The Brunswick news., 1911-09-16
He IS orr AGAIN.

President Taft yesterday started
out on the second great political tour
he has made since he became presi-
dent. He is to make very wide
swing, though he will not cover quite
the extent OF country he covered in
his trip of 1909. which included a
large portion of the South That tour
had more the character of a presi-
Dental journey than the present one,
which is, almost frankly, a candidates
expedition. II is estimated by the
newspaper men at Washington that
when he shall have concluded this
particular jaunt Mr. Taft will have
Travelled, since he became governor
Of the Philippines, about 275,OOO
miles, which is nearly forty thousand
miles more than the distance between
the earth and the moon. AS it is said
by the New York World, Mr.. Taft
might have gone, during the course
OF his political career since he left
the circuit bench, to-the moon and
been we'll on his way back, had his
travel been. in. that path. He could
have scarcely been farther afield poll
tically had he followed that course.
The president is going into the
"enemys country as distinctly as Mr.
Bryan went in 1886 when ne invaded
the conservative East with his radical
views. The conditions are, Of course,
completely reversed Mr. Taft is op-
enly and vigorously opposed by the
insurgents Of his own party, while Mr.
Bryan was himself the leader of in
surgency in the democratic party The
revolt against the president, which
has been growing in the republican
ranks ever since he entered upon his
term Of office. was never stronger nor
more open in evident than It is at
present Several Western senators
have declared publicly their opposi-
ton to his denomination as the re-
publican has yet said that he win not
vote for Mr.. Taft if he is the candidate
OF the party and it may be taken as
certain that they will all think very
carefully before going to that extreme
lit is reasonable enough to believe
that many thousands Of republicans
throughout the West will make prac-
teal and effective opposition to him
at the ballot box, if the democrats
nominate a progressive" candidate
next year. To minimize detection
Of this character Mr. Taft is going on
the stump in the West. He has no
easy task before him, and It is much
to be doubted if he will improve his
political estate by the expedition he
is undertaking. That he enters upon
the effort with misgivng, or, at least
with caution, is evident from the
changes that are indicated in the pro-
gram Of his speeches. 1t was at first
announced that he would make a spe-
cialty of the tariff in his discussions,
and his schedule called for a pract-
cally unbroken series of political ad-
dresses, 1t is now said that he will
discuss the question of divorce prom
inently, and that he will only speak
on political matters when especially
invited to do so, or when addressing
republican clubs or other organiza-
tions of like character. Mr. Taft is
a very charming gentleman and his
public appearances are always agree
able, and he will receive cordial greet
ings wherever he goes, but that he
will convince the insurgents of the
West that his administration has
measured up to their estimate of the
necessities of government is doubtful
in the extreme
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