The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-08-14

will have some effect and constitute
an additional weight to he carried
by Taft. Without entering into the
discussion of the rightfulness or
wrongfulness of Mr.. ROOsevelt's
Summary and hasty action in dis
alike because of that affair, il re-
mains that the negro troopers dis
charged have had strong advocates
even in Congress. There agitation
Of the Injustice of the action Of the
President has been fuel othe flames
Of negro resentment. Mr.. Foraker,
their champion, went down to de-
feat in the advocacy Of their cause
and also in his candidacy for the
presidential nomination. He may
work as in former years in Ohio for
the success Of the ticket in Novem-
Der. Again, he may not. The
negroes, resentful over their treat
ment, may be whipped into line;
they may again acknowledge that
the Republican party owns them by
purchase And again, they may
not. Such events, at least, have IA
tendency to open their eyes to the
fact that the Republican party Of
to-day loves them for their votes.
They may see that only once in
four years does the love of the
party for them very strongly mani
fest itself. Certainly, n larger num-
Der than ever before will vote for
the Democratic ticket, seeing that
only by political freedom from the
domination Of either party can they
hope To have any great influence.
Whatever the feeling of resentment
over their treatment may amount
to, Mr.. Taft will have to add that to
his burden
Fourth. Mr.. Taft must bear the
weight of opposition from labor,
both from the fact that he is the
father Of government by injunction
principle and that his party plat
form straddlcd this entire question.
The fallacy Of the protection of
labor by an eXhorbitant tariff cannot
cOuntcrhalanco this matter of gov
eminent by injunction; any benefits
derived by the workers from the
former are more remote and misty,
the injunction strikes them where
they live. If love for and interest
in the working man compels the Re
publican high tariff, how can that
same love be found in the position
of the Republican party on the in
junction question?
Fifth. Mr.. Taft must bear the
weight Of his religious belief This
is n country of religious freedom,
and perhaps it is not right to call
into question n mans religious
faith. Nevertheless, the great body
Of our people are k"cnly interested
in the faith of the man who is to
represent them in the highest office
ton of UNCONVENTIONAL difference, it
would not he raised in any mind.
| II il, however, n question of the
fundamentals in religious thought.
Mr.. Taft is Unitarian, and as such
his belief in Christ astO His divinity
and the efficacy of His death on the
cross for sin is at wide divergence
with the popular acceptance of these
truths. Rightly or wrongly, Mr..
Taft will lose IA large number of adj
herents because of his peculiar re-
ligious views.
Sixth. MIR. Taft will have to bear
part Of his party's burden arising
from the recent panic. The full
dinner pail, the Pigment of the Re-
publican's Imagination, became
empty while the entire government
was in their control The panic
itself, while due to other things, 1t
is true, was intensified by the un-
restrained attitude of Mr., Roose-
welt. Pledged to carry out his pol
icies, as is popularity believed, Mr..
Taft will he considered more or less
menace to the financial interests.
In this connection, it is also tn be
remembered that these interests are
no better satisfied with the anti-in-
junction plank of the Republican
platform than is organized labor.
seventh Mr.. Taft will also have
to bear the weight of the peculiar
position he occupied in the cabinet
as well ms Unpopular conception that
led to his appointment to cabinet
position. He has gained the reputa-
ton of the "Great PaCfficatOr."
His winning joviality has been the
stock in trade of Mr.. Roosevelt.
Like other members of the cabinet,
he has been largely employed in re-
pairing political fences, arousing
party and Rooseveltian enthusiasm.
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