Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1910-09-30
Washington News.


Washington, Superintendent Taft
has made it plain that he hopes and
expects to receive denomination for
the Presidency.
This means that he does not even yet
sse The point conveyed Ia the returns
OF The recent elections. 1t is evident to
many that the President sees no signif-
icance in the fact that from Gaine to
Csliforhia.the candidates branded with
his Involvement have been retired to
private lie by overwhelming majori-
ties, while those having his opposition
hive everywhere been elevated by the
p .ople.
Ia view Of the decisive reputation
o SIC TAFT tniuisirn,ion in the re.
G M ett -, it bteoue. interesting
~ law The identity Of the men
| whose advice the President has follow
ed TO his political downfall. Here are
some of The men in the Taft cabinet
whose degrees make II plain why Mr.
Iafps administrator has failed 10
please the common people:
Attorney General George G.. Wick
ersham, former attorney for the sugar
trust; tit was he WHO induced Presi-
dent Taft TO recommend in his annual
message against a Congressionalin ves-
tiga,ion of the 100000 sugar trust
underweight fraudsD immediately
upon taking Office Wiekersham diop-
suits which had been started against
the beef trust, taking the position that
he did not believe members of the
trust meant to violate the law and
that nothing could be gained through
prcsecutionsf for past oflenses; Wick
ersham wrote legal opinions vindicat-
ing Ballinger and indicting Pinchot
and CLAWS.
Secretary of State Philander G.
Knox, former attorney for the steel
trust; hand Of j. F. Morgan is seen by
many in his conduct of the state de-
partment; the Manchurian proposal,
for Wall streets benefit, made Ameri-
ca the subject of laughter in every civ
ilized land, and, with the Crane SCAM
dial, practically ended eur influence
for the doctrine of "the open door,
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson,
does whatever his superior officers
Craft, Aldrich, Cannon ct all demand
in order to hold his position; has
shown himself to be an enemy of pure
food laws by permitting mauufacsur-
ers Of food products to use benzoate of
sodain any quantity desired; takes POI
sition retail merchants and not trusts
nor tariff are responsible for increased
prices This is theofficial view of the
Taft administration
Charles Nagel, secretary of Conn
merce and Labor, former attorney for
the Waters-Pierce (-tandard) Oil COM
pany; he is at the head Of the depart
ment in which is located the bureau OF
corporations.
Secretary of War Dickinson, Harri-
man and Illinois Central lawyer;
showed ais hand as stool pigeon for
the railroads by blocking an indie
pendent line of steamships toPanama.
Secretary fthe Treasury Macveagh,
his record is immateriaI, as Aldrich IL
real head of currency and finance of
country.
Ballinger, exposed and discredited,
but still in Office.
Sufficient time has now passed to
get the truth from Maine. Authentic
reports show that the Democratic VIC
tories there were not won principally |
upon state and local Issues as the Re-
publican leaders have tried 10 repre- !
sent The most prominent issues weTC:
Failure of the Republican party to
fulfill its campaign pledge To revise
the tariff downward, high cost of liv-
ing, Cannonism, Haleism, questions
pertaining to prohibition.
The Democratic congressional candi-
dates promised to investigate and ex-
pose the following:
The cost of living as affected by the
tariff and the trusts.
Extravaganza in government expen-
ditures.
The part played by Mr.. Wickersham
in the sale of friar lands in the Philip
pines.
The amount of money Cortelyou and
other cabinet members squeezed out OF
plutocrats for campaign purposes
when Roosevelt ran in 1904, aud how
much Hitchcock raised for Taft four
years later.
The efforts of the trusts and syndi-
Gates to grab tim Der and mineral lands
and water power sites and Ballingcr's