The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-26
BrFFETED. But NOT BEATEN.

divine favor be true Mr. Taft is certainty in
L the employment Of thar coveted blessing Mod
esn history. certainly. does not reveal one 50
prosecuted ever, side as this corpuIent
i tender for the creed of Republieansm. and this
ardent aspirant for the crown Of continued ex
ecutiye authority His whole administration has
been marked by discussion within the ranks
Of his own brethren, by the treachorous actvi-
ties of the Insurgents to put him in a hole, and
by the yilainous endeayors Of that pestiferous
Democratic majority in Congress TO magnify
and parade the irregularities that had crept
into the departmental life Of the capital city.
The last days worse than the first. Then
he need only face the necessity of harmonizng
the conflicting elements of his own party, and
iss efaef Il, do this he found always al hand the
evef-ready plea of party success as a weapon to
down the dssenters. But with the coming into
Washington of those unsympathetic members
Of another party to occupy the seats Of former
friends he found his task more difficult,
You will observe that he got away for awhile
4 with his defense Of the Payne-Aidrlch tariff
But when the hardhearted pagans captured the
capital. they spent several weeks In framing
nome new schedules that brought him face to
tAre with the issue of approving bills that the
people wanted vetoing them Now he must
ii make his explanations not to his sympathetic
sss 6iends but to the whole country.
FOR a long while he ucaalrabIv narisqd the
4 Sonntrv by making show nj trust regulation
Il ria lieutenant wickersbam. Was CONSTANT, ac
eve on the surface and ready win rho fals
Ant nothing ~ consequence WINS ACCOMPLISHED
when ,bat nm hand NJ c,.rtars an ,fo otfor
ss6e broke in,o The s,rorebota os fao,hl,,ris,,
they Immediately started something and the
country has never seen or heard the like Of tho
investigation that have been IN progress to the
dfscomffure Of the G. o r. and their hammered
pets the trusts and .n7oropohes that had fat
tened from the diet Of privilege fed ,hon nv
party loDe In power
He put it over INC people in the case Of his
friend Ballineer HE sont the OK secretary
| from his presence with such = glowing festi-
naonlal Of virtue and worth that the country
Was almost perguaded that Ralljneer was an
angel and Pinchot had mancfously coveted his
ranzy wings But when the little rumnus about
wiev came 70 fba front The recommendations
unfortunately there was in Congress q little
band OF men with the shirt OF the man from,
Missouri, and they wanted to be shown.
Now new trouble has appeared There
ssc9ls ia he no hope az PEACE for the President
when the National CITY Company. organized b,
the Standard OIL Bank for the purpose Of trans
acting such banking business as tho Federal
laws forbid national hanks to engage in was
organized Mr. Macveaeh. the Secretary Of tie
Treasury. made no objection. Nor could be con
sstently. as there were already some 2oo SINH.
lar institutions that had been unmoosted under
Republican administration. Bur here is where
the .yigilant and diIieen, MI Wickersbam cot
busy Exactly why. does not vet anpear But
he got busy and reDertnd ia the 1,reasurv 10.
partment that the new ipstitution was Illegal
under the Federal statute thar forhi4s q na4tonal
bsnk holding stock In -n, other Than tho
troub)e began Messrs ycirlersbar, ana ,t,c
yeagh. being unable 10 find a1njcable adiuat
/ ,nent nf their differences tha oueetia,, ,-as -,
ferred to MIR Taft = Now mis- was an excaad
ingly urkind thing to ao +, ,1aces tha eontv
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