considerable time, was that Mr. Taft would respond to his wishes, particularly as to Garfield.

"Others knew that Garfield was not to be kept and that Ballinger was to take his place while Mr. Roosevelt was still innocently assuming to the contrary, Mr. Taft told more than one friend that he did not consider Garfield and Straus of Cabinet size' and therefore would not keep them. But he did not say this to Mr. Roosevelt. He did say it to one of Mr. Roosevelt's confidants, apparently supposing that this gentleman would pass the information on to the President, but that gentleman did not regard it as his right or duty to do so. It seemed to him that inasmuch as Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Taft were the closest of friends, the sponsor and the other the protégé, with gratitude, loyalty, affection and frankness subsisting between them, it would be an impertinence for an outsider to attempt to convey to either of them information, which of course, he must already have had first hand.

ROOSEVELT LEFT GUESSING.

"The result was that it was a long time before Mr. Roosevelt learned that he did not have enough influence with the incoming administration to secure the retention of his friend Garfield, and when he did learn the fact he also learned that others had had the information long before it came to him. It is unnecessary to attempt to describe the effect of this upon Mr. Roosevelt.

"These were matters affecting the personal relations of the two men. But it was not long before evidence came to Mr. Roosevelt that his protege was not coming up to expectations to his pledges to continue the Roosevelt policies. It will be remembered that during the closing days of the Roosevelt administration there was a progressive uprising in Congress, 'Insurgents' they were called then, a protest against the Joe Cannon [[illegible]] in the House primarily, but in effect an effort to get away from the old oligarchical system of control in Congress. At the same time President Roosevelt was engaged in a bitter struggle against the Cannon forces over the secret service appropriations and the charges made by Speaker Cannon's lieutenant, Representative Tawney, that the President had used secret service officers to spy upon Senators and Representatives for White House political purposes.

CONTEST IS BITTER.

"This was one of the most bitter of all Mr. Roosevelt's contests with the people of Congress, and it was a war in which he naturally was most anxious to come out victorious. Involved in it to a certain extent was the question whether or not Speaker Cannon should be chosen for another term and the whole question of toryism versus liberalism in Congress.

"While this struggle was raging President-elect Taft arrived in Washington, set up his 'little White House' and entered upon a series of negotiations with Speaker Cannon and the tory forces of Capitol hill. President Roosevelt was but poorly, if at all, informed as to the trend and progress of [[illegible]] and presently was [[/illegible]] learn that 

[[illegible]] a suspicion that the Colonel's feelings toward himself had undergone a change. The President felt for Mr. Roosevelt all his former affection and gratitude, and when the first reports reached his ears of ill feeling on the part of the Colonel Mr. Taft would not credit them. It seemed to him impossible. This of course means two things: The President was not aware of having given cause of offense; and he was equally oblivious to the fact that offense had been taken through misunderstanding or misconception.

"The first published statement foreshadowing the break came in a cablegram from one of the special correspondents accompanying Mr. Roosevelt on his return from Africa. It was sent when the Colonel's party reached Naples and contained the statement that Colonel Roosevelt no longer looked with favor upon Mr. Taft and was returning to America with a firm determination not to support the President for a second term. Mr. Taft poohpoohed this dispatch; said it was absolutely without foundation and that it must have been written by some person whose design was to create trouble where no trouble existed.

HEARS OF RUPTURE

"After Colonel Roosevelt had reached America the President learned upon direct information that it was true - the old friendship was broken, so far as the Roosevelt end of it was concerned. To say that Mr. Taft was surprised and pained is to put the case mildly. It was to him a great, a sincere grief. He at once began searching his memory to see if he could find wherein he had been at fault. He was not able to recall any cause of offense which in his opinion warranted a moment's consideration.

"Moreover, the President asked mutual friends to go to the Colonel and endeavor to learn directly and precisely the cause of the trouble, with a view to offering amends on his part seemed called for by the facts.

"These mutual friends were not able to report definite and satisfactory progress. Colonel Roosevelt was loath to enter upon a full and frank explanation or upon anything which savored of an attempt at negotiating a reconciliation. As nearly as these representatives of the President could make out from their conversations with the Colonel his grievances were three in number as follows:

"First - The petty affairs, such as alleged remarks about a social reformation at the White House; some feminine misunderstandings and antipathies; the fact that the President-elect had for a brief season occupied the Boardman house at Washington and there consulted public men while arranging the general outlines of his administration policy. All these President Taft considered too trivial to receive a moment's attention at the hands of a serious man; and his respect for Colonel Roosevelt was so high he could not believe that gentleman had permitted such a flimsy incident to interrupt a long standing friendship.

LINGERS IN WINTER HOME

"Second - The fact that Mr. Taft before his inauguration did not come up earlier from his winter resort at Augusta, Ga., to Washington to help President Roosevelt in his struggle against the Cannon forces over the secret service appropriations. Mr. Taft explains that he had no request from then President Roosevelt for his help, and 

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Mr. Roosevelt raised objections. To the contrary, so far as Mr. Taft was aware, he fully approved. The understanding which the new President reached with Speaker Cannon was upon the suggestion of Colonel Roosevelt himself. 

"As to Cabinet appointments-here, again, there was no misunderstanding; or no misunderstanding due to [[illegible]] of sincerity and openness on Mr. Taft's part. It doubtless is true that in the early days after the election, when President Roosevelt was saying good words for his particular friend Garfield, Mr. Taft was disinclined to hurt the Colonel's feeling [[illegible]] a too blunt or hasty judgement against the Colonel's protege. Doubtless the [[illegible]] of Garfield's retention was permit to drift along for a time; but in the end when he believed the proper moment had come, Mr Taft plainly indicated, as deliberately as he could, that he did not regard Mr. Garfield of Cabinet size. So far as Mr. Taft knew, Colonel Roosevelt understood this and raised no protest. If Colonel Roosevelt or any of his friends set up the claim that in the matter of Cabinet appointments President Taft was guilty of lack of frankness or friendliness or gratitude, it is an afterthought, a pretext conjured up to support a quarrel which exists and has always existed on one side alone and which stands upon an unsubstantial foundation. 

TAFT HAS GOOD AIMS. 

"As to the charge that President Taft failed to carry out the Roosevelt policies and 'went over to the enemy' Mr. Taft never had such a thought in mind. He was President; he was the responsible man; he was seeking results; he had not inherited Colonel Roosevelt's quarrels. He was doing the best he could in a difficult situation. The only people who suspected that the new President was not in good faith carrying out the Roosevelt policies were a few of the former President's personal intimates, members of the tennis cabinet, who were disappointed because their influence at the White House was not as great as under the former regime. They raised the cry that President Taft had gone back on Roosevelt policies. They wrote letters to the Colonel in Africa, and filled his ears with their plaints as soon as they could get at him. 

"Finally President Taft's friendship for and gratitude of Colonel Roosevelt, before the relations between them had been disturbed by the Colonel's umbrage and the trouble making of his friends, may be best summed up in a statement Mr. Taft made  


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