Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1910-06-10
PROGRESS UNDER TAFT.

PROGHESS ONDEk IAF ].
When our democratic friends are
raising a clatter which is calculated
to make the average voter think that
the Taft administration Is not accom-
plishing results in the way Of construc-
tive legislation, it is well for the
thoughtful republican, the man who
honestly believes in republican prin-
ciples and desires their success, to
stop and consider the real truth of
the present situation.
There were four chief matters to be
taken up upon the Inauguration Of
William Howard Taft They were as
follows: Railroad legislation, postal
savings bank, statehood for Arizona
and New Mexico, and the revision of
the tariff. Let US sift tho truth of
the matter and show wherein our
friends, the enemy, are wrong.
The railroad bin increasing the
power over the railroads. enlarging
control and simplifying the method
OF 81 .'z shippers quick and certain
justices as against the railroads, has
just passed the senate ALMOST UN-
ANIMOUSLY. being carried by the
solid republican vote and all but
twelve of the democratic votes. If
this bill does not do justice to the
shipper and the country at large, if it
Is not a credit to the republican ad-
ministration, why should it draw sup
port from the solid minority whose
ranks are better closed and disciplined
today than for the past ten years? If
this bill is wrong, what has Brother
had the courage to drop party consid-
eratons and vote for what the country
considers a just and effective mea-
sure? Brother Bloom says that no
one but Wickersham can understand
the present bill. He says, Some
strengthening Of the powers Of the
Interstate Commerce commission was
demanded by the people The result
Is bill-a compromise MEASURE
which no one fully understands unless
it be Mr.. Wickersham the versatile
attorney general-and friends of the
Interests"
If no one fully understands this bill
but Wickersham why then did the
greater party Of the democratic party
In the senate vote solidly for it? The
quotation above belongs to the kind
OF balderdash and phony philipics
which the Journal gives vent to and
Which are being used to discredit the
present administration. The truth of
the matter is that the republican party
mas achieved a real and lasting bit of
legislation during the present session
or congress, a piece Of legislation on
the railroad problem which has been
recognized as of so great value as to
draw support even from the demo
~"SAy WIZ are uSutlQR LOOLl
and nail today to defeat the renubli-
can program.
The postal savings bank plan has
progressed toward passage and will
soon be on the statute books of the
nation, there being no question but
what both houses will adopt it as it
stands today. This has been agitated
FOR years. The Journal may howl that
1t is not a perfect bill. The Journal
would howl If the Almighty handed
down a piece Of legislation for the
country If the Almighty made the
mistake of doing it during a republi.
can administration. It has taken
some time to get such a bill assured
OF passage. But Taft and the repubIi-
can party OF all factions in congress
have finally brought the bill to this
stage. They are getting results. After
all, 1t lie results which count in lesas-
lation as well as any other matter, Of
human interest. "s'
In regard to statehood for the two
southwestern territories TAFT has re-