Middletown transcript., 1908-03-14
WASHINGTON LETTER


/ FlOLITICS continue to be the chief il
terestin Washington despite the fac
that the political news is all one. way
There is still the same determined opposi
ton to Secretary Taft on the part of politi
clans who are dominated BY Che interests
an opposition which is not personal bu
arises from the fear that TAFT will be loya
to the Roosevelt policies orthe one hant
from hatred Of President Roosevelt on tn
other. And yet, this opposition is accom-
plishing nothing. The people are not ii
sympathy with it and as long as that ii
the situation there seems to be little like
lihood Of its success. The one hope Of tht
anti-Taft crowd is to control the conven
tion by the use Of contesting delegation
from the Southern states There are tos
many wise politicians in the Republican
party, it is believed, however, to permit
that programmes being carried out The
party had one serious experience with /
candidate whose nomination was tainted
with unfairness and triekery. ! refer te
the case Of Folger of New York, who wal
nominated for Governor and who rar
against Grover Cleveland forthe goyerorn'
ship of the Empire State. It was
learned after the convention that Mr.,
Folger had been nominated by the use Of
a forged telegram and the result was that
Cleveland carried the state by l9l 600 ma
jority. Is II likely that the Republican
party will repeat that disasterous expert.
ment in national convention?
Recently there has been an attempt to
stir up opposition to the President by dis
patches declaring that he is really work.
ing for third term. If people would
only think they would discover that re-
ports OF this character come only from
soufces antagonistic to the President,
sources which have the least opportunity
Of knowing what his real wishes and mo-
tiyes are. Mr.. Roosevelt is BOT seeking a
third term, will not accept one, and is in
dead earnest in bis desire to have Secre-
tary Taft nominated because he regards
Mr.. Taft as preemiuently the bestman for
the place and because he is convinced
that no other candidate would carry the
election.
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The fact is that the liberal movement
which has been conceived and fostered by
President Roosevelt has won its way in
the hearts OF the people and they will
have no reactionary candidate. 1t they
cannot get Roosevelt or Taft they will
take Bryan, and no man appreciates that
better than Mr.. Roosevelt. Moreover, it
will be wholly impossible to deceive the
people into believing that Knox or
Hughes or Cannon, or any other man is
a stanch adherent Of the Roosevelt poll
cies.
Within the last week Missouri has in
structedits delegates at large for Taft, and
Ohio has done the same, at a convention
at which the people of Ohio unanimously
repudiated the policies Of Senator Foraker,
not because they hated Foraker or because
they failed to appreciate the marked ability
he had shown in the Senate, but because
he adopted as his platform opposition to
Theodore Roosevelt and the policies for
which Theodore Roosevelt stands. And
what the people of Ohio have done to
their Senators, on such platform. the
people of tie United States would do to
any reactionary candidate the convention
might name.
The Senate has passed the bill increas-
ing the pay Of the enlisted men of the
army an average of forty per cent. and
the pay officers on d graduated scale OF 25
per cent for the youngest officers down
to per cent. for cent. for lieutenant gen.
erals. The House has passed bill which
would give the enlisted men Of the army
an increase Of pay Of about q per cent,
and it is sincerely hoped by the admins
tration that the House will accept the
Senate bill as the increase is sorely
needed by the officers and men of the
army whose expenses have increased out
Z
Of all proportion to their pay.
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Governor MagooD, Provisional Gov
srnor Of Cuba. has completed his mission to
Washington and has left for Havana to-
carry on the important and responsible
work he has been doing since the Begin
ming Of the second American occupation.
The President, the Secretary of State and
The Secretary of War have all expressed
themselves as greatly pleased with the
skiflful manner in which Governor. Ma
goon has performed the difficult and deli
ate task assigned to him and there is
reason to believe that he will have an OPP
oortunity to accept far higher honors
when his work in Cuba is completed.
The House has appropriated S.. 600, 900
or the Improvement Of Pearl Harbor.
Hawaii, as naval base. It was ex:
blamed that the Hawaiian Islands were
he key to the Pacific coast Of the United
'tates and should there ever come war
this country aud an Oriental
,owef, that nation which first secured q
,ase at Pearl Harbor would be the one
which could command tEs entire Pacific |
oast. The importance of this work is
ully appreciated by the Senate and it is
'robable that the upper house will corr
tally approve of the House measure. Ii |
he Congress would, before it adjourns,
rovide for the proper forti6cation Of
Bay, ID might regard its work
D this direction as well done.
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