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TAFT, William H. Two autograph quotations and one Typed Letter Signed (all signed "WM. H. Taft"), the letter to George H. Milne, Washington D.C., 8 May 1928. Together 3 pages, 4to, letter on stationery of Supreme Court, the quotations on ruled paper and Supreme Court letterhead.
TAFT EULOGIZES ROOSEVELT AS THE GREATEST REPUBLICAN "SINCE LINCOLN". Writing from his Supreme Court chambers, Taft transcribes an excerpt from an article he published The Public Ledger after Theodore Roosevelt's death: "Theodore Roosevelt's example of real sacrifice was of inestimable value to our country in this war. The Nation has lost the most commanding, the most original, the most interesting and the most brilliant personality in American public life since Lincoln." He repeats this eulogy in the second signed autograph quotation included in this lot.
These posthumous tributes are generous considering Roosevelt's attitude towards Taft. After tapping him as his protege and successor to the White House, TR turned on Taft, lambasting him for failing to uphold conservation policies, for excessive anti-trust prosecutions, but most of all, once suspects, for simply being President while Roosevelt was not. Roosevelt ran against him under the Bull Moose Progressive banner in the 1912 contest, telling the delegates Taft had "abandoned the cause of the people and had surrendered...to...the great privileged interests..." The divided GOP vote guaranteed Woodrow Wilson's election. Together 3 items.
TAFT EULOGIZES ROOSEVELT AS THE GREATEST REPUBLICAN "SINCE LINCOLN". Writing from his Supreme Court chambers, Taft transcribes an excerpt from an article he published The Public Ledger after Theodore Roosevelt's death: "Theodore Roosevelt's example of real sacrifice was of inestimable value to our country in this war. The Nation has lost the most commanding, the most original, the most interesting and the most brilliant personality in American public life since Lincoln." He repeats this eulogy in the second signed autograph quotation included in this lot.
These posthumous tributes are generous considering Roosevelt's attitude towards Taft. After tapping him as his protege and successor to the White House, TR turned on Taft, lambasting him for failing to uphold conservation policies, for excessive anti-trust prosecutions, but most of all, once suspects, for simply being President while Roosevelt was not. Roosevelt ran against him under the Bull Moose Progressive banner in the 1912 contest, telling the delegates Taft had "abandoned the cause of the people and had surrendered...to...the great privileged interests..." The divided GOP vote guaranteed Woodrow Wilson's election. Together 3 items.