The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-03-12

Gina. offender in the government ser.
to remain on IN" job. No respect
able republican paper defends Mr.. TAFT
100 this matter. They pity him In hi
weakness. aud realizing that for 'h"
good of the party the truth should Ice
told They have told IL, being IL any
thing q little more careful than 1t be-
wore % democrat. Mr. taft HAS oulN
'u thank for the mes, hchu-
cotton inio, aud the erroneous length
'u which hc has carried pnr'iynnshIp
aud the principle of loyalty &C. ~
.ulurliuntcs. ~ agents Of the people
the newspapers could do no less than
they have. and II present investigation
results in u whii~wash the press ~ all
complexion will not hesitate 20 say 80.
IN hi, bitterness toward the press,
Mr. TAFT d, ia be- pnrdoncd to a ccrtn n
extent since h" l. @ type of judicial
reasoning consider thcmscly", above
criticism. whereas ,s matter Of fact mo-
public official 10 the land H. above met
tied criticism. from the president ON
down 20 ruundmn,icr. n has been iu
bred BOO Mr. Taft that the night Of critr
r.,m extended pnlN 10 u limited rIrrI"
of which b. WIS not e pant, aud to now
receive the stripe Just lihc common clay
has not hpi % .uuthiug effect. Great
a, Hr .. undoubtedly hiphmindri
Pc. Doc" is. 10" ho- on" important pha," OF
citizenship set 20 learn, namely that au
Un, 900 'ni, country l. exempt from th"
newspaper.
r. O., th" ~" thing that prevents Ma,
country from lapsirg into e condition
that -. not pleasant II" thiua "t
Iu considering 'bts matter rnuuu'
refrain from quo, ny the remarks of
Paul \. +. Walter. Of the New Mexican
which ARE t"~mr"rotcly wr,c aud alto
pr'hcr true:
TAFT 3, bin ? TOWARD. ,t, new
papers n 70 class aud ha, given public
expression Ut that bitterness, Thcpro
yoration. 40 doubt. has been great. for
II takes a callouscd mind aud conscience
not 20 wine" under unjust newspaper
criticism, but the attitude Of the pre-,
idcut toward the pres, Is somewhat To
blame fpf h, discontinue. On the
,ther hand, the day j., past when The
president does ur says anything. The
people look 20 the motive, and even the
srict party man like, 10 know the
the reason doe not satisfy him Hence
public criticism, hence insurgency. and
hence smashing of presidential pro.
grams.
''rhc president II The United states
and all other officials must nowadays
tan" the people into their confidence
and there Is only one way 10 reach them
aud that IL through the newspapers.
The president has not done this, by This
time he realizes his mistake and the
New Mexican hopes that NJ 'oon "a the
bitterness d, worn off, that he will prof
II by II. The omission va, not inten.
%tiunrl, = waN tcmperamental. Presl
id"nt Roosevelt made the newspapers
instrument for good government, q
for informing the public Of
his plans, and in consequence, even
though nj, acts were severely critics
ed his motive, were seldom questioned.
the public began 10 accept a. a fact
his sincerity, and approved Of his frank
u",. Tho journalist did their best "a
stir the luhIi" Imagination in favor,oi
Roosevelt and today Roosevelt, per
hnps no girn'c than Taft, Is the most
beloved and most admired American IN
the entire world.
"Iu New Mexico \ similar example
Of the wrong attitude toward newspR
pen, has been given in late years.H. j
llnprrmuu. endowed With evcry element
success, well meaning, disdained the
newspapers, held himself alouf from
mere reporters, kept away from the
From the start he was there.
fore misunderstood aud m~isiudged, b.,
administration dr.ftod from failure IA
failure, hI- acts wcr" mislnteTpreted DO.
he did not know what Governor
Curry knows so we'll, that the way "a
gain the sympathy Of the people is "a
them Judge OF his motives for them.
by explaining his actions to them
Curry went further, the newspapers
hne'y before his closest friends,
action he proposed 10 take, aud
misintcrprcted his acts for they Judged
by what they knew would follow
aud they explained that his actions
were but the logical working out Of a
plan for the puL!ic good.
President Taft has been on the
bench, Newspapers and the public are
slow 70 critieise tho bonch; they ex.
poet a Judge to hold himself aloof from
common run ~ humanity, but they
viii not forgive this aloofncss on the
part Of an e]Tecu'iyc or even an admin.
official, They pay the salar
es, they provide the means for the
on Of the government. Off.
'ials " TO them their position and