The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1911-11-02
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Special Washington Correspond
ent of The Times.

BY Clyde Il. Tavenner.
Washington, D. C.-The Demo
Gratis, according to even Republican
newspapers, ought to win in 1912.
All they have to do is to organize
and pull together. The Republican
party cannot defeat the Democratic
candidate for the presidency. The
only possible thing that can prevent
the election of a Democratic president
in 1912 is the Democrats themselves.
The opportunity is here, and from all
parts Of the country reports are reach
ing headquarters that the Democrats
realize it and are already laying plans
for campaign that will result in the
Democrats sweeping the country in
1912.
There seems to be no way for the
Republicans to avoid defeat if the
Democrats get together and work, as
they are now starting out to do. If
Mr.. Taft is re.nominated the insur-
gents will slash him, and if Senator
LaFollette is nominated the "old
guard" will slash him.
Indiana Will Go Democratic
The Philadelphia North American,
Republican, sent its Washington cor
respondent, Angus McSween, to In
diana to report impartially on condi-
tons there. This is part of the
report he sent bark to his paper:
Indiana is hoplessly lost to Presi-
dent Taft and the Republicans. From
no indications is it possible to reason
that they will be as strong as they
were in the last election, when they
lost every congressional district but
one, and control of the legislature.
Since then the rapid development of
progressive Republican sentiment into
an open hostility to the Taft admins
tration, and the reactionary policies
whichihe advocates, make it obvious
that with Taft as the Republican can
didate again, the vote against him in
this state will be overwhelming"
The Way the Wind is Blowing
A canvas of Green county, Iowa,
made by mail, may be accepted as a
showing how the politi-
cal wind is blowing in that section.
One hundred and twenty letters were
sent out to Republicans only, and
answers were received.
Some of the questions presented and
the answers received are as follows:
If Taft should be nominated, will
you support him? Yes, 81; no, GA;
blank, IL.
Do you approve of the Payne
Aldrich bill? Yes, IL; no, IS.
Do you approve of Taft's action in
the Ballinger matter? Yes, 2; no, 81.
Do you approve of the attack of
DR.. Wiley? Yes, 8; no, 81.
Do you approve of Taft's veto of
the WOODEN schedule as passed by the
last Congress? Yes, Is; no, 70.
Do you believe the Taft administra-
ton favors the farmer and laborer or
the trusts? Farmers, 6; trusts, SO.
The Aldrich Plan.
Ex-senator Aldrich, chairman of the
national monetary commission, has
revised his proposed scheme for
financial legislation. But in the main,
the Aldrich plan, which would place
the public's credit under control of
Wall street, is unchanged.
Nobody can read his plan in detail
without realizing that it is a central
bank of issue that he proposes. The
government had one experience with
A central government bank. 1t was
manned by politicians and operated
Tor their benefit, bringing on panics
and bank failures.
Realizing the hostility to a central
government bank, Mr.. Aldrich gives
MS scheme the title: National Re-
serve Association" It is practically
, central government bank under a
different name.
A Staggering Blow
The Department of Agriculture fire.
luently issues a small pamphlet,
elling of the outcome of suits filed by