The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1910-03-25
PRESIDENT HAS
PARTY WITH HIN
RECOMMENDED MEASURES PRAc-
TIcALLY SURE TO BE
ADOPTED.
FACTIONS BROUGHT TOGETHER
Mr.. Taft's Work az Paclficato Bound
to Be Appreciated by the coun-
try-consressIonaI Campaign
Practically Has Begun.

Washington.-The second year OF
President Taft's term has begun most
auspiciously. The work of congress
is further advanced than usual at this
period. and this means that many
new and important laws will be en-
acted in line with the presidents rec
concentrations. The passage OF the
postal savings bank bill In the senate.
receiving every Republican vote. indi-
Gates united action from now on in
support of the president and party
measures.
Not since the time of Henry Clay
have We had so earnest and successful
a pacifcator in public life as president
Taft without meddling or interior
ing. yet he has a way of bringing to-
gether different factions and conciliat-
ing different views not only here at
Washington. but in the various states.
Such action. of course. is liable to be
misunderstood. but when the people
learn that the president has but one
single purpose In mind, and that is to
bring about a condition of affairs In
the party that means accomplishment
and subsequent success in the coming
campaign they will applaud and not
criticise his efforts in this direction.
The record of Mr.. Taft's first year is
one that has rarely. If ever, been
equaled since the first year of Mr..
Lincoln's administration. In the first
place the passage of a great tariff act
like the Payne bill which most sub
stantially revised the tariff was in
itself an accomplishment of no mean
order. But the tariff law did more
than to make a change in the sched-
ules and to bring about a general
lowering Of duties-it provided for a
maximum and minimum tariff. by
means of which the president has al
ready entered into practical treaties
with all the foreign countries, obtain
ing for this nation the most favored
clauses of their own tariffs. Then
there was the provision taxing the
earnings of corporations which soon
goes into effect: the court of customs
appeals and the new tariff board.
which is gathering material for use
in the future. and aiding the president
most materially in his conclusions
with foreign nations.
Several of Mr.. Taft's recommends
tons are now being considered in both
senate and house committees and will
soon be reported and debated In both
houses of congress. II is a mistaken
idea on the part of the press and pub
Tic to assume that the pledges of
political party can be redeemed in one
session of congress. and that all the
recommendations OF the president In
his annual message can be immediate
ly taken up and enacted into law.
Some of the great reforms which the
Republican party and the president
wish 10 bring about must be left until
the Sixty-second congress, and for that
reason il is necessary that there be
Republican house of representatives
10 unite with a Republican senate and
10 enact as far as possible the presi-
dents policies. making his term a
complete and successful one
The Coming Campaign.
Never before perhaps in our history
mas congressional campaign been be-
gun so early as the present, the Re-
publicans particularly having for
weeks been earnestly engaged in dis
uibuting literature, and giving 10 the
people through pamphlets and the
newspaper the truth about legislation
and the administration This is not
done so much through fear of Demo
cratic success as Il is due to the
business attitude of Chairman McKin.
ley in everything that he undertakes
He realizes that the present year is a
socalled off year In politics. and he
realizes, too. that there have been
factional differences Ia the rarty, and
that various conditions exist which II
not overcome might jeopardize Re-
publican success He and his commit
tee are confronted perhaps with more
misrepresentation on the part of the
Democrats than has existed since 1890
when the Democratic house was
elected wholly because of the lying
that took place during the campaign.
With this early start and the splen.
did record or the present adninistra-
ton thus far, and with the unques
toned beneficent results of the opera.
tlon OF the new tariff. Mr.. Mckinley
and his associates believe that not
only will the present Republican ma
jority be maintained In the Sixty
second congress-, but that 1t will be
increased most substantially.
What Taft Has Done as President.
Taken judicial appointments out of
politics.
Made the taking of the thirteenth
census non-political.
Declared for the extension of the
civil service,
Secured a downward revision OF the
tariff.
Established court OF customs ap.
peals.
Brought about the. creation Of tar,
itf board.
Effected the passage of corpora
ton tax law. with the accruing sur
yeillance of corporate activities
Had the question OF an income tar