The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-10-05
IA coMPARlaoM ia REpuRLIoANs

A COMPARISON OF REPUBLICANS
President Taft now declares that
the Gays OF the purk-barrel should
pe numbered ana nlimatea that ant
other bin 81 the character of former
ones win merit a veto. rhst is re-
form thar all but those specially IN.
oerested can heapdly Join In. But the
president goes much further than that
and reads congress ana his party q
lesson on the combination Of congress.
meD 10 secure 3prt Of the swag as be-
iagS Vas dangefous TO The public VIA
"A certain "a its aspects a. col'rrp
! tion"
This Indictment Of Republican leg
islation is startling coming from TINS
source, and shows that President TAFT
sees which way the polItlcai wind Is
I blowing and that he il becoming more
progressive hi the same speech he
further declares: 4The evil III the
corrupt control Of a congress or leg
islatnre by private interest Is mani
fest, ana always calls for condemna-
ton" II Is too bad that the eyes Of
tne president were not open to this
log-roiing processif not corruption
when Aldrich. Payne and Cannon
were forcing through The tariff bll
which he considered the best tariff
law that the Republicans ever enact
cd but which he now says must be re
yised forthwith by plecemeaL
A veto, Mr. President Of the tariff
bill which protects the trusts IN plund
erlng the people would have eyerast
lngly made your political fortune The
refusal OF his constituents to endorse
the standpatter Congressman larney
whom you especially went TO Wlnona
TO youch for, shows that such a veto
would have been welcomed and The
Increased insurgent strength and Dem
ocratic victories from Maine to Cal
fornia indicate the same feeling else
i whore.
In extcnuation Of the presldent'e
signing the tariff bill it must be said
A that Mr. Roosevelt during his sever
\ years as president refused to ever
recommend any tariff Legislation, al
though Its crying necessity was just
as urgent then as in 1909 The Repub
ilcan leaders. with but few notable
Exceptions, were stalwart standpatters
\ ana Mr. Roosevelt was more subser
Went to their demands on the tariff
and other issues than President Tafi
has been. The great difference in the
attitudes OF the two presidents Is tha
while Mr.. Roosevelt was loud in pro
claiming reform with a large r, he
accomplished no reform during his two
terms OF office. while Mr.. TAFT In less
than two years has done somethinl
and seems TO be willing to Try and dc
more. He is making a real effort t
reduce expenses and extrayagant ap
preparations something which MT
Roosevelt never did.
The moral Of this story IS, that M
Republican president seems to be abl'
10 divorce himself from the worst ele
ment Of his party. and whether in
clined TO stalwartism or insurgentisn
he finds his hands tied, for both fac
tions declare that tariff protection
is a cardinal principle of the Repub
: lican party" and revision Of the tariff
Is only question OF standing still o
= slight reduction.
When we hear Of a Republican pres
dent vetoing an appropriation bill o
tariff bin which great maIorlt,
, Of his party has voted for, we shal
know with our eyes shut that the Re
=. publican game is about played out