The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1911-10-12
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Special Washington Correspond.
ent of The Times.

By Clyde H. Tavenner.
Washington, D. C.-The President
has been in the West. The people
have listened to his defense. And
they still believe he did wrong in We.
toing the honest efforts of both
branches of Congress to reduce the
awful cost of living in the United
States.
Such is the tenor of the news that
has come over the wires from the
special correspondents who either
accompanied or trailed Mr.. Taft on
his 1900 mile swing.
Arthur Henning, Washington cor.
respondent of the Chicago Tribune,
interviewed hundreds of westerners
and found that the people generally
liked Mr.. Taft personally but abso.
lutely disapproved his record as
President
Angus McSween, the celebrated
Washington correspondent Of the
Philadelphia North American (also
Republican, wired from Topeka,
Kansas, as follows:
president Taft did not make a
dent in the surface of strong progress
sive sentiment in the state of Kansas
during his visit here"
It developed, too, that a great
many men, in all walks of life, can
didly admitted that next year they
propose to vote for a Democrat Presi-
dent, notwithstanding they always
before had voted for Republican.
A great many of these referred to the
magnificent record the Democrats
made in Congress last session, and
frankly admitted that since the Demo-
Gratis had shown real ability to gov
ern, and govern well, it was no more
than their due than they should be
given greater responsponsibility.-
All Legitimate Business Safe.
Chairman A. O. Stanley, of the
steel trust investigating committee,
says the Republicans are endeavoring
to create the impression that the
Democratic investigation of the steel
trust is in the nature of an attack on
the steel business. He denied that
this is true.
Republican newspapers" said
Mr.. Stanley, care trying to make the
country believe are prosecuting the
steel corporation. Nothing could be
further from the truth. The investi-
cation has been conducted with the
utmost fairness, and not single one
of the steel men who testified failed
to thank the committee for the fair
and generous way in which he had
been treated.
''The Democrats realize the neces-
sity for constructive action. They
want the country to feel that no lepiti-
mate business is going to suffer at
their hands, and that no business
which is not legitimate is going to
prosper if they can help it.
1.-THE Democratic party is not bent
upon ruthless policy Of destruction,
and no legitimate business need fear
that it will be treated unfairly"
That Tariff Board is Peach.
Is it fair to Judge President Taft's
tariff board by what the chairman of
the board himself thinks of it? If so,
it is sort of a joke.
Chairman Emery of the tariff board
in speaking at banquet of the Ameri-
can Association of Wooden and Worst
ed Manufacturers at New York City,
said:
There are certain things that are
very difficult to get, and one thing,
that according to the platform of the
Republican party-and incidentally
that does not mean anything to me,
except that have been given the job
according to that Platforms to try
to get the cost Of production. thank
you all gentlement that you did not
laugh. Gaughter.) l frankly say