The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1910-04-19

vi Ills MISTAKES. lners was n
mistaking the presio emit deer
feeling. Plainly he WIS worried
Some of the plain people, VIII,
accorded Mr.. Taft enthusiast,
receptions in spite of his mistak,
could tell how to rise above the
troubles now surrounding him
They could tell him in the frs
place that he should have chosen
at least one member of his cab,
met who was out of sympathy
with the trust system, who be-
lleved in popular government
and who could advise him that
the way to all the peace which
a useful, active man may have
these days, is through devoted
service to the public interest and
relentless antagonism to the for
ces that would prey upon the
public welfare. Why does Mr..
Taft fail to adopt this course ?
The answer is he was elected by
the very forces which he ought
to now be antagonizing. The
trusts provided the republican
committee with it's campaign
funds and Mr.. Taft received the
united support of the special in
terest. Newspaper dispatches
reported that his brother, a
northumberland, had assumed
Wall street that the republican
candidate would be safe and
sane" and John d, Rockefeller
himself gave out a newspaper in
terview assuring the business
world that they could depend
upon the republican nominee.
AS soon as he was elected Mr..
Taft surrounded himself with
cabinet advisors who had receiv-
ed their training in the circles
where trust magnates most do
congregate. Then when the re-
publican party revised the tariff
upward in spite of an implied
pledge to revise it downward, he
declared the result to be the
best tariff law ever placed upon
the statute books" Surrounded
as he was by Wickershams and
Ballingers he recommended the
sort of legislation for which the
special interests are most anx-
ious. From ship subsidy to
national incorporation. he has
shaped his recommendations to
suit the purpose of the system
to which the republican party
owes its repeated success and
and to which the American re-
public owes it's present dsy de-
plorable condition.
No American citizen likes to
see the president of this repub
lie in an unhappy fame of mind.
Every patriot would have the
president as free from care as
possible. Every one would have
him complete his administration
with credit to himself and honor
to the people. Would you learn
Mr.. President, Of the paths of
peace? Then cut loose from
Aldrich and Cannon. Turn your
back npon Aldrlchism and Can
nonism. Hold out the hand of
welcome to LaFollette and to the
faithful democrats who, cooper
ating with LaFollette in the sem
ate and with insurgent republi-
cans in the house, are ever ready
to co-operete with the president,
once he sets his face toward the
rising sun and takes his stand
for the people rather than for
their oppressors. Abandon your
efforts to force national incorpo-
ration upon the people. Drop
the central bank scheme, the
ship subsidy scheme, the central
lied railroad regulation scheme.
Call upon congress to give to the
people tariff revision that will be
in keeping with the pledge your
party made and which you re-
peatedly interpreted prior to
election day. Make your admin
istration representative Of the
integrity and democracy of the
American people.
Regrettable as it is, you have
great cause to worry, Mr.. Pres
ident. Your administration is
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