Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-05-10
Getting Back To Earth.

over the unexpected victories in a
Massachusetts, and a New York dis
trict, is on the wane because neither
Of the successful candidates will be
available in the coming elections.
While it is probably true that neither
of them could again score victory in
his district, it is also true that if they
could not, certainly no other Demo-
crat could. Thus the Democracy faces
the practical certainty of losing the
small advantage gained. if indeed
such winning could be construed to
be an advantage.
The feeling that President Taft is
honorabiy, efficiently and wisely per-
forming the duties of his office has
taken root throughout the country.
The people have begun to see that the
underlying cause of the conditions
criticize is not any sign of omission
or commission, on the part of the ad-
ministration but rather a. state of
things over which it's members had
absolutely no control and could not
offset even had they been able to
fOresee il before il came upon us.
Criticism of President Taft and his
conferees has given way to words of
commentator on the part of the lead
ornists OF the country. Taft like Lin
coin, Grant, Harrison and Mckinley
was called upon to pass through a per
iod of fault finding and dissatisfaction
and like them. passed through it un-
scathel Merited applause Is gwen
now that the people have learned the
truth.
The tariff law is successful y" one,
who is honest, denies that the result
of the operation of that law mas beeh
beneficial beyond the expectations oi
it's most ardent supporters. Hood
business management has character
lied the administration Of the ma
tons affairs to degree which is sur
urising to those familiar with what
have heretofore been considered good
| business methods. In every depart
ment of the government economy has
enabled those in office to reduce eX-
nenditures and save millions of dol
lars TO the people. This has been
done without flourish of trumpets
and is only being found out as the
public statements are given out in the
usual course of events. The annual
statements due at the end of the MS
cal wear will tell the story of economl-
cal and businesslike administration
of the nations affairs such as has not
been made before in recent years.
The Republican Congressional Com
mittee has already done far greater
amount of work than was ever before
attempted so early in the campaign
This work will be continued without
interruption until the first of Novem-
Der. Every member of Congress who
can STARE the time for one speech or
MANY will be drafted into the active
work OF the campaign during the rail-
and The speech making of the Con-
cressional campaign of 1910 will no
doubt exceed that of any previous
wear This activity will also continue
in the press bureau. where already
several million copies of speeches have
been distributed throughout the coun-
try, and this distribution will be in
creased as the campaign goes on
While the Democrats have been claim
ing everything in sight and pretend
ing that the years elections would
be decidedly in their favor. the Re-
publicans have been working and
planning for successful campaign.
This work, as usual, will be upon
legitimate lines. informing the people
of the work OF the administration, of
the truth about legislation and cor
recting the misrepresentation sent