Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-09-30

the way of tariff legislation. Any pub
lie expression from him at the proper
time would have won the peoples bat
tie but he gave no sign. Now that the
bill has been passed his attitude APP
pears to be that the people should
accept it for the sake of party solid
arity."
Some of the Presidents friends be-
lieve that his remarkable attitude is
due to bad advice. They are men who,
like Senator Bourne of Oregon, worked
in season and out of season to prevent
Taft's nomination but who were the
first to gather around him after he
took the oath OF office and offer him
advice. Senator Aldrich was sup
porter of Taft at Chicago as was Sena-
tor Hale of Maine but they were
among the latest of the converts to his
call. A short time before the Chicago
Convention met they openly declared
for Taft when it became apparent to
them that he was certain to be non1in-
ated. Now they are telling the Presi-
dent that in order to be renominated he
must unity the party, quiet the bust
ness interests and administer the chic
reform in all his executive actions.
| Just what the effect of it will be in
| national politics remains to be seen. If
the House should be Democratic next
wear as seems among the possibilities
the President may conclude that it
| would be wiser to return to the policy
of his predecessor on which he was
nominated and elected. Many Pro-
gressive Republicans here are inclined
to believe that Presidant Taft's recon-
mendations for additional legisla-
ton on injunctions and interstate COM
merce are put forward simply to de-
| tract the attention from the tariff
question. No one here believes that
Aldrich and Cannon will permit any
such legislation as that recommended
| by the President to pass Congress.
| Aldrich himself is committed to his
currency scheme as the next piece OF
important legislation. He is welded to
| the central bank idea which is desired
by a group of Wall Street Financiers
and for the promotion of which an ex-
traordinary lobby has already been
organized. Two things, relating to the
financial system of the country are
likely to engage Mr.. Aldrich's atten-
ton in the next Congress. One will be
The promation of the central bank idea
and the other the chloroforming of the
postal savings bank. 1t is hard to see
| where the President will be able to
accomplish anything that will give COM
fort to the Progressive members of his
party under the circumstances. His
plea for postal savings bank will not
be effective with Aldrich pledged to
kill it. If the next session of Con-
gress goes by without action it may
mean the last opportunity which Presi-
dent Taft will have to put his promised
| reforms into the form .of law. The
short session of Congress that will
follow will hardly afford time. If the
elections of 1910 return Democratic
House of Representatives the Presi-
dents power will be curbed for the
rest of his admins Under such
circumstances many Republicans are
alarmed over the outlook. They fear
not only the Democratic House of Re-
representatives. but the possibility of a
| Democratic president as well, 1t will
tequire change of only eighteen dis
tricts to give the Democrats the major
| ity in the next House.