The San Francisco call., 1909-09-19
Taft SOrely Disappoints the Whole Country

d RESIDENT TAFT"s tariff speech at Wnona MINI, is a
disappointment merely genuine republcansm
OF the nation but to the whole body of the people To
great majority OF the republican electors presidents virtually
unqualified approval OF the Payne bill
shock
The lay mind will find practically impossible to square the
of President Taft Winona with the utterances of
candidate and president ec Taft in 1908 Taft
later than July 1909 Winona speech is as inexplcable
as 1t was unexpected 1t may be assumed that Congress-
James A. Tawne whose speech apparently
delivered, expected anything like what he received.
The president declared that the Payne bill tariff
ever made by the republican party Happily serespect
thousands OF republicans who prepared subscribe to the
beauties OF the Payne tariff they with the
knowledge that made by republican party The
enactment OF the Payne bill accomplished only through the
avh assistance given Adrch BY numerically
important wing Of the democracy
In his defense of tesPayne of Tawney the pres
dent pondy criticised those republican representa-
tves who voted against was put upon its final
passage and again when it from same
time he admitted that the which the country
demanded reductions and which Adch interests insisted
should be preserved The cotton schedules he
condoned the wool schedules apologzed for His criticism of
Cumming, Nelson La Toilette so called insurgents
inderenty with his declarations made before
the Ohio society in New York December 10 9OS pre
elect he said:
Better al-better that the new bill should
a-uness we have honest and thorough
basis Laid down and the principle outlined in the party platform
Again June 80 1902 New Haven speaking before the
Yale graduates, President Taft declared:
IF the republican party does live up promises
Is
ton like that of his majestys opposition"
The tariff fight entering stages OF the last
hopeless struggle of the insurgents against the interests
III chief by Adich Cannon Payne and their
studies IN both houses The gray wolves preparing
to permit the president and the people sharpen on
competitive iron schedules
Two weeks later July To- President Taft his third
statement which electrified the the hope that
the president would indeed the Payne-drich if the
pledges the people redeemed statement
the president declared:
The president is committed the principle down.
thrown in the direction of performing the promises
party He feels strongly the call for
within the limitations of the principle hopes
be able respond the call well in the
interests of the party as of the country"
The gray wolves" bated the president with reduction Of e
schedules They sop here and bone there bt
they saved the big Now September Taft
that the tariff does affect the living he
the critics OF the Payne tariff who the reductions
ireta schedules.
The American public expected from the president ,nv
interests and the of expected an
rupture with the president and the republican party the one
side and Adlc and the interests the other side We quote
from the San Francisco Argonaut Yesterday not because the
tariff of the Argonaut entitled to anv resne but
because of the may be accented as
rejecting the expectations of those their expec
tations prior to today. Thus the Argonaut:
they @ break I With m the odsn @ @ y % % sT hsha b In the end
think he will bend: therefore breakw ~
Preparing for the expected break and
the Argonaut continues
Whatever the faults of Mr. Roosevelt his career
the moral support of the people may to
and all opposing forces In this tariff fight
him as long he viii ground .'AS = ''fp'
before the Winona speech was delivered
Call said before that President Taft understand
blinded him their vigorously
ing the flag of party solidarity That the charitable