The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-01-21
ONLY ASKS COOPERATION.


The following dispatch sent out from
Washington by n number Of cores.
, pondcnts, may be accepted, 1t would
s"cm, ~ pretty clear statement Of
the case rs President Taft sees 1t:
II ig no longer secret that Presi.
dent Taft and his advisors have be.
come somewhat vcxcd AT the prevail.
Ing character Of criticism that Is
sweeping the country in and out of
the republican party, criticism that is
aimed against the cooperation the
3 president Is trying to establish be
tween himself and the leaders OF the
party In the two houses of congress,
aud which must be established if there
TX to be any forward step during the
session that Is now under way.
This criticism. as the president and
his friends see It, loses sight of all
the fundamentals in the existing state
of affairs.
; II is not n question Of whether the
president likes Senator Aldrich. Speak
or Cannon, and their associates in
congress, OF whether they like him.
or approve his policies. He might
entertain for all OF them profound
hlNlIh't Il'l HDIullN anu VbI'luIll, anu
yet. If the present session of congress
Is to do anything to give the country
the legislation it is demanding, he
must work with these men and they
must work with him.
Failure to do this would bring the
present session OF congress to an in
glorious end on the eve of a political
campaign. the party pledges unfulfill
pI tln nrpgi Ipnt LOGS dis
credited with the people, and would
pave the way for the election Of a
democratic house in November.
The democrats could ask for nothing
better than that the president listen
to the advice of many of his we'll
meaning friends all over the country.
and bring on n breach himself with
the congress leaders. Such course
would result in Legislative stagnation
during the remainder of the siXty-first
congress. continue the same through
out the siXty-SeCond congress under
the bcneiiCent management of demo
cratic house, and bring the Taft ad
ministration to close on March A.
1913, with record of nothing done.
The foregoing are the plain facts
and the president is anxious to have
all his friends in the country under
stand them. As he sees the case, a
break between him and the leaders
OF either house of congress, no matter
how much people seem to think they
would be pleased to see II brought
about could only result in party dis.
aStcr.
And so he has made up his mind to
disregard the criticisms here referred
to and work with those leaders in the
most cordial sort of way, to the end
that the present session of congress
may have to its credit legislation that
will appeal to the country by showing
a real intent on the part of the repub-
Leans to carry out their platform
pledges.
President Taft realizes that he came
into that high Office ut a time when
the difficulties surrounding it were
very great. Some of this difficulty
has been caused by his political enc
mics, much of il by men within the
republican party. Many in this latter
class sincerely wish him we'll, and
would be glad to help in any way pos
sihlc but others of them are under
the influence of the so-Called ultra
insurgents OF the house and senate,
and. therefore, hardly in position
to do him justice, even If disposed
to do so.
To all these critics the president
has one reply that they are demand
ing that he do something which he
has no power TO do except by asso-
Ciating with the republican party and
the men who lead il in the house
and senate The general feeling of
these administration critics, as the
a T.. tlnf 10, Ill,
enact laws without any party and
reach affirmative results by the unit
rd power Of his good right hand.
The president believes that the alb.
surdity of this view will ultimately
he recognized by the people, although
there is a possibility that this will
not happen until after the republican
sparty has been defeated two or three
times.
II is. of course, obvious that all the
president can do is 10 do the best he
can 10 make the government as good
as he can and to secure as much legis-
latiOn as he can in the right direction.
II should also ho obvious that, in do
ing these things he must use those
Instruments which are Indispensable
VITO the passage Of laws, This state
ment is elementary, and the president
fails 10 understand why his friends do
not all understand il,
The truth is and he and his ad-
Nsors have been quick 10 realize it
that the United States is now passing
through p period NJ supreme hypo.
crisy. in which the man who makes the
IlOudCSt pUOtcstatjOus NJ hatred of mo-
uopoly and political corruption and
hOssiSm has great advantage,
The person is at disadvantage
upon whom falls the necessity for
affirmative action, and the enactment
Of beneficial legislation The irros-
pOusiNlo ones are free 10 formulate
their ideals and make mouths before
the public in favor ~ them and then
blame others for not coming up to.
these ideals in practice This has
frequently been the case in American
politics, and President Taft realizes
that his fate is not different from that
~ men who have been president be
fore him.
But he is anxious that these people
who are sincerely desirous OF his sue
eaSs ard that Of the marty whose