The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1911-10-11

those mistakes by the careful dis
posal of the western domain. He
maintained that the clash that is
now in existence between certain
residents of the western states
and the federal government over
the disposal and handling of the
domain has resulted as much from
contrariness on both sides as from
anything else. He maintained that
there was sufficient good judgment
among the masses of the people
! both in the west and in the east
which. when put to the test would
settle this question right. His plea
was for compromise between the
two forces. He advocated the give
and take proposition and maintain
ed that as President of the entire
country his desire was to get the
two factions together. In the
water power question he suggested
the handling of this by the states.
| but with the understanding that If
the states were in any manner neg
ligent toward the welfare of the
public in their handling of the
same that the control would revert
back to the national government.
II will be remembered that the
lands convention invited him to ad-
dress that convention on the pub
lie domain questions. The oonve4
/ .t.I In - Oh
its resolutions the day before he ar
rived. The President expressed
himself on this In manner that
those who framed the program VIII
not soon forget. He called atten-
ton to the fact that they had invit-
ed the President of the United
States to state the views of the
federal government on the ques-
tlons under discussion at the con-
yeri ON and he felt that those in
charge of the convention might
have awaited the presentation of
the federal governments side OF the
question. after they had invited the
President to state that side. be-
fore they adopted their resolutions
IL may be well to state here that
II was the Shafroth element in the
convention that forced the adopt
ion of resolutions before the Presi-
dent had been heard. This ele-
ment felt that IL would be impos-
sible to adopt the resolutions II
desired after MIR. Taft had stated
the federal governments side of
the case.
There is one thing in connection
with President Taft's trip that will
be remembered. and that is the
fact that he is not afraid to state
his views on questions. He told
the people of Kansas and Nebras-
ka that the recall of judges was
wrong and he told them why II
was wrong He told the delegates
to the Lands convention in Denver
that the federal government intend
ed to exercise a controlling Inter
est over the western public domain
no matter what condemning reso-
lutions they might adopt. and that
they could secure more concessions
by getting in and helping the gov
ernment in its policy than they
could by fighting. He told the
sheep growers of Wyoming that the
tariff on wool was too high and
that he intended II possible to have
1t reduced. He told the young
man in Salt Lake who introduced
him as william Howard Taft of
Ohio, that in this case he was the
President of the United States.
Yet, with 1t all. he expressed him
self in way that would not Of
fend and yet in a way that would
make every person within sound
of his voice agree with him. Those
who felt before he came that he
was not a strong character have no
reason to continue in that idea of
the President. Whatever else he
may be, he has his views and is
not afraid to express them. and he
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