Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1910-09-30
Vital Washington News.


Washington, D. c., Sept. 20, 1910.
President Taft has made it plain that he
hopes and expects to secure renOmina-
tion for the Presidency,
This means that he does not even yet
see the point conveyed in the returns of
the recent elections. II is evident to many
that the President sees no significance in
the fact that from Maine to California the
candidates branded with his Endorsement
have been retired to private life by over
whelmng majOrities, while those having
his opposition have everywhere been ele-
waited by the people.
In view of the decisive reputation of
the Taft administration in the recent cleo
tons, 1t becomes interesting to know the
identity of the men whose advice the
President has followed to his political down.
fall, Here are some of the men in the Taft
cabinet whose pedigrees make 1t plain why
Mr. Tafts administration has failed to
please the common people
Attorney General GEORGE C. Wickersham,
former attorney for the sugar trlIst-it was
he who induced President Taft to recon-
mend In his annual message against a
Congressional investigation of the So ,000-
600 sugar trust underweight frauds. Inn
mediately upon taking Office Wickersham
dropped the 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 prosecu-
tons for past" offences. Wickersham
wrote the legal opinion indicating Balm
ger and indicting Pinchot and CLAWS.
Secretary of State Philander C. Knox,
former attorney for the steel trust-the
hand OF j. p. Morgan is seen by many in
his conduct of the State Department. The
Manchurian proposal, for Wall streets
benefit made America the subject of laugh
ter in every civilized land. and, with the
Crane scandal, practically ended our in
fiuence for the doctrine of 1.-The open door,"
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson does
whatever his superior officers CTaft, AL
drich, Cannon ct all demand of him in
order to hold his position. He has shown
himself to be an enemy of the pure food
law by permitting the manufacturers of
food products to use benzOate of soda in
any quantity desired. He takes the posi-
ton that retail merchants and not the
trusts nor the tariff are responsible for in
creased prices.
Secretary Of Commerce and Labor Chas.
Nagel, former attorney for the Waters
Pierce (Standard) Oil COmpany-he is at
the head of the department In which is
located the Bureau of Corporations.
Secretary of War Dickinson, a Hartman
and Illinois Central lawyer, showed his
hand as stool-pigeon for the railroads by
blocking an independent line of steamships
to Panama.
Secretary of the Treasury MacVeagh his
record is immaterial. as Aldrch is the real
head of currency and finance of the cOun-
try
Ballinger exposed and discredited, but
still in office.
TRUTH ABOUT MAINE
Sufficient time has now passed to get
the truth from Maine Authentic reports
show that the Democratic victory there
was not won principally upon State and
local issues. as the Republican leaders have
tried to make ii appear. The most promi-
nent issues were
Failure of the Republican party to fulfill
its campaign pledge to revise the tariff
downward. high cost Of living, CannOnism.
Halelsm, and questions pertaining to pro-
hibitiOn.
The Democratic Congressional candidates
promised to investigate and expose the
following:
The cost of living as affected by the
tariff and the trusts
Extravaganza in government expendi-
lures.
The part played by Mr. Wckersham in
the sale of friar lands in the Philippines
The amount Of money COrtelyOu and
other cabinet members squeezed out Of
plutocrats for campaign purposes when
Roosevelt ran in 1904. and how much
Hitchcock raised for Taft four years later
The efforts of the trusts and the syndi-
Gates TO grab timber and mineral lands,
water-p0wer sites and Ballinger's relation
thereto.
The reasons why President Taft joins
the Guggenheims in denying to Alaska
territorial government.
The influences behind the rubber sched-
ule, cotton schedule and wool schedule Of
the Payne Aldrich tariff bill.
The part played by national officers In
promoting the plundering Of the civilized In
dams of Oklahoma by lawyers, claim agents
and politicians.
GENEROSITY Or ALDRIcH.
Republican candidates for Congress boast
of the generosity of Senator Aldrich in
permitting large number Of articles 10
90 on the free list in the new tariff law.
And Democratic candidates are telling
what the free list consists of. Some Of the
things that the generous Rhode Island
statesman permitted on the free list were
joss sticks. bladders. dried blood and horse
hair. Then there are birds eggs. lemon
Juice, turtles and Junk. Also acOrns, bones, |
ashes, zaffer catgut, fossils, Brazilian peb-
bles and Oakum
EXPENSIVE HoRsEsHoEING
One hundred and forty dollars for street |
car tickets $237.86 for hOrseshOeing. |
$429.55 for soap and brushes These are
a few Of the small expenditures Of the |
State Department Of the government in |
1909. The horsesh0eing item is a gem as
a sample Of the much boosted Taft policy |
Of "cut- to the-quick" economy. The item |
Of $237 SO refers to the shooting Of four |
horses for one year
Tariff INCREASES Prices.
Prof j. r. Norton, of Yale university, |
declares that the increased prOp0rtiOnate |
output Of gold" is not the principal cause |
Of increased prices. Prices in this country |
under protection. have advanced so per |
cent more than in England. under free |
trade. he says In all countries under the |
gold standard the output Of gold must
operate uniformly. Therefore. Prof Nor
ton concludes, there must be some special
cause at work in this country. He suspects
il is the Payne-Aldrich tariff law
A GROWING ARMY.
In the last eight years 99.225 federal
OfiicehOders have been added TO the pay
rolls Of the national government. at an
annual increased expense 10 the people Of
more than seventy million dollars.