Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-09-06

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farmer constituents. In protecting
their farmer friends, they real Esd
that they would stir The. resentment
Of those over taxel consumers who
favored reciprocity Ee>ause it would
serve as an "eEtaring wedge to
break down the high tariff wall, and
for this reason they were prepared
to explain their attitude.
But now that Mir. Taft has started
to explain they VIII revise their Pro-
gram and say nothn g. They have
enough political wisdom to know
that when once politician begins to
explain Y is lost.
Has, Taft committed suicide? Has
he, in renewing his warfare on the
insurgents, committed fatal polltf
cal blunder, both for himself and the
republican, party generally?
These queries have aroused dis
cussions that are raging like biz!
zard of words in political circles all
over the United States.
Still another question that is being
asked -and re-asked, especially ny
| republicans, is: If the President does
succeed in driving the progresslves
out of the republican party, where
will he drive them to?
| nj, ranpr111V
| reat he'd is that it is written on the
cards that the next President is to
be a democrat. 1t is practically
agreed that if a standpatter is nomin-
ated, the progressives VII smash
him; and il a progressive is nomin-
ated, the standpatters will smash
him.
J What makes the situation si
more hopeless for the Republicans is
that the 1912 campaign issue is to
be the tariff, the one subject on
which the two factions can not get
together.
) La Toilette After Taft's Scalp.
Senator Robert M. LaFollctte will
give President TAFT hard race for
the 1912 nomination. 1t is declared
that the Wisconsin senator believes
J alt sclutely that he will win.
The progressive. republican or La
Toilette headquarters in Washington
is a beehive of industry. From this
& headquarters the progressiyes ar
being organized in e.ery look and
corner in the country. 1t is possible
to present today he substance OF
the claims which the iEslrgent:
make They declare they expect to
: lcontrol, well in advance Of the re-
: publican national ion, the
delegations from:
Wisconsin, Kansas. Minnesota, Ne
braska, North Dakota, Sou.h Da.1o "a,
Oklahoma, Montana, California, Ore
gon, Washington, Iowa lin Eart).
) There will be big agrees i've
fights for Illinois, Indiana, Wyoming
and Nevada.
The southern states will be press
ed to take up the anti-Taft fight, on
the ground that Taft's nomination
Will be equivalent to defeat, and that
if the party hopes for continuance
Of the loaves and fishes of patronage
Of southern states, it mus. give lis
support to the nomination of man
with chance to win.
A Kept Promise.
When the democratic House Of
Representatives convened Speaker
Champ Clark announced that say
ing Of S182, 900 would be effected by
the application of economical brsi-
ness methods in the running of the
House The republicans scoffed at the
idea. They said it couldn't be done.
But on the day Of adjournment Chair
man Fitzgerald of the Committee on
appropriations, announced that in
|stead of the promised $1S2.000 hav-
ing been saved, the amount was 1928,
loco! 1--WE do not believe that We
prlca the House by abolishing
place in the House organization
which had been held for years by
lG year old girl who never came to
the CAPITOL declared Congres m2n'
A. Mitchell Palmer of Pennsylvania
in explaining the methods by which
the $22S,G00 was saved. Eve do
|1ot believe we crippled the operation
of the House by abolishing the posi-
lions of couple of telegraph opera,
Iors who had not put their hands TO
an instrument in years. We do MT
believe we crippled this house by
pbolishing .ahou. 20 policemen who
never could be found around the CAL
itol or by abolishing places supposed
to be held by men in this building
land carried on the pay rolls, drawing
$500 to $1,000 a year, who were work
ing at the same time in real estate
offices in the city Of Washington. We
have simply made the operation of
this House honest"
: Taft's Record "indefensibIe."
/ Nearly three four, hs of Mr.. Taf S
term Of office has passed into his
i tory He has had sufficient time TO
have made progress on Lines along
which he promised to proceed when
he was candidate for the high of4
flee he holds. He made his cam
paisn on q tar fl regi ion downward
Issue, and today he country is in
the grip of higher tariff tax than
ever before in its history, in spite
Of the f2ct that the president has
had two separate and distinct oppor-
tunities to keep his word. In his
three years of office President Taft
can be credited with having kept