The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-03-09
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nj Oregon, formerly a bosom friend
of the PRESIDENT show conciusively
how far apart the splitters of y the
Republican party have got. When
Mr.. Taft, i'll order to coerce the
insurgents into the support of ''ad-
ministratIOn" measures, withheld
from them federal patronage a
quarrel over VINO should be the
guests at the national pie feast
was inaugurated which the presi-
dents subsequently announced pro-
gram of cancellation failed to quell.
The presidents efforts We're blocked
and his tactics in both instances
reacted.
Senator Bourne did not succeed
in landing some OF the appoint
ments he was looking for. That
weakened his fences at home and
Immediately awakened him to the
realization Of the efficiency OF the
laws of his state to interfere with
Tie Vaccinations Of presidents or
ey-presidents to secure renOmina-
lions or name their successors.
This, Of course, IS to be inter
preted as a threat that the Oregon
delegation to the Republican Gati-
onaI convention in 1912 will oppose
Mr.. Taft for denomination.
The Oregon senator is disappoin-
ted and disgruntled. Therefore he
himself Of several state
menJs relative TO the abuse Of the
federal power Of appointments which
he would otherwise have conyen-
iently overlooked. Bribery and
intimidation" the words he uses
in connection with the executive
power to fiji offices, while they
may be repugnant TO the sense OF
respect reposed in the occupant OF
the presidential clair, are~not ex-
terms to express efforts
TO subjugate the legislative branch
Of the government to the will OF
the executive.
The continued abouse of this pre-
rogative would eventually sap the
of the equipOise which
the trainers of the constitution in
tended should insure the perman-
ance of the American form of gov
Mr.. Roosevelt, with all his pro-
fessions for Give righteousness and
for high ideals of
craftsmanship did not scruple to-
use the opointive sledge hammer to
pound the opponents of his policies
INTO subsection or to reward those
who Subsequently bowed to them
So for a time he held the center
ST the political stage Of the nation.
But the bauze that draped his statue
Of political virtue finally fell, and,
exposed in all his buncomb and
brass-cymbaling pretense, he was
as a popular idol. Mr..
now is distinctly OF the
past
President taft is not so astute
politician as his late chief. He has
none of the fanfare and great i
am" hullabaloO of his predecessor.
He has, possibly, a keener sense OF
the requirements for conservation
of established principles of re-
publican form of government. Hence
he fails to bluff his game through
as did Roosevelt. He is laboring in
a time of popular revolution against
the ABUSE of executive power and
legislative betrayal, without the
SUPPORT of the binding glare, that
gave Republican principles ascen-
dancy the past IA years. Mr.. Taft
is looking forward to 1912, and the
changing aspect OF the
political panorama is causing him to
assume varying and Inconsistent at
titudes.
All signs indicate that the Re
publican regime which has obtained
in Washington since Cleveland's last
term is doomed. Men close to the
people, unincumbered with the Of
flee lust and uninfluenced by the
interests are needed to
bring back the executive and legis-
Iative branches of the government
to their normal condition. The cleo
tons of last November show that
the people realize this fact.