The San Francisco call., 1909-09-19
SICK GOVERNOR
SENDS GREETING
TO PRESIDENT
Touching Incident of the Visit
of the Chief Executive to
Minnesota's Twin Cities
Taft Replies to the Message
and Pays High Tribute
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revision is the presidents evident in
tention not to put the work further
during his administration, so far as
any positive legislation is concerned.
MERIT OF BOLDNEss
ST. PAUL DIsPATCH-Probsbl no
one is surprised at the trend of Taft's
remarks. if he was of mind TO take
up the question OF insurgency at all,
which was not necessary. But the re-
buke which he administered to the re-
publicans of Minnesota has the one
merit of being bold. Western senti-
ment, western interest and western in
fuence receive slight consideration.
TAKES PAYNE's WORD
NEBRASKA STATE JOURNAL, Lin
coIn-Mr. Taft declares it is the best
tariff law ever enacted. He takes
Congressman Payne's word for it that
the revision was, on the whole, down
ward. That is as yet a matter of
opinion, though it is rather significant
that the tide of disinterested opinion is
almost wholly against Mr.. Payne. One
thing which he could have left unsaid
without compromising himself was
his depreciation of further tariff agi-
tation.
PARTY VOTERS PLEASED
OMAHA BEE-The party voters will
be pleased WIN Ine pT6SlOSHl cApO-
sition of party duties. They will sus-
tain the party majority. The repub-
lican party did not promise to reduce
the tariff TO the point of introducing
foreign importations that would de-
rnoralize the business OF American
factories.
PERFECTLY FRANK
COMMERCIAL TRIBUNE, Cincinnati
-President Taft's discussion of the
tariff bill indicates that he intends to
be perfectly frank with the American
people. The plain and unequivocal way
in which he outlined and recalled events
of the last campaign shows that he
regards campaign promises and party
platforms as OF binding force.
OPTIMISM OF THE MAN
CLEVELAND Decentralization
President Taft's disregard of the strong
opposition on such questions as cen
trail bank and his hearty defense of the
Payne-Aldrich tariff in the states
where the new law has the fewest
champions is the optimism of the man.
II is not unrea soning cheerfulness. Mr.
Taft is not excessively emotional His
sanguine way OF dealing with great
issues Of national policy is supported
by cold facts.
DETROIT FREE PRESS (DemocraD.
President Taft was fortunate in that
he was speaking in Minnesota TO an
audience much wider than that state
His address was in reality made to the
whole country. The wool schedule, TO
which he mde particular reference, may
seem a hardship 10 the Minnesotans
with their Insignificant number OF
sheep, while here in Michigan. where
we raise some five times as many sheep
as Minnesota raises. the hardship would
have been in the reduction Minnesota
wanted The new tariff was made for
the whole country, and it must bear
harder on some sections than on others
in every schedule. No tariff is per
feet and the most that can be hoped
is that q new one may be as little
inequitable as possible.
FAIR AND SANE
FORT SCOTT REPUBLICAN-The
attitude of the president is character
istic of the man. His frankness, his
sincerity of purpose and his desire that
the measure should be one of the best
ntted to advance the interests of the
entire country are clearly set forth.
He has no hesitancy in admitting that
there are some weak points In the
schedule, but he contends, and rightly
20. that the measure should be judged
ticular feature. His attitude will strike
the average citizen as being eminently
fair and sane.