Talk Of Taft Betrayal.

New York Times 100 years ago today, July 28, 1912:
Roosevelt's Cincinnati Backers Reveal Offer — Cox for Colonel.
Special to The New York Times.
    CINCINNATI. Ohio, July 27.— Local backers of Col. Roosevelt's interests announced to-day that when it was definitely decided to put up a complete Progressive Republican county ticket in this, the home county of President Taft, they were approached by the President's backers with a promise to trade Taft votes for their county ticket support.
    The statement further reads:
    "They promised to knife Taft in return for our keeping a third local ticket out of the field."
    Dr. A. O. Zwick. Chairman of the Roosevelt committee in Hamilton County, declared to-day that a call for a Roosevelt convention issued late on Friday by Attorney Amos F. Foster and others was without authority and would further the interests of the Cox organization.
    Dr. Zwick said that his committee was the only one which had been recognized by the National Roosevelt Committee in Hamilton County. To this Mr. Foster replied:
    "When the convention meets at Chicago you will see who is recognized by the National Roosevelt Committee."