The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-01-12
TAFT WITH GANG
Who Are Holding Up and RoSbiug the
People for The Trusts.
BE Is A WILLING TOOL

OF the Interests, Which Is Repre-
scnted by :AIdrich and Cannon and
Disciples, the Insurscnt Republi-
cans Who Dare Stand Up for tn"
Common People Against the Trusts
Zach McGee. in his Washington
letter 70 The State, says with tae
reopeniag Of congress Tuesday. the
Republican machine reaews is
efforts 10 whip the so-ca!lcd In
sursents' back into camp. and Mr.
Hitchcock. postmaster general. and
Tatt.s political wire pulier. is manip-
ulating the whip cords.
Mr.. Hitchcock IS reported to have
informed certain Republicans who
have been opposing the Cannon ma
chine IN the House that they are
to be ignored in the matter OF fed
eral appointments. This. it is un-
derstood, Is q: the special instisa-
ton OF Speaker Cannon. who has
determined thai the insurgents
shall De disciplined and who has Sc
cured the cooperation OF the admin
istration.
Mr. Taft started out his career
in national politics playing the role
Of fence straddler. catering TO both
sides Of the Republican schism. but
now he has practically Joined hands
all round with the Cannoa-Aldrich
crowd, which controls the machine.
This disappoints the progres-
sive ring Of the party-that is. that
wing which nas been progressing
towards Democracy and away from
the old-line Repub!icanism. In 9TH
er words. the president IS with the
"stand-patters" or machine men,
and Is lending his aid in making
fedora! appointments to the strength
en!ng OF the machine.
Taft IS being ceoSuTec ioT II ana
Is said to be putting his head FUR
ther and further into the moose. 5n'
there Is satisfaction II knowing e1'
actly where he stands. There Is
no longer grounds for him to claim
70 be with the new movement IN the
party. which is for tariff reform and
other policies which would benefit
the country at the expense Of so
called "depredator interests. The
story is told on good authority o.
| how body Of Republican "insur
gents" visited the postmaster sen
| eral. where they were frankly to!e
that they were to be considered as
| outside the fold
War without quarter will be wageo
between the Taft administration anc
such Republican insurgents IN con
| sress as are cow opposing. and who
oppose IN the future. the Taft leg
islative program. The battle Is no'
with those tariff insurgents. who
quietly sheathed their blades afte'
defeat. but with those who have
uursed disappointment and are whet'
ting their knives publicly in antici
patton OF continued conflict.
The battle broke suddenly q fe"
days ago. At first It was single
shot: then scattered firing: swiftly
the thing spread. until now It ha:
taken on the aspects OF genera
/ engagement. the consequences o;
which cannot be foretold. The sub
stance OF It is that the senator's and
congressman. who have taken
stand against the present admins
trat!on and who continue to align
themselves with the opposition to the
! presidents policies are to receive nc
consideration in matters OF patron
age.
Utterances such as that made by
Senator Cummins at recent din
ner IN Des Mo!nes. by Senator Bris'
tow in previous speeches. Anti-Ta!;
articles In Senator Lafollette's mag
azine. and a recent interview by Sen
ator Clapp on the price Of food
sturs are said to have stirred the
president to action. It had been
reported further that some OF the
Republican insurgents in the House
have tried to secure appointment un'
der the administration OF men more
or less openly out OF harmony with
the Taft regime. Mr. Taft's closest
friends advised hiEa that 1t would
be impol;tic for him TO afford sin
ews OF war 70 those who they warn
ed him. might even cooperate with
,he Democrats in congress. against
the Taft legislative riogram. and in
the country at large by creating
Anti-Tast sentiment In advance OF
the 1912 convention.
II Is said without reserve that
the president has listened to such
advice. and has decided to follow
It.
Representative Miller. OF the
eighth Minnesota district. was the
man chiefly instrumental in blow
ing the lid or Of the situation.
He did it by statement to the
effect that Postmaster General Hitch
cock had informed him q few days
ago tha. his (Miller's' recommen-
da,!ons for presidential postmaster
ships were being held up because OF
his insurgent activities n the House.
He quoted the postmaster general
IS saying. in substance:
"a great deal OF pressure IS be-
ing brought to bear upon me to
withhold from the iasurgeat Re-
publican congressman the patronage
in their districts am very loath
20 do this. and the matter is s;.l!
under consideration.
Mr. Miller said that he told the