The Yale expositor., 1910-04-15
He Will AggressiveIy Defend His
Administration Before the
People.
LIVELY SPEECHES EXPECTED
Washington Wants Exposition Mark
ing Opening of Panama Canal
Annual Appropriation for I'm
provement of Inland Wa
terWays Is Probable.

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it Is time that he took the offensive
against the critics of his administra-
tion. 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 it has seemed to the ad-
visers of the president-his cabinet Of
ficers as well as his non-official
friends-that the administration be-
lief has been simply that all it was
necessary for it 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 next cleo
tions. 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 to
the effect that while the measures be-
fore congress have the appearance of
progress an analysis shows that in
reality they are reactionary.
1t can now be said on sufficient au-
thority that when the president goes
to his own 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
Mr.. 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 men,
bers of congress nor of the cabinet,
are telling him with a directness that
friendship makes possible that he
made 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 introduc-
tion of the bill several Insurgents
from both houses had been called into
conference and had been asked to
point out what they considered the
weak points in the bill from the Pro-
gressive Republican standpoint.
When the president had the inter
state commerce amendments under
consideration it is perfectly true that
he did send for Senator Cummins, but
now it is said that the Insurgent sena-
tor and the president met each other
in spirit of something like antago.
nism and that a proper kind of con-
ference was impossible. 1t is now said
by some outspoken Republicans that
if Mr.. Taft had not taken it for
granted that because Senator 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 the
Union, thinks that il should be choser
as the site of great exposition, il
its nature largely representative o
the commercial interests of the coun
try, to mark the time of the openinf
of the Panama canal. New Orleans
which is at the water gateway to the
gulf, also thinks it should be choser
for exposition honors, and a like feel
ing and desire exists In San francisco
and in San Diego. IL is possible tha
there may be several expositions, bu
the chances are that one only will bt
held The Washington business inter
ests are hard at work in the endeavol
to secure recognition of the claims o
the city on the Potomac.
From the moment that tie army en-
gineers took charge of the work OF
the isthmus no one has doubted tha
the canal would be finished on time
The national administration expert
mented' for some time with civilian
engineers and finally came to the con
clusion that the men who must b'
called upon to carry the work through
to completion were men who when or
dered to the job would stay put"
II makes no difference to the army
officer whether or not he is surround
ed by fever and battle dangers. for HI
is expected to stay at his post and dc
his duty, and the whole history of thu
army shows that the American soldie
obeys orders, and does his work ac
cording to the best ability that in hin
lies.
Work Is Being Pushed.
Unless some calamity for which ma
ture is responsible shall overtake th'
work on the isthmus, the Panam'
canal will be opened for traffic by thu