Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 165, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 July 1912 — The Real Cause of the Tribune’s Opposition to Taft. [ARTICLE]

The Real Cause of the Tribune’s Opposition to Taft.

Lake County Times. A - wants to know why the Chicago Tribune, which poses as a republican paper, is fighting President Taft now when it has not always fought him. There are two reasons. Medill McCormick, one of the Tribune’s largest stockholders, wanted an ambassadorship when Mr. Taft was first elected. He wanted it badly, and the president could not see it that way. Then McCormick’s paper started to abuse Mr. Taft instead of praising him as it had in the past. Then Dan Hanna, McCormick’s brother-in-law, was indicted in connection with the prosecution of certain trust cases. This made McCormack as sore as a bear with a thorn in his paw. S 6 now the Trtbune is working for Mr. Roosevelt who has doubtless promised McCormick that ambassadorship if he wins. McCormick’s grudge is personal. He cares nothing for the people or for Roosevelt.