Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1909-06-30
MAY RELY ON TAFT
PRESIDENT FULLY EQUAL TO
THE TARIFF SITUATION.
Washington Star, stalwart Republican
Organ, Warmly Praises the Atti.
tude Of the Chief Executive
in the Matter.
A few weeks ago the Star said:

President Taft is in favor of the
Payne bill. He approves Of the SEN
ate committees amendments to the
Payne bill. He is thoroughly dissatis-
ned with everything his party in con-
gress has done up to date. He will
sign the bill his party sends him. II
any such bill as Is now indicated
reaches him he will veto it, He IA
vors an income tax. He doubts the
ACCESSIBILITY Of an income tax at this
time. His party In congress thorough
ly understands his wishes. He has
refrained from going into particulars
when visited by those who are put
ting the tariff bill into shape. And so
1t goes. Reports as to the presidents
position are thick as leaves. The
public has but to make its choice"
Reproduced in a number of quar-
ters, the paragraph Jared very well
until it reached the Chicago Evening
Post whose comment is as follows
This sarcastic summary of the tar
III situation at the White House made
by the Washington Star is reflex of
editorial comment which has lately
"a
paper like the Springfield Republican
even goes so far as to say that be-
tween the lines of the speeches of the
western revisionists it can almost de-
tect the breathing of sigh for just
one or two more days of Roosevelt"
AS is plain enough, the summary
was not "of the tariff situation at the
White House." but of the kaleido-
scope tariff gossip of this town. You
can hear anything you please, not
only about the presidents attitude,
but everybody else's. Talk is abun-
dant, and, as usual. cheap. A good
deal of it is not worth the breath it
consumes.
Although the president is made to
hgure in SO much Of this chatter, the
most reliable information is that he
has not committed himself beyond his
campaign expressions of last year and
MS message to congress. There have
been many visits to the White House
Doth by standpatters and revisionists
since March 10, and undoubtedly the
president has heard at length from
both sides. In all probability, too.
~''Ci 20 nave DCtn I'd draw MIN
out as to the details Of bill. A nod
or two would have sufficed in answer
to this appeal and that, but solicitors
have not received even nod. The
president has not only kept his head
on his shoulders, but has kept it still.
On the general proposition of revi-
sion upward or downward the -presi-
dents message leaves nothing to be
desired. He is Enthusiastically for the
latter. He has no bill, and it is not
necessary that he should have one.
But common knowledge of the man
warrants the assumption that he will
understand the bill that congress
sends to him. and will deal with it
according to his conceptions of duty.
The idea that anybody in this town
Interested in the tariff question is
signing for just one or two more
days of Roosevelt" is droll. There
amt no SIGH person" 1t is far
essier to believe that even Mr. Roose-
velt's best friends understand that he
would not shine in the present contro-
versy. He himself realized his limita-
lions as to the tariff, and said that the
subject was not for him. If now on
deck, however, nothing is likelier than
that he would be in the thick of the
turmoil, with bill and a will of his
own, pulling and hauling for his way.
and making as much of a mess of
things as Mr.. Cleveland. with equal
ignorance as to tariff matters and ag-
gressiveness as to all matters, made
OF the tariff contest of Is years ago.
Washington Star.