Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1910-04-21
He viii AggressiveIy Defend His
Administration Before the
People.
LIVELY SPEECHES EXPECTED
Washington Wants Exposition Mark
Ing Opening Of Panama can7I-
Annual Appropriation for I'M
provement Of Inland Wa
terways Is Probable.

been told bluntly by his advisers that
It is time that he took the offensive
against the critics of his administra.
ton. The president has been told
further that he has made too many
speeches which are simply explana-
tory Of his acts and that they should
have had more hammer blows in
them directed at the heads of his
enemies In and out Of the party. 1t
seems now to be Mr.. Taft's final in
tention vigorously to defend his ad-
min'stration" before the people.
Apparently 1t has seemed to the ad-
visers of the president-his cabinet OF.
ficers as well as his non.oficial
friends-that the administrators be-
lief has been simply that all it vas
necessary for II to do was to reaf-
firm in a general way that the so.
called Roosevelt policies were to be
put into effect by the aid of congress.
There has been some pretty plain
speaking on the part of Republicans
who fear the results of the mex cleo
tons. They have told the president
that the people have had his word
time and again that the Roosevelt poll
cies are to be carried out. but that he
has not met in the way that he should
the charges made by the Insurgents 10
the effect that while the measures be.
progress an analysis shows that in
reality they are re%actionary.
1t can 10Y be said on sufficient au.
thority that when the president goes
to his " home town. Cincinnati.
early in May. and to st. Louis two
days later. he will make some
speeches which will be far in advance
In the matter of aggressiveness Of any.
thing that ne has delivered himself OF
before. 1t is virtually assured that
MIR. Taft will challenge his enemies
within the party to prove that any
act OF his has been counter to the
pledges of progression which he made
to the people prior to his nomination
Presidents Error Pointed Out.
Republicans who see the president
frequently and who are neither mem.
bers of congress nor of the cabinet,
are telling him with a d%irectness that
friendship makes possible that he
made a mistake when he was formula.
ting his legislation In not calling into
conference more of the Insurgents.
The attacks that are now being made
on the interstate commerce bill, the
presidents friends say, could have
been averted II prior to the introduce
tion OF the bill several Insurgents
from both houses had Deer called into
conference and had been asked TO
point out what they considered the
weak points in the bill from the Pro
gressiye Republican standpoint.
When the president had the inter.
state commerce amendments under
consideration 1t is perfectly true that
he did send for Senator Cummins, but
now II is said that the Insurgent sena.
tor and the president met each other
In a spirit of something like antago
nism and that a proper kind OF con
ference was impossible. 1t is now said
by some outspoken Republicans tina,
II MIR. Taft had not taken It for
granted that because Sepator Cum
minis was In opposition all other In
surgents would be In opposition. the
railroad bill already would have
passed both houses and have had the
, presidential signature affixed.
Washington Wants Exposition.
} Washington. as the capital of tn,
Union. thinks hat. 1t should be chosen
} as the site Of a great exposition, II
It's nature largely representative O
I. the commercial interests of the coun
try. to mark the time of the openin,
: of the Panama canal. New Orleans
which Is at the water gateway to tn,
gulf. also thinks 1t should be chcsel
Tor exposition honors. and a like fe
ing and desire exists In San Francisc,
and In San Diego. 1t is possible tina
r there may be several expositions, bu
I the chances are that n only will b,
held. The Washington business inter
ests are hard at work In the endeavo
to secure recognition OF the claims O
a the city on the Potomac.
r From the moment that I 20 army en-
gineers took charge of the work OIL
a the isthmus no one has doubted tina
the canal would be finished ON time
The national administration expert
mented" for some time with civilian
engineers and finally came to the cor
u clusion that the men who must b.
u called upon to carry the work throug|
to completion were men who when OF
o dered To the Job would stay put"