Cañon City record., 1910-03-17
WASHINGTON LETTER
Special to The Record.

Washington. March 15.-The second
year of President Taft's term has be-
gun most auspiciously. The work of
congress is further advanced than
usual at this period. and this means
that many new and important laws
will be enacted in line with the presi-
dents recommendations. The pas
sage of the Postal Savings Bank bill
in the senate receiving every Repub-
lican vote indicates united action
from now on In support of the presi-
dent and party measures.
Not since the time of Henry Clay
have we had SO earnest and success
full pasificator in public life as
President Taft. Without meddling
or interference. yet he has a way of
bringing together different views not
only here at Washington but in the
various states. Such action. of
course. is liable 10 be misunderstood.
but when the people learn that the
president has but one single purpose
in mind. and that is to Dring about
a condition OF affairs IN the party that
means accomplishment and subse-
quent success in the coming cam
paign they will applaud and not crit
icize his efforts in this direction.
The record OF Mr.. Taft's first year
is one that has rarely. II ever. been
equaled since the first year of Mr..
Llncoln's administration. In the first
place the passage OF great tariff
ac, like the Payne bill which mos,
substantially revised the tariff was in
itself an Accomplishment of no mean
order. But the tariff law did more
than to make a change In the sche-
dulles and to bring about a general
lowering OF duties-it provided for a
maximum and minimum tariff. by
means OF which the president has al
ready entered iato practical treaties
with all the foreign countries. obtain
ing for this nation the most favored
clauses Of their own tariffs. Then
there was the provision taxing the
earnings OF corporations which soon
goes into effect. the court Of customs
appeals and the new tariff board
which is gathering material for use
in ehe future and aiding the presi-
dent most materially In his conclu-
sions with foreign nations.
Several OF Mr.. Taft's recommenda-
tions are now being considered in
both senate and house committees and
will soon be reported and debated in
both houses OF congress. II is a mis-
taken idea on the part OF the press
and public 20 assume that the pledges
OF a political party can be redeemed
in one session of congress. and that
all the recommendations OF the pres
ident in his annual message can be
Immediately taken up and enacted
into law. Some of the great reforms
which the Republican party and the
be left until the 62d congress. and for
that reason II is necessary that there
be a Republican senate and to enact
as far as possible the presidents pol
icies. making his term a complete and
successful one.
Never before perhaps In our his
tory has a congressional campaign
been begun so early as the present.
the Republicans particularly having
for weeks been earnestly engaged in
distributing literature. and giving TO
the people through pamphlets and
the newspapers the truth about leg
islation and the administration. This
Is not done so much through fear OF
Democratic success as II Is due to the
business attitude OF Chairman Nc
Kinley In everything that he under
takes. He realizes that the present
year is so-called 'off year In politics
and he realizes too. that there have
been factional differences in the par
ty, and that various conditions exist
which II not overcome might jcop-