The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1910-03-25

Accomplished governmental econo-
mics In the estimates for 1911. and In
retrenchment in salaries. supplies. etc.
Inaugurated the policy Of continuing
contracts for river and harbor I'm
provements, and declared for bond
issues to permit Of this.
Declared for the complete accom-
plishment OF the so-called Roosevelt
conservation policies. recommending
a bond issue for irrigation projects.
Urged federal incorporation and
complete federal supervision and con-
troll of corporate stock and bond Is
sues. and the dissolution Of the hold
ing company"
Urged legislation giving the inter
state commerce commission quasi-ju-
dicial functions. and creating a court
Of commerce to review the commits
sion's findings
Championed the matter OF civil pen
sions for superannuated clerks.
Right and Fair.
At the end of his first year as presi-
dent of the United States we venture
to predict that by the time another
March 4 has rolled around the Amer
lean people will have come to know
William Howard Taft better than
they know him now-to understand
him more thoroughly. Their present
disposition to believe him earnest and
sincere will have deepened into a con-
viction that he is generally right and
always fair.
Looking back over the administra-
lions first year-the preliminary and
Introductory season. as II were-we
agree with the Houston Post and the
Cleveland Leader that Mr.. Taft has
made good" At any rate, he has
done his best" Every honest man
and every honest newspaper will wish
him we'll to-day-wish him mighty
well, as he enters upon the second
year OF his administration. He Is the
whole country's presidents red
blooded, broad-minded. patriotic, ma
tion-loving president-and still Will
liam Howard Taft, the man.-Wash-
ington Herald.
One Roorback Fails.
Democratic orators who persist in
rearing on their hind legs, paving the
air with their front hoofs and blaming
the new tariff bill for increased cost
of living are having a difficult time.
Their dope" machine scarcely gets
into running order before they bump
into an uncompromising fact and
forthwith the beans are spilled"
For instance. the American consul
general in Canada has furnished gov
eminent officials at Washington with
advance proof sheets of a report COM
piled by the Canadian department Of
labor bearing on the same subject
which has been agitating citizens of
the United States. Information gath
cred shows rents In Canadian cities
have advanced 40 per cent. in ten
years and prices of foodstuffs have
been correspondingly increased
Aside from enjoying all the much
touted benefits of free trade with
England, Canada has had no tariff
revision in ten years which offers the
slightest excuse for placing blame for
higher prices on customs duties.
II the Democrats were wise In their
generation they would realize that
something more than local or even
national factors is back of the almost
universal boost in food values
Desperate desire for something re-
motely resembling an issue has blind
ed Democratic leaders to common
sense views of the subjects. Voters
do their own thinking. however. and
the tariff argument is going to prove
one of the worst roorbacks ever
launched by an American political
party.-Cincinnati Commercial Trib-
une.
The Chicago Tribune Hoax.
Three more Republican papers have
been heard from in Speaker Cannon's
district and the genuine poll now
stands: For Cannon, 22; against Can.
non. /; non-committal. l. The three
additional papers are the Ridge Farm
Republican. Loda Times and Kansas
Journal. In the pretended poll of the
Chicago Tribune the figures given
were: For Cannon, 6; against Cannon,
12. Arrangements are on foot for a
meeting Of the Republican editors OF
the district to take action on the Trib.
une's fraudulent poll The reckless.
ness of the hoax is one of its strang.
est features. When the Republican
editors of several states are called on
to deal with falsehood on this scale
they realize that the cause the Trib.
une has been trying to bolster is alb.
solutely rotten.-St. Louis Globe Dem.
ocrat.
The Presidents Ellis Letter.
President Taft knows Ohio Republic
cans as one of them. He understands
their independence of spirit He is
well aware that they detest bossism
He has not forgotten their Unborn de
sire to manage their affairs in their
own way. He remembers their re
volts and their fighting blood. He has
shared their fortunes. good and bad
taken part In their struggles agains,
boss rule. helped to win their freedom
from dictation. He is still an Ohioan
still an Ohio Republican. and he
means that his party. his state and his
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