The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-12-01

POLITICS IN WASHINGTON.

I IOLIllCS IN. iShlNGIOh.
GOSSIP OF TAET-ROosEvEIT
SCRAP DIscREDITED.
Those Who Arc on the Ground and
Have Insight Say Peace and Har-
rnony Prevail The Real Fight Is ON
Aldrich and Cannon.
Warrington, ID. & c.. Nov 2s,--In
these few days before the beginning
Of the hrst regular session OF Con-
sress Of President Taft's adminfstra-
ton there = considerable Wild talk Of
disAg Agreenent between thisN admins
tration and the prscedins one. There
Y no historical fact better axed In
the minds OF the people than that
President Taft was elected: on j plat
FORM to carry out the Roosevelt poll
icies That the people Of the country
and the press are ieaIously and crit-
icaily watchful that this contract
shall be lived up to Is known by ev-
eryone interested In public affairs.
There is no evidence that there IL any
real disagreement between ~ ex-
President In Africa ana the President
in America. There is. of courss, 1
great deal Of talk by men and writ
ms by Journalists. famous or rotor
tous as the ease may be. hut; there
has not vet come to surface eyidsncs,
Of divergencd in policy or in aim, I
The Pinchot- BaIiingsr episode II s6{
course, consptcious but there s. rea-
son TO believe that Rfeotdsns TSft Is
sincerely determined "a pnSh the poll
Icy Of forest presefxati61 IA ana Is .Sss-
Suys fcr tho bennett ofs the whole
people the unappropristtd mineral
ana water resources of tue country.
1tis not unnaturAl tlsat les shotsjd az:
sirs ~ .1eF as pSsssblS 70 stand 1by Aie!
yScsntly chosen cabinet olicers swhilo
me iss6nder ire or until ths SharaSss ais
axainht him are prsved 8 th9y man
be proved the rfSsi dents viii, doubt
- ne given An opportunity Is ac-
cepf his resisnAt Ation, 3oarnS Usr6 In
America q nothins * not ssi1fet tional.;
enatIonaiism is its dsstfns aiAhing,
characteristic over the journaiisn 81
the older countries and SC is not nm
n4tural that Mr. wattetscr, OF the
&SisxSI Y M I,sr
from ga tour In Europe, shouldxss,on.
landing predict and wager that Taft
and Roosevelt will be at dagger's
point by the time of Mr.. Roosevelt's
return in February. Possibly, the
Kentucky editor may win his wager.
Stranger things have happened in
the happiest of political families but.
at present, the political pond is calm
er than 1t looks.
The sugar frauds prosecutions
which are being vigorously pushed
by the present administration are
really nothing new. 1t may be said
that they were begun in 1904, for at
that time Richard Parr received an
appointment by the then President
Roosevelt on the recommendation of
Mr.. Loeb, then the Presidents secre-
tary and he was sent to New York
and installed In the custom house for
the express purpose Of detecting the
sugar Weighing frauds which he,
Parr. five years ago suspected. There
has since been a change of admins
tration but the sugar weighing frauds
have been under constant surveil-
lance and suspicion and the recent
exposures are nothing more than the
elimination Of the Investigations long
silently pursued.
The United States government
through the department of Justice is
carefully watching the development
Of the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany and the American Telephone
trust combination and the country
will. doubtless. hear further during
the coming congressional session of
the plans Of the government for con-
trolling not only the railroads of the
country but also of the telegraphic
and telephone wires. They all are
interstate common carriers, whether
Of freight or Of intelligence, and it is
quite as necessary that the Ma
tion control these for the universal
benefit Of all the people as that It
should control and direct the mails
There Is no socialism in this. It is
simply broad Nationalism such as Is
practiced advantageously both for the
state and for the people in the more
experienced and settled governments