Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-01-21
CURRENT COMMENT.

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Haineses and the Thaws but crowd 20
its zenith the fallacy Of personal ven
goance. and when that zenith Is reach.
/ cd 10 must De- passed. and the vile
things the unwrittcn law seeks 90
glorify must sink 90 that darkness
again whence Il originally arose 10
give some measure Of pause TO the
splendid progress OF Christian ciyiliza.
| ton"
The New York Tribune says: THE
Presidentelect has promised to live
up o. the same general standard Co
making appointments in the South as
he accepts Ia making appointments
In other sections. That Is only fair
and just Such a promise indicates
Mr.. Tafts sincere intention 20 treat
the South not as a section I'm itself.
isolate politically from the rest Of the
Union, but as a section ready 20 rcas.
sumo It's proper role as a joint factor
IN ~ national undertakings"
The New Orleans States saws: "E,l.
dence IS not wanting that the Amcri.
can people who are nov struggling
desperately TO make their incomes
meet their expenses. viii make the
question Of cheaper food and a lower
cost OF living the paramount issue in
| he Congressional election next year
avH tho n-.-fH.,-tg,r .r.-sF-.. - 500
II Is an issue that will thrust itself
into every home circle i'm the land and
before IL party lines will go down as
they have never done before I'm the
history OF the country's politics. for
there is little reason 10 doubt that the
mass Of the people, regardless Of party
faith, will unite in support OF a policy
TO lower the cost Of living and in
crease the purchasing power Of the
dollar"
The Philadelphia Record says: 1t
is evident that. while the people do
not elect postmasters and collectors
and district attorneys and marshals
the President should appoint such OF.
fCials as the people would elect ID
they had a chance-represcut |
men I'm the communities where they
live. men who command the confidence |
Of their neighbors. Instead of that |
Republican Presidents have pretty |
appointed men in the inter /
of oil 81
claiming 20 De the Republican party |
in the South and unwilling that the |
party should Dee large; their prUmi- |
hence in its ahaIrs being an effective |
guarantee that il should never be- too
large TO be controlled b. them. ."
II nearly all the respectable and capa-
BILE men In the South are Democrats
the National Government must find
It's agents among them, even though
the President be a Republican"
The Springfield Republican says:
Congress once. in its early days
In the old sedition act Of 1898 pro-
yided for the prosecution, with fine
lkLlM lNANileullutuAs VI any Itl oull n
guilty Of printing or publishing any /
false, scandalous, and malicious writ
ings against the Government OF the /
United States, or either house Of Con
gress. or the President, with intent 10 /
defame them or bring them into con /
tempt and disrepute.' That law. so /
aagrautly in violation Of the prohibit |
ton OF the first amendment, lasted /
just about three years. and. besides /
coming near 20 causing a revolution,
its chief consequence was 20 start the
destruction OF the Federalist party /
which was responsible for Il. No Con
gress will ever again repeat that mis-
take. and Is il 10 be supposed that
the Federal courts will permit the
Roosevelt government TO find powers
I'm the common law which are denied |
70 the said government by the consti-
tuition? We rather guess not"