The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-24

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1Eress OF March 8, 1875.
THURSDAY. MARCH "a. 1910.
ATS APOLOGY TO THE PRESS.
MIR. Taft made a number of speeches
New York on Tuesday. the most inn
rtant of which was his speech to
press, every prominent editor in
York" being present at the resi-
nee of Henry Clews. where the al
red heart-to-hcart talk Is said to
We taken place. AT an earlier
citing the President talked to 500
wspaper men at the Press Club. and
-e also he is said to have taken the
trnalists into his confidence and to
ve explained to them why he had
y ivated them In r speech made at
icaEo or somewhere else. What he
d In New York is reported to have
n in the nature of an apology. the
.ent of which may be inferred from
statement that he had been adj
ed by MIR. Hinnissey. president of
Chicago Press Club, to roast
M" which II am bound to say"
,lained the President. was not so
icult.. 1t is really remarkable how
the press Is satisfied when 1t
hes to the point OF taking back
#ngs that have been said about 1t.
We wish we knew what the Presi-
it told the editors at the Clcws
cheon. They have not been invari-
y fair 10 him and to the things
Il he has done as President. He was
ing as wrong could be in giving
approval to the Payne-Aldrich
sin bill, he has not recommended
h changes as ought to be made in
Sherman antitrust law, he has
ken Of himself too much and too
III as if. he were President of the
publican party and not President Of
who'll country: but he has been
nenced in his administration gem
lly, we think. by a high sense of
responsibility and an earnest de-
q to do the things which would pro,
tie tho common welfare. Best o
hi has been governed in his on
conduct by a Wholesome respec
the Jaw; prcferring that Reform
u1d move with leaden heel rattle
n that it should travel into doubt
fields outside OF the ways In tn
.utes.sinade and provided.
his is not saying too much for MI
4. nor more than he deserves, no
thing that is untrue; yet almos
n the time that he succeeded TIL
with the Lawless Mind he lla:
Il much set upon by the sensationa
largely irresponsible members OF
press, the very Same In fact. or in
-e part, that made both day and
At hideous while his Predecessor
riding this country to ruin. Be-
is, 1T must not be forgotten that
Taft is a Republican. That, of
,se, must be ~ayssceunsed TO his dis
IT If not to his disgrace; but he
10 much better Republican than
have ever had in The Presidential
e. at least In the last forty
years, that much is to be forgiven
for his devotion to party policies
party eApedicncies.
,r one thing he deserves the
ks and congratulations OF
people OF the %South--he has not
unnind1ul of their interests in
appointments he has made to Fed
Offices in this part Of the u
Some 0 f;thcse appointments have
Az, have been Republican appoint
s; but no appointment in the
II has heen made by him. we be-
without a reasonable belief or
on his part that4i it would he Of
ntage In the administration OF
c affairs. lie has not given the
IA. as we think, the recognition TIC
fh it is entitled in the foreign
ce: but the last President, ant
only President since the war .,
ii SOS who recognized the South III
respect. had such an experience
would naturally make any one
what suspicious of making new
}~sSltures in this field, lie knows
Well that II Is not possible fol
10 break the Solid south and We
pe hat the pleasant things he
laid about The South and its peo-
Ind many of the appointments he
made in this part OF the country
been dictated by. NJ other and
sitter n 10 higher reason thar
Sire 10 do the best he could TO,
MATERIAL benefit OF the South.
,the matter of census supervisor.
ais been distinctly fair to III,
generally. we believe. and I,
Carolina and Virginia, We know
trginia all the supervisors ar
men and the same Is the case II
HN Carolina, These officers com
sclose touch with the people Q
South. and there has been n,
sitioN on the part of the Presi
$50 far as we have observed, L