The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1909-10-29
EIGHT MONTHS OF TAFT

Mr. Taft candidate the Presidency, practically
iriendes The political world hard and cold him the
people who liked Roosevelt because they largely
took words for deeds and activity little of Taft and
cared less but he Roosees choice and he forced
errorzed convention and subsequently eectedcey because he
pledged clinch and extend the Roosevelt policies
After extraordinary Mr. Taft has just made and
after nearly nine months OF office improper inquire where
how travelled of and
progress, with President Taft the heir and disciple
Mr. Tafts first task tariff revision downward. The
people know what kind of tariff revision Taft with the heroic aid
d Adrch Hale Smoot Cannon Daze and company has given
them If they do know Dollver Cunmns
LaFoee Bora Nelson and other Republican progreves have
spoken abored in vain have impartial students experts lead
ing independent journals and intelligent manufacturers ad
The Taft tariff on public
that need caused the bloaed ovepro-
eced the least There reductions it that
intended lower prices stimulate competition
handicap monopoly There in which shameful
and increases which higher profits for the prosper
and heavier burdens for the Of
This tariff Taft first apoogized for sincere effort
deem the pledge OF downward if he and his party had
promised effort" and definite results in
complete ulflment He must have known limited his ntel
sence his m1chadversed test of egmate protection
had been applied and could have been applied single
schedule Congress had depended what Dover called
the existing tariff commission the commission Of lobbyist greedy
tmd manufacturers and glib liars and had Indignantly rejected
the OF production abroad foreign wages
But lame the apology least apology II
be robbed insult least be piled the injury
On his however, the soft amabe cheerful eversning
Taft changed his the tariff He had forgotten his apology
and in his clumsy eepantine way offensive The
tariff the best the party had passed the Republican
insurgents wked and treacherosy that
of charity continue them Republicans the
igureshe stale worthless Payne figures, markowed that the
new tariff would countless milHols to the people
This udicrous and absurd Of and proved too
strong party organs and general yccpant But the
changed Taft aggressive Taft the defender of the fraudulent
tariff, was something OF psychological puzzle
He would still perhaps be psychological puzzle but for other
exhibitions performances sef-revaos made while touring the
country uerng patues msquoting the Bible assaung Eng
composition negectng the business he literally paid
attend Washington The illumination afforded by these self
revelations enables to solve the puzzle
At Chicago while discussing law reform Mr. TAFT advocated
remedies for the evils OF delay and increase OF
power the judges The tendency constitutional and State
legislation limit the power Of judges Injuncons re
Dukes iue arrogant annent of laws arfetched con
tona grounds account sufficiently for this tendency But
Taft the bureaucra an Of the Philippines and Cuba gnor
ant or needless popular the United States seriously
proposes of the powers abused by the judges
In the West Mr. TAFT has repeatedly rallied at and asSaile
the Oklahoma Constitution which he called geological garden
of can He forgive the rejection Of his advice to the
Okaonan defeat that Constitution and has neither dignity
sense enough silent What he objects to IN Okla
oma Constitution alleged overreglaton OF the legislature
The ideal he holds brief and generawiess
our Federal Constitution TO attempt the hands OF the egs
aure especially undeveoped territory IS to hamper
growth and adaptation OF law need But the tendency to
cuare and impose more and more limitations on te legislature
illustrated all the constitutions and Is itself the outcome
OF needs and conditions The Okahoans in good company
and what they did whether unwise the whole they did
in order to prevent and evils they had observed in other
States Moreover Taft does not to know that the linn
taos he complains aimed the many instances
and intended the hands OF the legislature and the people
rather than TO tie Notification of nSy and abb
r grounds carried far that constitutional conventions
have had to provide specifically that such and such legislation shall
be within the power aw-mang authority and such powers
withheld from the The people may control legislatures by
means referendum and initiative but how they to sae
the ambitious and arrogant Judges how hep prevent stretch
Of the dictatfO