Putnam patriot., 1909-09-24
presldenI Iallls Nleslern IrIp.

President Teit's Western Trip.
 The iouf of President Tafi through. out the West is developing him as 2 statesaan af extraordinary abilities. frankness, feaflessuess and honesty sa Transparent that the strongest opp9sefa Of the a8eaaaFea ba saeoeatcs, cannot bot praise him The Presidents first speech was at Chieago last week Thurs dav night. He declared that Bo qaes- lion before the Amefiean people today IS more important han the improve meHt of the administration 0i JHstiee, and he announced his intention Of re- commenting to Congress the appoint ment oi q commission To take up the auestisD Of the laws delay. in the fed- craI courta He hoped the report Of that commission would also serve A T guide to the States enaetIBg remedial legislation.
 At Milwaukee the day following the President said that the postal savings bank plank in the Republican plat form bound everybody who calls him- self Replsbiiean. .,If they do not like a plank to platform, he said, tor if they do not like the platform it. self, they cease to be Republicans l am here to uphold the doctrine of the postal savings banks: because 1 believe they will fill in this country long felt want. This particular postal savings bank business the government k espe- cialiyfitted To do what no system Of pri. yate bankers can do.'
 At Winona, on his way 10 Minneapo. lis, the President defended the Payne tariff law, because he was in Slate which is the hotbed of the "insurgentH movement within the Republican par ". He asserted that the insurgents who voied against the bill had aban- doned the Republican party Was 1t the duty of the member of Congress who believed that the bill did not ac- compiish everything that 1t ought to accomplish to vote against iI?7 asked the President. "I am here to justify those who answer this question II lhe negative. 1 am not here 10 defend those who voted for the Payne bill, but to support them"
 At Minneapolis on Saturday, he had formal speech, but spoke of the city, its I,xfa speech ai Winona, however, hnd made n deep impression, and when he depaf- tod he Jeff fewer insurgents than there had been before he made his Winona speech.
 The design of President Taft in mak- ing his present tour k to set forth his policies and to explain hts position ia regafs to niehsnfes which are dividing the Republican party. Al Ch,ea9a he spoke oi reform needed In tive federal courts, where abuses exist that an in telIigent nation should not permit. At Winona he made the Payne tariff law the subject of his speech, for it k III Minnesota where the insnrgent move ment is strongest, and Ii was about that movement he spoke. At Bes Moines, on Monday, where the President deifS. cred the seeond of the important aeela- ratlons Of policy he has outlined for his ifip. lie spoke on the interstate com. meree aud antitrust laws, and outlined at length the recommendations Tor amendments to these statutes he will make to Congress in his Message in December He took occasion in this speech 10 briehy outline his well known attitude with regard to ia0or unlons, dwelt on the necessity of passing al the earliest possible momeat legislation to carry oul platform pledges as to injnnc- tions.
 At Denver, on Tuesday, the rresi- dent defended tue corporation tax en- acted Al the iast session of Congress. He said he opposed aiditeet income tax except in cases of emergency, and he. iieNed il Co 9e n prime fault in the Fed 'f"t @%AteAAAAttNfs NAAsAA AiA iffRf'HtNt " es' made for direct levy to meet war time or other extraordinary expenses.
 The next subject of importance he will take up will be upon the. e.consefVa- ton oi natural resources. There has been q sharp discussion going on over this subject, especially at the West, started with decisions made by Railin- ger, Secretary of the Interior, and Pin chol of The Forestry Department, who declared that they were in violation ei The enaetfnents of Congress on the con servation of national resources. The President has upheld the position ol Secretary Raliingef as against that ol Pinchot. That has caused division of opinion among the Republicans friendly 10 these men, which the Presi dent will endeavor to clear away wheu he takes ap that subject. This, how ever will have to be left until our neNl issue.
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