The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-07
TEE PRESIDENT, TEE sPEAkEs
AND my POLICIES"

N - A~@-AN AGo.
To THE EDIroR or The SrN-Si, n.
troubles and trials q the President ~r..l.S
by the -insurEsnts' In the senate Al. 49,
1 IDENTIFY serious. in his view. for hinn.lS
There are a great many voters WIN an.
beginning 10 think them very seuou. ,l.o
for the economic prosperity of the country
They are naturally all the more trytns %,
the President because within his own p1r,v
The opposition Of Democrats in the San.,.
60 his measures does not ssem "a worrv a,
annoy him. aud probably for the reaso,
that the Democrats are in a minority ana
IL il their right and duty To oppnsa c.r.
tainly to oppose measures In conHir, With
those traditional and abiding prir-tnl..
and doctrines % their organization wh,c,
safeguard the rights % the States ~ -.
pressed in the Tenth Amendment
/ With insurgency in the HOUSE the Prss,.
I dent does not appear 20 he greatly con.
cernsI. possibly because he regards II a.
a revolt against a system in the Hou..
! heretofore enforced there 10y Demprra,.
and Republicans alike in order IN erahL.
the ina jority to control the minority ahso.
lutely aud even tyrannically. n IL 4 .vs-
tenn nevertheless. which when tho Pres.
dent and the Speaker are really united IN
opinion and purpose might enable them.
o. long a. they remain united. 90 upset IN.
intended balance % the Constitution
| A. the present power 81 Speaker Can.
non IL an inheritance from prec~den,s
set twenty years ago. 81 the power tina,
President Taft seems to feel hound 20
exercise il chiefly an inheritance from
precedent- set since the death Of McKin-
ley Not till then was IL generally N.
fashion for the President to insist that
members % the Senate and House ~ the
same party a. himself owed fealty IN HI.
Interpretation of the legislation required
10y the party platform. Such fealty
might hs demanded from executive hut
not from legislative officers. who were
In former times permitted to interpret
party platform for themselves The
habit - attempt by the President To 70 10
TIE voters over theh eads of ConRreaam~n
In order TO enforce enactment % my
policies IL quite modern. a. IL the fornu-
lating II bills by the Attorney General
To be accepted by Congress according 70
the party platform. Indeed. a great PAN
u the obstacles now impeding complies
recovery from the panic of three years
ago may he generally described a. thu
outcome % my policies executive Or
legislative
What would have been the result to-day
regarding President Taft's power ami
prestige and that Of his party. and on the
economic welfare % the country, had
he abstained from speeches and from all
attempts 10 control Legislation excepting
by his general or special official messages
Ia Congress, What Leverage agains, him
could the insurgents then have bad
They could presumably have made littls
Roadway against him because he slgnsi
the tariff bill The Constitution compelled
him to sign IL II he approved t and to
veto II in case he disapproved IL. He had
no discretion.
IA things political now seem. hut the
accuracy may he specious. the outlook 10
much the same to-day for the Republicans
a. Il was twenty years ago in the middle
- Harrson's term. Cannot the PTssidsnt
change that dl-cuuraGing aspect 10y nov
abandoning my policies that are caus.
ing controversies among Republicans and
'.ndangerIng the success Of the Admins.
trdtIun Why not, as black smiths say.
- the iron set for while. and 80 give
a chance to thnse whom President Wilson
~ Princeton has recently descr!bed as the
men vino In the West and Fast. the North
and South. in Alaska and all the Tern
tories. -are. the most conspicuous leaders
- the coIntry's business. it, economic
development. and whose first thought Is
10 safeguard property and establish pros
perity-,
!, NAV he said in reply that such policy,
Il announced by the President. wouh
straightway bring 20 the front the forces
81 disorder led by Roosevelt and Bryan
BE IL sol The conflict must come soon or
late. and why not have IL out now
INDUSTRIAL PRosPERtTT
CHICAGO. April T.