The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-17


himself, and say: II was mistaken.
Taft is a weak man He is not the
man 1 thought he was. I propose to
take the reins myself and show the
country a thing or two. I will lead the
insurgents
This is what Mr.. Allen and the in
surgents seem to think President
Roosevelt is likely to do.
We don't believe it.
There has been a great deal of mis-
representation of Mr.. Taft. His Wi
iona speech has been misquoted. Mr..
Taft. as we read it, said nothing in
his Winona speech that Mr.. Roosevelt
would not have said himself, and else
where on this page is reprinted that
Iart of Taft's Winona speech wherein
he is said to have read the insurgents
cut of the party. His statement was
-eally very mild and the fairminded
inen who will read it must say so. His
Winona speech was much milder than
some people seem to think Taft will
be in his forthcoming message.
Speaking of Misrepresentation,
there has been no one more grossly
misrepresented than Speaker Cannon.
We say this realizing that Speaker
Cannon is not as popular in Kansas
as he is in Illinois, at Washington and
in congress, although six of our Kan
sas congressman think Cannon has
made good speaker and voted for
him at the last opportunity they had.
This alleged "Cannonism' is not an
issue in Kansas. If these terrible
rules" adopted by the majority are so
had, there needs to be some house
cleaning here at home in the Kansas
legislature.
The insurgents seem to forget that
not only did the Republicans commend
Speaker Cannon, not perfunctorily, but
| ;incerely, at the close of the last ses-
sion for his ability and fairness as
speaker, but, mirabile dictu, even the
Democrats commended him for the
| same things, the insurgents probably
rot voting.
Speaking of czars. Cannon as speak
er is mild and zephyr-hke compared
with Stubs when he was speaker of
the Kansas house and with Dolley
when he was speaker of the Kansas
house last winter. Stubs and Dolley
at times rode rough shod over the
members of the body over which they
presided. II Cannon would do in con-
gress as speaker of that body what
Dolley did in the Kansas house last
winter and had Cannon conducted him
self as Dolley did. congress would have
risen in it's wrath and smited
Cannon. instead of commencing him.
A lot of this political talk in KAN
sas makes people tired and we don't
believe the great masses Of the PEG
PIE of the state, next to the grass
roots, are paying much attention to
it; for the masses Of the people of
the state, her merchants. her manufac-
turers, her farmer. her jobbers, were
never more prosperous. they never
lived better, they never got better
prices for their products, they never
paid better prices to those who helped
them make their product. They never
bought SO many luxuries, used so many
automobiles. talked over SO many tele-
phones. loaned SO much money, had
so much surplus. were SO generally
happy and prosperous as they are to-
day under Taft and the miserable
Payne BILL
Why not hold up Mr.. Taft's hands at
the beginning of his administration.
give him a little credit for being sensi-
Bile, not trying to do the impossible.
but doing the best he can, the thing
for which he was elected to do.
The State Journal realizes that it
| may not be very popular thing just
now, it may be too soon, to say some
| of these things. but as the State Jour-
nal is sincere in saying them the read
er must give the paper the same char
ity that it extends to those who may
differ from it.
This paper knows that the state is
| prosperous. 1t does not see the sense
of decrying the improved condition o.
things politically, physically, morally
| as so much has been accomplished and
so much Is being done by pursuing the
| Roosevelt policies which Taft is start
| ing out to carry out
President Roosevelt was always caro-
| full in whatever he said against the
| railroads. against the corporations, and
| they needed things said against them,
that he would not do injustice to the
successful man any more than he
would to the unsuccessful man. to the
| rich man or to the poor man, but he
would have one and all obey the law.
He hated the idea that wealth should
give immunity.
If Taft is falling in any way to carry
out the Roosevelt policies in a practi-
cal manner this paper fails to see it,
If Taft had done what Mr.. Allen
| seems to think he should have done to
have been in line in Kansas, that is,
vetoed the Payne tariff bill. the coun-
try today would have been in a state
! of business suspense instead of forging
along prosperously as it is now with
everybody busy and nearly everybody
| we'll employed.
! Why not give Taft a rest and a
chance? Why not hold up his hands ?
| Why not march along to greater things
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