The Cairo bulletin., 1911-12-31

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President Taft's stock had gone
down so many points that, as presi-
Dental asset, he was not seriously
REGARDED few weeks ago. Some Of
| the political bueset-shops had al
ready wiped Is eff the board, and re-
fused to handle It. His tour of the
I country, when he tried to retri2
his fallen fortunes, only added to his
discontinue, and the wise ones were
already beginning to wall the lu-
eubrious ululation; 'No chance"
Our difference with Russia over
he treaty of 1882 arose, ugly and
threatening. The wild cattle form
the pampas, belonging to every party
that had been corralled in the popu-
/. lar branches of congress, engaged in
an incipient stampede. They swirled
round and round like true prairie
cattle, the big steers trampling upon
the yearlings, and crowding each
lother until they threatened breach
IN the walls of the building. through
which they could Escape and be lost
forever.
| Seeing what was about to happen
ut this conjuncture, the president
took a hand and prevented foolish
oction by courteously, but firmly no.
flying Russia that the treaty was no
longer serviceable as working
,rreement, and that it would be alb
~oeated, according to the terms of
he instrument, one year hence.
\ This diplomatic play opened the
way for conservative action in the
senate, which up to that time was
largely in favor of ratifying the ac-
ton of the house, and letting it go
Mt that 1t gave time to think, and
Il reflection revealed the folly of I'M
necessarily offending friendly ma
ton, and rendering ii impossible TO
Improve upon AID condition of qf-
fairs.
|, Bailey held aloof, expecting now
and then for an irritating question
asked Though force of habit Lodge
7ssume9 leadership, and never did
his native forces marshal themselves
70 better advantage. He was mod
crate while convincing, and after a
forensic battle, and a display of err
: 1dition rarely surprised in that high
!. Hody, he carried the day He divided
he garlands, but the victory was
raft's aid the presidents stock was
, again listed. He acted promptly
when action was necessary, as a Dip
!, lomat.
Il II diplomacy was the essential
quality for an American president,
, Mr.. Taft would hardly have a SUI
: perior, il an equal, Some spirit Of
toleration that comes from life at
the bar and on the bench, this train
ing for making the best Of a case,
together with the experience Mr..
Taft had in diplomacy by the APP
pointment of President Roosevelt
|, al particularly fit him for that work
But the most important matter is
that sense of proportion concerning
the relative value of men and things
That is a quality that is born. rather
than made. Mr.. Taft is deficient
here, as the News Scimitar said long
before his prospects for reelection
were so dim as now. Mr.. Taft is an
amiable, and, by aspiration, patri-
otic citizen, but he does not know
how far the world, and particularly
this country, has progressed toward
a correct appreciation OF the fact
that material things are a means and
mot an end; that the genius of this
country, unconsciously knows that
II san better adjust itself to some re-
arrangement in the holdings of pro-
perty than it can suffer a cessation
Of its progress toward the develop
ment Of man.
| great pupilc mectlhB very re-
Gently held in Boston, not on the
| Western prairies, of progressives, and
in the Republican party, the party Of
property, was revelation to Mr.
Taft that he had not dreamed Of
It was not a Taft meeting Memphis
News Scimitar.
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