Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-06-14
HAMMER TAFT
ADMINISTRATION
Impression Prevails That 1t Is a Bit
Early to Knock and Play Fair
With New President.

with new freSluel1J,
WASHINGTON, ID. although
Washington is generally wrapped
up in the tariff discussion and finds
little time to talk about anything
else, yet members of Congress some
times pause long enough TO revert
to the subject of the difference be.
tween the Roosevelt and the Taft adj
ministrations and the possible pO-
litical effects on their party. The
knockers hammer has begun to rap
| the Taft administration already, and
the Congressman have their ears to
the ground, but the general impress
sion prevails that the hammer work
has begun a bit too early to be fair
with the new President. Neverthe-
| less, some curious theOrizing Is gu-
ing on in this town based on the
assumption that the Taft admins
tration is to continue as it has be-
gun.
Taft a Cautious Man.
Caution Is the watChword of Pres
ident Taft. Action and not words is
said TO be the maxim of his admin
istration. To the country used to
words and lots of them and action
and plenty of II for seven long years.
the dead" news columns from
Washington these days, so far as all
else but Congress is concerned, is
beginning to attract attention.
Congressman are beginning to get
letters from their constituents ask
ing for first-hand impressions of the
President and has administration,
and II Is noteworthy that most of
the signers of these letters subscribe
themselves as dyed in the wool
Roosevelt men.
Roosevelt Men Criticise Taft.
! The first impressions of the Taft
administration in Washington are
two-fold. Those who did not like
Roosevelt are loudest in their COM
mendation of 1t; those who did like
Roosevelt are lOudest in their CON
demnation. The radical Roosevelt
men are the men who are now doing
the open knocking of the Taft ad.
ministration and the question agi-
tating Washington now is: VIII
the Taft administration come out
of its shell in time to head off the
conservative Roosevelt men from
joining the knockers club?
This question is now answered
here, according to the point of view
of the person of whom the query is
made. The fact remains, however
that the general consensus of Opin'
ion in Congress ANA elsewhere now
is that serious departure has beer
made from Roosevelt methods al
least. Whether the departure reach
es to the so-called Roosevelt policies
or not remains TO be demonstrated.
How Taft Is Criticised.
During the time the Taft admins
tration has been in office 1t has mo-
been idle, but the actual aCComp
lishmcnts have stirred the Roose
welt followers deeply. Those who
went al the way with President
Roosevelt can count a few reversals
of Roosevelt policies as follows:
President Taft has practically re-
versed the referee system of dolinl
out patronage in the south.
His political advisers have sci
about to oragnize white mans Re
publican party in that section.
Negroes will not be recognized fol-
public Office in sections where they
are not wanted in that capacity.
Based on recent congressional leg
islation, Attorney-General Wicker
sham has held that marines must b.
restored aboard United States battle
ships from which they were remOv
/, ed by President Roosevelt by an eX
ecutive order.
Whisky Controversy Reopened.
President Taft has reOpened tn
whisky controversy under the pure
food bill.
George Won l.. Meyer, secretary o
the navy, is carrying out the polio,
of his predecessor, Secretary New
berry, with respect to the reOragniza
ton of the navy department, poll
cy not wholly unapprOved by Presi
dent Roosevelt, but more or less in
terfered with.
Also based on congressional action
Attorney General Wickersham ha
= held that there is no legal basis 70
= the existence of several of the Rooso
welt advisory boards connected witt
the administration of national con
servatism, Identification of the cit
Of Washington and the administra
ton of the pure-food law.
This is by no means Il complet
category of the accomplishments q
the Taft administration, but the
are the most apparent in the ligh
of what has gone before.