The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-03-02

The latest attack upon President
Taft comes from the Worlds Work
magazine, edited by Walter H. Page,
former member of Roosevelt's country
life commission.
The article says that Taft himself
has said that. because congress rep
resents districts, sections, etc, the
president is the only real representa-
tive of the people.
NO man in recent times has gone
into the white house with so. nearly
universal trust of the people,"
writes the editor.
But now. at the end of a year, his
party is divided into fierce factions,
his well-nigh universal popularity has
waned.
He made logical and well-thought-
out plan for his administration. He
commended for better and more sin
cere tariff revision-too late. The
people respected his sincerity while
! they regretted his yielding. They
saw clearly that these leaders of the
party Tin congress) could not be trust
ed. Yet they accepted the unsatisfac-
| criticism of him, and they said, Now
the president sees that these leaders
do not represent the conscience and
sincerity of the party and henceforth
he will not yield to them They
hoped that he had opened the way to
shifting of leadership and they still
kept a high expectation Of his admin
istration.
IF the Republican masses could
have voted on the question, Shall Mr..
Aldrich and Mr.. Cannon be retained
as leaders in congress- nobody doubts
what their answer would have been.
The president must decide between
party regularity and the leadership
Of the people. The old leaders stand
for the undue influence of wealth on
government:
There is something terrible and
cruel in many wave of popular disap-
prevail that sweeps over the land, but
it is public opinion that is dominant
in our democracy and public opinion
has fast withdrawn approval from the
administration since last summer.
The people feel that the admins,
tration has gone out of touch with
them. They are saying that the cabi-
net has not single man who has
ever held an elective office OF i'm
portance Except the secretary of ag.
riculture.)
The president has able counsel;
gentlemen who have all won distinc-
ton as counsel for corporations and
railroads. But the people. right or
wrong, feel that these gentlemen may
not know their case.
The people expected that the tar
iff would be revised. that the conser
walton policy would be developed and
that new regulative acts would be
(passed. The failure was three-fold.
And still. it is pointed out. Taft
hopes to hold his party together. The
people think the Republican leaders
will treat the conservation plan as
they treated tariff revision.
IF the party leaders again give him
what THEY want and not what THE
PEOPLE want, and IF THE PRESI
DENT AGAIN SUBMITS TO SUCH
TREATMENT. his party will be hope
leSsly split and HIS CHANCE OF
LEADERSHIP WILL BE GONE.
The people cannot reach Mr. Aid
rich. He comes from Rhode Island
But they will not elect a congress
that will dare to elect Cannon speak
} er.
THE FUTURE OF THE REPUB
LICAN PARTY BELONGS TO THE
FACTION NOW CALLED THE IN
, SURGENTS. BECAUSE THEY REP
RESENT THE CONVICTIONS AMI
CONSCIENCE OF THE PEOPLE.
"Party control is about to be shift
ed. To lead a party was a worthy aim
but our parties now are dissoIvine
groups.
THE MAKERS OF WEALTH AMI
THE MAKERS OF PARTIES AMI