The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1911-07-22

now on with the rapidly develop
ing power of the Morgan finan-
cial organization and with Aid
rich, the special agent of preda-
tory wealth. 1t defines the line
clearly between the administra-
ton, as the supporter of the bold
est and most iniquitous special
privilege scheme of legislation
yet produced, and every man
who stands for public rights and
opportunities for the individual
regardless of political affiliations.
When President Taft two years
ago, at the same time he was
praising the Aldrich tariff law,
declared Aldrich himself to be
the ablest statesman in public
life respecting all financial ques-
tions, there was started the gen.
eral protest which led to the
overwhelming defeat Of the AID
rich-Taft wing of the republican
party in the elections of last fall.
"Since then it was thought
Mr.. Taft had been trying to let
the public forget that he ever
praised either Aldrich or his law
and his recent activities in be-
half of reciprocity with Canada
have been recognized here by re-
publicans and democrats alike as
intended to efface all recollection
of his supine submission to Aid
drich during the first two years
of his administration.
At last it has come. Senator
Robert L. LaFollette in a senate
speech last week reviewed act by
act the administration of Presi-
dent Taft, and in unsparing
terms declared that the present
contest was the fight between
the plain people and confederat-
ed privilege, and the Payne-Al-
drich tariff bill (Which has been
so highly indorsed by President
Taft as the ''best tariff bill ever
passed") was the greatest legis-
lative wrong inflicted upon the
American people in half a CEN
tury. .aa.-.
LaFollette charged Taft with
having been elected by Roose-
velt's friends and then after
election turning directly about
and favoring the moneyed inters
ests. In all the records of the
administration no more glaring
example is presented for the
complete surrender to special in
terests and the complete rever-
sal of Roosevelt's progressive
policies than that shown in deal
ing with the amendments to the
interstate commerce act"
The progressive senator then
jumped onto Taft for his two
faced attitude in the Ballinger-
Pinchot controversy, landed on
him regarding the Alaskan coal
steals, and charged him with not
keeping faith with the people.
'Heir to the Roosevelt policies
as presidential candidate, Mr..
Taft was pronounced progress
sive and the most enthusiastic
Roosevelt champion from the
first to the last of the campaign.
Three months after he was in
augurated he seemed to have for
gotten that there ever had been
any well-known Roosevelt polio
les. He had no sooner taken his
oath of office than he sacrificed
the progressive cause for the
support of Aldrich and Cannon
and their reactionary program.
LaFollette is the recognized
leader of the insurgent or pro-
gressive republicans of tn is
country, and his arraignment of
Taft is not likely to make many
extra votes for the present exec
utive who desires another term
and who is depending on AL
drich and his kind for his main
support,
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