New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-15
From The Tribune Bureau
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Washington, December H.
HARD TO PIlEASE-The difficulties
which confront an honest, hard-workihs
President who does not know anything
about politics are something stupendous'
II YOU do not believe it, asked Wiiha'n
Howard Taft, by the grace of God ano VIC
verdict OF the American people ffesioel'
of the United States. Some time ago W
Taft. acting on the advice of those close ~
him, il not on that Of the pon'icai so
in his Cabinet, decided to Wl'iiiioiu 90
patronage from the insurgents IN oohe
The decision was severely cohdeIhiieu "
both friends and critics or the aoiii
ton. and subsequently Mr. TAFT oecioe1
abandon the policy and to accord " iiis
gents their share of the feoefai po'i
along with the regulars WIN
which appalled, the politicians Oh ms
the President permitted MS hfs'
go h,s change of heart to be made known
through the publication OF a 'e''e ,aing
90 so,,e one in Iowa And now, 1oiio"iHs
I'D his second decision, the s,,n
. n,oi,te6 G. z. E Schultz. an ardent sup
.a,,+or Ia toilette, Collector vi
-. 80 Milwaukee And once n'o'e
E.,.,as of the President are Wrilsiis
lids and deeply depiorlhs '
'hei' n,,ose who are authorities on WIS
.u+ics insist that, whatever reCos
-: a., President may deem IL WISE -
a.,er insurgents, 1t is worse lion
-, -. ,nnoint any supporter OF MI
a. of5ce-irst. because there 10 nv
-.,.;,,. r,hatever of winning Tor 'i'iS q"
S..-;..-.,ion the support of that Seiiatoi
~ his lieutenants, and, secoio'
srch appointments must llle
"a tho only friends the ffesiuoh'
has in Wisconsin.
r1Nc. WITH CLASSES.-Presioeh
re. confesses that in so Tar as "e
..u-bat is sauce for the goose Is
A. ran6er' His critics, ana III 'ii0
.-.,,.e they are his most loyal ifiei'uH
,nsis+ that it is impossible 10 ''sae
,,,.a.,+e,, as a class, and that ailo"
,,us. he made for the ind1Vioua' ~,
r,s;.s Of that class or Statesmen
,r,sdon, of attempting to unite ''0 Pc
-, abandoning discrimination he,"eei zee
MARS and insurgents is freely ao'ii'
T. general proposition, but IL II III
!, a state dominated by man VIZ
more or less openly aVoWeu
PIN Republican PRESIDENTIAL $50
and where the party Is lrreNocaoiS
,.nt,,-oar the supporters and the opponents
ha Il.
-. j., other states will not work IL Is
pointed out that the suppolteiS VI q,
I-ouott. faction do not want harmony III
the party, because they haNe ca
--.ir +berefrom and everything 10 'oee'
st. tay. nIaced their money, so to speak,
,,,,ooes of the Presidential asplra-
- .beir senior Senator, and they are
not TO be won by patronage however ~
=, tba President may choose to pc oh
~. o.ber hand. the faction which Supports
a. r,f+ and which will 1sulpport MIN IN
-, ov+ national convention, or, "ouiu'
90 ,eost is bound to be so DISCOURAGED ny
.h;s recosnition of the leader OF the OPUS
INC faction. that they are extremely hh"iS
% re,ire from politics and 10 nave eoio
fcbine or otherwise to be nunpereu aion''
~. missing when the time comes 10 elees
sola.,tes ia the national convention OIL
1912.
PRACTICAL. POLTICS--''There Is ho
ereater mistake in the game Vi pun
+ban the attempt 10 CLASSIFY men anu
deal with classes rather thah Will 49,
v,duals." said one Of the most astute pon
ticisns in the party to-day roi ms
if never pays to attack Class jus
a,,+ ,o,1r individual and attack him as
severely as the circumstances war; d,it' az
II is ten TO one that the other members Va
b;s class will chuckle in their sleeves De-
cause one of their fellows has got II III
the neck. But attack the class ana yo"
will inevitably unite all its component parts
and incite the entire class to attack you.
In the matter of patronage this Is especidliS
true The President has very little pa'roi-
age at his disposal these days. what ne
has should be used with the utmost hltelil-
gence. Some men you can jolly along Win
very little, and when that Is possipie II
should be done, because all lhat can NC
saved I'm the case of the reasonable man
r,-;u he needed TO satisfy the demands of